Vas Bhandarkar
Education
Colorado State University
MS, CS 1981-01-01 - 1983-01-01
Santa Clara University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing and Finance 1992-01-01 -
Stanford University
, ExecEd: Corporate Governance, Finance 2002-01-01 - 2003-01-01
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
MSc, Physics -
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, Mathematics -
South Indian Education Society College, Sion
Intermediate Science, Physics, Mathematics -Work Experience
InsureTechNY Fund
Current
InsureTechNY Fund
HerculesAI
Current
HerculesAI
UC Irvine (CDT) Center for Digital Transformation
Current
UC Irvine (CDT) Center for Digital Transformation
Highway 9 Networks
Current
Highway 9 Networks
ScoreData Corporation
Current
ScoreData Corporation
MaiCoin, Ltd.
2013-01-01 - 2015-12-01
MaiCoin, Ltd.
GlobalLogic
2004-09-01 - 2013-10-01
GlobalLogic
Various
1999-06-01 - 2012-09-01
Various
EFI
1999-12-01 - 2004-01-01
EFI
Determine, a Corcentric Company
1995-06-01 - 1999-04-01
Determine, a Corcentric Company
Skills
Summary
• Entrepreneurial business leader with a track record in taking early stage businesses and scaling them, as CEO or as key member of the executive team, to IPO or sale • Extensive experience in seeking, seeding, building new markets for emerging technology businesses, in Business Development, Sales, Marketing and General Management, Fund-raising • As executive team member or team leader, founded, built, scaled to exit, several successful venture backed businesses, Selectica (Internet) , Unimobile (Mobile), Globallogic (Software services) , Remedy Corporation (Help-desk/IT) • Keen sense of Innovation in consumer-internet, and B2B2C businesses, in Products, Differentiation, and Product-Market fit vis-a-vis Competition • Intuitive and extensive understanding and knowledge of the mobile industry in particular infrastructure, messaging, apps, payments. • Deep experience in enterprise software and services • Extensive personal network of Entrepreneurs, Executives, VCs and PE investors • Board Memberships: Globallogic, Carwale, Caralta, ScoreData • When challenged, I climb the occasional mountain. Favorite Mountains: Several 14ers including Mt. Whitney, Everest Base Camp (Kala Patthar), Half Dome Specialties: Targeted networking for business development, sales, and market development Marketing Communications, Brand Development, Online and Offline Message Development Product definition and management Strategy Development, keen sense of a company’s stage in its life-cycle as it scales Corporate Governance Company and talent scout for M&A Fund-raising for early and mid-stage companies Recent Investments: Chalo (IOT tracking & ticketing of public transportation), Innovaccer (population health analytics), Maicoin (blockchain based cryptocurrency platform) Successful career exits: : Remedy Corporation, Selectica, Cellmania, Unimobile, Carwale, Globallogic, and WhatsOnIndia
