Ashish Bedekar

Hi, I am Ashish Bedekar✔Ecosystem/Business Development leader ✔IoT✔Tech✔API's ✔Start-ups ✔APAC

Ashish Bedekar's Bio:

Ashish Bedekar's Experience:

• Founder at Bodhi Tree Ecosystem & Business development services

  March 2017 - Present | Mumbai

  Founder of ecosystem/business development services firm .Focussed on helping startups/companies grow in the disruptive world by leveraging ecosystem principles. Building a pipeline of opportunities for paid contracts/equity-based participation. Giving back to the community by pro-bono advisory to startups.

• Head- Mediatek Labs ( India) at Mediatek

  February 2015 - February 2017 | Bangalore

  Mediatek makes the technology that’s at the heart of the things you use every day- from smartphones and tablets to smart TVs and wearable devices (IOT). Mediatek Labs is the developer-centric ecosystem for a range of device platforms from smartphones, wearables (IOT). The ecosystem program aggregates technologies, software platforms, applications and content from a range of partners and developers for customers and end users.( labs.mediatek.com) My focus is to lead a team in the region for developers and technical partner relationships, community engagement, ecosystem evangelism, go-to-market planning & execution, web and event-based marketing outreach.

• Director- Applications/Business development at Intel Corporation

  October 2012 - November 2014

  Intel acquired Aepona in 2013 (http://www.aepona.com/intel-and-aepona/)and has integrated it into Intel services division. Aepona has deployed platforms with more than 25 Telcos globally, allowing them to expose, manage, and monetize their network, billing, and informational assets as cloud-based APIs, and to aggregate, merchandize, and broker a wide range of products / cloud services thru' channels. o Drive APAC partner ecosystem ( apps / services) and business development for API monetization business within Intel's Services Division. (Service Providers and Professional Services) o Spearhead support of Telco customer account/ prospective customers with go-to- market /Ecosystem program development. Partner and developer engagement and new business development for supporting Telco's multi-year, multi-million dollar revenue plans. o Evangelize Telco APIs and role of Open innovation in fostering frictionless partner and developer engagement to drive revenues. o Enable pre-sales by supporting Telcos in Business plan/Business case generation scanning the market and factoring varied use cases across mobile ecosystem space.

• APAC Partner Relationship Manager at HERE, a Nokia company

  June 2010 - June 2012

  *Nominee for "President's award"- 2011 *Business development through NN4D (Navteq Network for developers) for Location based opportunities *Program membership in APAC increased annually by 33% *Successful developer awareness and business partner development activities across the APAC region (includes India,China,SEA,ANZ). *Focus includes working with developers and partners to evangelize new and cultivate existing LBS services/apps using NAVTEQ map data and content across wireless and other sectors * Identify and enhance partner co-marketing relationships, business support to increase NN4D program membership with a concentration on those seeking commercial opportunities, distribution, matchmaking and partnering in the region * Identify business opportunities and develop high value partnerships for LBS across enterprise, consumer incl. Location based advertising * Successful Biz development -Big ticket location based advertising and sales leads, tapping emerging business opportunities *Speaker, event moderator, top rated writer in the monthly developer newsletter. E.g. http://bit.ly/x5opnM; http://bit.ly/xEBbQA; http://bit.ly/w7SkZc *Planning/execute/speaking at developer/partner events and meets ( e.g. MobileMonday-Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney,Melbourne, Shanghai, Beijing) Developer days - China, India) Satisfaction rating of events 95%

• Startup mentor/advisor ( Zonestartups India) at Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University

  May 2014

  I am a start-up advisor, mentor at an Indo-Canadian accelerator / incubator- Zonestartups India, currently advising three start-ups (http://india.zonestartups.com/about/advisors) ZoneStartups India, is an international start-up accelerator program, set-up as a joint venture between Ryerson Futures Inc. and BSE Institute. What Zonestartups India offers: *Top class infrastructure / co-working space *Mentor network - functional experts, business advisors & industry guru's *Access to industry partners and investors *Business development support *Access to North America *Potential funding opportunity *Peer2Peer Validation To know more: *www.zonestartups.com/india *www.ryersonfutures.ca *www.digitalmediazone.ryerson.ca

Ashish Bedekar's Education:

• VJTI

  B.E
  Concentration: Mechanical Engineering

• K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies

  MBA ( P.G.P.M.S)
  Concentration: Marketing
  Activities: " Best Young Budding Manager " ( OCT 96) at the K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies -(SIMSR) • Student Placement Coordinator, part (SIMSR) • I was a student member of IMCI ( Institute of Management Consultants of India) BMA ( Bombay Management Association) AIMA ( All India Management Association)

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