Entrepreneur and business consultant with 24 years of diverse experience across 10 countries and 4 continents. Holding dual Master’s degrees, including one in Sustainable Development, his current focus lies in driving Innovation for Sustainability in our venture building and strategy consulting assignments for Corporates and MSMEs.
Founder of Sthaar Consulting, where, together with a global network of subject matter experts, sustainability consultants, and strategic partners, he aspire for Sthaar to become the go-to consulting firm for Sustainability Innovation. Co-founder of Kwanzaa Lifestyle, where he has dedicated his time and energy to developing sustainable lifestyle products and materials, addressing the critical issues of textile and agricultural waste in India.
As strategic consultant and venture builder, he empowers businesses to craft and implement sustainable growth strategies. Expertise that strengthens business structures, drives innovation, and enhances financial decision-making—skills honed through contributing to the growth journeys of over 45 corporates, MSMEs, and startups, both individually in various roles in corporate and through Sthaar. His portfolio includes consulting projects and research papers addressing sustainability challenges for policy entrepreneurs and the Government of India. Additionally, he supports global MNCs in select industries establishing and expanding their presence in India.
Geospatial technologist having around three decades of demonstrated experience in areas of Delivery Management, Business Development, Product Development, Strategic Planning, Quality & Process Improvement. Proven credentials to establish and run profitable Geospatial business in India and Middle East. With geosciences and geospatial technology background, has the ability to bridge the gap between technologist and users.
Helped large organizations in solving business and social challenges using technologies including Spatial Data capture using GNSS & LIDAR, mapping, spatial 2D and 3D analytics, data science, machine learning, big data and real time analytics.
Life Member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (SRS). He has also chaired panel discussions and presented many technology papers in several international conferences and webinars as keynote speaker
Industry focus area: Government, Defence, Power, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dipl-Ing. with more than 19 years of experience in the design, development and operations of satellite-based solutions for smart mobility systems.
Extensive leadership experience in the IT and telecommunications sector, with a focus on Global Satellite Navigation (#GNSS) technologies - especially in the field of electronic-tolling and EETS. As Sales Manager, Bid Manager, and Project Manager at large and mid-sized technology companies, has rich experience in leading challenging projects in Europe, North America, and Asia. Thanks to his multi-cultural background - his Austrian parents raised him in the United States and he is married to a Belarusian - he especially enjoy working in an international environment.
He has made regular contributions to the Thinking Highways magazine and has made numerous presentations at international conferences on the subject of Satellite-Based Tolling representing his own company GNSS Consulting
Advisor to the European Commission
Seasoned, growth-oriented, Global Finance and Business partner with 15+ years of experience in all aspects of building and running a business, building high performance teams, planning, strategy, budgeting, reporting, restructuring, turn-around, shared service, accounting, audit, cash management, deal making, fund raise, M&A, integration, systems, operations.
Demonstrated ability to streamline business operations that drive growth and increase efficiency and bottom-line profit. Strong qualification in developing and implementing financial controls and processes in addition to productivity improvements and change management. Possesses in-depth leadership, communication and interpersonal skill to establish rapport with all levels of staff and management. Excellent Accounting systems understanding along with end-to-end implementation knowledge across geographies.
Expertise in funding for startup's and organic/inorganic M&A growth