Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

Stay tuned for more updates on how this acquisition will benefit our clients and experts.

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Expert Details

Banking, Financial Services, Payments, FinTech, Electric Vehicles, Batteries, Startups, and Entrepreneurship

ID: 738844 India

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Expert possesses over 20 years' professional experience spanning corporate strategy, product management, marketing, business development, strategic alliances, legal, risk, compliance, human resources, analytics and software.

Domains therein include Electric Vehicles, Banking, Financial Services, Telecommunications and Business and IT Consulting. He holds an MBA.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2004 Degree: MBA Subject: Marketing and Strategy Institution: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Year: 1999 Degree: B.Tech Subject: Computer Science and Engineering Institution: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Year: 2013 Degree: Bachelor of Laws Subject: Banking Laws, Intellectual Property Institution: University of Mumbai
Year: 2018 Degree: Copyrights Subject: Copyright Laws Institution: Harvard Law School

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2018 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Co-founder Department: Management
Responsibilities:
As the Co-founder, Expert has led corporate development, strategic partnerships, technical program management, marketing, IT, software, human resources, the legal department, risk assessment and operations, compliance, and investor relations.

Expert has grown the team to over 70 members with over $1 million ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue( across 65+ enterprise customers that includes e2W and e3W EV OEM's and battery manufacturers. During his tenure, Expert has also filed a dozen engineering patents (granted one patent so far).

Expert has launched multiple business lines:

Battery swapping (~20 stations @Delhi-NCR): hardware, software and data analytics solutions that enable 2-minute battery swapping, asset tracking, and optimized energy delivery for EV.

Products: EV powertrain solutions: battery management systems, motor controllers and chargers

ZeroVir: UV-based and IoT-enabled automated sanitization for public, shared spaces (during the pandemic).

EV-only fleet (~50 EV's) - doorstep delivery for e-commerce majors like BigBasket/JioMart/Zepto
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2016 to 2018 Employer: Independent Consultant Title: Independent Consultant Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert consulted independently in Banking, Financial Services, and Payments during this time.

Global projects included cross-border remittances, merchant acquisitions, and the related businesses. Clients were based in India, the United States, and Europe.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2015 to 2016 Employer: DBS Bank Title: Vice President Department: Digital Banking
Responsibilities:
Expert launched a completely paperless, convenient and safe digital bank.

Part of the founding team, Expert was responsible for product, business planning, strategic alliances, partnerships, pilot launch, and other major fields. He acquired ~100K new-to-bank customers within 3 months of launch.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2012 to 2015 Employer: Idea Cellular Limited (now Vi) Title: Deputy General Manager Department: Marketing
Responsibilities:
Expert was responsible for business planning, merchant acquisition, product management, business strategy, marketing, customer experience, partner selection, pricing, regulatory liaison, and regulatory compliance for this mBanking/mCommerce (mobile banking and mobile commerce) business.

Among other achievements:

Expert launched a semi-closed prepaid payment instrument over mobile (USSD) and Web channels.

He also procured RBI *Reserve Bank of India) license; coordinated RBI-mandated external audits; and ensured periodic regulatory reporting.

He also led a bank-led mobile money solution for under-banked and un-banked customers.

Across these business lines, Expert acquired and managed over half a million customers.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2008 to 2012 Employer: TimesofMoney Title: Head of Strategy and Innovation; Head of Product Development Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert coordinated business planning and conducted feasibility studies for business launches in newer APAC markets. He also executed strategic tie-ups with over 25 banks with cumulative monthly throughput of INR 20Cr+ (credit in Indian currency).

He led a team of three product managers and launched two major products:

(1) a B2B aggregated payment gateway solution across Internet, IVR (interactive voice response) and mobile;
(2) a virtual digital wallet that works across Internet, mobile applications, SMS and IVR.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2005 to 2008 Employer: Yes Bank Liited Title: Assistant Vice President and Product Head Department: Direct Banking
Responsibilities:
Expert managed the product P&Land was responsible for driving the adoption of alternate channels -- primarily Internet and Mobile -- and associated throughput. His four key launches:

(I) Contact Center – Speech-enabled IP-based contact center, seamless service via call/web/SMS/chat
(II) Mobile Payments – Telco-agnostic and inter-bank P2P money transfers in real time
(III) MoneyMonitor – PFM (Personal Finance Management) for managing all financial and quasi-financial relationships
(IV) Automatic Customer Identification – An innovative RFID-chip embedded, card-based NFC
solution, enabling automatic identification of HNI customers, on entry into designated branches.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2000 to 2005 Employer: Various Title: Program Manager and Software Engineer Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert served Sapient as Program Manager in Bangalore; San Diego, U.S.; and Gurgaon (2004-05).

Before obtaining his MBA, Expert served SpinCircuit Technologies and Aditi Technologies, respectively (2000-01 and 2001-02) as Software Engineer.

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