Profile - Deepak Pareek

Dynamic, Energetic & Multi-Skilled Knowledge Professional with Numerous
Achievements, Capable of Taking Organisations to the Next Level
Deepak Pareek
“I always strive to be perfect and give my best in whatever I do “
Add:402 A, Shajanand Residency, Ahmedabad, India 380052. Mob: +919979897489 Email: deepak@deepakpareek.com
LinkedIn: telecomstrategist Twitter: pareekdeepak Web: www.deepakpareek.com Date of Birth: 7th Sep 1976
Creative forward-looking executive capable of translating vision into actions & quantifiable results, armed
with formal education in Engineering {Electronics}, Business {Strategy}, IT and always looking for areas of
improvement. An enterprising professional with in-depth industry knowledge, exhaustive global exposure,
exceptional organisational understanding and extensive expertise in Business Planning & Development,
Marketing & Sales, Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Investments & Venture Capital, P&L Management, Strategy &
Analysis, Technology & Business Models, Intl Business & Trade, Advisory & Consulting Services.
BRIEF SNAPSHOT
An innovative and pragmatic business manager par excellence very well networked globally in private
as well as public sector with a deep understanding of diverse cultural and business practices along with
more than a decade of multidimensional, multifunctional, and multi sector experience in regions
including Asia, America, Europe and Africa, having spent significant time in these geographies.
A senior executive capable of taking “Concepts to Markets”, well versed with nuances of Technology
industry with proficiency in wide spectrum of activities including but not limited to – Managing
Business Units, Start-ups, M&As, Subsidiaries, JVs - Developing effective Business, Product, Marketing,
Advertising, Social Media & Branding Strategies - New Concept, Business, Product, Account & Market
Development - Market Research, Identification & Access - Key Accounts, Partners & Team Management -
Projections, Forecasts & Trends - Pricing, Policy & Regulations – Investment, Valuation & Revenue
models - Consultative Selling, Requirement Analysis, Solution Planning, RFPs & Proposal Generation.
A well published author of seven popular books and numerous reports, articles, blogs and papers
for various Reputed Publishers (incl. top 2), Consultants (incl. big 5), Journals, Magazines and
Websites on various subjects including but not limited to Leadership, Innovation, Branding,
Management, Strategy, Business, Marketing, Processes, Policy, Intl Trade and Technology.
A successful consultant, having comprehensive hands-on experience in managing various private
sector and development projects, empanelled with World Bank Group (WBG), Asian Development Bank
(ADB), African Development Bank (AfDB), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Org
(UNO), Commonwealth Telecommunication Org (CTO), World Trade Org (WTO), and European Union (EU).
Widely respected management advisor affiliated to The Intl Inst. of Management Consultants, The
Society of Industry Leaders, The Council, IEEE, Reuters and Intl Computing Society.
A futuristic technology strategist and a frequent international conference speaker well recognized
globally. Delivered key notes, webinars, workshops, and tutorials at top events like IT Comdex,
TelecomAsia, Mobile Malaysia, Outsourcing in Telecom Summit, CommunicAsia, WiMAX World, and CTIA.
Spoke on topics related to Technology in Media & Internet, Banking & Finance, Telecom & Wireless
and Enterprise domains at various reputed platforms like IBC, IIR, ITU and WTO as invited panellist.
A deal maker skilled in identifying, planning and executing multimillion-dollar transactions, involved in
spotting “next big idea” and assessment & evaluation of various projects as member of Investment,
Valuation, Screening Committees for global firms with sharp investment prowess and extensive
relationships within high-tech industry as well as the venture capital/investment community.
A winner with never say die attitude and desire to contribute in improving the world around us.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Received “Award for Innovation in IT” for 2009, from GESIA.
Letter of Appreciation from Hon. Chief Minister, Gujarat for exceptional efforts in field of IT for 2009.
Profiled by ITU in their Who’s Who list for 2005 and 2006 as International ICT Visionary.
The Economist conferred “Certificate of Achievement” for great contribution to technology landscape.
Among the first few in Asia to be certified in “Cyber Law” by Asian School of Cyber Law.
Lead CSIR Diamond Jubilee Award and Government of India’s ICT Award Winning Team.
Awarded by General Electrical {GE} for extraordinary efforts as a part of Honeywell-GE consortia.
Handled various large ticket cross border deals (US$ 10Million+) in Advance Technology Marketplace.
Delivered keynote presentations at ITFINANCE AFRICA and ITU Americas as invited expert panellist.
Visiting faculty at top institutions like IIT, IIM, NIBM (India), KITA (S. Korea), KPSA (Kenya), IBBM (Mal).
BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY
Know “Them (Clients) “, Believe in “I (Self)”, and Win for “Us (Organisation)”.
VALUE PROPOSITION
Capable of managing organisations, ventures and business units, turning them into profit centres.

Provides authoritative insight of the global networked economy, has Extensive understanding of
Technology Landscape, International Marketplace, Global Economics and Policy & Regulatory Environment.
Creates business openings consistently, is adept in transforming them into new opportunities.
Delivers success, is expert in planning, launching and managing new business initiatives.
Gets things done, is proficient in handling business negotiations and conflict management.
Builds successful Brands, is competent in Marketing and PR, communicates the Message Innovatively.
Makes vision a reality, is efficient in implementing plans and executing strategies.
Understands the Big Picture, is well positioned to provide a wide range of strategy support services in the
field of technology, media, telecom, knowledge services, education and economic development.
Adds value across the engagement life cycle, converting engagements to revenue & accounts to
relationships. Prospected, developed, managed and handled large accounts globally.
RECENT WORK
Books
Handbook of Telecommunication Management, 2005
Business of WiMAX, J Wiley & Sons, 2006
WiMAX – Taking Wireless to the Max, CRC Press, 2006
Business Intelligence in Telecommunications, CRC Press, 2007
A to Z of WiMAX – The Complete Reference, R4B, 2007
Business Intelligence in Banking & Financial Services, R4B, 2008
Guide to Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Technology, CRC Press, 2008
Mobile Virtual Network Operators - Opportunity and Strategy, Under Publication
Mobile Value Added Services – The Next Growth Wave, Under Publication
Articles
“Vision of Indian Telecom Sector 2020” – Referred to by WTO and ITU as case for Tariff Negotiation
“Vision of Wireless Banking: Everyone is invited" - Used by I.I.M, Ahmedabad as course supplement
KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Sectors – ICT, Consulting & Advisory Services, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Banking & Financial
Services, International Trade & Commerce, Education & Economic Development, Public Sector & Govt.
Technologies – Enterprise IT: EAI & ECM, Web Services & SOA, DW & BI, ERP & BPM, SaS, Web 2.0, Web
3.0, Opensource; Wireless: UML, GPRS, WAP, GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, 3G, 3GPP, WiFi, WiMAX, LTE,
HSDPA, EvDO, DECT, WLL, MBWA, 4G, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IrDA, RfID, WiDEN; Mobile: Handsets,
Applications, M-VAS, M-Computing, M-Commerce, M-Banking, M-Advertising, M-Multimedia, M-Content, M-
Gov, M-Learning, M-Entertainment, M-Enterprise, Messaging, GPS, Location Based Services, Mobile 2.0,
Mobile 3.0; SATCOM: VSAT, DVB-S2/SH/CS/H, IPoS; Telecom: NGN, Multiplay, IPTV, GRID, VoIP, MPLS,
IMS, IMT, MMTel, Softswitch, 21CN, BSS, OSS; and Services: ISP, WSP, MSP, ITSP, BPO, KP, ASP.
Functions – Leadership, Business Planning & Development, Market Intelligence & Strategic Management,
Marketing & Brand Management, Program & Project Management, Technology Application & Solutions,
Innovation & Product Management, Team Building & Conflict Management, Process & Change Management,
Financial Analysis & Planning, Information & Knowledge Management, Policy & Regulation.
Languages – English (+++), Hindi (+++), French (+), Gujarati (++), Punjabi (++).
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
BE, Electronics with specialisation in Telecom, from one of the top Indian institution, Regional Engineering
College {REC/NIT}
MBA with specialisation in Strategic Management from Regis University {Denver, USA}
Advance Diploma in IT, Advance Certificate Course on International Business, Various Certifications from
Microsoft, APC, Honeywell, CA, Cisco and Executive Programs on Project Management, Knowledge
Management, Process Re-Engineering, Business Research, Problem Solving, Team Building to name a few.
TARGET ORGANISATION
A highly professional organisation encouraging desire to provide Best, First and Always and providing
opportunity to create or assist in creation of futuristic Technologies, Products and Services.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Professional with experience, skills, qualities, and attitude a successful organisation must have in its.
Ezi Ventures Private Limited, India, CEO, Dec 2009
Responsible for long & medium term business planning, revenue targets and profitability of the company.
Key activities include strategy formulation & execution, defining & reviewing business KPIs for all functional
groups, branding & marketing, financial management & budgeting and business development.
Provide Insights, Updates and Advice to Group MD and Chairman on key strategic issues. Work closely with
top management of Group companies, for M&A target identification and subsequent activities related to
strategic, financial, operational, and technology integration.
Successfully created EziEducation India’s first 24X7 (IP-TV) interactive education channel delivered

thru Cable, Satellite, Web and Mobile Internet Device. The EziEducation concept and its execution was
appreciated by corporate, government, and not to forget end-users as it delivered quality education and
training to masses at very low or no cost using cutting edge platform independent Digital Content
Technology. Received a letter of admiration from Hon. CM, Gujarat.
Worked closely with IT team, technology partners and vendors to design and deliver robust interoperable
architecture with state of the art delivery platform and intuitive yet convenient user experience.
Partnered with Telcos, MSOs, ISPs and content providers, convincing them about opportunity this concept
brings, developed innovative revenue models, executed agreements for creating lasting value and negotiated
win-win situation for all stakeholders. Identified and signed up various reputed content sources.
In span of less than six months, rolled out various new products & services across Gujarat, reaching every
city, town and majority of villages, putting in place robust distribution & franchisee network. Developed
strategy for identification of local partners and easy replication of the model in other states across India.
Initiated strategic brand building drills through both online & offline mediums, including extensive use of
“Social Media”, in close coordination with advertisement agency & media vendors.
Handled with ease relations with strategic partners, key clients, investors, government departments,
regulators, media agencies and industry associations.
Infinium (India) Limited, India, Business Head, Aug 2008 to Dec 2009
Lead all new initiatives of the organisation in diverse area including Education, Media and Communication
Technology. Structured Business Group EziVentures and subsequent spinoff EVPL from scratch with a
successful portfolio of products (EziBox & EziEducation) and services (EziNet & EziCast).
Acting as Chief Executive for the company's new Independent Business Unit, with responsibility of
developing strategies for high potential emerging fields like Telemetry (Satellite based Tracking), Tele-
medicine, Tele-forensic and Tele-education, successfully created a fully operational profit centre from scratch
in span of six months, generating profits within the first quarter. Created value proposition for customers by
employing innovative solutions and business models based on sound knowledge of market dynamics,
excellent understanding of company’s strengths and identifying niche segment. Tapped new verticals,
market segments, and acquired new clients, instrumental in getting business worth US$50M from Govt.
Shaped high impact Marketing & Promotions, Branding & Advertising, Public Relations and Regulatory
strategies for company's Retail, Government and Institutional Business. Deftly increased company
recognition and fashioned reputed brand – EZI. Forged strategic partnerships with Content Providers,
Application Developers, Technology Vendors, at the same time created Distribution Network.
Arranged US$10M for this initiative thru private equity based on strength of Innovative Business Plan and
excellent knowledge of financial sector.
As the face of the company represented organisation in conferences, interviews, media, delectation and
interactions with Government Departments for compliance and policy intervention.
Resource4Business, India & USA, Chief Consultant, Oct 2005 - Aug 2008
Responsible for leading the company’s professional consulting and knowledge services division worldwide.
Providing knowledge and information focused on the special needs of “Technology in Business” and
“Business of Technology”. Started international business (non-US) division from scratch, achieving
robust three digit growth every quarter (Q-to-Q) for two year. Generated substantial business by
developing new markets and creating new accounts, resulting in tremendous increase in share of
international business to 40 percent of total business in terms of revenue and 64 percent in terms of projects
from nil within span of eight quarters. Developed and nurtured new relationships effectively,
strengthening them to partnerships. Created more than hundred new partners spread across 26
countries. Worked proficiently with partners across the globe, both in developed and developing markets.
Managed associates as diverse as individual consultants to multilateral agencies with global footprint by
understanding their requirements and putting them in the correct perspective.
Conceived and introduced new practice of providing advisory to clients on business and technology
subject related to ICT segment with aim to provide clients the knowledge, experience, and objectivity that
are the keys to continued success. The practice serves top client organisations’ C-Level executives by
proactively keeping them updated about opportunities in high technology segment by analysis of new
concepts and business solutions hence new opportunities while assists them in managing business goals
for long term as well as short term by providing future directions and outlook.
Lead various projects that ranged from producing a single tailor-made report on a specific industry to
designing and implementing a full-scale strategic evaluation of a business opportunity or new business
development plan. Undertook assignments for Govt. related to policy development, helped investors
undertake due diligence on business opportunities and worked on business strategies for vendors &
service providers. Deftly handled various key assignments that included - conducting market analysis,
product reviews, niche market assessment, best prospect and market identification for a global telecom
service provider - monitoring mergers, spin offs, joint ventures & acquisitions across the segment and
industry for a leading silicon vendor - delivering client, partner and supplier verification & due diligence to
a giant Chinese telecom equipment supplier - creating market entry, market share, branding and
product strategies for a mobile financial service start up- providing executive summaries, market
intelligence insights, competitor intelligence & benchmarking, forecasts, trends, outlook and
management alerts to a top consulting organisation.

Commissioned by top organisations like Vodafone, Standard & Poor’s, PWC, E&Y, ITU, World Bank,
Cisco, JP Morgan, Sprint, Nextel, DIRECTV, Intel, Alcatel, McKinsey, Cross, IDC, Hutch, Orange, BSNL,
Qualcomm and Bank AM for developing market research reports and strategy papers catering to
international telecom, wireless and IT landscape.
Authored many bestselling research reports, market projections, concept papers and guidance on 3G,
Digital Lifestyle, IP Technology, NGN, WiMax, Open Source, Business Intelligence & Data warehousing, and
Enterprise Integration.
Midas Communication Technologies, India & Singapore, AVP, Jan 2004 - Sep 2005
Function as an extension of CEO, assisting CEO, Chairman and Board of Directors in decision-making
while enhancing their functional reach and complimenting their strategic initiatives. Responsible for
developing strategies for company’s Telecom Equipment Business, working consistently towards new
business creation, expansion, growth, and development. Contributed extensively in growth of
company, from an organisation with less than 50 employees to 800 member strong corporation in span of
two years. Participated as a core group member in takeover of Banyan Networks and creation of two
spin offs. Involved in identification of global market trends, building strategies, creating business
plans, designing revenue models & budgets and managing business goals. Worked effectively in
securing venture funding of USD 15 Million for the company. Assisted clients in raising project/term
finance, syndicated loans, private equity as well as planned innovative financing options
(Multilateral, Development and Donor Funding) for customers.
Worked as a business manager for identification and assessment of new opportunities, planed
proactively for future by reviewing, assessing, evaluating and managing new ventures & business
initiatives. Lead multi-group research and product development team covering the cutting edge
technology terrain (WiMAX, NGN, WCDMA etc), managing a variety of technical & management issues.
Explored many emerging fields like technology use in IPTV, Video on Demand, Mobile, Kiosk Banking, STP,
Smart Cards, Micro Payment, and Rural Internet to name a few.
Assisted in development and introduction of new products and launching products to new markets by
understanding market dynamics, market mapping, client needs identification, articulating client’s
business needs, defining value proposition and providing a complete customised business solution to
clients in Telecom and Broadband segments. Identified, created and managed various business
accounts worth US$10M each.
Created and managed consulting & services business as an independent business operation. Successfully
planned strategies and identified opportunities for services business for enhancing consulting and expert
services share of total business due to excellent understanding of processes and operations in Telcos.
Managed company’s business development initiative to build the ecosystem for the company’s
technologies by conducting viability analysis, technical assessments, and estimation studies to derive
ROI, TM, TCO and Business Indicators to support identified solution before proposing solution. Involved in
designing and repackaging all collaterals, marketing communications, including advertising, public
relations and promotional programs and materials. Skilfully structured integrated theme for global
implementation. Created multidimensional marketing concept to grow revenues.
Assisted comprehensively in enhancing international business by developing export business on one
hand and building an import representation business on other. Involved in setting up of Singapore office
and growing import representation business to USD 10 Million within five quarters while generating
new business in eight countries.
Also responsible for corporate planning & relationship management, interacted with Directors of the
company, Key Accounts, Partners, Investors, External Advisors and Top brass of subsidiaries on
regular basis. Coordinated with all functional heads for analytical needs and provided support on strategic
issues. Collected information from multiple functions like finance, marketing, sales and presented it as
knowledge to relevant people while monitoring implementation of corporate strategy. Represented the
company at meetings with the government, chambers of commerce and industry, the media, national and
international financial institutions, diplomatic and multilateral agencies. Managed participation in
international and domestic events. Lead team in various contests and awards including CISR Diamond
Jubilee Award and Government of India’s ICT Award. Managed relationships with authorities,
regulators and industry groups like TRAI, WTO, WBG, TEMA, FICCI, ITU etc. to name a few as well as
making recommendations to policy-makers about economic, industrial and trade policies while keeping
management well informed about regulatory and compliance environment. Made successful
representations to overseas regulators on policy issues twice for getting modifications in policy.
TATA Honeywell, India, Sr. Manager (Head - Line of Business), Jan 2001 to Jan 2004
Head the Enterprise Technology team as separate profit centre. Achieved high profit realisation by
initiating steps to drive business growth, process improvement, enterprise efficiency and minimising
development & deployment costs, also managed steady growth in customer satisfaction by partnering
with clients across the lifecycle, suggesting strategies, architectures, and solutions, assisting them in
leveraging technology investments to the max.
Key responsibilities included identification of new opportunities, conduct viability analysis of prospects,
oversees market research, undertake estimation studies before allocating resources, decide among
available technologies and vendors on basis of comparative analysis or technical compatibility studies

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