Shivaas Gulati
Bachelor of Science graduate from Wilkes University, Pennsylvania majoring in Computer Science. Masters in Information Technology, eBusiness Technology, from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://shivaasgulati.info |
| Industries: | Computing, Education, Food and Drink, Health, Information Technology, Lifestyle, Retail |
| Skills: | Business, Design, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Languages, Leadership, Management, Web design |
| Next step: | Making FlyRuby.com a success |
| Location: | Pittsburgh |
| Groups: | BASES, Cornell Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital & Startup Club , Entrepreneur Society at UC Irvine |
| Visas: | India, USA |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Schools: | Carnegie Mellon University, Wilkes University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | FlyRuby Inc. |
| Position: | Platform Engineer |
| Time period: | September 2010 - Present |
| Employer: | Bazaar Media (www.ShoppingTadka.com), New Delhi, India |
| Position: | Co-Founder |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2008 |
| Description: | • Co-founder of Bazaar Media, a web based B2C business that provides stores, retail chains and shopping malls an additional channel to reach customers by leveraging the power of the Internet. The business value proposition is based on analyzing the meta-data provided by businesses to improve the end customer shopping experience.
• Strategy and Business Plan - Co-developed 2 year product map for the application - Co-developed 5 year business plan with partner • Marketing strategy and execution - Led formulation and execution of marketing strategy - Managed a team of marketers(4) responsible for data collection and categorization of data to populate the information system supporting the business - Formulated and led marketing campaign for alpha and beta product rollout - Utilized Google Analytics to fine tune and define website content and improve aggregation of data from the market. • Engineering - Identified underlying technology infrastructure needed to build a web based solution in support of the business. Designed, implemented and tested working prototype of the solution - Directed another employee responsible for final product development, testing and alpha/beta rollout |
| Employer: | Freelance |
| Position: | Freelance web developer |
| Time period: | December 2004 - November 2006 |
| Description: | • Developed web portals for small businesses and consumers. Designed templates, logos and banners. Installed and configured content management systems & integration with payment gateways such as PayPal. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Time period: | 2009 - 2010 |
| Degree: | IT - eBusiness , MSc |
| University: | Wilkes University |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, BSc |
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Paul Joseph
You can read all my stuff and what I do at www.6may86.com
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A Ranjith
Indian, 21, University College London, Technology Entrepreneurship '10 student
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Anand Iyer
Evangelist for Microsoft Silicon Valley, active member of the Startup and Technical Community