Bhalchander Vishwanath
Founder and CEO of United Prosperity, IIT, entrepreneur, internet
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://www.unitedprosperity.org |
| Industries: | Financial, Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | Business, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Languages, Leadership, Software Engineering |
| Location: | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Groups: | BASES, Social Entrepreneurship and Education Consortium |
| Visas: | US |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects |
| Tags: | bottom of the pyramid, entrepreneur, guarantee, iit, Microfinance, social business, social media, technology |
| Schools: | Indian Institute of Technology |
FEATURED STARTUP
United Prosperity
United Prosperity
United Prosperity helps you combat global poverty and multiply the impact of your money through loan guarantees
- Startup type: Social Enterprise
- Status: Active
- Stage: Beta
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Bhalchander is the founder and CEO of United Prosperity. Bhalchander started putting together United Prosperity from mid 2007. He has 14 years experience in information technology, insurance and financial services spanning multiple business functions including software development, marketing, sales, and operations in the US and India. He has worked with Infosys, MphasiS, Microsoft, Wipro and Tata Motors. He received a B.Tech from IIT-Bombay and an MBA from IIM-Bangalore.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | unitedprosperity.org |
| Position: | CEO and Founder |
| Time period: | September 2007 - Present |
| Employer: | Infosys Technologies |
| Position: | Associate Business Manager |
| Time period: | February 2003 - August 2007 |
| Description: | - Successfully led multi-million multi-year enterprise initiatives with multiple insurance clients
- Account management activities including initiation of new projects and initiatives, pre-sales and project oversight - Managed senior level client relationships |
| Employer: | MphasiS |
| Position: | Project Manager and Customer Relationship Manager |
| Time period: | October 2000 - February 2003 |
| Description: | Florida
- Relationship management, project management & delivery with a large global financial institution - Established MphasiS as the No.1 ‘Regional Strategic Technology Partner’ for web technologies over four other strategic partners - Managed and successfully delivered several software projects including a web portal, security gateway and a middleware solution New York, California - Setup strategic alliances with key product vendors such as Epicentric, Tibco, Securant, Interwoven and Bea Systems. These alliances helped us acquire new customers and also led to product specific engagements with existing customers - Business development for the west coast - Setup the e-business integration practice for ‘Retail, Logistics and Transportation’ vertical |
| Employer: | MphasiS |
| Position: | Project Manager |
| Time period: | December 1999 - September 2000 |
| Description: | - Setup a real-time financier neutral loan marketplace for a startup company |
| Employer: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Position: | Partner Account Manager |
| Time period: | August 1999 - November 1999 |
| Description: | - Responsible for sales through partners in south India.
- Managed relations with enterprise partners and solution providers for south India |
| Employer: | Wipro Corporation |
| Position: | Product Manager / Regional Manager / Channel Sales Manager |
| Time period: | April 1996 - July 1999 |
| Description: | - Responsible for various roles including product management of personal computing products, account management and sales
- As a Product Manager, I had end to end responsibility for product marketing, revenues, advertising, promotion and profitability for the Notebook business - Part of the core team, which successfully launched and built the Acer brand in India - As a Channel Sales Manager, achieved close to 90 % volume growth over the previous year |
| Employer: | Tata Motors |
| Position: | Engineer |
| Time period: | June 1992 - April 1994 |
| Description: | - As a methods engineer, was responsible for design, development and process control of foundry castings. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Indian Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 1987 - 1992 |
| Degree: | Metallurgical Engg., BTech |
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United Prosperity
United Prosperity helps you combat global poverty and multiply the impact of your money through loan guarantees
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Neerja Raman
Graduate of Northwestern University, Masters Degrees from S.U.N.Y Stony Brook, New York and Delhi University. Senior Research Fellow at Stanford University, award winning executive and author in technology research and new business creation.
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