Tejas V Hoskatti
Highlights
- Startup Expert, Business strategist, Digital Marketing & Brand strategist, Cool Mentor
- Nature of Business – Robotics, Web & Mobile App development, Digital Marketing and Brand Advertising
- 14+ years of experience in design and development of IT products & services (hospitality, restaurant, retail, education, etc)
- 10+ years of experience in demonstrating influencer marketing and strategy, planning and online promotions with the best Digital Marketing practises.
- Profound knowledge and experience in Structured data, Cloud & Server handling
Personal Achievements:
- Honorary Lifetime member of Higher Education Forum, actively bringing reformers in the field of education in India.
- Honorary Lifetime member of Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce (MACCIA), actively bringing reformers in commerce, Industrial and agricultural sectors in Maharashtra, India.
- Honorary Lifetime member of Young Environmentalist of India, an NGO involved in various activities promoting recycling, conservation of water and energy, and reforestation.
- Honorary Director of Administration for Giants International’s Powai Metro Group, an NGO for involved in social service.
- Robotics: Participated and won in 38 winning positions in numerous technical festivals in India while pursuing the Engineering
- Robotics, 12/2005 SECOND in Aqua-robotics at National Level Competition held at Sardar Patel C.O.E., Mumbai.
Experience
- At Next-Move India LLP as CTO (Sept 2019- Till now)
- At Curion Education Private Limited as an IT Consultant (Aug 2019 – Till Date)
- At Taiijas Infotech Private Limited as CEO (July 2010 – Till date)
- Worked as a consultant for Accel Partners, investment giants with a funding profile which includes Google, Facebook, Flipkart, Ola, Swiggy, BookMyShow, Myntra to name a few.
At Sepalika – Moonjur Healthcare Pvt Ltd as a Tech Lead (Feb 2016 – Dec 2018)
- Product Development of an Online Treatment service, planned and executed from acquisition to management and delivery phase for over a year.
- Led and achieved 18k plus organic visitors per day from single digit figures in 8 months through New SEO strategy and
- Maintaining and improving the website performance and stability parameters such as Server-side optimization, SSL certification, Server security protocols and load optimizations.
- Planning and executing monthly Digital Marketing strategies for the company through ADwords, Facebook ads
- Implemented Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) and Facebook Instant Articles with full customization
- Research relevant keywords and implementing SEO strategies for the website
- Achieved Organic traffic of 5k+ per day in 3 months (Organic traffic) by combining SEO by Digital marketing and content generation.
- Server Handling on AWS and WP-Engine servers
- Website Development and Programming
- IT recruitment
During Sepalika, the firm was seed funded by ACCEL Inc, Accel, formerly known as Accel Partners, is an American venture capital firm. Accel works with startups in seed, early and growth-stage investments. The company has offices in Palo Alto, California and San Francisco, California, with additional operating funds in London, India and China.
Its seed and early stage investments include Cloudera, Dropbox, Dropcam, Facebook, Flipkart, Jet.com, Podium, SquareSpace and Slack, and in India – Bookmyshow, Swiggy, Ola Cabs, FabHotels and Myntra to name a few. Had an exclusive training in Digital Marketing with expertise in Facebook, Google and Youtube strategies.
At Taiijas Infotech Private Limited – Managing Director (Feb 2010 – till date)
- Responsible for the establishment of both annual and monthly sales objectives in coordination with the Company’s business plan.
- Responsible for coordinating between various teams internal and external as a consultant to execute projects from start to completion.
- Establish compensation plans for all personnel including salary structures, commission plans, sales contests and bonus plans.
- Keep up to date with recent market and industry trends, competitors, and leading customer strategies
- Define and manage the monthly and annual sales objectives for all of the sales personnel
- Spend a significant portion of time in the field both with individual accounts and co-traveling with sales personnel.
- Responsible for developing the core competency in Web and Mobile applications development to execute projects on ecommerce, CRM, ERP.
- Developed expertise in SEO, Social Marketing and online Brand promotions
- Handled and executed events ranging from one day to month long activities
- Responsible for delivering innovative and first-time solutions using social platforms such as Google, Facebook and Twitter APIs
- Developed projects as a Robotics Consultant, working with diverse electronics and software requirements
- Conducting Training sessions at various institutes and organizations on topics ranging on both Technical and Soft skills
Achievements
- Internationally worked on projects with companies AT&T and on celebrity web applications for Mike Tyson, The Doors, Glen Morrison, Janis Joplin.
- Tech Consultant at “Lalbaugcha Raja” from 2013. (Handling Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Website and Mobile Apps)
- Nationally got projects from Meru cabs for their Facebook application
- Worked on the first of its kind Twitter count Meter on a national map for Fox India’s promotional activity for Bollywood’s movie “Bullet-Raja”.
- Achieved MSME status along with SE-3C NSIC-CRISIL Rating in 2014.
At Testkart Online Private Limited – Director, IT (May 2014 – Dec 2018)
- Responsible for developing the web application from scratch with user friendly interface.
- Integrating with the online payment gateway to give it a complete ecommerce experience.
At Neo Quant Solutions Private Limited – VP, Marketing & HR (March 2009 – Feb 2010)
- Responsible for Client presentations with the top management.
- Responsible for coordinating between various teams internal and external as a consultant to execute projects from start to completion.
- Establish compensation plans for all personnel including salary structures, commission plans, sales contests and bonus plans Keep up to date with recent market and industry trends, competitors, and leading customer strategies
- Responsible for developing the core competency in Web development to execute projects on ecommerce, CRM, ERP and BI.
- Conducting Recruitment and development of personal to help them achieve their full potential
At Larsen & Tubro Ltd, EBG department – HR intern (Feb 2008 – Nov 2008)
- Played the role of Technical H.R. Associate
- Technical Recruitment & Training
- Conducting and Managing Technical competency building programs for GETs
- Developing Technical Training curriculum
- Holding trainings programs
At Aakar Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd – Educational Consultant (Dec 2006 – Jan 2008)
- Conducted Workshops on Robotics, Aeromodelling.
- Technical Event Head for Scientifica, the nation’s biggest science and technology competition for school students.
- Technical Recruitment
- Conducting and Managing Technical competency building programs for College and School Teachers
- Developing Product training curriculum based on Robotics
- Holding large workshops for Product trainings on Robotics
At The Robotics Institute of India – Technical Research Consultant (Feb 2006 – July 2006)
- Conducted 6 Robotics workshops in India
- Developing Robotic Product training curriculum
- Holding product trainings programs for large audience on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Education
- Post-Graduation Business Administration from International Management Institute, Brussels, Belgium with First Class.
- Post-Graduation in MBA program specialization in Marketing & Personnel Management (HR) from The Indian Institute of Planning and Management, Mumbai, 2006-08 with First Class First.
- Bachelor in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Mumbai University, 2002–06.