Name: EXPAND 2021 - India
Start: 2021-09-24T11:30:00+05:30
End: 2021-09-24T15:30:00+05:30

Nikhil Arora

GoDaddy

A driven corporate executive who believes in “being missionary first before being a mercenary”, Nikhil Arora is always looking for avenues where he can make an impact. In a career spanning over two decades and five countries, Nikhil has led several functions including corporate strategy, business development, marketing, finance and operations for various global entities. He has helped launch several new businesses in his tenure at these organizations, and is deeply passionate about grassroots innovation and giving voice to good ideas – wherever they may come from.   Nikhil is currently responsible for leading GoDaddy’s India business, constantly working towards identifying new growth strategies for entrepreneurs and small businesses in the country. Nikhil joined the company in 2017, and since then, has taken the world’s largest internet domain registrar and web hosting company to new summits, bagging the honor of The Economic Times Best Brands 2019 Award, India’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2019 by WCRCINT and NexBrands’ Thought leadership & Brand Innovation Award for two times in a row. His focus is on forging a connection with entrepreneurs as they try to make their way in a fast changing economy, and has become an avid voice for small businesses opening themselves up to digital possibilities. Recent recipient of The Economic Times’ Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia 2019 award, Nikhil has been using press and social media platforms to highlight important ways in which the Indian consumer is changing, and the various resources small businesses have at their disposal today to capture this new market.

Abhishek Singh

Government of India

Abhishek Singh is an officer of the 1995 batch of IAS with diverse experience of administration, managing law and order, implementing development programs, and of policy formulation at Central Government about use of Technology for improving Governance. He is presently posted as the CEO of MyGov with additional charge of President and CEO for the National eGovernance Division (NeGD) and MD and CEO of the Digital India Corporation. Here, Abhishek is responsible for working with Ministers, Chief Minister and Governor of the State for policy formulation and implementation. He has been instrumental in the implementation of various developmental and welfare programmes at the district level with special emphasis on poverty alleviation and delivery of educational and health services. Abhishek has also worked in close coordination with international and multilateral agencies like World Bank, DFID, UNICEF and WHO for various children’s welfare initiatives. He has done Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a Mason fellow in May 2013. Prior to that, Abhishek did his B Tech and M.Tech from IIT Kanpur.

Gaurav Nakul

GoDaddy

Gaurav leads the Go-To-Market strategy and program for the Web Developer & Designer audience at GoDaddy India. In his current role, Gaurav is responsible for driving recruitment, engagement, customer care, and overall growth initiatives for this channel. With over 13 years of experience in Business development, partnerships and alliances, channel management, Gaurav brings valuable experience in identifying and nurturing partnerships, successfully creating and scaling channel programs, defining and executing in-market strategies. He is passionate about working and learning together with partners and distribution channels to ensure we collectively provide a better experience to the end customer

Andrew Stevens

Repunext

Andrew Stevens is an enthusiastic, accomplished, seasoned marketing and sales professional, who is always ready to foray into the field of technology. He is also one of the co-founders of Volcy Ventures India Pvt. He is currently serving as the sales director of RepuNext and passionately leading the team to success with his mind-blowing marketing strategies and corporate approach. With him joining Repunext the company has reached 300+ active clients and outstanding customer service as a team provider. Andrew’s constant work and array of ideas made Volcy ventures a million dollar company in the first year of operations. Andrew loves challenges, his eagerness to learn never lets people down. He truly believes in unleashing the power of technology to help and enable the small and medium businesses everywhere.

Abhinav Jain

ALMOND & ATechnos

A technologist turned marketer, Abhinav Jain comes with 15+ years of professional experience, currently leading ALMOND, an ATechnos Venture as its CEO and Co-founder. He is responsible for the overall business strategy: product completion, investor relations, and scaling-up the venture, driven with a mission to enable last-mile digital-communities on preferred platforms, in a language that users love to speak. As a marketing and tech platform, ALMOND connects brands with India’s 1 billion mobile phone users in internet-agnostic ways to augment engagement and revenues in urban and rural India. A man who wears multiple hats – Abhinav is an Engineer, a Marketer, an Author, a Dad, Musician, Traveller, Food Lover, Lifelong Learner and Explorer.

Gautam Bali

Vestige Marketing Pvt. Ltd

An IT professional turned Entrepreneur, having acquired hands on expertise by working across Indian & Multinational direct selling companies; Gautam Bali is currently at the helm of Vestige, which started its operations in the year 2004. Vestige is a leading direct selling company dealing in world class health & wellness products. Gautam is a graduate from Jammu University and brings more than 30 years of experience to the business. He possesses a strong business and leadership record and has a deep understanding of the consumer and business landscape. Gautam started his professional career with Pfizer, a multinational pharmaceutical corporation and has held senior position of Vice President at Biotique Network Marketing, Chief Marketing Officer at Elken Sdn Bhd. Under his strong leadership, Vestige has turned into the leading Indian direct selling company.Gautam ventured on his own 17 years ago and today has successful brands to his credit. He has been awarded the prestigious “Udyog Ratan Award” from the Institute of Economic Studies.

Sajal Bhatia

Webic Studio

Sajal serves as the Co-founder and Director for Webic Studio Infotech (P) Ltd, a website development agency based out of New Delhi. He is passionate about helping small businesses grow and work flawlessly online. Sajal has over 8+ years of experience in technology and is strongly focused on the motto "WordPress for everyone". He believes in delivering growth tactics to people and businesses to the best of his knowledge and is actively working to help them turn their small ideas and big vision into an engaging online space. His goal is to digitally up-skill and help others to stand strong in today’s digitally advancing world.

Nikesh Masiwal

Pixels Agency

Nikesh is the Director and Co-founder of Pixels Agency, a digital marketing firm based in Mumbai, which specializes in creating online experiences for brands, start-ups and established businesses that engage and influence their customers. He has 9 years of experience in managing and executing some of India’s leading software startups. Prior to Pixels Agency, Nikhil had co-founded two successful product Startups. Nikesh's work on Recommendations systems has also been published in Harvard Connect and The Science and Information (SAI) Organization.

Dhruwal Patel

Dhrutel Technologies

Dhruwal Patel is the founder of Dhrutel® Technologies LLP, a company providing cutting-edge solutions and offering various services to SMEs along with Full Stack Development and IT Consultancy Services. Founded in 2015, and since then catering multiple verticals such as Travel, Hospitality, Events, Medical, and various industries. Also, the founder of a content-providing platform called ‘Writurs’ caters to all kinds of industries for content development. Dhruwal Patel comes with 17+ years of experience and more than a decade of traveling to various countries for business and with an extensive background in Information Technology. With a growth mindset, he never stopped learning and acquired a series of certifications to keep up with the latest technologies and acquire new skills. Key certifications include ITIL V3, MCITP, MCTS, MCSE, MCSA, MCP, CCNA, CISS, Security+, Server+, Ethical Hacker (CEH). IT Security has always been his area of interest. His areas of expertise include Computer Hardware, Computer Networking (Data Centers), Full Stack Software / Websites / Apps Development, Systems Architecture, IT Security, Social Media Marketing, Internet Technology Management, and much more. He also is a founder of an Events Platform and a 10-year-old brainchild called Ganpati.TV where a contest event is held every year with thousands of participants globally. Dhruwal is also part of a non-profit organization as Trustee & Head of IT at Bright Kids Foundations to educate underprivileged children. For leisure, he indulges in canvas painting, photography and immerses himself in exploring new technologies. He often finds himself busy creating projects with electronics involved when he is not working. Traveling is another hobby he is happy to take up.

Victor Santoyo

Sr. Account Executive for Sucuri Security

Victor Santoyo is Sucuri’s Senior Account Executive who joined in 2015. Victor’s main responsibilities over nine years have included helping agencies, web professionals, and businesses of all sizes secure their web properties. When Victor isn’t onboarding new partners, you might find going out for long runs or watching sports with his family.

Rohit Makhija

GoDaddy

An accomplished, high-energy seasoned executive who is passionate about keeping Customers at the heart of business strategy. With over 20 years of experience in leading large-scale Operations, Customer Experience and Digital transformation across various industries including Hospitality, Banking & Financial Services, Telecom and IT/tech in companies like Vodafone UK, American Express and HSBC, his expertise lies in helping companies create a niche for themselves by using Customer Care as the key differentiator.With the advancement of technology in enabling every aspect of online business and rapid evolution of digital journeys, there is a natural tendency for business processes to become complex in today’s world. Rohit believes in the principle of ‘Keeping It Simple’ and specializes in translating customer needs, business objectives and marketplace insights into actionable digital strategy.Rohit leads the Customer Care & Services in India and APAC for GoDaddy. In his current role, Rohit is responsible for providing World Class experience to GoDaddy customers and help them succeed in their independent ventures. Rohit joined the company in 2015 and in the last 6 years, has led the customer engagement strategy, contact flow design and expansion of channels beyond inbound voice to include Chat, Messaging, WhatsApp, and social media in line with the company’s mission of empowering everyday entrepreneurs everywhere and making opportunity inclusive for all. His expertise lies in Driving Customer Lifetime Contribution Value, building Brand Loyalty & Retention, Contact Flow Designs and Process improvement.Rohit is an ardent follower of Servant Leadership, leads GoDaddy’s incredible team of over 700 guides and is committed in his quest to serve small businesses.

Kriti Aggarwal

Aanha Services

An engineer by qualification, Kriti is a certified Digital Marketer. After spending over four years working for various global brands across verticals and industries, Kriti started her own digital marketing firm - Aanha Services - in 2019, with an aim to extend her experience and skillset to help small and medium businesses scale up and expand their business online. As much as Kriti enjoys coding and website designing, her interest in writing blogs, reading novels, and playing sports are non-less. She is also passionate about supporting other women in the tech community and has been actively working to help empower Indian women in the profession.

Ankit Mehrotra

Dineout

Ankit Mehrotra started Dineout in early 2012 and through multiple acquisitions over the last eight years, has grown the company’s portfolio to include both B2C & B2B services and has been successful in positioning it as the largest dining out and restaurant online platform in India. His role at Dineout has led him to win multiple awards over the years which include • Education UK Alumni Awards 2016• Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 by the British Council• Digital Entrepreneur of the Year at the Drivers of Digital Awards 2019• Named one of the Top 50 Most Influential e-Commerce Professionals by the e-Commerce Summit & Awards 2019Before starting Dineout, Ankit lived in London for 10 years and worked for 7 years with BNP Paribas in London in various divisions including Investment Banking & Wealth Management managing a portfolio of UHNWI while also studying for the CFA charter, which he obtained in 2011.He is an ardent start-up and tech enthusiast, who specializes in building e-commerce strategy, scaling up a startup, understanding and interpreting online customer behaviour, launching new product lines, and forging mutually beneficial Alliances across networks. Ankit also believes in giving back to the start-up community and is a mentor at multiple start-ups and an avid Angel Investor.

About this event

Thank you for attending EXPAND 2021 – India!

Speakers

Nikhil Arora

Abhishek Singh

Gaurav Nakul

Andrew Stevens

Abhinav Jain

Gautam Bali

Sajal Bhatia

Nikesh Masiwal

Dhruwal Patel

Victor Santoyo

Rohit Makhija

Kriti Aggarwal

Ankit Mehrotra

Host

Neha Khanna

Organizer

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