Shashi Kumar
Mentor at SK Telecom Americas Innopartners
Shashi Kumar
Mentor at SK Telecom Americas Innopartners
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Mentor
2015 - Current
SK Telecom Americas | RMK Scale SK Inc ( Sunkyoung Group) comprises of 3 main businesses Energy & Chemicals, Telecommunications & Semiconductor which has SK Telecom, South Korea's largest telecom service provider, SK Hynix world's second largest semiconductor memory manufacturer and Marketing & Service (30.0 Billion) provides services in logistics, retail, life infrastructures, hotel services, construction, and finance. Core technology startups in Telecom, Enterprise, Datacenter, Storage, Semiconductor & Systems, Smart Device, Healthcare Device / Bioinformatics Present Portfolio Technologies : Power management, datacenter storage, high-speed interface IP, hyperscale compute, big data, data center analytics RMK Silicon Valley Innovations Rainmaker Unique approach to investing in management teams and businesses who leverages highly monetizable innovative technologies for their overall business growth. Open Innovation Accelerator : Venture Program Director | Entrepreneur Technology Advisor Advisory Portfolio: Bitcoin - BlockChain, Foodtech, Fintech, Multifactor Authentication, Real Estate, Social, Wearable Platform, UAV, Solar
Innovations & New Business, Cross Border - Impact Investment, Technology Leverage By Enterprises
2014
American Consulate General in Jerusalem * Americas - LATAM - Stanford Graduate School of Business, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Latino Initiative - Microfluidix, Canada, Commercialization Mentor for Lab-on-a-chip startups for point-of-care diagnostics, single cell genomics, human organ on chip, companion diagnostics, drug discovery research, liquid biopsy, stem cell therapy * Cleantech - Accelerating climate tech entrepreneurship at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and 3 national lab's public-private infrastructure effort, funded by US DoE - Mentor Cleantech Open - Stanford University Ecopreneurship - Clean Base Load Geothermal Power Plant, Mojave Desert, USA - Energy Production - 450 MW+ of potential power generation : 2,200 acres approved for geothermal drilling + eight 640 acre sections * APAC - China - Manufacturing Partnerships - Korea based Semiconductor, Medical, Robot, Security startups - India - USA corridor partnerships to setup the health care innovation ecosystem in India @IISc Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore premise * Europe - American Consulate General and Leaders @Ramallah, Palestine, Startups Trainer - Enterprise, Education, Security, Auto, Social, Gaming, eCommerce - Italy Cross border Innovation Cluster - 96 facilities, 82 labs, 14 innovation centers 6 thematic smart specialization platforms - Agri-food-Life Science, Construction, energy-environment, ICT-Design, Mechanics, Material - Alcatel, France: Video Encryption, Speech to Action, Deep Learning, Security, Location * MENA - UAE University, Dubai, Member of Global Advisory Panel, SIP - MENA Region Research Search Platform, Security, Auto, Bio-Pharma
Co-Founder | Chief Strategy Officer
2014 - 2014
Founding to Successful Exit: 3 Professional services organizations Angel Investment to Successful Exit: Therapeutic fast disintegrating oral strips Angel Investment to Successful Exit: International Airfare Data Platform - British Aerospace and British Airlines Applications - Established and managed Tech Development - Localization centers at Nagoya and Tokyo - Co-ordinated one of the biggest IT outsourcing seminars at Nagoya - India Defense Research: Aircraft & Helicopter Simulation - Energy : Hydel : Nuclear : Thermal Power Plant Electrical Simulators, Material Management System - Steel Plants, Cement, OEM Applications Process Automation, Injection molding - Public Sector, Space Research Data Acquisition Systems - Small, Medium and Large Enterprise vertical clients in the areas of Automotive, High-Tech, Main Frame - Mini, ERP, Point of Sale Systems, Hospitality and Leisure Chief Strategy Officer - Founding Team Member - Intelligence to infrastructure Intelligence to infrastructure : Sep 2016 - Oct 2017 - Future proof traditional business devices to modern digital channels - Very Low Latency Intelligence Engine : Multiple Sensor & App data sources, Real-time AI based segmentation, Identity merging, Situational awareness - Hardware agnostic and no gateway needed - Unlimited KPI, adopts to multiple business use cases - Worldwide data collection network - Extreme ease of adaptability
Board Member | MBE Input Committee Secretary
2008 - 2013
Founded in 1978 NCMSDC provides the only nationally-recognized Ethnic Minority Business Certification in Northern California, Hawaii and Nevada states and connects certified Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs) with NCMSDC Corporate Members, including many of America's largest publicly-owned, privately-owned, and foreign-owned companies, as well as universities, hospitals, and other buying institutions. NCMSDC is an affiliate of NMSDC a national organization comprised of 36 regional councils with a combined constituency of over 3,500 corporate members and 16,000 certified MBE suppliers