Ajay Lavakare

Experience

Chief Product Officer 2017 - Present (about 9 years)

At SmartVizX, we are transforming design experience and collaboration methodologies in the building industry through the use of immersive technologies.

The building... more

Member of the Board of Directors 2016 - Present (over 10 years)

SmartVizX is India's leading virtual reality technology startup for the building industry.

Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs India

Co-President 2015 - Present (over 11 years)

Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs India(SA&E India) is a Stanford Alumni Association group based in India that seeks to strengthen Stanford’s startup community by fostering... more

Indian Angel Network

Angel Investor 2010 - 2019 (about 9 years)

Active investor member of the Indian Angel Network (www.indianangelnetwork.com), India's first and largest angel investment group.

Invested in several start-ups in... more

Mail Today (The India Today Group)

Board Member 2013 - 2014 (almost 2 years)

RMS Risk Management Solutions India

Managing Director 2011 - 2014 (over 3 years)

Country head for Risk Management Solutions' Indian subsidiary.

Risk Management Solutions

Senior Vice President, India Data Center of Excellence/Data Product Management 2009 - 2014 (over 5 years)

Established a data development and analytical services Center of Excellence (CoE) for RMS in Noida, India with P&L responsibility.

The CoE delivered outsourced... more

Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Data Solutions 2006 - 2009 (about 3 years)

Established, led and grew a strategic business initiative to build a range of data quality analytics and database products and services to help RMS’ clients in the re/insurance... more

RMSI

Founder, Director, Managing Director, CEO, Executive Chairman 1992 - 2011 (over 19 years)

Cofounded RMSI (www.rmsi.com), one of India's leading geospatial & GIS services companies.

Created, built, grew, and led the company. As employee number 1, grew... more

Founder

RMSI

Employee

Risk Management Solutions, RMS Risk Management Solutions India, Indian Angel Network, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs India, SmartVizX

Board Member

Mail Today (The India Today Group)

Education

About

Achievements

I started my career as a software engineer in Japan, and moved to India to become an entrepreneur.

I founded, grew and successfully exited a mapping & GIS services business, RMSI, that is one of India's leading geospatial service providers.

Subsequently, as an intrapreneur working with a Silicon Valley USA company, I built and developed a product based data and analytics business unit, and returned to India as its Country Head.

Having lived and worked in three very different countries and cultures, I have hands-on as well as strategic experience with different business models (outsourced services, product business, cloud platform) across industries. This has given me a breadth and depth of knowledge, experience, and learning.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Entrepreneurship Product Management SaaS Scaling Operations Goto Market Strategy

Ajay Lavakare

Entrepreneur & investor with hands-on & strategic experience with different business models (outsourced services, product, platform) across various industries.