This Week in Asia Episode 35: Saumil Nanavati from Chalkboard

By TWIA on May 18, 2010 in This Week in Asia

What’s the story behind Chalkboard and what followed after the launch of the first beta in 21 days? Joining us in TWIA in conjunction with Echelon 2010, Saumil Nanavati, CEO and co-founder of Chalkboard came on our virtual studio and share with Chew Lin and Daniel Cerventus more on the local mobile ad network and his thoughts on the speed that start-ups need to innovate in today’s world. Of course, above all, we ask him what he will look forward to in the coming Echelon 2010 conference which he will attending. Coming on board for this interview on behalf of his other co-founder, Bernard, who is a host to the show and a speaker on the panel “Mobile Applications: the State of Play“, we will hear more about the mobile advertising space in the coming Echelon 2010.

About Saumil Nanavati from Chlkboard: Saumil is the co-founder and CEO of Chalkboard. As a pan-continental serial digital media entrepreneur from Silicon Valley to Asia Pacific, he manages sales, marketing, and operations at Chlkboard, the local mobile ad network. He has a long history in all things digital, particularly cross roads of digital and advertising. Prior to Chlkboard, he was the co-founder and CEO of Sydus, which he took from incubation to a successful exit. He has managed the P&L’s in advertiser funded digital solutions for mobile and web, managed music & entertainment business within these segments, including @Sydus, the largest pan Asian advertiser funded mobile music service. He has also built and managed multi-tier sales teams and distribution channels with the largest Telco’s & media partners across APAC & UK. Saumil has held senior executive positions at Epicentric Inc., Scient Corporation and Motorola. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Purdue University and has earned numerous awards, including the Spirit of Enterprise Award recognizing top entrepreneurs in Singapore, featured in CNBC e-watch, Smart 50 ZDNet Asia, International Herald Tribune Asian Entrepreneur Watch.