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Deepak Kamlani founded Global Inventures as Interprise Ventures after the company he worked for, Centex Telemanagement, Inc. was acquired by MFS Communications in 1994. At Centex, he was responsible for marketing and during his tenure Centex's revenue grew from $40M to $216M. His experience is exclusively in the technology sector and includes P & L management, and marketing, product development, and management, strategic programs and business development for leading US, European, and Japanese companies. Deepak began his career with Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., then a division of ITT Corporation in the U.K. (and later ICL and Northern Telecom), where he worked with senior management to develop new corporate strategies following telecom market liberalization. He then moved to GTE Corporation in the U.S., where he supported a corporate development team involved in the acquisition of Sprint Communications, managed direct sales operations for the large PBX and private network division, and helped develop and introduce the F9600 Broadband PBX for the U.S. market for Fujitsu GTE Business Systems (FGBS). Following this, Deepak was responsible for marketing for Toshiba America's Telecommunications Systems Division. He was Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Votrax, Inc., a supplier of integrated CTI equipment, and led business development, technology transfer, and strategic ventures for NTT America, Inc before moving to Centex. Deepak graduated with an Honors degree in Physical Chemistry from University College, University of London, in 1979, and a M.S. in Management from The Imperial College, also in the University of London, in 1981. He serves on the advisory board of start-ups, provides advisory services to venture capital firms, and is a frequent speaker at technology seminars and shows around the world. | 