Kiran Deshpande

Kiran Deshpande General Information

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Mr. Kiran is an Angel Investor. Mr. Deshpande was an Investor & served as a mentor at GigIndia. He co-founded and served as President for India at Mojo Networks. He brings 24 years of management and technology experience in the software industry. At AirTight, he oversees sales and operations for the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. He was formerly the Managing Director and CEO of Mahindra British Telecom (MBT). He grew the company from US $7m in five years, achieving over 60% CAGR on revenue and 110% CAGR on net profit. The company became one of the top software services companies from India. Before MBT, He was Senior Vice President of Software Services at IMR (later acquired by CGI). At IMR, He conceptualized and successfully implemented software engineering research programs, resulting in substantial growth of the company, leading to IPO on NASDAQ. Kiran spent 14 years at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in various executive, sales, and engineering positions. He has a BSEE from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, and an MSEE from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He is a senior member of IEEE.