Anupam Kundu

AI Strategy Consultant & Digital Advisor

Salary / Daily rate

Perpignan, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Product StrategyProduct ManagementE-LearningKnowledge ManagementProduct MarketingProduct OwnershipDesign ThinkingConsulting ITAIProject Management (PMO)ScrumStrategy & ConsultingAgile CoachingCustomer SuccessProject OwnerERPUser ResearchData AnalysisCoaching

Languages

BengaliEnglishFrenchHindi

About me

Intro

AI Strategy & Digital Advisory expert with 25+ years transforming ambiguous ideas into game-changing solutions. Led $40M+ portfolios at EPAM/Google, founded multiple startups, and delivered products for UNICEF, Fortune 500 clients. Ready to accelerate your digital transformation with proven AI, product strategy, and growth expertise.

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Work experience

Founder | 2025 French Impact Startup (Social Inclusion) | Supported by BIC Plein Sud & eWorks

KiidoFreelance

Oct 2022 - Present

4 years 1 month

25040 Europa, Province of Brescia, Italy

Travailler à convertir des idées ambiguës en un produit ou une solution qui change la donne. Working to convert ambiguous ideas into a game-changing product / solution. Selected by BIC Plein Sud Entreprises, a leading French incubator, for strategic guidance and operational support during Kiido’s launch phase. Participated in the eWorks Accelerator by ESADE University, focusing on scaling Kiido’s reach, refining business strategies, and preparing for investor engagement.

Founder / Operator

Calculai

May 2018 - Present

8 years 6 months

Indianapolis, IN, USA

We are currently building innovative products and solutions with a focus on AI, IoT, and mobile technologies, aimed at driving growth and impact. Our clients are in France, Canada, USA, Philippines, India and other countries. Additionally, providing technology-diligence service advisory to multiple VC/PE firms, start-up ventures, global multi-lateral organizations (like UN) at the intersection of  innovation, AI, and data strategy. Case studies : https://www.calcul.ai/case-studies My role involves listening, translating, connecting, learning, experimenting, uniting, and growing.

Guest Lecturer / Visiting Professor (AI, UX, Product Management, Digital Transformation)

Various Institutions – Parsons School of Design, IMERIR, Barcelona Technology School

Feb 2015 - Present

11 years 9 months

Global / Remote / Multiple Locations

Delivered guest lectures and masterclasses on topics including AI trends, ethical design, product management, and digital transformation. - Parsons School of Design (NYC) – Agile & Design Futures - IMERIR (France) – Applied AI - Barcelona Technology School – AI Ethics & UX Masterclass Focused on engaging students with practical, real-world cases and participatory learning.

Head of Products (Computer Vision)

RealValue

Sep 2019 - Mar 2021

1 year 7 months

69340 Francheville, France

• Orchestrated a global team of 7 to build a visual intelligence platform for ops and marketing teams. • Secured 4 enterprise customers within the first 12 months. Created and managed a roadmap with inputs from customers and global trends. • Won public funding and hackathons to scale product initiatives and build partnerships. Our Trust & Safety solution, SafeAccess, won the business continuity challenge in #EuVsVirus hackathon among over 2100 teams.

Angel Investor

AngelList

Jan 2016 - Dec 2020

5 years

Multiple investments via Angel list. Currently in hiatus after 1 exit and 1 closure.

Global Client Relationships Strategy and Growth (Google, Ooyala, Ericsson)

EPAM Systems

Sep 2016 - May 2018

1 year 9 months

San Francisco Bay Area , NYC

Co-conspirator to draft the vision of becoming the most sought-after tech consulting firm in the Bay area. -Steered a business critical portfolio of $40mm for product technology consulting, marketing, and strategic technology partnerships in EPAM Systems. Global team footprint in 8 countries, 240+ people, and growing. Core clients include Google, Ericsson, Ooyala, and their customers. -Improved portfolio NPS through successful CSAT and ESAT initiatives and enabled EPAM to become preferred vendor partners at Google and Ooyala. -Steered several initiatives around product dev, product marketing, and sales enablement, recruiting pipeline and events strategy in collaboration with HR, Finance, Marketing, Sales, and Staffing Staffing VPs and Directors. -Created and nurtured a strategic partnership with Google Cloud Platform / Apigee for new revenue growth. -Played engagement lead for different Google senior directors and VPs (Youtube, Corp Eng, REWS, Fiber, Apigee) to craft and hone a vendor management framework and location strategy for managed services to sustain revenue north of $30mm. -Lead relationship management with C suite at Ooyala (owned by Telstra), participating in corporate restructuring and product engineering delivery outsourcing for faster time to market of new ideas. -Lead product strategy engagement with Google REWS (Events Management) and Ericsson Media Products (for next-generation set top boxes)

Co-Founder and Dog Parent

www.barkloudly.com

Sep 2012 - Aug 2017

5 years

New York, NY, USA

We believe in improving the quality of life for both dogs and humans by helping them find love and continuity through compassion and humane education.

ThoughtWorks

Mar 2008 - Aug 2016

8 years 6 months

New York, NY, USA

Global Strategic Advisor (Financial Services)

Dec 2015 - Aug 2016

9 months

New York, NY, USA

- Relationship management and governance of managed engagements for building transformative products-platforms-change strategy with global top 5 banking and finance companies including Fidelity, Vanguard, JP Morgan Asset Management, Credit Suisse. - Defined and set go-to-market strategy for business development and subsequent sales, tools build-out and subject matter expertise for insights driven new revenue growth - Responsible for biz dev, strategic sales, and global accounts management

Global Client Partner, Office of Social Change Initiatives

Nov 2014 - Dec 2015

1 year 2 months

-Responsible for scaling a global portfolio of work with UNICEF including driving the global data management strategy across 25 countries and $50mm investments collaborating with senior most stakeholders in UNICEF. -Defined and implemented digital products / solutions for socially impactful organizations namely UNICEF, WHO, UNDP, Mercy Corps, Democracy Now, Wikileaks, United We Dream, Cool Culture, and more http://unicefstories.org/2014/05/20/rapidftr-2/ https://data.unicef.org/ http://mics.unicef.org/ http://www.democracynow.org https://www.sankofa.org http://www.allianceforfairfood.org/ www.unitedwedream.org https://berthafoundation.org/ www.wikileaks.org

Principal Consultant

May 2012 - Dec 2014

2 years 8 months

-Key member of North East (NE) Leadership Team responsible for operational excellence (~25mm portfolio), new business growth, and driving University partnership for organic growth and buildout of Design Thinking Practice across different clients. -Co-founded Digital Prototype Opportunity through collaborative alliances with venture funds and design university.Expanded the social impact opportunities leads pipeline by 400% in the local market within 4 months. -Founded Raptor, a creative, collaborative, and intense product accelerator service offering for ThoughtWorks, ground-up, leading to growth in net new revenue of $8mm, 20+ people within 16 months. Successfully enabled launch of 8 new products and services for organizations including high end retailers, physical marketplaces and travel sites across the globe. Steered strategic scaling of innovation-as-a-service across the company. https://www.thoughtworks.com/clients/natural-markets-food-group

Lead Agile Consultant

Mar 2008 - May 2012

4 years 3 months

New York, NY, USA

-Product-Portfolio Management for media clients, Change-Transformation for Finance clients, Driving accounts marketing strategy, Agile Product Management -Leadership (player/coach/governance) in creation of agile center of excellence for the largest bank in the world that was adopted by several different line of businesses within the bank including asset management, treasury, risks and others in USA, UK, India and Australia. - http://www.simonandschuster.com/ - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pimsleur-course-manager/id609415209?mt=8 - Bloomberg Aptitude Test - Cox Media - Pershing - Chubb Insurance

Sr. Project Manager

Bridgeline Software

Jun 2007 - Mar 2008

10 months

New York, NY, USA

Responsible for management of multiple strategic projects for several clients particularly in the Finance domain (DTCC, NFP)worth $5mm of revenue.

Software PM (contract project via Pursuit Software)

Merrill Lynch

Nov 2006 - Jul 2007

9 months

New York, NY, USA

Engaged as a Technical Project Manager for a web re-engineering project with Merrill Lynch at NYC.


Education

MIT Sloan School of Management

Executive Program

2017 - 2017

1 year

Stanford University

Executive Program

2012 - 2012

1 year

Rutgers University

Certificate

University of Calcutta

BS

Indira Gandhi National Open University

MBA

National Institute of Information Technology

GNIIT (equivalent Post Grad Diploma)

Villanova University

Certificate

Portfolio

AI Transformation Roadmap for Transport Services Provider

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