Ameya Kolambekar

Ameya Kolambekar has extensive work experience in marketing and strategy roles. Ameya began their career in 2007 as a Product Manager at Jumbo Electronics, where they were responsible for the pricing, product management, retail promotions, channel sales management, demand planning, new product launches and distribution management for the Sony Home Audio Video and Projectors categories. Ameya contributed towards achieving total sales revenue of USD 30 Mn across 5 marketing channels. In 2010, they joined La Affaire Perfumes as a Marketing Manager, where they developed the turnaround marketing & branding strategy including pricing, positioning & product development, and set up the procurement & channel distribution model. In 2011, they moved to RewardPort as the Head Strategy & Alliances, where they headed the marketing & strategy for the company's Reward & Loyalty wing, and designed end-to-end industry specific sales & marketing strategies for multiple reward and loyalty programs. In 2013, they co-founded TailorMySuit, an Indo-European start-up, and set up India operations, from sourcing to manufacturing. In 2014, they joined Birds Eye Systems as the Head - Marketing & Digital media, and acquired 2 million + users for the Traffline & Ridlr mobile apps through a performance marketing network. In 2015, they moved to BillBachao.com as the Head - Marketing, and led a team to spearhead the Marketing, Digital media & Growth. Finally, in 2018, they joined Infivention Technologies Pvt. Ltd. as the Chief Strategy Officer, where they worked on the robotics based gaming startup, and the Square Off - World’s smartest chess board, which was awarded as the coolest tech product of the year 2017 by Digital trends at CES, Las Vegas.

Ameya Kolambekar completed their Masters of Management Studies in Marketing at the Welingkar Institute of Management from 2005 to 2007. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelors in Mass Media in Advertising from R.D National College from 2002 to 2005. Ameya also holds a French Level One certification from Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Mumbai.