Manoj is an entrepreneur, worker, author and occasional teacher. He is building three platform startups in the enterprise space, one of which is in Go-to-market stage.  He has over forty years of work experienceand has led organizations for the last twenty years. He became CEO of The Waterbase Ltd. in 1990, a company he listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange. He was until recently Chief Strategy Officer for Apparel, a retail company in Dubai (2013-2018). He was Executive Director of Dubai SME, a Government organization that catalyzes entrepreneurship (2005-2013). Manoj is a graduate of IIT Delhi, IIM, Bangalore, and Case Western Reserve University, USA.