Saumil is the co-founder and CEO of Chlkboard. As a pan-continental serial digital media entrepreneur from Silicon Valley to Asia Pacific, he manages sales, marketing, and operations at Chlkboard, the local mobile ad network.He has a long history in all things digital, particularly cross roads of digital and advertising. Prior to Chlkboard, he was the co-founder and CEO of Sydus, which he took from incubation to a successful exit. He has managed the P&L’s in advertiser funded digital solutions for mobile and web, managed music & entertainment business within these segments, including @Sydus, the largest pan Asian advertiser funded mobile music service with clients such as Barcardi, Virgin and Pepsi.
He has also built and managed multi-tier sales teams and distribution channels with the largest Telco’s & media partners across APAC & UK. Saumil has held senior executive positions at Epicentric Inc., Scient Corporation and Motorola. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Purdue University and has earned numerous awards, including the Spirit of Enterprise Award recognizing top entrepreneurs in Singapore, featured in CNBC e-watch, Smart 50 ZDNet Asia, International Herald Tribune Asian Entrepreneur Watch.
