Rana Gujral | SpeakerHub

Personal Details

Current position (3)

CEO

Behavioral Signals

Columnist

TechCrunch, Forbes, Huff Post, Inc, Fast Company

Council Member

Forbes, YEC

Degrees (4)

MTPO, General Management

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

1999 to 2001

MBA, Finance

University of Massachusetts

2002 to 2005

AAB, Marketing

TACK University, U.K.

1997 to 1999

BS, Computer Science and Engineering

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (MJP) Rohilkhand University

1993 to 1997

Bio

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Bio #1

Rana Gujral is a successful Entrepreneur, Executive, and Investor. In 2018, he was named CEO of Behavioral Signals, an award-winning emotion recognition and behavioral analytics AI technology company. In 2014, he founded TiZE, a Cloud software for specialty chemicals, and remained the company's CEO until 2016. He is currently an advisor to several startups. Rana is a contributing columnist at TechCrunch and Forbes and was awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ by CIO Magazine and the ‘US-China Pioneer’ Award by IEIE 2017. He was listed among Top 10 Entrepreneurs to follow in 2017 by Huffington Post and is a sought after international speaker. Rana has most recently been a featured speaker at the World Government Summit in Dubai, the Silicon Valley Smart Future Summit 2017, and IEIE 2017 in New York.

Rana holds degrees in Management, Finance, and Engineering from MIT Sloan, UMass, and TACK U.K. Prior to TiZE, Rana was recruited to be a part of the core turnaround team for Cricut Inc. At Cricut, Rana led the initiative to build a first of its kind, innovative product for the DIY community and prompted the turnaround of Cricut’s EBITDA position from bankruptcy to profitability within a span of 2 years. Previously, Rana held leadership positions at Logitech S.A. and Kronos Inc., where he was responsible for the development of best-in-class products generating billions in revenue and contributed towards several award-winning engineering innovations. Rana has earned a variety of personal and product awards and has been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, Inc magazine, Huffington Post, Fast Company, NBC, Fox and CBS.

Personal Awards:

US-China Pioneer Award - IEIE 2017

10k Prize - TiE Young Entrepreneurs Business Plan Competition

High Scholastic Achievement Award - BGS Honor Society

Engineering Outstanding Achievement Award - Kronos Inc

Academic Excellence Award - TACK U.K.

Product Awards:

TiZE - "20 Most Promising PLM Software Technology Solution Providers in 2015” - CIO Review

TiZE - "50 Smartest Companies of the Year 2016" - Silicon Review

Logitech Harmony Link - Edison Award 2012 Gold Winner

Logitech Revue - Top 10 Gadgets of TIME's Top 10 of Everything

BiometricTech Product of the year award 2004 and 2003 - Kronos 4500 Terminal

Bio #2

Presentations

Presentations (5)

The Promise of “The Internet of Money”

One of the grand promises of Blockchain technology is the concept of “the internet of money or value.” I'll weigh in on where we are and explore whether this real or a distraction. If you’re interested in
learning why large banks, tech giants, governments, start-ups and
investors are getting involved at alarming rates, this is your talk.

Valley’s 1% Problem and America’s Gap In Innovation Infrastr

In today’s crowded startup ecosystem, a new company that can’t make inroads outside the Silicon Valley bubble is bound to fail. That’s a trend that’s likely to accelerate in upcoming years. Most of today’s fast-growing tech companies are created by and for a small, affluent, urban population — the 1 percent. But these users’ share of the market is contracting.

How to Growth Hack Your Startup

In today’s crowded startup environment, if you have traction, investors will pay attention. But getting traction as an early stage startup is one of the hardest things to do.

Learn how to:
- attract and engage users.
- convert users into paying customers.
- increase awareness for your brand.
- find influencers and get noticed.

and more!

How to Innovate When Your Company Won't

In today’s startup culture, the ideal company is a hotbed of ideas, innovation, and growth. But as, theoretical physicist Geoffrey West hypothesized that when a company hits 50-100 employees, whatever creativity and innovation they had at the start begins to die off. But what if innovation looked different at big companies? Smaller, and seemingly harmless?

5 Ways Every Company Can Embrace Startup Culture

While you can’t mimic an existing startup, you can embrace the energy and ethos of one. Think about startup culture, beyond its physical trappings: It’s about passion, personality, agility, authenticity, and collaboration. You can’t force these elements onto your employees simply by adding beanbag chairs or easing up on dress code.

Past talks (15)

How AI is Getting More Emotional

AI Everything

Dubai, UAE

April 30, 2019

How AI is getting more Emotional

3rd Annual Global AI Conference

Santa Clara, CA

January 24, 2019

The Entrepreneurial Mindset

Imagine Talks

Oakland, CA