Sanjay Dalal

Sanjay Dalal is an innovator and entrepreneur. Sanjay is the author/editor of the Definitive Guide and Faculty eBook on Creativity And Innovation In Business, used by over 550 corporations and organizations around the world including HP, Pepsi, Hallmark, Cleveland Clinic, EDS, Ericsson, Best Buy, University of California, Irvine, Indian Institute of Sciences, LG Electronics, Nokia, and many more. Sanjay is the chief innovator of InnovationMain.com , chief marketer of Semdia and founder of India Business Network. He was the president and managing director of Innovation Index Group. Sanjay is the author of over 200 articles in the last two years on the real-time state of innovation in business at his blog on Creativity And Innovation Driving Business. Sanjay is an active member of the Irvine Chamber of Commerce. Sanjay's affiliations include Dean's Leadership Circle of The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, Web 2.0 adviser for Cal State Fullerton, Secretary of School Site Council at Turtle Rock Elementary School, and Rotary Club of Newport-Irvine. Follow Sanjay Dalal's updates on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/chiefinnovator

Business Innovation eBook
Leading Creativity and Innovation eBook. 212-page collection of over 55 best practices, case studies, and insights on the current state of Creativity and Innovation in Business at Top Innovators including Apple, Google, Netflix, 3M, Frito Lay, Johnson & Johnson, Proctor & Gamble, Toyota, GE, BMW, Deloitte, Southwest, Nike, IBM, Dell and more. "Your report from the eBook and definitive guide was the primary reference that we used." Used by over 550 leading organizations including HP, Pepsi, EDS, Nokia...Learn more

The Innovation Bootcamp
Want to expand your innovation output! Jumpstart innovation at your business, spark new ideas, unlock team creativity, accelerate and grow your business.. "The Innovation Bootcamp has helped me in countless situations, not only on the job but also in my personal life." "Plentiful real world case studies was another aspect I liked about the program. I highly recommend the program." Learn More

Innovation Bootcamp Video Introduction by Sanjay Dalal

India Business Network
India Business Network is a premier network of professionals who connect, collaborate and do business with Indian professionals worldwide. Join thousands of professionals & businesses, and discover new opportunities. Learn more...

InnovationMain.com - Innovation Consulting
Sanjay is the chief innovator of InnovationMain.com. The mission of Creativity and Innovation Driving Business is to provide uncommon insights, strategy and solutions with proven processes that drive Creativity and Innovation at your business, create real market growth and success for your products and services, and achieve market leadership. We make innovation a sustainable competitive advantage, help build an innovation factory, effect and manage change and grow your business. We have considerable experience and expertise in working with emerging, growth and established companies, product and marketing departments, and distributed innovation teams. Check out Sanjay's YouTube Innovation Channel.

Semdia - Innovative Social Media, Search and Internet Marketing
Sanjay is the chief marketer of Semdia. The mission of Semdia is to provide best-of-breed Social Media & Internet Marketing solutions to small business, business units, emerging business and departments of large business - across various industry verticals. Semdia is new, innovative and different. Semdia asks a simple question: "How effective is your e-marketing?" If your answer is anything less than "Great", Semdia will create a proven Social Media + Internet Marketing solution that will maximize the conversion from visitors to customers, and double your online business. Enroll in the Marketing Bootcamp to jump start your Internet Marketing.

Innovation Index
Sanjay introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006 at his blog - Creativity And Innovation Driving Business. The Innovation Index correlated innovation, business and stock performance. Sanjay has been publishing regular reports on The Innovation Index. These reports and the Innovation Index have obtained market coverage by finance and investment websites including: Google Finance Home Page, Google Search, Yahoo! Search, InnovationTools.com, Denver Post, Boston Herald, Houston Chronicle, News.com, About.com, Marketwatch, Kiplinger Finance, Financial Content, Business Innovation Insider and more.
Sanjay launched the innovative investment business, Innovation Index Group, to build awareness and implement the investment models of the Innovation Index.

Professional Experience
Sanjay has fifteen years leadership experience at emerging technology companies in Silicon Valley and established innovators in key positions of business development, product management and marketing. In his current role as Chief Innovator of InnovationMain.com, Sanjay provides innovation consulting to emerging businesses. In his role as Chief Marketer of Semdia, Sanjay provides Internet marketing services to various businesses.

At WebEx Communications, Inc., Sanjay, in his role as a product manager and product director, introduced two innovative web collaboration products, WebEx Training Center and WebEx Sales Center, that became market share leaders in their category generating millions of dollars in new business for WebEx. Sanjay holds a joint U.S. Patent for "System and Method for Managing Remote Computer Labs" for the WebEx Training Center product. Sanjay, in his leadership role in business development, led the first two mergers and acquisitions for WebEx, and participated in over 30 strategic partnerships with companies including Cisco, SAP, British Telecom, AT&T, Yahoo!, CoVisint, American Express, Salesforce.com and more. Sanjay's white papers on E-Learning and Training were published by Chief Learning Office Magazine at: The Next Generation of Live Learning Product Rollouts: The Impact of Learning. Sanjay was interviewed by esteemed press journals and magazines including eWeek, InternetNews.com, Training Magazine, PC Journal and more. Press Coverage: Sales Force Automation Sales Center Launch on PC World State of the E-Learning Market Training Center Top Solution eWeek Training into cash

Sanjay, in his role as a product marketing leader, managed and drove complete product and marketing life cycles and achieved market leadership, and grew software product line revenue from launch to tens of million dollars in annual business. Before WebEx, Sanjay worked in key product marketing position at eComLive launching an innovative collaboration software product Visual Rendezvous that became the market leader in cross-platform collaboration, at IBM in strategic engineering and product roles in the PowerPC division, and at Honeywell Bull in key product & business assignments. Through his leadership experience at technology companies, Sanjay has developed a real understanding of what it takes to bring successful new innovations to market, and the correlationship of successful innovations on the business and stock performance.

Education
Sanjay is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin in Electrical Engineering (Dean’s Honor Roll, Engineering Scholar, President’s Honor Roll at OU), completed graduate coursework at Arizona State University for Masters in Computer Science, and achieved executive certification on Leading Management Teams at Cornell University. Sanjay received the first position in the 50th William Lowell Putnam Math Competition, five states.

Community Activities
In his spare time, Sanjay was a coach and mentor for his son’s Rancho middle school, NJB - IYBL, and Fremont NJB basketball teams. He also volunteered as an Art Master for his daughter’s school, and currently serves as secretary of the Turtle Rock School Site Council for raising the performance of the elementary school students. Sanjay is an active Rotarian - member of Rotary Club of Newport-Irvine, and an active philanthropist. Recently, Sanjay was the appointed member by the Board of Education for the Technology Advisory Committee for the entire Fremont School District, and proposed a technology vision and plan for over 40,000 students (2006-2007). Sanjay is an appointed Web 2.0 adviser for CSU Fullerton Extended Education program. Sanjay founded the non-profit Osteoporosis Foundation.

Open Values
Sanjay, a Vaishnav-Hindu married to Jain-Hindu, deeply values and respects people of all religions, all cultures, all nationalities. Sanjay tries to teach these open values to his children and family, and believes in non-violence and peace, and treating everyone with respect, kindness, honesty, humility and calmness. Check out our aspiring Dalal Family YouTube channel. Sanjay is married and resides with his wife and children in Irvine, California.

Political Views
Sanjay is a citizen of USA (having immigrated from India), and is a registered Democrat with the Democratic Party. Sanjay enjoys debating and talking politics with openness, and has many Republican friends. Sanjay voted for President Obama and Vice President Biden in 2008 general elections for the first time as a registered voter.

Personal Story
"I was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat State, India in 1968 (long time ago). I came to the U.S. in 1987 after a great childhood in India along with my sister Situ. I started my undergrad at OU Norman, transferred to UT Austin after 1 year. I met my wife to be in Austin in 1989 (she was doing Accounting). I graduated from UT in 1992. I got married in 1993 - August 15 (which happens to be India's Independence Day - hey I lost my independence). I did my graduate school at ASU - Phoenix and Tempe. We have two kids growing up like weeds - 8 (daughter) and 13 (son) year olds. After spending 10 years in Silicon Valley from 1997 to 2007, we moved to Irvine, CA to settle down for the next 10 years (at least). I became a U.S. Citizen in 2008 to vote for the first time, and enjoy the rights of a citizen! I am proud of my Indian roots and culture, and love the spirit of freedom, entrepreneurship and opportunity that U.S. offers," - Sanjay Dalal, "I had a dream last night...In five years I am running a $5 million internet services business providing internet marketing, e-commerce and website services." - 2009

Personal Recommendations

February 9, 2009

To Whom It May Concern:

It is with great enthusiasm that I write this letter of recommendation for Sanjay Dalal. Over the past year, I have had the pleasure of working with this very capable, dedicated parent volunteer.

Mr. Dalal is well organized and thoughtful. He volunteered for the role of secretary on our School Site Council. He took clear, concise notes, and was always well prepared for meetings. He added thoughtful questions and support to conversations. He assisted in defusing hot topics and refocusing the conversation on student learning. We are fortunate to have Sanjay Dalal on Turtle Rock Elementary School's Site Council

I highly recommend Sanjay for any position for which he may apply. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

ChrissAnn Shane
Principal
Woodbury Elementary School, IUSD

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