Founders Speak ft Deepak Ghaisas (Vice Chairman, i-Flex Solutions)
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Founders Speak ft Deepak Ghaisas (Vice Chairman, i-Flex Solutions)

November 09, Saturday, 2019
6:00pm — 07:30pm (GMT+05:30)
Sardar Patel Technology Business Incubator, 6, Dadabhai Nagar Rd, Old D N Nagar, Munshi Nagar, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400053
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Every Founder has a story that is filled with roller coaster rides, adventure, ups, downs and a few directions which you never knew existed. Deepak Ghaisas joins us in this session of Founder’s Speak to narrate the story of I-flex, a B2B tech company he co-founded which had a valuation of 4.5 Billion dollars. We will get an insight into the challenges he faced, milestones he conquered, successes he enjoyed and what were the most important things that fuelled his company's growth.

Deepak is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, and Company Secretary. He began his career with Radhakrishna Group and Tata Unisys. After that, he had a brief stint in the food industry. At the end of which, he started on his journey with I-flex in 1993. It is India's first product-oriented software company to succeed globally. Most popularly known for its banking software called Flex cube which is still a preferred tool all across the world, I- flex made its mark on the BFSI sector over 3 decades.

Deepak is currently the chairman of the Gencoval group of companies that are working with some cutting edge technologies in the field of stem cell banking and other innovative healthcare services. He is also a part of the core management of a VC firm called Exfinity venture partners which manages a corpus of more than 100cr rupees. Some areas of interest for Exfinity include Mobility, Cloud, Software-defined hardware, IoT, Analytics, AI, etc
Tech startup founders must definitely attend this session to get an overview of what goes into building a legacy.

After his talk about his journey we will have a Q&A round. Then the floor shall be open for networking.

Event Details:

Date: November 9th, Saturday Time: 6 pm to 7.30 pm.

Venue: Sardar Patel Technology Business Incubator, 6, Dadabhai Nagar Rd, Old D N Nagar, Munshi Nagar, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400053.

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