
About Al
I am a…
Activist, Brainstormer, Change agent, Connector, Entrepreneur, Global soul, Idea generator, Investor, Parent, Philanthropist
Bio
- Serial Entrepreneur / Idea Synthesizer and Focused Team-Builder & Motivator
- Founder of 5 companies (Rootsventures, CreationPoint, Integrien, IconApps, IntelinAir)
- Led the turnaround of a Business-unit of a Japanese Conglomerate
- Wrote 3 successfully-staged plays (Who Gives a Damn? / Chaos / Emptiness)
- Traveled to 28 countries and met lots of awesome and kind people
- Working in the area of Big-Data Analytics and Actionable Intelligence
- Lover of innovations that continue to help humanity to realize its true potential in every way
I'm passionate about
Helping others see and achieve their own greatness! Being of positive value in every interaction with another human being. Enthusiastically create the world that I would like my children to grow up in
An idea worth spreading
Serve others enthusiastically and throw all your goodness in the river of life and see it all come back to you in a harmonious cycle of happiness! All else are exercises in futility! Be open and aware when those opportunities for greatness show up disguised as challenges! I started 5 companies and wrote 3 plays simply by being open to the possibility of doing good and creating greatness with others when the odds (disguised challenges) seemed insurmountable!
Areas of expertise
Cross Cultural Business, Data Analysis/Mining, Leadership & Innovation, Rural Development, starting companies, getting investors and exiting
The TED story
I learned about TED a few years ago through a friend and I was moved by the generosity of the human spirit in action. Once the videos of the talks started to stream on the Internet I was even more excited for the future of the human race. I was determined to spread the idea of TED wherever I went and whoever I came into contact with. I can easily count at least a 1000 people in the past few years that I have personally encouraged to check out TED's talks. As a result, lots of minds (including that if my two young children) have been opened to the possibilities that exist for the human race. I will be attending TED for the first time and I can hardly wait!
Things you might not know
Writing plays and staging experimental theater. Also, that I am good at mentoring and motivating.