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Sameer Mehta
MBA
PRESENT ADDRESS
Carolina Macgillavrylaan 122
1098XA Amsterdam
Netherlands
Mobile: +31 6 41243402
smehta@mba10.rsm.nl
PERMANENT ADDRESS
S-452
Greater Kailash II
New Delhi 110048
India
Tel: +91 11 29213231
LANGUAGES
Hindi: mother tongue
English: fluent
Dutch: basic
French: basic
DATE OF BIRTH
10 August 1983
NATIONALITY
Indian
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E D U C A T I O N
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2008 - 2009
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Rotterdam School of Management (RSM),
Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Master of Business Administration in Strategy
Dean’s honors list
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2008
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London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
Certificate program in Essential Statistics for Econometrics and
Accounting
Overall grade: A+,
Top 2% of class
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2001 - 2005
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Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi, India
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication
Graduated in first
class; Recipient of Dr. J K Pal memorial best student award in 2004
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P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I
E N C E
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2010 - present
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ROLAND BERGER STRATEGY CONSULTANTS, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
One of the world's leading strategy consultancies (Independent
partnership)
Senior Consultant
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2009 - 2009
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LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Global media major, European properties include UPC and Chellomedia
(NASDAQ: LBTYA)
Strategy and
Corporate Development Summer Associate (June – September’ 2009)
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Presented a cross-departmental strategic growth plan for the
broadcast operations division that was spread over multiple operating
companies across Europe to the senior management team
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2005 - 2008
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UTSTARCOM, INC. (PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION), Mumbai,
India
Global telecommunications equipment provider to telecom operators
(NASDAQ: UTSI)
Product Management
/ Strategic Marketing, South Asia HQ, Mumbai, India (2007 - 2008)
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Initiated a strategic marketing program to create price
targets for UTStarcom’s Ultra Low Cost (ULC) mobile handset portfolio
development for emerging markets
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Established a new Taiwanese original equipment
manufacturer partnership that resulted in three new products being
inducted in to UTStarcom’s global product portfolio
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Introduced an altered packaging plan that resulted in a
20% cost saving for the ULC product line
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Product Marketing, Mobile Handsets, South Asia HQ, Mumbai,
India (2006 - 2007)
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Launched India’s first co-branded Pocket PC with Reliance
Communications, managed a US$100k marketing budget
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Conducted sales training for >150
corporate sales managers across India
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Partnered with multiple stakeholders (including Microsoft,
Qualcomm and Sling Media) to organize joint participation in trade
shows
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Sales and Key
Account Management, Bangladesh (2005 - 2006)
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Launched UTStarcom handset brand and operationalised new business
from scratch,
achieved sales of US$7.5m following an operator bundled business
model
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Managed telecom operator's (Citycell - SingTel concern)
procurement, product approval and secondary distribution teams
consisting of >500 distributors all across Bangladesh
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2002 - 2005
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IOTA SQUARE, New Delhi, India
Training and collaborative online learning platform provider
Co-founder
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Conceptualised and built one of India's most popular
student portals - www.dcetech.com
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Signed with leading newspaper ‘Hindustan Times’ for
primarily ad based monetization model
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Speaker at Stanford University’s Asia Pacific Student
Entrepreneurship Summit in 2005
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A D D I T I O N A L C E R T I F I C
A T I O N S
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2008
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French language DELF A2 certification, Alliance Francaise
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2008
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Dutch language A1 certification, Language and Training
Centre, Erasmus University
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H O N O U R S &
A W A R D S
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2009
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- Selected to represent RSM at the 14th IESE/Roland Berger Case competition in
Barcelona
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2008
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TATA Golden Jubilee Foundation scholarship for higher
education (MBA)
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2006
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CEO's recognition for being a top achiever among 5,500
global employees at UTStarcom
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E X T R A C U R R I C U L A R A C T
I V I T I E S
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2008
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Executive Board, RSM MBA Sailing Club
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2007
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Authored and published report titled "Wheelchairs in India
- 'Abling the disabled'" to assess the existing wheelchair market
and recommend low cost product alternatives
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2005
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President and Co-founder, Asia Pacific Student
Entrepreneurship Society Chapter, Delhi
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2004
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World Bank youth committee member for CAS (Country
Assistance Strategy) report, India
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2003 - 2005
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Joint Secretary, Delhi College of Engineering Student
Council
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I N T E R E S T S
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Travel and Photography – Have motored the world's three
highest mountain passes
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