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(Entrepreneur and investor in Renewable and Internet companies)
Raj Chowdhury is an entrepreneur and investor in Renewable and Internet companies and an active member of the philanthropic community.
He is the co-founder of Unification Energy; a company focused in facilitating the penetration of Electric Vehicles through its design and installation of state-of-the-art charging stations. In 2008, the founding team envisioned the rise of the Electric Vehicle as the technology of choice for automobiles. Together, they pioneered a business model that would keep charging sessions at retail locations, completely free of cost to EV owners.
In 2010, Raj co-founded Shop-a-Block, a lifestyle website designed to provide attire shoppers with a personalised shopping experience. The founders set out on a journey to seek solutions for two major hurdles shoppers’ confront- fit and social assurance. That was how features such as ‘Check your Best Fit’ brand and ‘Share your Avatar’ on social networks were conceived. Today, Shop-a-Block has over 8000 merchants and 9 million products on display.
Raj co-founded Power Enhancing Devices, which designed Piezoelectric NEMS applications to harness environmental energy for portable electronic devices. Physik Instrumente, a German Piezoelectric device manufacturer, acquired the company in 2006.
He co-founded Locus International in 2002 to generate mapping data of India cities to be used for GPS navigation.
Once a research associate at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Lab, he went to Tufts University, Santa Clara University and the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy for MS, MBA and other certifications.
Raj is a long time member of Asha Silicon Valley chapter, a non-profit committed to the spread of education for children in emerging countries.
He authored the book ‘The Dark Secret of the Silicon Valley’, in which he shares personal stories of his experience working alongside the Godfathers’ of the Valley, the billionaires who help keep the place in a few hands.
In his spare time he enjoys biking around city lakes, yoga, golfing and traveling internationally.
Overcome complex business challenges and make high stakes decisions using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethic and irreproachable integrity. Respected as a proponent of empowerment and accountability.
Characterised as a visionary, strategist and tactician. Consistent record of delivering extraordinary results in growth, revenue, operational performance, and profitability.
Driven by a visceral “hard-wired” need to strategise, to innovate, and to disprove the words “It can’t be done!” Gifted with the vision, determination, and skills needed for revenue-building strategies and tactics.
Participate in operational initiatives, including infrastructure design, process reengineering and turnaround management. Use of instinct, insight, judgment, and timing to succeed no matter how tough the deal.
Motivate mentor and lead talented professionals. Live the culture and lead by example. Direct cross-functional teams using interactive and motivational leadership that spurs people to willingly give 110% effort and loyalty.
P/L & Performance Improvement
Risk & Supply Chain Management
Due Diligence, Structuring & Negotiation
Investors, Shareholders & Board Relations
Social Feature & Mobile App Deployment
Climate Economics, Policy & Renewable Energy
IP Law & Cross Cultural Leadership
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Unification provides charging infrastructure and services to the global Electric Vehicle (EV) industry to help consumers make a seamless transition to clean energy transportation.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Shop-a-Block is a leading social shopping website with a wide variety of brands and stores offering a range of products for Women, Men, Home Decor, and Kids. The site carries deals and offers from over 8,000 merchants organized in a searchable and easy-to-browse interface.
Entrepreneur in Residence
GloCal Venture Capital based in Seattle, WA invests and incubates startups to create a collaborative environment where for-profit, government, and non-profits can work seamlessly under one umbrella.
Advisory, Board of Directors
Smartbid is a social auction site offering pay-per-bid strategy auctions. The site makes auctions a fun and exciting experience while providing unbeatable deals for new factory-sealed products.
Program Management, Hard Drive Equipment
Intevac is the market leader in the hard drive industry with approximately 60% of all magnetic disk media produced worldwide. Their technology solutions have helped them expand into additional markets including solar and adjacent thin film deposition applications.
Product Manager, Semiconductor Equipment
Applied Materials, Inc. is the global leader in providing innovative equipment, services, and software to enable the manufacture of advanced semiconductor, flat panel display, and solar photovoltaic products.
Research Associate
MTL at MIT is an interdepartmental laboratory that supports Microsystems research encompassing work in circuits, systems, MEMS, electronic/photonic devices, molecular structure, and nanotechnology.
Master of Science (MS) in Robotics Engineering & Material Science
GPA: 3.7 | Awarded full merit scholarship
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing & Finance
Book: The Dark Secret of the Silicon Valley
Scientific Papers: (1) Ultrasonic Consolidation of nano crystals, (2) Piezo Electrical devices, (3) EV chargers
Software & Frameworks: Objective-C (iOS), Android, HTML/CSS, PHP, Oracle Apps, OrCAD, UGNX, Spice, ANSYS, Matlab
Personal Interests: Biking, yoga, golfing, and international travel