Overview

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Mehul Desai has spent over 17 years in the areas of intellectual property, product development, business development, strategy and international operations, focusing on ICT and related applications across developed as well as emerging markets. Mr. Desai has done pioneering work in the field of secure personalized transactions, with focus on finance, retail, healthcare, and government services for mobile phone users worldwide.

As Vice Chairman, Mr. Desai supports the management team from the Board, focusing on strategic initiatives related to enhancing the Company’s intellectual property, product, business development, and new areas of growth. As co-founder of C-SAM, Mr. Desai has held several positions in the Company, serving as its Chief Executive Officer up to June 2011.

Prior to joining C-SAM, Mr. Desai headed up operations for MTI Software Services, managing the company’s software services groups in the US and India, and has held various Engineering/R&D positions working primarily in the areas of telecommunication, distributed systems and power electronics.

Mr. Desai is the co-inventor of issued patents and pending applications across several markets including the US and EU. Mr. Desai has been involved with several industry forums since 2001, focused on developing standards for secure mobile transactions. Mr. Desai often speaks at industry conferences on topics related to mobile commerce and mobile payments.

Mr. Desai has co-authored a book – March of Mobile Money – that chronicles the advent of the digital wallet and the potential socio-economic impact of billions of cell phone users securely transacting electronically – for services related to finance, health, education and governance.

Mr. Desai is involved in non-profit initiatives, including the Global Foodbanking Network’s project in India. Mr. Desai’s other areas of interest include knowledge methodologies and knowledge-cities, new education models, use of ICT in delivery of public services, and food security.

Mr. Desai holds a B.S. in Telecommunication Engineering and a M.S. in Engineering Management.