Makarand Utpat, Marketing Consultant, Speaker, Author
New York City Metropolitan Area
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About
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Contributions
Experience
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Volunteer Experience
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Trustee
Indian Roots, USA
Social Services
501c3 tax-exempt, registered, non-profit with an overriding philosophy to create better tomorrow for the needy communities and less fortunate ones. Its mission is to promote Indian culture under the name “Dhol Tasha Jallosh, USA”. The proceeds raised get donated each year to social causes (e.g. Autism, Cancer, Alzheimer), and social commitments (e.g. Children’s Education, Rural Village Development, Disaster Victims Relief)
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Board of Director
Marathi Vishwa
Arts and Culture
Marathi Vishwa is a non-profit organization established in 1978. Its mission is to foster better understanding and raise awareness of Indian culture. Its mission is also to enrich the cultural heritage by promoting arts, literature, music, and social traditions.
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Rhythmist and Drum Player
Freelance Musician and Educator
- Present 18 years
Arts and Culture
Associated with multitude of organizations in New Jersey, NYC areas. Have volunteered my services and donated my time playing music in Bollywood Shows, Fundraising Events, Community Causes, and Cultural Programs for well-known local and international non-profit organizations. Have contributed to raising thousands of dollars.
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Volunteer
Save Indian Farmers
- Present 10 years
Human Rights
Volunteered my free time and assisted to contribute to raise $11,000 by working with nonprofit groups. The funds raised were used to create small business opportunities for widows and family members of farmers who have been committing suicides
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Volunteer Services
Refuel Chennai Fundraiser
- Present 9 years
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
Volunteered my services free-of-cost to raise the funds for rain-ravaged Chennai flood victims. The devastation was caused by record-breaking incessant rains that left Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu paralyzed. Contributed to raise $15,000 in just over 5-days within announcement of/ performing in musical fundraising concert.
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Volunteer Services
Hurrican Harvey Fundraiser- Unity in Diversity
- Present 7 years
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
Many nonprofits in New Jersey came together to give back to brothers and sisters affected by the Hurricane Harvey that caused massive devastation in Texas area in 2017. I was active part of this event that raised $25,000 donations. Felt very proud to make constructive use of my time and give back to the community.
Publications
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Book Author- "How to Kickstart Your Digital Marketing"
Indie Publishing through Amazon/ Kindle
I'm the sole author of this book which became #1 best-seller in 3 categories on Amazon (released in October 2018). This book is written as a guide to small business owners, startups and business professionals. I outline 5-step marketing accelerator pack that describes how to create your signature brand, dominate social media presence, publish compelling content, generate leads and acquire paying customers.
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Contributing Author of the Book “The CIO’s Body of Knowledge”
John Wiley and Sons
Hands-on reference book spanning 3 critical areas- people, process, and technology. The book compiles contributions from the best and the brightest IT leaders to provide time-tested, proven practices.
Via this book, I feel immensely proud to share the platform with thought leaders such as Facebook CIO Tim Campos, Dean Lane, and many other industry stalwarts. You will learn how to help your company and IT organization achieve higher performance and create increased value to your key…Hands-on reference book spanning 3 critical areas- people, process, and technology. The book compiles contributions from the best and the brightest IT leaders to provide time-tested, proven practices.
Via this book, I feel immensely proud to share the platform with thought leaders such as Facebook CIO Tim Campos, Dean Lane, and many other industry stalwarts. You will learn how to help your company and IT organization achieve higher performance and create increased value to your key stakeholders and customers.Other authors -
Delivering and Sharing Components
SIGS Publications, New York
Article derives its content from applying my pragmatic experiences in the delivery of Object Technology. It is aimed at simplifying the application delivery and packaging process by creating lightweight executables, reducing the memory footprint, and accelerating the application packaging process.
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Method and System for Providing Developer Interface
Inventor: Dong Soo Lee (NHN Entertainment Corporation, Republic of Korea)
My work on delivering and sharing reusable components has been referenced as a citation in designing US Patent # US 8739117 B2. https://www.google.com/patents/US8739117
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