Khushboo Gakhar

Angestellt, Senior Business Consultant - Internet of Things & 5G, South Asia & Pacific, Huawei Technologies

Basel, Switzerland

Skills

Business Model Innovation
Internet of Things
5G Mobile Networks
IoT
5G
5G Fixed Wireless Access
NB-IoT
IoT Platform
Telecommunications Industry
Smart Cities
Smart Home
AR/VR
Connected Car
Smart Energy
Smart Water
Smart Cow
Low Power Wide Area Technologies
Market Entry Strategy
Due Diligence
Business Intelligence
Business Case
Business Development
Digital strategy
Business partnering
Strategic Partnerships
B2B Marketing
Product Marketing
Team Management
Cross Cultural Management
Intrapreneurship
quick learner
Creative
Comfort with ambiguity
Senior Stakeholder Management
Stakeholder Management
Analytical Thinking
Proof of Concept (PoC)
China

Timeline

Professional experience for Khushboo Gakhar

  • Current 6 years and 3 months, since Jan 2017

    Senior Business Consultant - Internet of Things & 5G, South Asia & Pacific

    Huawei Technologies

    Business Adviser and partner to leading Telecom Operators across the South Pacific countries, helping CXOs explore the uncharted territory of IoT and 5G and take decisions on which new business to invest in.

  • 5 months, Sep 2016 - Jan 2017

    Business Development Manager - Malaysia

    Huawei Technologies

    Responsible for Business Development of IoT solutions for the Malaysian market, with focus on Smart City, Smart Energy (Water, Lighting) and Smart Home Verticals.

  • 1 year and 10 months, Jul 2014 - Apr 2016

    MBA Full-Time Student

    China Europe International Business School

    China Europe International Business School (CEIBS 中欧国际工商学院) is a globally top-ranked business school located in Shanghai, China, established under an agreement between the Chinese government and the European Commission. The CEIBS MBA Programme has ranked within the Top 25 of the Financial Times' annual global business school survey for 14 consecutive years (2005-2018). In 2017, CEIBS MBA Programme ranked #1 in Asia, #8 globally full-time MBA Programme (2018) by Financial Times. See less

  • 3 months, Dec 2015 - Feb 2016

    Analytics Associate, China

    Ele.me 饿了么

    Ele.me is one of China's fastest growing online platform that offers meal ordering services. Raised over $1.1B in funding from China (Tencent, JD, Dianping, etc.) and US (Sequoia Capital, Matrix, etc). With Ele.me, I worked as an Associate helping the management team analyze their logistic operations data and provide meaningful insights targeted at time and cost savings spanning across country wide network hubs.

  • 3 months, Jul 2015 - Sep 2015

    Business Model Innovation IoT (Associate), China

    Baxter AG

    Developed pilot concept for an IoT medical device to address challenges of China’s Renal Market (Created business case and Go-to-Market Plan based on Innosight and IDEO’s innovation methodologies)

  • 3 months, Mar 2015 - May 2015

    Integrated China Strategy Project (CEIBS & IBM) - Member

    IBM China

    Conceptualized Go-to-Market Strategies for Smart City project in China, recommended new business models for Public Safety Solutions, tested financial feasibility and identified ecosystem partnerships in IoT, Cloud, Mobile and Analytics.

  • 2 years and 11 months, Jul 2011 - May 2014

    Senior Project Engineer, India (Offshore EMEA)

    Computer Sciences Corporation (now DXC Technology)

    Led operations projects in the Hardware Virtualization Technology (Cloud computing) space for Fortune 500 clients

Educational background for Khushboo Gakhar

  • 1 year and 10 months, Jul 2014 - Apr 2016

    General Management

    China Europe International Business School, Shanghai, China

    Consulting Project with IBM: Conceptualized Go-to-Market Strategy for Smart City project in China, recommended new business models for Public Safety Solutions, tested financial feasibility and identified ecosystem partnerships in IoT, Cloud, Mobile and Analytics

  • 3 years and 11 months, Jul 2007 - May 2011

    Information technology

    D.A.V. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab, India

    IT

Languages

  • English

    First language

  • Chinese

    Basic

  • German

    Basic

  • Hindi Native

    -

Wants

New Job Opportunities
Full-time employment
Networking
Coaching
Executive Coaching
Freelancing
Part-time employment
Network in Switzerland

Interests

Badminton
Music

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