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Alok Deshpande

Co-founder & CEO of SmartPath, Inc.

Atlanta, Georgia

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $400,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $6,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Work Experience

2010

  • President

    2010

    SmartPath delivers inspiration, education and tools to reduce financial stress for main street. The company offers unique financial wellness programs, interactive webinars, individual coaching and innovative web/mobile solutions to employers and graduate schools. SmartPath wellness programs are designed to measurably reduce absenteeism, turnover and overall financial stress.

2012 - 2015

  • CEO

    2012 - 2015

    Umenta is a web application that makes it easy to capture and preserve life stories for future generations. With Umenta, children know more about their roots, families get stronger and history is told by the people that lived it.

2005 - 2010

  • Manager

    2005 - 2010

    Lead project teams on numerous engagements including: • Market assessment for emerging alternative data product in credit decisioning • Strategy and valuation analysis for Fortune 500 Telecom • International growth strategy for $1.8B hospitality company • New product strategic plan for $25B Insurance company • Revised mission, vision and strategy for major domestic nonprofit organization

2005 - 2005

  • Associate

    2005 - 2005

    • Led fundraising initiative to secure foundation corpus capital • Developed relationship management strategy to improve LP reinvestment rates

  • Senior Consultant

    2001 - 2003

    • Developed strategy plan and financial forecasts for Fortune 500 company entering the consumer safety and protection industry • Led turnaround for $100M outlet retailer through sku rationalization, assortment planning analysis and capital structure improvements

  • Field Analyst

    1999 - 2000

    • Deployed and managed proprietary patient account software as part of hospital back office re-engineering team