Manish is a digital entrepreneur with over 15 years experience across E-commerce, marketing automation, marketing and advertising. Manish has co-founded and scaled large internet businesses in India which were funded by Intel Capital and Jafco Asia. During this stint, he also designed patent-pending recommendation engine. At WPP-Scangroup, Manish has lead the growth of Squad across Africa, built the proprietary Optimus Marketing Automation platform as well as the Goby E-commerce app. He holds an MBA in Marketing/Finance with a graduate degree in Economics. He is an author of economics textbooks, a keen amateur photographer, a half-marathon man and an avid reader.