M.Sc. (Integrated) & Ph.D.
IIT Kanpur

Anand is a Technology Analyst with over than 15+ years of experience in the Technology & Patent Domain. He holds Masters (Integrated) in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Materials Science both from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India. Over the years, he has gained immense hands-on experience in consulting Technologists & In-house R & D Teams of Fortune 50 organizations for developing, protecting and licensing innovative proprietary technologies. He has worked onsite/offsite extensively with global teams of attorneys, technologist and business leaders across many jurisdictions such as US, Europe, Canada, China, South Korea, Singapore, and Middle East.
Prior to joining IPexcel, he has worked for 8+ years, in a Fortune 50 organization - General Electric (GE), where he provided Inhouse R&D teams with Technology & Competitive insights to help them in various stages of technology development & commercialization. He has also worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, where he was responsible for working closely with Technologists in creating, protecting, maintaining and commercializing IP Portfolios of KAUST. He was also a Director in an International Technology Consulting Firm, where he was responsible for driving growth of the Organization in global markets. Anand has also published 17 research papers in journals & conferences of International repute on Technology & TRIZ.

Certifications:

1. 1. Six Sigma Green Belt
2. 2. TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) practitioner
3. 3. Certified WON Information Specialist, Netherlands
4. 4. Certification Course on US Patent Bar Review, Patent Resource Group (PRG), USA
5. 5. Competitive Intelligence (CI), Frost & Sullivan
6. 6. Customer Driven Innovation by Faculty, Kellogg School of Management
7. 7. Market Analysis, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Ph.D., MBA, Master’s.
GWU-U.S.A, ENPC, ParisTech-Paris
& IIT-Mumbai

Sandeep holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA, an MBA in Innovation Management from ENPC,ParisTech, Paris, France and a Master’s in Physics from IIT Mumbai. He brings more than 14 years of leadership experience in Intellectual Property and Product Regulatory Compliance domain. Prior to joining IPexcel, Sandeep led the creation of an in-house patent operations for General Electric (GE) and managed a large team of patent professionals. He was responsible for all aspects of development, maintenance and defence of high-quality patent portfolio of GE Internationally and advised GE businesses on patent strategies and protection in various markets like US, EU, JP, AU, and KR. During his road to leadership, he has mentored several patent professionals to prepare high quality Patent Applications and Office Action Responses and personally drafted more than 200 Patent Applications and 250+ Office Actions in diverse technology domains including Advanced Materials, Power systems, Wind Energy, Aviation, Consumer and Industrial Appliances, Healthcare and Security. Sandeep championed Intellectual Property (IP) protection across businesses, drove IP culture and trained technologists in various businesses on aspects of strategic intellectual property and ingenerating high quality invention disclosures. He was also the Product Regulatory Compliance Leader at General Electric (GE),where he led interface of Middle East and South Asia Regions to ensure regulatory compliance of several product development teams in various businesses to enable market access for GE products. He also managed a wide portfolio of 5 businesses ranging from Healthcare(medical devices) to products in Oil & Gas sector, Power, Renewable Energy and Appliances businesses. Sandeep also handled government affairs and represented GE in various advocacy efforts with government regulatory authorities.