I'm lucky to be the CEO and co-founder of CB Insights, a software company that helps spot tomorrow's biggest markets, companies and competitive threats, today. We do this using data and probability. Not decibels and punditry. With CB Insights technology, our clients make better and faster investment, M&A, strategy, innovation, sales, technology and product decisions. We are the media's most trusted resource on emerging companies and industries having been cited over 1100 times in 2015 alone. We were initially funded by a series of National Science Foundation grants and subsequently raised a $10M series A from venture capital investors. We're an Inc 5000 company and have been rated as one of NY's top emerging enterprise companies. We're doubling our team in 2016 to further our plans to kill the pundit industrial complex -- https://www.cbinsights.com/jobs/

CEO and Co-Founder @ CB Insights is an amazing software company that is using data to identify tomorrow's markets, today. If you are amazing and want to help us destroy the Pundit Industrial Complex, we're hiring - www.cbinsights.com/jobs From January 2008 to Present (8 years) Vice President - Lead $50 Million Chairman's Innovation Fund @ In my role at at American Express, I ran three groups simultaneously, specifically: (1) Chairman's $50M Innovation Fund - Spearheaded effort that led to creation of a $50M fund whose goal was to to invest in disruptive opportunities that would extend and enhance AmEx's products, services and brand. (2) American Express' Investment Optimization which managed the company's discretionary investment spend ($4-5B per annum). The company's portfolio management efforts have received numerous awards and recognition from the likes of the CFO Executive Board, Baseline Magazine, Gartner, and CFO Magazine amongst other. (3) CFO's Strategic Planning and business analysis group - An internal strategy consulting group working on projects for the company's CFO From November 2000 to December 2007 (7 years 2 months) Strategic Planning and Growth @ At Kozmo.com, I was part of a team of four selected to launch Kozmo Europe based in London. This required raising venture capital, negotiating business development deals with potential distribution/retail partners and managing the operations of this start-up venture in London. Kozmo.com was an internet delivery & logistics company. It remains one of the most well-funded and infamous startups in NYC history. From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) Strategy/Operations Consultant @ Worked with multinational company with locations in India, China and the USA to streamline operations, develop corporate strategy, understand and penetrate adjacent product markets and develop new geographic markets for company's existing products. From June 1997 to October 1999 (2 years 5 months)

Exec Education, Building New Ventures: Entrepreneurship in Established Companies @ Harvard Business School From 2006 to 2006 Exec Education, Marketing Metrics / Marketing Science @ University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School From 2005 to 2005 BS Economics, Finance, Accounting @ University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School From 1992 to 1997 BS Engineering, Chemical Engineering @ University of Pennsylvania From 1992 to 1996 Hunterdon Central High School Anand Sanwal is skilled in: Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Strategy, Business Strategy, Mergers, Venture Capital