CxO of the Week: Amit Aggarwal, Co-Founder & Director, Effectual Services

We have chosen Amit Aggarwal as CxO of the week. He is the Co-Founder and Director of Effectual Services which provides end-to-end intellectual property and business and market research support. His responsibilities include directly leading the business development and support functions of the company. He is also responsible for the overall functioning of the company and for creating its growth strategy.

He has extensive experience within the IP domain and has worked with leading multi-national and regional corporations in the areas of patent strategy, business planning, operations, patent infringement, prior art searches, patent litigation, and enforcement support services.

Your top priority while making decisions to improve tech infra in your organisation?

With the ever increasing growth in both technology and business requirements, my top priority would be the Scalability & Flexibility of our Tech infrastructure in alignment to the current as well as future growth prospects, as in workforce, storage requirements and business goals.

Thus, planning our business objectives diligently and aligning the technology to those objectives would certainly help to streamline the infrastructure and also increase the business performance.

Challenges you face in driving digital transformation?

Among other factors, the most prevalent one is the employees trying to hold back in their comfort areas and resisting to new changes that disrupt their usual flow of work. Resistance to change is a natural human instinct; employees rarely accept changes so easily. However, addressing their uncertainty and empowering them, helps mitigate their fear to a smooth transformation.

Do you feel that freshers in the industry come with only basic knowledge but don’t have the right skills to fulfil job requirements? If yes, your suggestion to students and colleges?

Yes, till now our college education provides us with a glimpse of major technology areas that we would learn in future and does not specifically dig deep on the job-based skill set. However, industry specific courses have started to take a seat in the curriculum, feeding to the needs of students inclining towards specific roles in organizations, and we suggest implementing such education country-wide.

What’s your mantra to become successful in life?

‘Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today’

What would you like to give back to the society?

As of today and in future, I would like to create as many employment opportunities for our people and offer them the best of perks and work environment to sustain a healthier tomorrow.

Your favourite book and what are you reading now?

One of my favourite reads is ‘The Hard Thing About Hard Things’ by Ben Horowitz.

I have recently started to read ‘Think and Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill.

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

I am a sports person by heart and love to spend my time playing with my friends be it Tennis, Badminton, or Billiards.

Achievements (Awards & Recognitions)

I have been facilitated with IP Gem of India 2018 award by Questel Orbit and also been recognized to be among the world’s leading IP strategists by IAM in 2018.

Experience

I have more than 16 years of experience within the IP domain and previously have been associated with leading multi-national and regional corporations in the areas of patent strategy, business planning, operations, patent infringement, prior art searches, patent litigation, and enforcement support services.

Education - I perused Bachelors of Law (LLB) Degree with a specialization in intellectual property rights, a master’s degree in management, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. I also have worldwide academic certifications from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) a specialized UN agency, GIIP, IP Central, Lee and Hayes, and Microsoft.

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