Sampad Swain

Current

• Evangelist at H-Farm Ventures
• Editor at Interactive Marketing Blog

Past

• Dy. Manager - International Business at Godrej
• Dy. Manager (NBD) at Godrej
• Summer Associate at ITC Limited

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Education

• ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad
• M.I.E.T., Nagpur University

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Industry

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Sampad Swain’s Summary

Electronics & Communication Engineer along with MBA in Marketing/Finance. Also an Open Networker who strongly believes in knowledge sharing via social/business networks.

Passionate about Web 2.0 & Digital Media and interested in utilizing the same to leverage business opportunities with Web as the primary focus due to profound changes in the nature of Technology & Demographics.

Also a Tech-Media Blogger covering noteworthy developments in internet space viz. innovative UGC & Social Networking Products/Services, Technology trends, Media and Marketing News & analysis etc. You can check out my website at http://sampadswain.com/

My experience includes New Product Launch (NPL) in Foods category for ITC Limited (leading FMCG company), Sales, Distribution, Outdoor Advertising, Digital Branding Consultation for Start-up Companies.

Sampad Swain’s Specialties:

International Markets, New Product Launch, Digital Branding, Social Media Marketing, Web 2.0, Web Analytics, Ideation, Consumer Insights & Brainstorming (Read SampadSwain.com)

=> Did exhaustive work on Web 2.0 & Social Media (both primary & secondary research) and published a report on "Branding 2.0 & Social Media" as part of my Management Research Program (MRP)

Visit- http://www.slideshare.net/sampad.s/branding-20-social-media/ to know more(Secondary Research Source) [Viewed 25K+ times]

Sampad Swain’s Experience

• Evangelist

  H-Farm Ventures

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  August 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Chief Troublemaker & Community Evangelist of BrandPotion.com [A Web 2.0 UGC platform for creative minds to connect with leading brands, helping them to develop their products, re-imagine their branding and create innovative advertising].
  
  He’s also in the role of managing the efforts of Sales, Marketing, Content and Product Management.

• Editor

  Interactive Marketing Blog

  (Internet industry)

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  IMB is one of the most widely read blog about Social Media Marketing, Consumer Internet Technologies, Digital Branding and Tech 2.0. Here I cover noteworthy developments in User Generated Content (UGC), Social Networking Products & Services, Technology, Media and Marketing Trends, News and Analysis and more...!

• Dy. Manager - International Business

  Godrej

  (Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)

  April 2009 — July 2009 (4 months)

  Handled Beverages & Vending Machines' Global Sales/Marketing.

• Dy. Manager (NBD)

  Godrej

  (Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)

  June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year )

  Was part of New Business Development (NBD) team in Godrej.

• Summer Associate

  ITC Limited

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  March 2007 — May 2007 (3 months)

  Did my Internship during my MBA program in ITC Limited (A renowned FMCG Company) where I handled a project on " Analysis of competitor strategy and formulation of ITC's strategy into the snack segment with brand BINGO".

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