ACL Wireless Ltd.
Company Overview:
ACL Wireless Limited is a leading India-based provider of mobile value added services to operators, enterprises and consumers. It provides solutions in the field of mobile communities, instant messaging, carrier agnostic connectivity, billing and content aggregation. The community & messaging services suite comprises of products such as mobile chat, mobile social networking, mobile photo sharing and internet messengers on mobile. These are available across the GPRS & SMS mediums.
Management:
Sanjay K Goyal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Sanjay is a serial entrepreneur. He founded ACL Wireless in early 2000 and evolved it to become the fastest growing technology company in India by 2005.Sanjay graduated with honors in mechanical engineering in 1992 from the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Atanu Mandal, President
Atanu, an IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad alumni, has been the founder of the first Indian Mobile ASP and Solution Provider. Prior to joining ACL, he served as the CEO of Cellnext.A veteran technologist and business leader, he brings a significant experience of 17 years from the telecom and wireless arenas to ACL, where he is responsible for day-to-day operations.
Nures Sayeed, Chief Marketing Officer
Nures is a Master in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.Nures moved to SpiceJet Airlines in 2005 and developed the complete look and feel for its brand launch in India in May 2005. Having being involved in the advisory board of ACL since its conceptualisation, Nures has joined full time in 2006 as the CMO and is currently spearheading brand development and marketing initiatives. Nures is also a keen golfer.
Vineet Jain, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer
Vineet Jain, the Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer with 11 years of experience in the field of engineering, leads the company’s software engineering group. He has been a key player in the definition, development and creation of ACL’s leading wireless applications.
Debmalya De, Chief Technical Officer (Managed Mobility Services)
Debmalya is a B.Tech graduate in Radio Physics and Electronics from Calcutta University. Prior to joining ACL, he worked with Modi Telstra, IBM & Wipro Technologies.
Board Directors:
- Lewis P. Rutherfurd (Co-founder and Managing Director of Inter-Asia Management)
- Sanjay K Goyal (From the management)
- Ashish Kashyap (CEO of MIH India)
- Atanu Mandal (From the ACL Management)
- M.S. Fung (Chief Operating Officer of Inter-Asia)
- Leroux Neethling (CFO MIH India)
Investors:
MIH Internet India (A part of Naspers Group based in South Africa) which runs the Web 2.0 portal ibibo.com invested 12.3 million USD in ACL Wireless in July 2007. (Related link). Their ticker sign is ACL
Inter-Asia is one of Asia’s premier venture fund management firms to seize the growing investment opportunities in the Asian markets.
Website: www.acl-wireless.com
Contact Information:
India,
ACL Wireless Limited Community & Messaging Services
First Floor, Tower D, Logix Technopark
5 - Expressway, Sec-127, Noida, UP - 201301
Tel +91.120.4069400
Fax +91.120.4069599
Additional Information: Founded in 2000, the company employs over 220 people and operates from its offices in Noida, New Delhi, Mumbai & Dubai. ACL was declared a Red Herring 100 Asia winner for 2006 and has also been ranked amongst India’s fastest growing technology companies by Deloitte, two years in a row.