Balaji Gopinath

I am driven by curiosity, challenge, and constant learning.

I am an active angel investor, advisor, and mentor. Advise and mentor Nike+ Fuel Lab, R/GA Ventures, UpRamp/Cable Labs, Pilot44, and other innovation and accelerator focused endeavors.

Have built teams from the ground up and managed P&Ls globally; and have held numerous roles domestically/internationally and launched territories and offices. I have also sourced, negotiated and integrated acquisitions from napkin to legal document.

Have led amazing teams that launched businesses that have $Billions in transactions and revenue:

- MLB.com

- Sephora.com

- Realtor.com

- Hotwire.com plus a few more...

I love to build, scale, and shape the future with amazing teams that build great products and services.

I have been a featured speaker, contributor, panelist and interviewee on: TechCrunch, Vator, Variety, Multi-Channel News, Digital Hollywood, NAB, SXSW, Chief Digital Officer Conference, AppNation, and others.

Specialties include: angel and venture investing, extensive product, business and corporate development, technical background in social computing, software development, IoT, wearable devices, OTT, digital media at scale, strategy, general management, mergers+acquisitions, acquisition integration, international expansion, P+L ownership, mobile technology, analytics, and video.