Kiran Gange

Kiran is the CEO and founder at RapidPricer, an Artificial Intelligence-based company in Amsterdam that specializes in real-time pricing for retailers. Previously, he had founded CustoLogix in the year 2008 to help retailers leverage analytics and mathematical capabilities for pricing and promotions.

He has over a decade of experience using analytics at big-name retailers. He has consulted on pricing strategies at various retailers including Target, Office Depot and Radio Shack. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with honors from Bangalore University and an MBA from Pepperdine University on a full merit scholarship. His unique blend of experiences in Strategic Pricing, Mathematics, Technology and International Markets has enabled Kiran to develop cutting edge solutions in the Pricing Industry.

Kiran has a wide range of international experiences with analytics-based implementations in the United States, Netherlands, Mexico and India. He has also opened and managed his own retail convenience store in India which served as a lab for the mathematical algorithms developed. Kiran has managed international entrepreneurial ventures with offices or partnerships in The United States, Mexico and The Netherlands He was a part-time instructor on innovation and entrepreneurship at the U.C Berkeley Extension program in California. He is passionate about reducing food wastage and nature conservation.

Education

M.B.A. in marketing and Entrepreneurship, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA. USA.

B.E in Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore. INDIA.

High School, Baldwin Boys High School, Bangalore, INDIA.

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Food wastage in Retail

Retail Pricing Strategies

Artificial Intelligence

Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT)

International Expansion

Keynote speaker at the European Pricing Platform in Brussels, Belgium.

Keynote speaker at the Big Data conference in Santa Clara, California.

Speaker at the IE Big Data conference in Chicago, USA

Guest faculty on entrepreneurship at the UC Berkeley Extension program in California, USA.

Workshop on using Artificial Intelligence for retail pricing in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Workshop on entrepreneurship at the University of California at San Francisco, USA.

Speaker at the Collider Hyper Retail event in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Speaker at the Product Innovatie Marketing institution in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Led coursework on retail technology for the Vrije Univesitiet (VU) in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Speaker at the AI for Retail Pricing and Promotions event in Stockholm, Sweden