Nitin Kumar, CMC, CMAA

Co-Founder at zblocks

San Francisco, United States

A two-decade veteran in the TMT sector, hands-on CEO, and former Management Consulting Partner. I have leadership experience in large, multi-billion-dollar organizations and start-ups operating in major markets in the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia. In 2020, I was recognized by CEO Today magazine as the "Master of the Pivot" and by CIO Bulletin as "Top 10 CEOs to Watch".

My expertise includes strategy development, M&A, general management, business model transformation, rapid pivots, scale-up, ecosystem creation, go-to-market, and P&L management ($2b). I have built and scaled 5 businesses throughout my career.

Currently CEO of Ligl, responsible for all aspects of the business. Ligl is a category-defining product propelling end-to-end impact on Legal Operations.

As a Fellow of the Aspen Institute, I focus on the future of cities solving issues around autonomous driving and VTOL.

My consulting career with firms like Deloitte, PwC and FTI focused on helping CEOs, Boards, PE investors, and business leaders transform businesses for growth; Led and created value from >1000 M&A transactions; commercial, operational, technical due diligence, 75 M&A Integrations, 25 Divestitures (spin-offs/carve-outs). I pioneered many new approaches in M&A, authored numerous articles, won many innovation awards, and continue contributions through my articles. I have held large P/Ls during consulting and I still mentor people on becoming a Partner and succeeding as one. In 2018, named amongst the “Top 50 Consultants” globally.

Prior roles include building cyber security product/services businesses from the scratch at HP and Deloitte to $multi-hundred million scale. I managed >2000 people with full P/L responsibility during these years and continue to maintain deep relationships with the cyber community.

I am passionate about disruptive tech, having hands-on experience with SaaS/IaaS, IoT/Edge, AR/VR, AI, Blockchain, OTT, Cybersecurity, Autonomous Driving, and Platforms (Two Sided).

Considered by my network as a strategist, business builder with high work capacity and ability to execute at high speed. Success and failures have taught me the importance of a professional network, constantly learning and helping others succeed.

I serve on boards, providing expertise, and access to my network. I am also affiliated with VC/PE funds as an advisor.

In 2019, I was recognized as one of the "Magnificent Four"- the most networked executives.

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: New Yok, San Francisco
Speaking Topics: Disruptive Technologies, New Business Models, Mergers and Acquisitions

Nitin Kumar, CMC, CMAA	Points
Academic	245
Author	538
Influencer	456
Speaker	56
Entrepreneur	390
Total	1685

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Nitin Kumar, CMC, CMAA

Co-Founder at zblocks

San Francisco, United States

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