About The Author

Makarand Utpat grew up in Mumbai, India right next to the 3^rd largest slum in the world. He hails from a middle-class family and shared 320 Sq Ft tiny apartment with his parents, siblings and grandma. He knows what it takes to transcend beyond the adversities and achieve the breakthroughs.

Makarand came to US with a leap of faith to get higher education. After starting with his career as a software programmer, he steadily climbed the corporate ladder and worked with the likes of Fortune 500 companies such as IBM and Johnson & Johnson.

After accidentally discovering that he had zero Google footprint and that he was irrelevant in the new cyber lane, Makarand went back to the drawing board and completely reinvented and rebranded himself. In the event, he authored or co-authored best-selling books covering the topics such as leadership, digital marketing, business coaching and entrepreneurship.

Makarand has shared a book space with Who’s Who of the Corporate America namely: Facebook CIO Tim Campos and Pizza Hut Chief Digital Officer Brian Concors and many other veteran CEOs.

A featured guest on prominent radio shows, Makarand’s expertise has been featured on the major radio and media outlets such as C-Suite TV, Fox, NBC and TV Asia. He was selected as Top-750 Digital Innovators by the Data Bird Research Agency. Makarand was also selected as Top-100 influencer and gamechanger by the Influence Magazine.

Makarand consults with businesses and professionals on creating their signature brands and developing an infectious social media presence so that they attract qualified leads, close more sales deals, get more customers and make more money.

A dedicated father and husband, in his spare time Makarand loves to cook. He is also a professional musician on weekends where he plays with the local New Jersey, New York bands.