Operator.
Moderator.
Growth partner.
25+ years building companies, holding rooms, and scaling ecosystems. The operator background is what makes both offers work.
IBM · Thomson Reuters · Esri · Bloomreach · ASAN · The INDUStry Show. 14 acquisitions later, still building.
Dr. Nitin Bajaj has spent 25+ years doing the work, not advising on it. He has helped build businesses generating $400M+ in revenue, co-led 14 acquisitions worth $1B+, and operated across 10 countries spanning the US, Europe, South Asia, and the UAE.
He has worked with and inside organizations including IBM, Thomson Reuters, Esri, and Bloomreach, leading product, growth, and go-to-market functions at scale. That experience is the foundation for everything else: why his moderation lands differently, why founders trust him with their businesses, and why the people in his rooms walk out with something they can actually use.
The operator instinct doesn't turn off. It shows up in the follow-up question that breaks the polished answer open. It shows up in the ability to rebuild a growth engine in a business that's been stuck for three years. It's the same judgment, applied in different rooms.
- IBM
- Thomson Reuters
- Esri
- Bloomreach
- Community
- ASAN - Co-Founder
- The INDUStry Show - Founder
- Pratham USA - Marketing & Strategy
- Akshaya Patra USA
- SAHARA
The operator background is exactly why his conversations land differently. They push toward decisions, tradeoffs, and what actually works.
Three things. Done well.
Not a menu of services. A focused set of things where operator experience creates an outsized advantage.
Moderate conversations
500+ conversations moderated across conferences, universities, and leadership forums. 15M+ reach. The rooms that matter deserve better than a generic moderator.
Operate businesses
Step into $1–5M cash-flowing founder-led businesses as the operating CEO. 12–24 months. Rebuild the growth engine. Compensation tied to value created.
Build systems and growth
The connective tissue between both offers: product, growth, and go-to-market experience that builds durable businesses and sharper conversations.
The INDUStry Show
500+ conversations with founders, operators, and community leaders. Built to surface the real decisions, real tradeoffs, and what actually works beyond the polished narrative.
Building infrastructure for the South Asian community in the US.
In June 2024, Nitin co-founded the American South Asian Network (ASAN) — scaling it to 130+ in-person events across the US, reaching 40,000+ people, and building 250+ partnerships across corporate, government, nonprofits, and universities in under two years.
He has also contributed to Pratham USA (marketing and strategy), helped launch Akshaya Patra in Southern California, and serves as a board member at SAHARA.
10 countries. US, Canada, Europe, India, and the UAE. Product, growth, operations.
United States, India, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Ukraine. Cross-border operations, distributed teams, and execution across very different environments.
I've spent most of my career in rooms where the stakes were real — boards, boardrooms, conference stages, and the messy middle of running a business that matters to the person who built it. The work has taken me across 10 countries, through 14 acquisitions, and into hundreds of conversations with people doing something worth talking about. I'm based in Southern California. I co-founded ASAN in 2024 because I believe the South Asian community in the US is an underutilized force — and building it has been one of the most meaningful things I've done. I'm most useful when the problem is real and the person on the other side is ready to move.
Two ways to work together.
Whether you're booking a moderator for a room that matters or exploring what an operating partnership looks like for your business.