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ARVIND J. SINGH- Co-Founder, President & CEO of Utopia Inc.

Arvind J. Singh build two business uccessfully with no external funding. In 2003, Arvind was the CEO of Value Communications Corporation (ValuCom), a company he founded in 1996. Under his leadership, ValuCom grew to be one of the most recognized brand names in prepaid telecom in the US. The company was acquired by Rediff.com

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Arvind J. Singh

Co-Founder, President & CEO of Utopia Inc., Chicago- global leader in Enterprise Data Solutions

Arvind is a serial entrepreneur with experience in building global businesses for the last 20 years. He believes in boot strapping start-ups and has done that successfully twice with no external funding.

Challenges may be different between customers and industries. However the root cause is often the same, which is data....... Arvind J. Singh

Prior to co-founding Utopia in 2003, Arvind was the CEO of Value Communications Corporation (ValuCom), a company he founded in 1996. Under his leadership, ValuCom grew to be one of the most recognized brand names in prepaid telecom in the US. The company was acquired by Rediff.com (NASDAQ: REDF) in 2001.

Arvind began his corporate career in sales & marketing with IDM (an IBM spin-off) in India. He moved to Dubai with Hewlett Packard (Emitac) in 1988 where he managed and developed some of HP's largest customers in the Middle East. After his MBA, Arvind worked at Kraft Foods in the US in various marketing and senior management positions. During his tenure at Kraft, Arvind launched multiple new brands, some winning the highest award for superior achievement from Philip Morris (Kraft's parent company at the time). His responsibilities included strategic planning, setting P&L targets, advertising and business development for several Kraft brands, including a flagship brand with revenues exceeding $1 billion, and marketing spending exceeding $200 million.

Arvind serves on the Board of Directors of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, IL as well as sits on advisory boards of several companies. Arvind had the honor to meet one-on-one with the President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in 2003 to brainstorm ideas on ways to promote entrepreneurship in India. He was also the keynote speaker at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Annual Naturalization & Citizenship Ceremony held at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago in 2005.

Arvind has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and an MS from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India. He is a frequent speaker on topics relating to global business trends and entrepreneurship, and is a certified instructor in innovation and problem solving techniques from Synectics, Inc.

Arvind loves to travel, play the drums, and speaks fluent Hindi, Punjabi and some Arabic.

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  • In 2012, Company exceeds 500 employees globally and goes live on SAP Business ByDesign™
    • Utopia makes the Inc. 5000 list for the fourth year in a row and starts its 10th year in business
  • Founded in 2003, to be the unparalleled global leader in Enterprise Data Solutions, enabling our customers to harness the power of data and unleash the full potential of their enterprise.
  • Utopia has developed a powerful and collaborative network of alliances and partners worldwide.
  • Their strategy --to periodically work with partners to deliver the most effective and complete service to their clients from the basis for the ideal end-to-end solution.
  • Their partners and alliances include SAP and Open Text along with other ERP software giants and niche technology firms with enabling applications that enhance their solutions.
  • In 2004, First Fortune 500 CPG client signs up for data quality work

 

   
2011
  • OpenText and Utopia announce ECM strategic partnership
  • Utopia named 2010 SAP “Services Partner of the Year” in North America
  • Utopia named 2011 Gartner “Cool Vendor” in Application Services
  • Utopia University opens second location in North America
2010
  • For the second year in a row, Utopia makes the Inc. 5000 list
  • First major Retail customer signed
  • Utopia Canada launched
  • Utopia University opens first location in Bangalore, India
2009
  • Utopia recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest growing private companies
  • SAP® and Utopia announce EIM strategic partnership
  • First major Life Sciences and Public Sector customers signed
  • Utopia Middle East launched
2008
  • First major Mining, Chemical and Oil & Gas customers signed
  • Enterprise Data Lifecycle Management™ framework launched
2007
  • First major EAM project delivered
  • First major Airline customer signed
2006
  • Utopia launches Data Migration services
  • First major Telco, Process Industry and Utilities customers signed
2005
  • Utopia signs largest MRO Distributor in North America as a customer
  • Utopia India launches offshore delivery center in Bangalore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARVIND J. SINGH- Co-Founder, President & CEO

  • Utopia Inc.
    405 Washington Blvd., Ste. 203
    Mundelein, IL 60060
  • In 2012, Company exceeds 500 employees globally and goes live on SAP Business ByDesign™
  • global leader in Enterprise Data Solutions, enabling our customers to harness the power of data and unleash the full potential of their enterprise
  • Arvind is a serial entrepreneur with experience in building global businesses for the last 20 years.
  • He believes in boot strapping start-ups and has done that successfully twice with no external funding.