Sandeep Tandon
| Sandeep Tandon | |
|---|---|
| Sandeep TandonSandeep-Tandon-June-2014.jpg | |
| Born | May 17, 1969 |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Co-founder of FreeCharge | |
| 🌐 Website | tandongroup |
Sandeep Tandon (born May 17, 1969) is an Indian engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded one of India's first mobile payment platform, FreeCharge. Tandon is also the managing director of Tandon Group, a technology catalyst that owns several successful businesses and provides resources to start-up companies in India and North America.[1]
Education and career[edit]
Tandon graduated with a Bachelors of Science and Master of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California.[2][3] Upon graduating he went to work for a Los Angeles startup[2] as an application engineer. He left the startup to start his own accounts payable company IQBackOffice.[3] In 2000, Tandon sold the company and returned to India to work for Celetronix. He continued working with Celetronix overseeing their Indian operation until 2006. He served as Chairman of the Electronics Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) and is a member of Young President Organization (Mumbai Chapter).[4]
In 2010, Tandon co-founded the company FreeCharge that allowed users of pre-paid phones to purchase minutes using their device instead of buying minutes at the store. He went on to transform FreeCharge into an e-commerce platform. FreeCharge was eventually be acquired by Snapdeal. He has served as Non-Executive Independent Director of AAVAS Financiers Limited since July 27, 2017.[3] Tandon is currently the managing director of Tandon Group, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board at Infinx Healthcare, a software provider for patient access and revenue cycle management for healthcare providers.[5] He is also Managing Director of Syrma Technology, an electronics manufacturing services provider. Tandon went on to work as managing director of Tandon Group, where he currently oversees strategy and operations of all group companies and works as an angel investor proving funding for startups.[6]
FreeCharge[edit]
In 2010, Tandon and Kunal Shah created a mobile phone app that allowed user to buy minutes using their phone and offset the cost through coupons.[7] FreeCharge became India's fastest growing mobile payment app. Tandon disrupted India's largely cash-based society with the FreeCharge app since users traditionally paid in cash to local stores to recharge metro cards, pay utility bills.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Dhirubhai Ambani International School". www.da-is.org. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sandeep Tandon - Tandon Group". Tandon Group. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Sandeep Tandon: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ↑ "Sandeep Tandon". Indian Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ↑ "Tandon Group Chairman M.L. Tandon Continues 50-Year Legacy of Global Innovation and Transformation". Business Innovators Magazine. 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ↑ "Flashback 2017: Most active angel investors of the year". VCCircle. 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
- ↑ Singh, Shailendra. "How FreeCharge found its mojo, and Snapdeal". Live Mint.
- ↑ "The Disruptor". USC Viterbi | Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
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