TRANSNATIONAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Architect
- Creative Director
Arjun Malakar has been the Creative Director of Transnational Business Solutions since 2009.
Arjun is an architect by training, and he has a wide experience in multiple creative disciplines such as Architecture, 3D Animation, Graphic Design, to name a few. Prior to joining Transnational Business Solutions, Arjun has worked as a designer in various media and publishing houses in New York City, which culminated with a stint at creative department of Forbes.
His areas of expertise include high-end 3D modeling, texturing, lighting and animation for ad films, broadcast graphics, construction industry, industrial design, etc.
Arjun brings his entire knowledge and expertise into Transnational's consulting and delivery platform.
He is directly responsible for handling all publishing, web design and new media related projects for Transnational. He also handles, successfully, all construction/architecture related delivery projects for Transnational, which are mostly based in and around New York City. The scope of work includes handling of construction documents, BIM, preparation of presentation drawings and support material for client presentations, 3D Visualization of high-end quality and estimation services.
Arjun has attended the very well-known 3D animation and special effects program at Vancouver Film School in Vancouver, Canada.
He is presently based in New Delhi, India, and he is a Life Member of The Council of Architecture, India.
Job Titles:
- Consulting Partner, Technology
Atul is a seasoned computer software professional/consultant with about 20 years of experience primarily in the VLSI, Mobile Communication and Energy domains. He has worked with many international clients in US, Europe and Japan in outsourced software development. As a result he understands the intricacies of outsourced projects in great detail.
Interests & Specialties: International software projects, Consulting, Energy, WITSML, PRODML, MultiSpeak, Mobile Communications, 3GPP, SIP, IMS, VOLTE, RCS, Circuit Simulation, IBIS, SPICE, IOT, Automotive Ethernet.
He is currently the Chair of NASSCOM Eastern Region Council in India.
He has earlier worked with National Semiconductor, USA where he developed software for computer aided design of VLSI circuits. He was also a Director in ADA Software and Services Pvt. Ltd, a software development house in Kolkata where he managed software projects for clients in Europe in the areas of databases, networking and graphical user interfaces.
David Felton, currently, serves as the founding President of the Board and CEO (part-time position) of a 120-bed nursing home and rehabilitation center. The center, in central New York, provides both inpatient and outpatient rehab services and also provides off-site daycare in three adult, medical model centers covering a three-county area. Felton has been a licensed Nursing Home Administrator since 1973.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Consultant
- Member of the LEADERSHIP TEAM
- Principal Consultant
Dr. Aswad is the Emeritus Executive Vice President and CEO of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY). He served as President of the MSSNY, Speaker of the American Academy of Family Physicians; Chairman of the American Medical Association's Task Force on the Medical Workforce and was a member of the American Medical Association's Council on Long Range Planning and Development. In addition, Dr. Aswad served as a member of the AMA's Health Policy Agenda for the American People and was and AMA New York Delegate.
Dr. Aswad was appointed, by the New York State Commissioner of Health, to the Council of Graduate Medical Education (GME) where he was Chairman of the Subcommittee of Minority Participation in GME. He was appointed to serve on the Commission for a Healthy New York and the New York State Tobacco Control Partnership.
Dr. Aswad has been a consultant and advisor in both medical and dental fields, as well as to major corporations. He developed the Smoking Cessation Program for MSSNY, which included training programs for Physicians and patients. He was consultant to major pharmaceutical companies in the areas of: clinical trials, communication to professions in the areas of AIDS, Hepatitis C, Influenza, Diabetes, Cancer, Childhood and Adult Obesity, physician involvement in anti-terrorism efforts, and developed a program for treatment of Biological Warfare Agents, post 9/11. He collaborated with multiple health agencies in State and Federal government, as well as NGOs, including The American Heart Association, The American Cancer Society, The Lung Association, and others in developing communication programs.
Dr. Aswad served as Chairman of the Editorial Board of a major continuing medical education and communication company. He has personally worked with both the heads of FDA and the US Surgeon General's Office and the predecessors.
Dr. Aswad served as Medical Director of the New York State professional Standards Review Organization. He has provided nominations to the US Pharmacopeia. He is a charter founder and Director of the Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company, the largest physician owned company in the US. Dr. Aswad was Chairman of the New York State Continuing Medical Education affiliate of the American Council on CME, which certified most CME programs in NYS. As CEO of the MSSNY, Dr. Aswad supervised all its communication efforts, including its "News of NY" newspaper all fax and email communications and educational programs.
Dr. Aswad is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton-Harpur College and New York Medical College. He is a Charter Fellow of both the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Dr. Aswad is the recipient of numerous honors including Distinguished Alumnus Honors from both State University of New York and New York Medical College.
Mr. Blair has managed field operations for network development and contracts negotiation projects for the Creative Group providers of Smart Solutions for Healthcare Management, for over the past 17 years. These assignments have included developing state-specific PPOs; national specialty networks and HMO network start-ups; Medicare Advantage Plans nationwide and network expansions across all product lines. As a consultant, Mr. Blair has served as interim VP, Network Development for Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and directed strategy and the entire staff.
Mr. Blair provides consultative services in managed care including interim management, network contracting, strategy and venture development and implementation, acquisition analysis and negotiations, HMO and PPO development and provider and payer contract negotiations.
Job Titles:
- Principal Strategic Advisor
30+ years' international experience including 23 years C level, in US, India and the Middle-east;
Job Titles:
- Member of the LEADERSHIP TEAM
Sumantra Sen - Founder, Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Founder
- Managing Director
- Member of the LEADERSHIP TEAM
Sumantra Sen is the Founder and Managing Director of Transnational Business Solutions, a New York City based strategic advisory and operations consulting firm. In his thirty plus years of professional experience, Sumantra has served and advised a range of industries, including engineering, packaged goods, financial service, health care, pet & animal wellness, nonprofit & social enterprise and business and knowledge process outsourcing companies. Sumantra maintains a successful track record in business strategy, operations consulting, business process reengineering and innovation, international business and start up and change management.
Prior to his current role in Transnational, Sumantra has worked with Fortune 100 companies and entrepreneurial start-up ventures in countries like India, Germany, UK, and USA. His senior leadership positions in Mobil Oil, Cummins Power, Invensys, and Lazard make him an expert in start-up & change management, retail and distribution, international and Big-Ticket M&A initiatives, and capability sourcing. As a former CEO, he has a successful track record in operational innovations, marketing, team building and mentoring. Sumantra has also served as a leading consultant in the office of Innovation of a large global human resource and consulting firm.
Sumantra is very active in the professional/business community. He is also a regular speaker at various international business schools and spends time with the academic communities abroad. As the founder and managing director of Transnational Business Solutions, Sumantra has been responsible to create unique Academic and Private partnerships in linking the academic world with Industries and developing scalable capabilities in the areas of Advanced Data Analytics and Technology.
In Transnational, he is the key architect in creating a unique healthcare division that addresses key challenges in the transition of US healthcare industry from volume to value. He has created a consortium of partner companies that along with Transnational provides unique advisory and operations consulting services to financial, clinical, digital health and regulatory aspects of healthcare.
Sumantra is also a co-founder of a nonprofit in climate change, that has become the go to portal for every aspect of climate change.
Sumantra believes that overall, globalization has been an advantage to big-name companies worldwide. Sumantra envisions a future where small and mid-size businesses are empowered with knowledge and resources to be a true part of the globalized world and continues to work with clients in such Endeavour.
His expertise includes Business Strategy, Startup Management, Change Management, International Business Development, Business and Knowledge process IT enabled services in Financial, legal and health care sector, Manufacturing & assembly, Six Sigma, Merger and acquisition, Capability Sourcing, Supply Chain, Training / advisory and mentoring and executive leadership.
An Engineer by training, Sumantra also has a master's degree in business administration with specialization in Business Strategy and Human Resource.
Job Titles:
- Consulting Partner, Multimedia
Terry Zelen is a seasoned marketing professional with more than 30 years of experience in advertising and marketing.
As President and owner of Zelen Communications, Terry manages a team of designers, programmers, account management personnel, cultivating their talents while ensuring the highest level of quality and client relations. He also serves as the point man for many of his clients.
As one of the early advertising pioneers who embraced today's technology in its early stages, Terry embodies that rare breed of creative - deftly combining the importance of branding and strategic thinking with design that's both functional and exceptional. His agency has always been on the cutting edge of new marketing opportunities and understanding the importance of analyzing all of the efforts to maximize performance for ROI. The results are endeavors that work hard to meet clients' marketing goals and appeal with a "Wow Factor.
Terry's talent also shines in his website and print work, having received numerous accolades from the American Advertising Federation for his depth and breadth of work on clients locally, regionally and nationally. Additionally the agency has been honored to win many awards for projects under his guidance.