Chaks Appalabattula

About Chaks Appalabattula

Founder and CEO of Bloomz - a unifying parent communication app that is transforming district-parent, school-parent, teacher-parent, and parent-parent communication in today\'s social and mobile world. Check us at http://bloomz.comEarlier worked as VP of Strategic Partnerships at GlobalScholar and responsible for P&L of the channels. Back in 2007, joined as a founding product management leader at GlobalScholar and identified the business opportunity in the B2B space. I led GlobalScholar’s vision to building comprehensive learning platform to serve end-to-end needs of educational institutions.Prior to joining GlobalScholar.com, I was Vice President of Consulting and Product Planning at AskMe Corporation, where I was instrumental in the development of initial consumer business model and later drove successful implementations of knowledge management technology and services to Fortune 500 customers that included Intel, Boeing, Timken, Bureau of Census, Dept of Commerce, and Coke. During his tenure at AskMe, I held a variety of roles in areas as diverse as product planning, program management, development, consulting, and sales. Prior to AskMe, I worked at Microsoft where I was responsible for shipping Microsoft Word and Publisher 2002 to South Asian and Middle East markets. I hold a Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering and was a gold medalist from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India.Specialties: A start-up all-rounder in IT industry with skills in Product Definition, Product Management, Consultative Selling, Target Market Segmentation, Sales Strategy, Channel management, Knowledge Management Consulting, Project Management, Account Management, IT Outsourcing.NET Technology

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Bloomz

   Jan 2014 — Present

   I am proud to introduce Bloomz, one app for all parent communication - an app that is transforming teacher/school-parent communication in today\'s social and mobile world. With over 2M users across 25K schools and rapidly growing. Our mission is to save time for teachers & connecting parents with the most important sources of influence in their kids\' life! Selected 2 straight years as one of Top 20 Global EdTech Influencers by Edvocate.“Make your life easier by consolidating all of your communications and coordination with parents.” – WeAreTeachers“If you’re looking for ways to build relationships with and between families, check out Bloomz!” – The Cornerstone for Teachers“There’s one app that does it all, it’s called Bloomz.” – Vicki Davis (CoolCatTeacher)Awards- 2017 Best App For Parent Communication - Tech Edvocate- New Education Product of 2016 – EdTech Digest- The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval- Best of Show @ ISTE 2016 – Tech & Learning- Best Website for Teaching and Learning 2016 – American Association of School Librarians (AASL)Intrigued? You can get started:* If you are a teacher or school principal or district leader or PTA leader, you\'ve got to be on this app now! Download FREE today at http://bloomz.com.

Education

• National Institute of Technology Warangal

  B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

  1992 — 1996

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA

  2012 — 2013

Skills

• Strategic Partnerships
• Account Management
• Management Consulting
• IT Outsourcing
• Marketing Strategy
• Product Development
• Enterprise Software
• Start-Ups
• Management
• Sales Management
• Program Management
• Project Management
• Product Management
• Business Development
• Early Stage