Jacob K I
Vice President – Business Development
Jacob KI, Vice President -Business Development is responsible for developing growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction. He is also responsible for conducting research to identify new markets and customer needs.
He conducts business meetings with prospective clients and business partners to promote the company’s products/services and builds long-term relationships with new and existing customers. Jacob has spent more than a decade in IDS next and has contributed to completed projects related to mobile analytics, Artificial Intelligence and cloud hotel management software etc.
Jacob is a self-driven professional who believes in building strong client and business partner relationship for profitable growth and revenue. His expertise lies in expanding business to new markets and geographies for potential acquisition and establishing IDS NEXT’s presence as the leader in hospitality technology. He has played key roles in product implementation and support services of various products and services, giving him the unique edge of being a 360-degree professional who knows all aspects of the business.
Jacob, a Bachelor of Science from Mahatma Gandhi University with specialization in Mathematics plus a GNIIT to aid him in Computer Applications. But he values his daily education in the University of Life and learnings from the University of Hard Knocks, constantly curious about emerging trends and technologies with an early adopter mindset. Leadership are not about by the number of people who serve them nor about the number of followers who follow them. True leadership is about the number of people that the leader serves.
Jacob can be reached at jacob@idsnext.com