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Ashok shares insights on Forbes.com by writing business articles & industry-related tips.
25+
years of technology leadership,
innovation, and mentorship
My
Awards &
Recognitions
Asokan has been honored with multiple awards for his contributions to technology innovation, thought leadership, and mentorship. His dedication to advancing the tech industry has earned him recognition worldwide.
Very glad to be the “2025 Leaders of Influence in Technology” list recognized by San Diego Business Journal.
"Finalist for CEO of the Year 2025 awards" by San Diego Business Journal.
Honored to be named by The Fortune Leader as one of the “Top 10 Influential Leaders Shaping Corporate Evolution in 2024 !”
Grateful to be acknowledged as one of the “Influential Visionaries: Top 5 Business Leaders Shaping the Future in 2024” by The Executive Lens.
Thrilled to be recognized by The Fortune Leader as one of the “Top 10 Pioneering Business Leaders to Follow in 2024”
Grateful to be acknowledged as one of "Asia’s Most Innovative Leaders to Watch in 2024" by Humans Of Globe!
Honoured to be named one of the "20 Elite CEOs of 2024"by TheEliteX
Humbled and proud to be named a "SDBJ Leader of Influence in Technology 2024" by the San Diego Business Journal!
Proud to be recognized and honored among the by Thinkers360 “Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Entrepreneurship 2023" by Thinkers360.
Thank you for featuring me in “Asokan Ashok: Unfolding a New Era in Mobile Technology." It's an honor to share how turning feedback into a blueprint has contributed to our success. Explore the feature here: Asokan Ashok: Unfolding a New Era in Mobile Technology.
Thrilled and grateful for the prestigious recognition from “Asokan Ashok: Unfolding a New Era in Mobile Technology." This honor underscores the dedication and contribution to the business landscape, inspires to continue striving for excellence.
Thank you for being part of EP 354 - Maximizing Business Potential: Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age. Explore the insightful discussion on YouTube: Watch here https://youtu.be/zS6xQxKMQ6Q
Incredible privilege of speaking to the bright minds at “California State University San Marcos" about the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence in the healthcare industry.
Delighted to be acknowledged as one of the “Top 50 Global Thought Leaders on CRM 2023" by Thinkers360.
Honored & humbled to be selected as one of the “Top 50 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers on Design Thinking" by Thinkers360
Delighted to be recognised as “Top 100 Thought Leaders on Technology to Follow in 2022” by The Awards Magazine.
An absolute delight to be awarded as the “The 10 Most Influential Business Leaders in Tech” by Tycoon Success.
Humbled & Honored to be recognized as one of the “Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on CRM 2022” by Thinkers360.
Truly honored to be recognised as “Top Significant Leaders of the Year 2022” by CIOToday.
Truly honored to be awarded by PrimeView as “The 10 Fastest Growing Companies in 2022”
Truly honoured to be recognised as "Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on AR/VR" by Thinkers360.
An absolute delight to be honoured as "The 30 Most Influential Business Leaders in Tech 2021" by CIOLook. "Interview Link Here"
Honoured as "Top Cyber Security Influencer" - NodeXL.
Keynote on "AI Trends in Telecom" organized by the Plug and Play Enterprise Tech.
Grateful for the award as the "World’s 10 Most Successful Entrepreneurs Making a Difference 2021" from World Leaders Magazine.
Recognized for Excellence in Technology by Marquis Who's Who
Fourth One!! Thinkers360 recognised Asokan Ashok as "Top 50 Global Thought Leaders on Entrepreneurship"
What are the most important #SoftwareEngineeringSkills in 2021? Asokan Ashok's takeaway on "Seven Important Software Engineering Skills In 2021" published on Forbes.
Thinkers360 featured Asokan Ashok as one of the "Top 50 Global Thought Leaders on CRM" by Thinkers360.
Humbled & Honored to be recognized as one of the "Top 50 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers on Startups!" by Thinkers360.
An absolute delight to be included in the "Top 50 Global Thought Leaders on AR/ VR" by Thinkers360.
Ashok is humbled and honored to be mentioned by Onalytica in the “Top 100 Influencers in RPA/Robotics” – as the Influential Voices & Brands in the “Who’s Who in RPA”.
"Nine Architectural Principles To Consider Before Building An IoT Platform” – check Asokan Ashok’s article via Forbes.
What are the Ways to Begin Your Programmer Search? Check amazing thoughts from Ashok and other tech leaders via Forbes.
How an Engineer became an Executive and CEO without an MBA? Check Ashok’s podcast with TechClub.
Asokan Ashok is honored as “Top 100 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers to Follow” by The Awards Magazine.
Asokan Ashok is featured on Forbes for sharing thoughts on Low-Cost, High-Impact Tech Initiatives to Boost Productivity. Check complete article Explore here
What Can AI do for Humans? How Innovative AI Solutions Can Help Combat Global Warming? Ashok’s article is featured on Forbes – check complete article Explore here
Ashok shared his thoughts on Facial Recognition Technology for Forbes. Check complete article Explore here
Asokan Ashok is featured on Forbes for sharing amazing thoughts on Q4 Tech Leaders plans. Check complete article Explore here
Industry Era recognised Asokan Ashok as Best Successful CEO's of 2020
Ashok’s thoughts on Data Privacy Laws featured on Forbes. Check complete article Explore here
Honored for being awarded as “Entrepreneur of the Year” in the 17th Annual International Business Awards powered by Stevie Awards. Check complete details Explore here
“Top 7 Coolest Technology Innovations Inspired by Nature” – Ashok’s thoughts on the combination of technology innovations and nature are published on Forbes. Check complete article Explore here
Ashok's amazing writing on "Leading With Humanity: Six Traits For Successful Leadership" is published on Forbes. Check complete article Explore here
Ashok’s extensive support and accomplished efforts resulted SoftClouds to get listed one among "20 Visionary Companies to Watch in 2020” by Insights Success.
Asokan is considered as one of the top Artificial Intelligence (AI) influencers in 2019 by TechMeLife - Take a minute to read comments Explore here
"Smart Cities 2025" - An article by Featured Blogger Asokan Ashok @ https://straighttalk.hcltech.com/smart-cities-2025
Asokan was nominated as The Best Technology Leader 2019 by Top Tech Awards. The original copy of the article can be found Explore here and the local copy can be found Explore here
Once again Forbes published an article written by Asokan on "Five Reasons Why IoT Is Not Ready For Prime Time" and the article can be found Explore here
Forbes published an article inscribed by Asokan on "Four Trends in Cloud Computing CIOs Should Prepare For In 2019" and the article can be found Explore here
Asokan was selected as one of the 10 Most Innovative Business Leaders To Watch in 2018 by Insights Success Magazine.
Asokan spoke about the world of Artificial Intelligence and major trends to look forward to in 2018 – and the details are Explore here
Asokan spoke about the Walgreens Developer Program & the Photo Prints API on the launch of UnfoldPrints, an android application that makes the task of printing pictures easier – Walgreens covered the press release Explore here
Asokan spoke as UnfoldLabs was selected as a winner in Fierce Innovation Awards 2017 in the category of Cloud Services – and the press covered the statement Explore here
Asokan talks about Delays in delivery of hot gadgets from big tech firms Explore here
Where there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved - This is the mantra for Asokan Ashok. To take a sneak peak into Ashok's life at SoftClouds Explore here
Asokan Ashok spoke for SoftClouds Take on the Future at MCX 2017, and the video are Explore here
Asokan's views as RedGreen, UnfoldLabs first Mobile Application, was chosen as one of the finalists for the 10th Annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards at CTIA Super Mobility 2016 Explore here
Asokan Spoke on a Panel at the VentureBeat 2011 – Mobile Summit on HTML5 vs Native – and the panel has been covered by the press Explore here
Asokan Spoke at the Inside SocialApps Conference Jan 2011 – and the video is covered Explore here
Video of Asokan's Presentation at Handsets Forum USA Conference can be found Explore here
Asokan Spoke on the Keynote panel at IEEE Cloud Computing Conference, and the videos are Explore here
Asokan's views on NFC & Secure Element covered by NFC Times are covered Explore here
Asokan Spoke at the Plug n Play Center 2010 on Break Through Innovation
Asokan Spoke at the Verizon Developer Conference 2010
Asokan Spoke at the MobileBeat 2010 Conference, Jul 12, 2010 - on "Who Owns the User"
Asokan Spoke at the Qualcomm UplinQ 2010 Conference
Asokan's did an Interview with Dr. Dobbs – and the details are covered Explore here
Asokan did a presentation at Smartphone Show on "Top 10 Tips for mobile application development"
My
Public Forums
Mentor - MTS AI Accelerator Program
Ashok is the mentor & contributor at MTS AIAccelerator program.
UC Santa Barbara Extension
Asokan Ashok is one of the Advisory Board Members at UC Santa Barbara Extension. - Professional and Continuing Education. He actively participates in the programs as coach or presenter
SoftClouds
Asokan is on Board of Advisors of SoftClouds LLC. SoftClouds offers a unique blend of Innovation & Business Intelligence, Domain Knowledge, Technological Expertise and service offerings to a diverse set of Software Areas and is focused on creating value to our customers and partners.
UnfoldLabs
Asokan Ashok is the CEO of UnfoldLabs Inc. UnfoldLabs is an Innovative Products and Services Company based in Sunny San Diego, California. It is an Innovative Technology Product/Services company which has some cool next-gen products made out of the intense passion and creativity.
eNTERPRET
Asokan Ashok is the CEO of UnfoldLabs Inc. UnfoldLabs is an Innovative Products and Services Company based in Sunny San Diego, California. It is an Innovative Technology Product/Services company which has some cool next-gen products made out of the intense passion and creativity.
Rewind
Asokan is on the Board of Advisors at Rewind. Rewind is a fast & fun way to visually share your day as it happens with friends/family. It is like getting a window into their day. Rewind's unprecedented speed of publishing and consuming content drives authenticity and the freedom to post all the things happening throughout the day.
neXva
Asokan is on the board of advisors at neXva. neXva creates app stores for mobile operators, brands and value added service providers around the world - and has access to about 200M Users and 20 Operators around the world.
TiE
Asokan is the Member of the Executive Committee of TiE South Coast Chapter. TiE has a mission "To foster entrepreneurship within the community & globally by educating, mentoring & networking?and was founded in Silicon Valley in 1992; non-profit 61 Chapters in 18 countries, spread across 5 continents and covering 21 industry sectors.
ASEI
Asokan is the Member of the Board at the American Society of Engineers
of Indian Origin (ASEI), SoCal Chapter since Jan 2018.
ASEI is an organization of professionals of Asian Indian
Diaspora living in the United States of America.
Collective54
Ashok is one of the Founding Members at “Collective54 – A Member Only, Peer-to-Peer Advisory Network”. He actively participates in providing business solutions, actionable advices and helping Collective54 members making right decisions resulting in the growth of their business.
LIFE :
Dream.
Live.Laugh.
Love.
Succeed.
Reach your highest self under trustful and careful guidance of a Mentor.
For a successful tomorrow, you ALWAYS need to plan TODAY.
Learn to Listen & Think. That will unlock your limiting beliefs and think outside the box.
Trusting your mentor can open doors that you didn’t see coming.
Meet Asokan
Ashok
Asokan has over 25 years of experience in high-technology sectors, developing software and communication systems. With expertise spanning technology, business, and management, he specializes in Technology Management.
Asokan’s career includes key roles in both established tech giants and startups. He’s an entrepreneur, speaker, and published author, offering insights on tech innovations worldwide.
Ashok is a passionate thinker, an active learner with an open mind for change, curious about everything in the world. He always tries to do things differently and believes that creative thinking can simplify complex situations. His dedication towards mentoring, inspiring, and motivating people has brought success and happiness to many lives. Everyone can be mentored, and everyone can benefit from mentoring but not everyone can become a MENTOR – Ashok is among the best mentors who can bring a real change to your world.
Ashok has been on a never-ending quest to help people achieve success, and he is quite proud of it! His intuition, background, and experiences, together with a heart for assisting others, have enabled him to help individuals realize their full potential. Regardless of the road people pursue in life, Ashok believes that we all have importance and purpose to live. He considers it a privilege to assist others in finding meaning and purpose in their lives as they impact those around them.
New Challenges and Changes – New Life
Ashok always enjoyed demonstrating his abilities to rest of the world, and always viewed it as a challenge. His desire to make a difference was never stifled & spent all his time thinking and learning something new.
Ashok’s journey as a mentor began early during his school days and has been helping people since then. Most people mentored by Ashok have come up to him and shared their troubles, they wouldn’t have shared otherwise because they were afraid of being mocked or labelled dumb. They felt a sigh of relief when they were able to share their concerns with Ashok without fear of being judged or having their secrets revealed. That was the point in life when Ashok realized that he made a difference in the lives of people, while listening and providing them with guidance, help, and mentorship. He then decided to aid those who needed emotional support and career guidance.
Building Curiosity
“If something is working in this world – and I cannot explain why – I need to learn why?”
Being curious about the happenings around you make you feel excited about day-to-day life. Ashok always enjoys his profession as it allows him to contribute to the success and fulfilment of others’ lives. He assists people with personal development, relationships, career, and life. His mission is to assist individuals to live proud lives and make significant changes that can bring them happiness and success.
Consistency is the Key
Authenticity is a crock and staying consistent is the most important factor to be HUMAN. Ashok maintains consistency in his profession and turns up when you are willing to learn and seek knowledge.
Being as a mentee for Ashok makes you feel happier and stronger by finding eternity in each moment. He is the person whom you can trust and confide in with your feelings. He strongly believes that everyone can change the world through words and wants to be the reason for a smile every day!!
The amazing power of mentoring is that it keeps on giving and it is only indispensable to have a mentor in our life! Let’s make this world a beautiful adventure filled with excitement and laughter
