Faisal Patel, a social and business entrepreneur, who is passionate about bringing qualitative changes in Healthcare, Education and Technological sectors. He believes that advancement in the field of technology plays an important role in influencing the quality of living of the people.
Faisal Patel completed his High School education from Doon School Dehradun, India in 1999, having also been awarded with the Games Blazer. He moved to the US to pursue higher education in Business Administration (BBA) at Hawaii Pacific University from 2001-2004, during then he was also the News Editor of the student’s newspaper ‘Kalamalama’. He also contributed various articles on current University affairs. At and after University, he worked as a marketing professional from 2003-2004 for leading organizations such as Walt Disney World and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
In 2004, Faisal Patel started his own venture, ‘Zion Distribution’ in the Pharmaceutical sector. Within a span of 10 years, Zion has successfully developed alliances with major pharma companies like Sun Pharma, Wockhardt and Zydus Cadilla, distributing their products efficaciously in North India. Zion is one of the largest generic drug distributors in India. Zion aspires to expand its logistic capacities with the commencement of ‘Goods & Services Tax’ (GST) & use ‘Deep Learning’ (a subset in the field of AI, Big Data, Machine Learning) to make the operational process more efficient and effective.
Further between 2012 and 2014 he completed a 3-year distinguished Owner/President Management (OPM) program at the Harvard Business School in Massachusetts, USA, giving him an alumni status in HBS.
Faisal Patel under his NGO HMP Foundation has worked in the field of healthcare and education with an aim for the betterment of the poor and vulnerable families . Through this Not For Profit HMP Foundation, centered primarily in the family’s bastion at his native district of Bharuch in Gujarat, has taken various social initiatives in the concerned fields of healthcare and education has helped over 35,951 households. Further, Vocational training courses under HMP has helped the underprivileged and underserved youth of the region to gain employment in various Industries and Enterprises in Gujarat.
Faisal Patel in between 2011-2016 helped conceive and establish the state-of-the-art Sardar Patel Hospital& Heart Institute ( SPH), an ‘100’ bedded hospital for the benefit of the underprivileged and underserved people of Bharuch district. He helped develop a 200km radius between Surat and Vadodara to bring in the best practices in healthcare in these districts. Faisal has also established Primary Healthcare Centres in Ankleshwar & Dediapada in Gujarat, India, catering to almost 300 patients per day receiving health care free of cost.
In his current role, as Co-Founder of Aria Analytics, Faisal believes Big Data Analytics propounds game-changing business opportunities that require an innovative approach to data management and business relevance. Aria Analytics uses real-time data to provide solutions using Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Machine Learning.
Faisal has a definite conviction in the promotion of technological advancement in the field of Big Data, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Cyber Security & the Internet of Things (IoT) with an aim to bring about advancement in innovations so as to enhance productivity.