Visionary and Live-Wire, Unni is responsible for steering the Pundits into the arena of emerging interactive technologies.
Unni has a Masters in Marketing Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute, Bombay. Plus, 30 years' experience in advertising planning, account management, direct marketing, personal selling and entrepreneurship.
For the last 13 years, at Pigtail Pundits, Unni has been turning customers into brand evangelists for online clients - corporates, professionals and small businesses - both in India as well as in the US and UK. He is an Open Source Software enthusiast, and a keen dabbler in Content Management Systems, Social Networking, and Community Building. He loves marketing on the Internet and more than anything he loves to teach what he knows to clients and colleagues around him. He is a marketing geek, who is dexterous with both technology and communications.
Unni brings to bear on projects at Pigtail Pundits, his rich experience and varied expertise in Account Management and Ideas Marketing. Gleaned at agencies such as Nexus Equity, Raka, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Enterprise Nexus, while working on brands of P&G, Panasonic, Dupont Agro, Hong Kong Bank, The Times of India Group, The Indian Express Group, Indian Oil, UTI, and Hoechst amongst others.
His last assignment was as Associate Account Director at Enterprise Nexus, handling the Bennett Coleman and Shogun Group before he turned 100% renegade adman, electronic marketing evangelist, consultant, writer (with a penchant for "Plus" and "Fair nuff") and interactive champion.
Unni lives in Mumbai, India with his wife Shyamala and his two sons, Pranav and Prateek.
Excerpted from LinkedIn.
"An expert in his domain, who works extremely well with clients, understanding and working on their outlandish requirements. Always trust worthy, consistent and reliable."
- Anaggh Desai, hired Unni as an IT consultant
"I have worked with Unni and his firm for many years. I've used them to design websites for our clients and to design mine. They give me better service than similar firms in my same city, they're more creative, they care more about the project and their fees are fair. I can recommend them without reservation. They are good at what they do and they are good people--a rare combination; worth going halfway around the globe to find them!"
- Hamilton Wallace, Owner, smallbusinessmarketingconsultant.com
"Unni is a person I've known for some time, being from the same industry. His is a capable team and I enjoyed working with him."
- Ranjeet Nambiar, hired Unni for Web development
"Unni has built a reputation for genuine client focus. He has a natural talent for "seeing" the client's vision and making it come alive. He builds lasting client relationships by listening deeply, implementing fully and designing creatively. I would recommend Unni without hesitation or reservation." January 15, 2008
- Milind Naik, hired Unni as a Graphic/Web Designer
"Unni showed good and quick understanding of the context and requirements and turned around a challenging project delivery and met tight deadlines when he worked with us on a couple of online design projects. And above all, a great person to engage and interact with!"
- Rahul Chakraborti, hired Unni as a Graphic/Web Designer
"Unni and Pigtail Pundits did a great job with my web site. The initial site as well the updated site many years later. His able team at that time, Rajesh Khanna and Ranajit Tendolkar and others contributed to a great website."
- Ian Pereira, hired Unni as a Graphic/Web Designer
"Unni and the entire staff at his company are consummate professionals, able and willing to go the extra mile to provide excellence in everything they do."
- William Thompson, hired Unni as a Graphic/Web Designer, and hired Unni more than once
"Spectacular creativity. Delight flows from Pigtail Pundits' work the way water flows from the springs of Eden .
- Howard Bloom was Unni's client
