Mandeep Dhillon
CEO/Founder, Internet
Hi, I'm Mandeep Dhillon. Welcome to my profile!
Mandeep Dhillon's Bio:
Mandeep Dhillon's Experience:
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Board Member, Strategy Chair at Woodland School
September 2008 - June 2013Developed initial strategy plan and defined strategy development process
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Vice President, Togetherville & Corporate Strategy at The Walt Disney Company
February 2011 - February 2012Leading Togetherville post its acquisition and helping define consumer web strategy within Disney Interactive.
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Founder at Togetherville, Inc.
April 2007 - February 2012Togetherville connects parents and young children (under 10) online with a technology platform customized around each child's interests and managed by parents. I founded the company after observing the potential of the Internet through the eyes of my young children. We helped drive the children's online social environment through a new wave of innovation, creating a child-focused social platform unlike any other. We developed expertise in the parent-child online engagement as well as ways to address the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Togetherville was acquired by Disney Interactive in February 2011.
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Board Member, Exec. Cmte at SV FACES
2004 - February 2010Non-Profit, community organization promoting diversity in Silicon Valley through programs for toddlers through teens (Green Circle, Camp Everytown) to administering the Victims Witness Assistance Program for Santa Clara County
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Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company
January 2005 - May 2007Managed teams of varying sizes California, Kuwait, Dubai and India. Operated in a broad range of industries which included software, private equity, computer hardware, financial services and government. Focused primarily on the development and implementation of corporate strategic plans, cost-cutting programs, retail and marketing strategies as well as industry analysis. Distinctive project management experience.
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Associate at McKinsey & Company
March 2003 - December 2004 -
Associate at Latham & Watkins
September 2000 - March 2003General corporate counsel to emerging growth technology companies (consumer web, semiconductor, biotech). Worked on venture capital fund formation as well as investment document drafting and review.
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Manager at Oxford Associates/Marketbridge
1996 - 1997 -
Founder & CEO at 1StudentBody
March 2013Wislr is re-imagining student interactions in the mobile communications era. Wislr delivers a student-only mobile opinion sharing and communication platform for High School students. Think Nextdoor for High School. Download it on from the App Store or Google Play, or get more information about the apps at Wislr.com.
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Board of Directors, Alumni Association at Duke University
June 2012Board Member
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Founder & CEO at Polymath Innovations, Inc.
March 2012Youth-focused technology and media company. Driving differentiated experiences for digital natives.
Mandeep Dhillon's Education:
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University of Virginia School of Law
1997 – 2000JD -
University of Virginia - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
1994 – 1996MBAConcentration: General Management -
Duke University
1988 – 1992BAConcentration: Economics -
Ravenscroft School
1982 – 1988High School
Mandeep Dhillon's Interests & Activities:
Children's Technology, Duke Basketball, Bhangra, Community Service