Ekta Sahasi

Vice President, Business Innovation Center, Konica Minolta

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Ekta Sahasi is VP Business Innovation Center for Konica Minolta, where she is responsible for creating a portfolio of new businesses. She is partnering with leading technology companies to create new world-class software and services capabilities for Konica Minolta. Ekta is also working closely with startups, VCs, and Academia to incubate and invest in technologies that will accelerate the pace of innovation at Konica Minolta. With over 15 years of Research, Strategy, Innovation and Operations experience at both large companies and startups, Ekta is an experienced executive and a product visionary. She is seasoned in building global, cross-cultural teams, driving innovation, and developing new product lines.

Prior to joining Konica Minolta, Ekta spent 10 years at eBay Inc. She co-founded and led both eBay and PayPal's Research and Innovation Labs. In her tenure there, she successfully developed one of the largest corporate innovation programs. A graduate of the Stanford d-School, Ekta is a technologist and an entrepreneur with a relentless focus on exploiting technology to create new, impactful solutions and opportunities for consumer.