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Ravi Singh

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Ravi Singh is CEO and founder of ElectionMall™ Technologies, Inc., a non-partisan technology solutions company, powered by Microsoft, which provides citizens, candidates, and political parties with the necessary online tools, services, and products to help them win elections via technology and the Internet. A Pioneer in SaaS campaign technology, ElectionMall is now leading the way in Campaign Cloud Computing. ElectionMall Technology as been used by well over 1,500 campaigns, ushering in the era of “Politics 3.0”. The company, first featured in “Click the Vote” March 2004 BusinessWeek Magazine®, is considered to be one of the largest and fastest growing campaign and election technology firms in the United States. With offices in Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Brussels, and Bogota, the company provides a unique “one-stop shop” technology approach for a variety of candidates since 2000.

ElectionMall has played an integral role in these past two years in Presidential and Parliamentary campaigns all over the world, including Europe, Asia and Latin America. As a result of Singh’s visionary approach ElectionMall has launched Campaign Cloud Powered by Microsoft, a web-based operating system, with no up front cost, to manage all aspects of your campaign.

Singh, described as the “campaign guru,” in a USA Today® article, has spoken this past year on eDemocracy and is a visionary in cloud computing which he has promoted enthusiastically at international speaking engagements at the European Union Parliament in Belgium, a United Nations Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Public Aairs Association of Canada in Toronto, and the Personal Democracy Forum in New York and Madrid, plus numerous academic speeches at universities abroad. During these presentations Singh has encouraged world leaders to use social media networking sites and establish dialogues with their grassroots supporters. This past year Singh received an award as one of “50 Outstanding Asian Americans” for his work encouraging participation via the Internet. In 2008 JMP Securities listed ElectionMall as a Top-100 privately held software company. In 2007 Singh was named a “Rising Star” by Campaigns and Elections Magazine®. One of the most prestigious honors in politics, the “Rising Star” award goes to people 35 or under who have already made a significant mark in political consulting or advocacy. In 2004, USA Weekend Magazine® named Ravi Singh as one of the "five new power-brokers whose sites and bytes may well influence how you cast your ballot come November."

Singh, the first-born son of U.S. immigrant parents, began his political journey at age 14 when the US Armed Forces forbid him to wearing his turban in a USA Military Academy. Senator Paul Simon and Congressman Dennis Hastert introduced legislation on his behalf signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987. This legislation allowed Singh to graduate from the military academy with full honors as a 2nd Lieutenant, making him the first American with a turban to graduate.

In 1995, Singh taught citizens at the Illinois State Fair “how to use the Internet and surf Yahoo!®.” In 1996, he was asked to serve on the National Asian American Planning Committee, collecting “Internet email addresses” for the 1996 Presidential Election. By the age of 25, Singh’s passion for politics inspired him to run for public once. He was the first Asian American and Sikh with a turban to run for once in the 42nd District Illinois General Assembly. During his campaign, Singh made history by launching the first “online chat town hall meeting” and the first Internet candidate campaign website in the district.

As an “industry pioneer” and inventor with registered patents, Singh and ElectionMall have qualified as the only online “registering authority” (RA) providing digital authentication certificates for candidates, campaigns, and political organizations’ websites. The exclusive online program, known as ElectionSecurity™, ensures election and campaign trust, security, and protection for online political consumers.

Ravi Singh, born and raised in the United States, has a Bachelors of Science from Valparaiso University and a Masters in Political Science from Northwestern University. He is a member of the EAPC (European), the AAPC (American), and IAPC (International) Associations of Political Consultants, serving on the IAPC Board as well. Singh is the author of two books and various articles. His first book, Leadership by Turban, is now available on Amazon®.com while his second book Democracia 2.0 will be available in September 2010. Singh has published articles on Campaign Relationship Management and “Voter Space” for George Washington University. Singh currently resides in Washington D.C. and can be followed on Twitter during his international travels @CampaignGuru.

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