About Andy

Recently selected as a CENTURION by the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and acknowledged as the 20 in there Twenties by the Ingrams Kansas City Business Magazine Akshay Anand offers more than seven year chronicle of success driving benchmark-setting growth and expansion for nationally focused family jewelry business that has been operating for six generations from New Delhi, India and now into the United States at Overland Park, Kansas. A senior executive with verifiable year-after-year success achieving revenue, profit, and business growth objectives within start-up, turnaround, and rapid-change environments. Extensive experience with business growth in the jewelry industry, which require deep understanding of critical business drivers in multiple markets and industries; highly successful in building relationships with community leaders and decision makers in every city he is a part off, seizing control of critical problem areas, and delivering on customer commitments. Customer-focused and performance-driven. Led and motivated family business exceeding $10 million revenue and managed P&L for business with more than $12 million revenue.

Beginning his career in the family jewelry business in New Delhi India, Akshay developed and coordinated alternative market channels that lead to new product development and 15% increased market share. Demonstrating initiative from the start, Akshay pioneered sales, account management, jewelry buying, vendor relations, customer relationships and marketing in the Overland Park, Kansas area. Quickly distinguishing himself as a leader, Akshay earned fast-track respect from Family, Customers and Community Leaders of Kansas City.

Leveraging an ever-expanding portfolio of qualifications covering sales, operations, strategy development and general management core competencies. Akshay provided time and again his flexibility in responding to changing market conditions and his ability to “wear many hats” in the effort to meet and exceed business goals and challenges. Tasked with providing leadership through start-up, growth, and turnaround situations, he repeatedly proved his ability to deliver strong and sustained results with Karats Fine Jewelry in Overland Park, KS.

Most recently, Akshay was challenged with reorganizing Karats Jewelers marketing strategy and vendor relations as market and economic conditions change rapidly within the U.S. Akshay is also credited as the visionary and leader behind an aggressive plan that in more than doubled Karats Fine Jewelry’s inventory and annual revenue in two years.

Prior to this, as Mahalaxmi Amba Jewelers US sales representative while studying for his bachelors, Akshay surpassed his sales & growth targets by 80 % while gaining more market share for the Indian jewelry market in the United States. Akshay created strategic relationships with Retail stores across the nation that would buy directly through the parent company in India resulting in ever increasing sales till today.

Akshay is a proud Anand family member who has branched out to make his own path in the United States through his hard work, leadership and the want to make a difference in the world he lives in has made him an honorable man that people look up to. Akshay currently reside in Gardner, KS and operate a beautiful high end jewelry store in Overland Park, KS.

Akshay earned his Bachelor of Science degree, Marketing and Management with a Computer Science minor, from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri in 2005 and completed the Gemological Institute of America’s Graduate Gemologist Program in 2000.

Akshay is a true asset to every company and every city he lives in.