What is GPS.ai?

At GPS.ai, we have the right combination of the ratio of junior, middle-level, and senior staff in our organization. Our work is divided into three categories: Brains, Grey Hair, and Procedures project.

In the first type (Brains), the business problem is at the forefront of professional or technical knowledge, or at least is of extreme complexity. The key elements of this type of professional service are creativity, innovation, and the pioneering of new approaches, concepts or techniques: on effect, new solution to new problems. Few procedures are routinizable: Each project is “One-Off.”

Grey Hair projects, while they may require a highly customized “output” in meeting the business needs, involve less innovation, and creativity in the actual performance of the work that would a brains project. The general nature of the problem to be addressed is not unfamiliar, and the activities necessary to complete the project may be like those performed on other projects. Since for Grey Hair-type projects the problems to be addressed are somewhat more familiar, at least some of the tasks to be performed are known in advance and can be specified or delegated.

The third type of project, the Procedure project, usually involves a well-recognized and familiar type of problem. While there is still a need to customize to some degree, the steps necessary to accomplish this are somewhat programmatic.

Alex Kumar, Chairman and CEO and Co-Founder

Alex has increased shareholders and stakeholder wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars by leading large-scale, data-enabled, AI transformations. He is instrumental in growing the business in US, Hong Kong, Singapore, and India.

Dealmaker and consensus-builder adept in driving strategic development of entrepreneurial and emerging growth companies. Negotiated complex agreements and built extensive key relationships with banking and venture capital communities. Raised capital, controlled costs and quickly adapted to new markets. Successfully managed high performance teams in achieving both top and bottom line objectives.

Twenty years’ experience in line management with P&L responsibility in professional services and high technology industries. Direct turnaround and e-business experience. Hands-on management roles in fortune 100 companies, with extended international experience. Strong acquaintance with the application of sophisticated technology to provide business value. Background in corporate governance through Board of Directors roles. Partnered with corporate executive management teams in planning and executing dynamic, enterprise-level digital strategies and AI initiatives.

Alex got his Mechanical Engineering degree from Purdue University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Raja Rangiah, Head of Machine Learning and Lead Data Scientist

High impact finance and AI leader who achieves competitive financial outcomes in challenging environments with a proven track record of leveraging advanced quantitative analytics for real and sustained business growth. His leadership, financial management insight and operational expertise have strengthened GPS.ai’s culture of innovation, expanded the company into new markets, and extended the product portfolio and global reach. He has executed largescale technological transformations and implemented Artificial Intelligence Based Cognitive Solutions leveraging cutting edge Data Science techniques from Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Natural Language Processing (NLP).

He earned his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the PSG College of Engineering and Technology.

Sam Komarasamy, Director-Operations

Over 20 years’ experience in state-of-the-art information technology in telecom, R&D, manufacturing, medical, financial and aerospace environments. Sam ensures we run a highly effective organization at the forefront of advanced analytics and machine learning. He drives our operational strategy and works with teams across our organization to turn it into reality. Proven talent for change management process that involves processes, application systems, and tools, but more importantly, radical changes in management system and culture. He was with Bank of America, GM, Honeywell, and several start- up companies before joining GPS.ai. Education includes BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Purdue University and an MBA from the Stanford Business School.

Kent Baldwin, Chief Financial Officer

Strength includes general management, vision, leadership and execution. Experienced in designing financial systems and procedures for major corporations. Expertise in the design of integrated financial system, including systems analysis and documentation, procedures design and information flows. Previous experience includes JPMorgan Chase, Mitsui Electronics Company and Fairchild instruments corp. He has an MBA from Stanford and a BA in accounting & Management from San Francisco state university.

Vikram Pathi, Director-Alliance & Contract Management

His special strengths include the ability to identify market opportunity, make strategic adjustments in products and sales efforts to exploit opportunity, access and build working relationships with top officers of any corporation worldwide and achieve exclusive agreements in highly competitive markets. He is passionate about helping clients unlock significant value through analytics and data, and in supporting leading organizations through their advanced analytics transformation journey. He was previously employed at Levi Strauss & company. He has a BTech (engineering) from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Bender Marshall, Legal Director

Senior executive/ attorney with extensive legal, legislative, and fiscal management background in financial services and state governments. Strengths include strategic analysis and planning, general management, vision, leadership and execution. Proven talent for change management including leading reorganizations, turnaround, and conducting complex negotiations. Previous experience at Georgia- Atlantic Corporation. Education includes J.D law, southeast Texas state university of law, Houston, Texas and BA history from university of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Graduate Studies in public Administration, Rice University, Houston, Texas.

Damodharan Pillai, Director Consulting

Damodharan advises senior clients on introducing and implementing advanced analytics capabilities into their organizations. Passionate about helping organizations adopt AI at scale to radically improve their performance. Effective combination of technical/engineering expertise and sales/marketing skills. Significant experience as architect/ consultant/representative for US and international markets. Prior history of rapid promotions leading to full responsibility for development, implementation, operation, and support of mission-critical systems in banking and financial services for major multinational companies. He was previously employed at Bank of America. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the Wharton school.

Wallace P. Dutch, HR Director

Expertise in training and corporate education, management experience, business acumen, and organizational skill. Has a particular interest is building clients’ analytical organizations and skills. His strengths include general human resources management, staff forecasting, job design, salary/benefits, EAP, recruiting, and other areas. His experience includes Seton Medical Center and Sky Freight Systems, Inc. Education includes MA in organizational Psychology, Brigham Young University and BA in Journalism, University of Utah and the Executive Program in Human Resources at the Stanford University.

Roger Woodward, Director Customer Engagement

Helping clients unlock their performance potential through machine learning and AI. Strengths are aggressive new account development, relationship sales, consultative sales, regional office management, strategic and tactical sales planning, integrating priorities between sales, engineering, corporate and client issues. Related skill is relationship building with business partners. He was with Gillette Company before joining GPS.ai. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Kevin Duncan, Director Business Development

Over 20 years of executive experience in new business development, working within both rapidly expanding and mature markets, new and mature technologies. His efforts have been key to scaling up our firm and helping us establish a global presence. He relishes opportunities to deploy machine learning for social good. He directs the existing sales and marketing organizations and manages all phases of start-up, new product development, and new market penetration. Expertise in full budget, accounting, and systems responsibility with extensive contract negotiation and administration skills. He was previously employed at Citi, and international Development Associates. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Deborah Goldberg, Director Customer Engagement

She has guided leading organizations on their journeys, advising top executives and leaders on the potential for insight and innovation through advanced analytics. Background of high-profile positions in high technology and publishing requiring sales and negotiating ability, tact, diplomacy, creativity, and event/project management skills. Proven ability in both operational and strategic management roles. She was previously with ABC News and Sports. She has a BA from Indiana University.

John Perkins, Director Technology Solution

Areas of focus include advanced analytics, capital productivity, and process redesign. Strong technical expertise in computer/electronic engineering and in producing project specifications, hardware/software design, process automation, engineering, and data acquisition. Skilled at unifying marketing, sales, and engineering efforts. Unusual dual strength in both hardware and software. Significant strategic consulting experience. On-site, user support, and installation background. He was previously with Micro Communications GMBH. He has a Ph.D. from Baylor University and both BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas, Austin.

Andrea Wolfson, Director Business Development

Over 20 years of success in a career spanning business development, sales, marketing, technology, and products management disciplines. She leads the digital consumer work across US. She helps companies capture the opportunities afforded by new growth platforms, rethinking their consumer-engagement models and improving organizational performance.

Professional history characterized by consistent over-achievement of goals and fast-track, performance-based progression. Worldwide experience in all key technology centers across the globe; Japan, Europe, Canada and the USA. Expert in strategic marketing to enhance product positioning and market segmentation. She was with Silicon Graphics before joining GPS.ai. She has a BS in business Administration from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Max Millan, Director Customer Engagement

Successful senior executive with over 23 years’ experience in general management, marketing, product management, and manufacturing. He focuses on the problem of applying AI and other technology to improving the quality and scalability of GPS.ai’s client delivery. Able to combine technical knowledge with market requirements to identify, evaluate and manage new business opportunities. An entrepreneurial leader with superior operating skills. He was with Dynatech Corporation and various startups before joining GPS.ai. He has a BA in Economics from Northeastern University and Executive program in Training and Development from Stanford University.

Michael Kelley, Director strategy

Strengths include AI technology planning and management, organizational control, organizational development, strategic planning, team development, R&D, digital product development and financial management. Multifaceted participatory manager. Successful turnaround, consolidation, and reorganization experience. He was previously employed at IBM. He has a BSBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

Kenneth James Carpenter, Director Quality

Extensive internal data science consulting background, including designing and establishing total quality programs and applying total quality concepts to a complex organization with multiple locations and millions of dollars in engineering, design, HR, and training and development aspects. Expertise in statistical analysis, continuous process improvement, statistical process control, logistics, and related information systems. He was with Clorox before. He has a BSEE from Cornell University.

Suresh Raja, Director Finance

Skills encompass financial analysis, forecasting, financial management, cash management, accounting and control, policy development and implementation. Experience in environments involving rapid growth and ongoing systems design and refinement. He was previously employed at Phillips, India. He has a BTech from IIT Madras.

Raja Gopalan, Director Operations

Raja’s expertise lies at the intersection of data science, engineering and design, having led advanced analytics work across a wide range of domains such as finance, pharma, and FMCG. Strengths include financial and management analysis, with accomplishments in developing strategic and operational plans and providing internal management consulting, with emphasis on re-engineering and effective management practices. He was previously employed at General Motors. He has a BE from Coimbatore Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.