Our Vision, People, and Partners

OUR VISION—

To empower global businesses and leaders with transformative AI solutions, enabling sustainable growth, innovation, and a future where AI drives intelligent decision-making and meaningful impact.

Our Leadership Team

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    Ramesh Rajagopalan, Ph.D., Founder and CEO

    Ramesh is globally recognized speaker, and thought leader in AI and Analytics. He has over 30 years of experience having held corporate leadership roles at Dell, Deloitte, and IBM. Ramesh has held academic leadership roles at University of Texas, Austin, and Mercer University.  B.Tech.(NITK), MSIE. Ramesh holds a PhD (Texas Tech), and Executive MBA (UT Austin), PG Certificate (MIT Sloan).

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    Muralidhar Rao, Head of India

    Muralidhar Rao, Head of India Operations, is an accomplished professional in the field of corporate training, leadership development, and business analytics. He has served in various capacities across organizations like NIIT, NIS Sparta, Reliance Industries, Future Group, HT Media. He currently heads SetCONNECT India. He holds a B.Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering and MBA from IIMB.

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    Mike Masterson, Lead Advisor

    Mike Masterson is a technology Industry executive driving growth for early innovators and large scale global tech powerhouses such as IBM, Dell Technologies, Nutanix, Salesforce and Cybersecurity leader Optiv. Mike has been at the forefront of new technology transitions in cyber security and infrastructure while assisting clients worldwide on emerging technologies

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  • Novin Ghaffari, Ph.D., AI Architect

    Novin heads up our content team and is a leading expert in AI and Data Science. His AI expertise comes from conducting research for academic, corporate, and national laboratory end users. His research interests include mathematical statistics, probability theory, machine learning, optimization, and predictive analytics. Novin holds BA Honors, BS Mathematics, MS, PhD Statistics ( UT Austin).

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Our Mission—

To advance global competency in AI, through strategic frameworks, transformative solutions, expert advisory services, and immersive learning programs that drive measurable business outcomes.

The Result: Successful AI Outcomes.

Our Network of Business Leaders and AI Practitioners

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    Director, Data Science @ Walmart, SMU, Author, & Advisor

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  • Jai Ugra

    Senior Manager Target, UT McCombs School of Business

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  • Dr. Mano Rao

    PhD CMU, IIT B, Senior Leader for IBM, Dell, HP, GM

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  • Dr. Bugra Alkin

    PhD, University of Warwick, London South Bank University

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  • Atul Jain

    CEO Aptech, Former CEO Samsung Electronics India. IIT D, IIM C.

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