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A technologist at heart, Atul founded Blackstraw with a singular purpose – to simplify AI and new technology implementations to enable true digital transformation for enterprises of all sizes. He is an astute business and technology leader, having led product development initiatives for large enterprises and holds an impressive track record of beating Go-to-Market timeline targets. Adept at new product launches, he also holds a passion for creating successful teams to achieve delivery excellence.

Guy Reams brings extensive experience in driving revenue growth and leading high-performance sales teams within the technology sector. With a background spanning Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial startups, he has a proven track record in directing up to $1 billion in revenue.
Guy is dedicated to leveraging his expertise to accelerate growth and innovation and improving customer acquisition.

With over 25+ years of experience in Software Development, Engineering Services, Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence, Kiran brings a strong consulting perspective to client problems and puts the success of his clients first. He is passionate about building lasting relationships with clients based on mutual trust, innovative solutions and value based business models that enable our clients to achieve their business goals.

Saahil Udyavar is a seasoned product and digital transformation leader, having led multiple enterprise wide technology driven business programs and global product portfolios over the last decade. With deep understanding of new technologies, ability to deconstruct client needs and by building strong cross functional business-technology delivery teams, Saahil is able to create true value for his client’s businesses and build lasting relationships with them.

Sanjay leads global business operations and brings over 15+ years of experience of running ops in multiple domains, both in public and private sectors. He has a passion for solving problems and has the innate ability to solve them at pace. An advocate for attention to detail, he has a penchant for ensuring that all best practices are followed across functions at Blackstraw – delivery, ops, finance, legal and HR and takes a strategic approach to problems.

Atul is the Principal data scientist and leads the Data Science vertical at Blackstraw. He brings over 15+ years of experience in enterprise grade implementations involving but not limited to- computer vision, NLP, predictive analytics and intelligent automation. Atul is an innovator at heart and gravitates to solving problems through new disruptive technologies. He has an outstanding record of leading multiple large-scale transformational programs, across industries and sizes.

Raja leads Blackstraw’s Data Engineering and Cloud practice, specializing in designing and delivering robust data solutions for AI and BI applications. He has extensive experience leading and implementing complex data initiatives, ensuring clients can effectively leverage their data for advanced analytics and informed decision-making. He’s passionate about collaborating closely with clients to understand their unique challenges and deliver solutions that drive tangible business outcomes. Raja holds a Master’s in Business Analytics & Business Intelligence from the Great Lakes Institute of Management and other industry certifications.

Gopala is a key leader in the core engineering practice at Blackstraw, with 10+ years of experience developing applications for large enterprises. His technical prowess and his solutioning abilities has been lauded by his client stakeholders, enabling him to deliver the fastest business impact in complex client ecosystems. He has a passion for creating strong delivery teams to achieve client objectives.

Karthik Ravi is a key engineering leader at Blackstraw and leads high-performing teams to deliver critical client applications/ solutions, on several digital transformation engagements. Karthik is also our in-house Python champion, while he also possesses a breadth of expertise in multiple technologies ranging from data engineering to cloud technology.