Great Entrepreneurs with RJ Lumba

In this episode, we speak with Rahul Ponnala, the CEO and Co-Founder of Granica, an AI research and systems company helping enterprises leverage AI efficiently and safely.  Granica is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and other notable investors. In 2019, Rahul and his team’s mission was to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of information and thus make AI safer to use, mo...

In this episode, we speak with Siva Namasivayam, the Co-Founder and CEO of Cohere Health, a clinical intelligence company that provides intelligent prior authorization as a springboard to better quality outcomes, by aligning physicians and health plans on evidence-based care paths for the patient's entire care journey. The company is backed by Deerfield Management, Polaris Partners and other notab...

In this episode, we speak with Matt Kunkel and Jon Seigler, the Co-Founders of LogicGate, a global market-leading SaaS company enabling cybersecurity, governance, risk and compliance teams to easily and effectively accelerate their GRC program maturity.  The organization's platform has received numerous praise from industry experts and analysts, noting the user experience is second to none. Based...

In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Smith, the CEO and Co-Founder of Scribe, a process documentation platform that saves teams time by automatically creating and distributing step-by-step guides. In 2019, Jennifer helped create Scribe with the mission of unleashing know-how across teams, organizations, and communities. Her team built Scribe so that companies can capture what best performers kn...

In this episode, we speak with Wardah Inam, the Founder and CEO of Overjet, which builds artificial intelligence that helps dental organizations give patients the highest quality of care. In 2018, Wardah was part of a group of computer scientists from MIT who came together with dentists from Harvard to build something special: Dental AI. Thousands of dental professionals rely on Overjet to perform...

In this episode, we speak with Eric Kinariwala, the Founder and CEO of Capsule, a technology business rebuilding the pharmacy industry from the inside out with an emotionally resonant consumer experience and technology that enables customized outcomes for doctors, hospitals, insurers, and manufacturers. The origin of Capsule stems from a terrible experience Eric had at the drugstore. A sinus infec...

In this episode, we speak with Chris Crosby, the CEO of Compass Datacenters, a company that designs and constructs data centers for some of the world’s largest hyperscalers and cloud providers on campuses across the globe. The company has taken in over $4 billion of capital and is backed by Ontario Teachers and Brookfield, among others. In 2011, Chris’ vision was to focus on greenfield projects an...

In this episode, we speak with Chris Bach, the Co-Founder of Netlify, a platform for developers to build highly-performant and dynamic web sites, e-commerce stores and applications. In 2015, Chris and his team saw that the web would be endlessly more performant, secure and scalable if it would move off the traditional monoliths to a new decoupled architecture. By uniting an extensive ecosystem of...

In this episode, we speak with Al Goldstein, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Amount, which provides financial institutions with a range of products and services designed to deliver a seamless digital and mobile customer experience. In 2016, Al founded Amount to build software that re-engineers consumer, small business, and embedded finance solutions to make banking simpler, safer and more...

In this episode, we speak with Harshit Jain, the Founder and Global CEO of Doceree, the first global network of physician-only platforms for programmatic marketing. In 2019, Harshit designed Doceree by trying to address the problem of rising costs of healthcare by bringing in efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare marketing, using data and creativity. Doctor HJ is a physician with a vast histo...

In this episode, we speak with Chen Amit, the Co-founder and CEO of Tipalti, the only global payables automation solution to streamline all phases of the accounts payable and payment management workflow in one holistic cloud platform. In 2010, Chen Amit and Orez Zeev created Tipalti to transform global payables with true, end-to-end automation that removes the pains and risks of paying suppliers a...

In this episode, we speak with Amir Nathoo, the Co-founder and Head of Outschool, a community marketplace of live online classes for kids. In 2015, Amir founded Outschool with Nick Grandy and Mikhail Seregine. The company’s mission is to inspire kids to love learning by providing them with innovative learning opportunities outside of the regular classroom. The classes are offered by independent te...

In this episode, we speak with Vijay Tella, the Co-founder and CEO of Workato, a platform for intelligent integration and workflow automation. In 2013, Workato was founded by Vijay Tella, Gautham Viswanathan, and Harish Shetty. Their intention was  automating workflows through a no-code platform. Prior to Workato, Vijay was CEO of Qik, a consumer video communications company acquired by Skype. Wor...

In this episode, we speak with Scott Voigt, the Founder and CEO of FullStory, a behavioral data platform that helps technology leaders make better, more informed decisions. In 2014, Scott teamed up with two former Innuvo colleagues to develop the earliest iterations of Fullstory. Scott’s mission is for organizations to understand their customers like never before. FullStory’s platform allows busin...

In this episode, we speak with Brian Beutler, the Founder and CEO of Alianza, which delivers the only true cloud-native, carrier-grade communications platform built for service providers. In 2009, after previous years of helping businesses embrace cloud communications, Brian decided to take that same model and help service providers with their next-generation infrastructure. Service Providers that...

In this episode, we speak with Steve Meller, the CEO and Co-founder of CH4 Global, a company whose mission is to meaningfully impact climate change at scale, by developing gigatonne-scale greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation solutions for global industries and governments. In 2020, Steve Meller and his team’s initial focus was methane. They had an urgent initiative to research cutting methane emissions...

In this episode, we speak with David Flynn, the CEO and Co-Founder of Hammerspace, which delivers a global data environment which spans across data centers, AWS, Azure, and Google cloud infrastructure. David is a recognized leader in IT innovation and  has been architecting disruptive computing platforms since his early work in supercomputing and Linux systems. Early on, David had a fascination wi...

In this episode, we speak with the CEO and Co-Founder of Peachtree Group, Greg Friedman. Peachtree Group is a vertically integrated investment management firm specializing in identifying and capitalizing on opportunities in dislocated markets, anchored by commercial real estate. Greg has successfully led Peachtree in more than $8 Billion in hotel acquisitions, investments and development since co-...

In this episode, we speak with Snehal Antani, the CEO and Co-Founder of Horizon3.ai, a cyber security company that pioneered the use of AI to autonomously conduct penetration testing. In 2019, Snehal and his team began with a mission to help companies find and fix attack vectors before criminals can exploit them. By using the attacker’s perspective, Horizon3.ai helps enterprises prioritize defensi...

In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder and CEO of Armada, Dan Wright. Armada is the world’s first full-stack edge computing platform, revolutionizing connectivity, compute, and AI solutions. Armada enables companies to rapidly deploy, operate and monitor a complete modular data center to the remote corners of the world. Before Armada, Dan was the CEO of DataRobot and COO of AppDynamics. He...

In this episode, we speak with Sami Inkinen, the Founder and CEO of Virta Health. Virta is an online specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Created in 2014, Virta’s innovations in nutritional biochemistry, data science, digital tools, and clinical expertise are shifting the diabetes treatme...

In this episode, we speak with David Lazovsky, the Co-Founder and CEO of Celestial AI.  Founded in 2020, Celestial AI is the creator of the Photonic Fabric™ technology platform, a pioneering optical compute and memory fabric solution for supercharging AI infrastructure. David leads the company in using his in-depth knowledge of semiconductors, data/telecommunications, photonics, clean energy indus...

In this episode, we speak with Donald Frieden, the President and CEO of P97 Networks, which provides a global, cloud-based mobility services platform that enables mobile commerce, digital marketing, and consumer engagement for convenience retail, utilities, energy companies, and auto OEMs. Since P97’s start in 2012, Donald’s been responsible for corporate governance and empowering a great team of...

In this episode, we speak with the CEO and Co-Founder of SellersFi, Ricardo Pero. SellersFi is a global financial technology company that aims to empower e-commerce merchants looking to grow. This is done through inventory and marketing, product launches, international expansion, and more. Founded in 2017, Ricardo has led SellersFi through offering his 25+ years of experience in corporate treasury...

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Samir Khleif, the founder and CEO of Georgiamune. Georgiamune is a private, science and discovery clinical stage immunotherapeutic biotechnology company focused on reprogramming immune signaling pathways to redirect the immune system to fight diseases. Dr. Khleif is a pioneer in the field of immunotherapy. He is a medical oncologist, immunologist, innovator, and...