Great Entrepreneurs with RJ Lumba

Effective AI at Scale: Granica’s Rahul Ponnala

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, more efficient, and more effective. Their research is deeply rooted in information science, machine intelligence, computer vision, natural language, and distributed systems, with a special emphasis on elevating the efficiency and safety of AI systems through fundamental and innovative research.
Before Granica, Rahul was the Director of Solutions & Integrations Engineering at Pure Storage.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

Health Intelligence Maestro: Cohere Health’s Siva Namasivayam

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 notable investors.
Prior to co-founding Cohere, Siva founded and grew SCIO Health Analytics from 0 to $90 million with 20% plus EBITDA margins and 1,100 employees and led the strategic exit at a valuation of $240 million in 2018.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

Mastering Risk Management: LogicGate’s Matt Kunkel and Jon Seigler

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 Chicago, LogicGate serves almost 400 brands across the globe - simplifying the complex to help GRC leaders be more efficient, productive and effective. They have expertise in FinTech, Banking, Healthcare, Hospitality, Energy and many other industries.
Matt and Jon support Seneca Foundation. To learn more about this organization click here.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

Unleashing Know-How Across Companies: Scribe’s Jennifer Smith

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 know and quickly share it with anyone. Scribe cares about helping professionals do and share their best work.
Prior to Scribe, Jennifer was Head of Business Development and Partnerships at Greylock Partners and before that was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.  Scribe is backed by Redpoint, Tiger Global, and other notable investors.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

World Leader in Dental AI: Overjet’s Wardah Inam

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 their most important work — with a level of precision, consistency, and speed that is only possible with artificial intelligence.
Before Overjet, Wardah was Lead Product Manager at Q bio and before that, a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.  Overjet is backed by March Capital, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, and other notable investors.
Wardah supports Rise for Fistula Foundation. To learn more about this organization click here.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

Pharma Game-Changer: Capsule’s Eric Kinariwala

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 infection turned into Eric questioning the inconvenient way individuals have to jump through several hoops to get prescriptions. He created the type of pharmacy made up of friendly, caring pharmacists who carry prescriptions straight to your door, at the tap of your phone.
Eric spent the early part of his career as an investor across healthcare, technology, and retail.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

Ahead of the Data Boom: Compass Datacenters’ Chris Crosby

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 and deliver customizable, scalable, sustainable, and low-cost data centers in an expedited time frame.  Since its inception, Compass Datacenters has embraced sustainability with the efficient use of land, green energy, water-free cooling, and building materials.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

A Platform That Developers Love: Netlify’s Chris Bach

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 technologies, services and APIs into one workflow, Netlify unlocks new levels of team productivity, while saving time and money.
Netlify has raised over $200 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer, Bond, EQT and other notable investors.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

FinTech Tycoon: Amount’s Al Goldstein

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 convenient for today’s digital-first customer.
Al Goldstein has an extensive work background in various industries. Prior to Amount, he co-founded Pangea Properties and Avant. He is also currently the Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman at StoicLane.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

Healthcare MarTech Trailblazer: Doceree’s Harshit Jain

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 history in the healthcare field. Before founding Doceree, Harshit held a series of positions including Country Head, Marketing Director, and Innovation Lead for McCann Health. He was also Vice President of both Via Media Health and Altruista Health.
I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.