Leadership Team
Get to know the Grene Robotics team
Mr. Raju started Grene Robotics in 2008 with the vision of making the world a smarter and safer place using AI.
The autonomy bug first bit Mr.Raju when he was doing his Masters in Bioinformatics at Carnegie Mellon University in 2002. While working on a project on autonomous vehicles for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), he realized that existing autonomous systems weren’t enough for operations or decision-making. Later, his experience as an associate at Pitney Bowes and as managing director of his own real estate firm in India confirmed his belief that existing enterprise software wasn’t really helping companies make efficient decisions.
Mr. Raju believes that better data and better AI can enable truly autonomous enterprises, defenses and cities. He implements autonomy at Grene Robotics too – he strongly encourages employees to take ownership over their work and make their own decisions.
An alumnus of the Computer Science department at Purdue University, Mr. Raju has also co-founded a solar energy company as well as mentored several startups in hyperlocal delivery, human capital management, and micro finance space.
Mr. Raju brings years of knowledge and experience in autonomous technologies and holds patents for Automated Presence Status, Presence Status-Based Communication Filtration and Authentic-based Combination of Inputs. Mr. Raju built the world’s highest-altitude research centre at 17,664 ft for DRDO which is also mentioned in the Guinness Book of World records.
Vamsi manages investor relations and investments, as well as oversees the finance department at Grene Robotics. Working closely with the finance team, Vamsi develops and executes strategic financial plans aligned with Grene Robotics’ growth objectives. His extensive experience in risk advisory allows him to assess investment opportunities, analyze financial data, and provide valuable insights for decision-making.
Vamsi’s diverse background as an investor, a serial entrepreneur, management consultant, and partner at a risk advisory firm strengthens his ability to build strong relationships and connect with people. With a business degree from the University of Hertfordshire and an aviation degree, he combines expertise in business management and technology.
Vamsi has had over 20 years of work experience in esteemed companies like ASB Bank (a subsidiary of The Commonwealth Bank), Sprim Pharma and Vodafone New Zealand.
Bharat is a Grene Robotics veteran – he was our first employee when we started in 2008. Bharat handles everything tech for greneOS – infrastructure, customer requests, enhancements, requirements, customer requests and uptime. He also contributes to pre-sales, patents and innovations.
Bharat brings deep domain expertise in system architecture, AI/ML algorithms and big data. An expert in database and messaging systems, Bharat has been one of the pillars of our R&D success and has contributed tremendously to the Grene Robotics journey so far. He enjoys his work at Grene Robotics because of its people and open culture, and because he gets to solve complex problems at scale.
Previously, he developed technology for the health and banking sectors at Satyam Software Services. While at Satyam, Bharat co-authored a technical paper on building a speaker identification system that would help identify hoax callers on emergency numbers. The paper was selected for the 2006 InterSpeech conference at Carnegie Mellon University.
Gaurav oversees agreements and documentation from not only a legal, but a more holistic risk perspective. He’s the one who ensures the company meets all regulatory requirements.
He has 24 odd years of experience covering intellectual property, cyber crime, corporate transactions, privacy and data protection. He has assisted the Pune Police in cyber crime investigations, helped companies implement GDPR and trained police and government officials on cyber crime. He’s also the founder of Sentilius, a legal consultancy firm.
He holds a Master of Law degree in Artificial intelligence and Intellectual Property Law from the University of Edinburgh and also holds a PhD in intellectual property management. At Grene Robotics, he’s also responsible for handling the legal aspects of our IP portfolio. He enjoys the opportunity of being able to have a big impact in a fast-growing company.
Suneetha is Grene Robotics’ Swiss Army knife – she handles HR administration, procurement, travel, cash flow and manages the CEO’s office with ease. Suneetha has over 20 years of experience in industries like ports, construction, real estate and biomass in various capacities.
She started her career as a back-office executive at a biomass company, and then went to become an executive assistant at a real estate firm and later handled tenders at Gangavaram, India’s deepest all-weather port. She started working with Kiran in 2007 at a real estate company he founded, and moved to Grene Robotics in 2011. She single-handedly managed procurement, payroll, processing, HR administration and POs during the company’s early years. “Working at Grene Robotics is like getting thrown into the deep end without knowing swimming, but with the reassurance of having Kiran throw you a life-jacket if it gets too tricky,” she says.