Praful Saklani
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
Praful Saklani has deep expertise in the artificial intelligence technologies core to Pramata, and experience in delivering enterprise process solutions to large corporate customers. Prior to co-founding Pramata, he founded and served as CEO of Yatra Corporation, which leveraged artificial intelligence and Internet technologies to optimize travel management processes. Previously, he was co-founder and managing partner of consulting firm, Invotech Systems, and a key executive of Waterhealth International, a social start up focused on bringing affordable drinking water purification solutions to developing countries. He graduated from Swarthmore College, where he received High Honors in economics and political science.
Pedram Abrari
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Pedram Abrari is a top technology leader and Silicon Valley veteran with 20+ years of experience in enterprise, cloud, and mobile computing. He joined Pramata from Tidemark, an Enterprise Performance Management company where he served as the VP of Engineering. Previously, Pedram served as CTO & co-founder of Corticon Technologies, an Enterprise Decision Management company. Previously, Pedram joined forces with rock legend Neil Young to help revolutionize the digital music industry. He launched PonoMusic’s Kickstarter campaign, at the time the third most successful crowdfunding campaign in history raising over $6M from 18K backers. With the proceeds, he built a high-resolution music ecosystem on the Salesforce platform including a first-of-its-kind social music store. Pedram started his career in aerospace, developing support systems for NASA’s Space Shuttle program, followed by successful stints at Kaiser Permanente, PeopleMover, Western Asset, and most recently Tidemark. As a seasoned technology leader with proven success in enterprise software companies, Pedram is poised to lead Pramata to the next level in its growth. Pedram has a B.S. in Computer Science from UCLA and an M.S. in Computer Science from USC.
Sylvia Menezes
HEAD OF INDIA OPERATIONS
Sylvia Menezes, who joined Pramata in 2007, is a core team member of the Customer Operations Group, working closely with the engineering and customer operations group to develop and refine data extraction and review processes. An attorney by training, she has deep insight into customer requirements and how contractual information can be used to greatest value, and is focused on building repeatable processes that ensure accuracy, completeness and contribute to customer satisfaction. Previously, she worked with Fidelity Investments and Xcitecorp Private Limited. She received Bachelor of Academic Law and Bachelor of Law degrees from Mangalore University.
GP Ravikumar
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
GP Ravikumar has been with Pramata since 2008, working to deliver the Pramata Customer Intelligence Solution. Previously, he was Head of Operations at finEye Software, India Program Manager at Sun Microsystems, COO at Bangalore Technological Innovations and COO and Vice President of Operations for Srujana Technology (now Globaledge Software). He is keenly interested in education, having co-founded and managed a residential school near Bangalore. He holds an M.S. in computer science from North Carolina State University and a M.Sc. in statistics from Bangalore University.
FOSTER SAYERS
GENERAL COUNSEL & CHIEF EVANGELIST
As Pramata’s general counsel and chief evangelist, Foster Sayers is passionate about using his technical knowledge to help legal professionals be more effective. Previously, Sayers was corporate counsel for Vertafore, where he led the company’s transformation of the contract lifecycle and automated the processes for organizing, storing and digitizing the company’s executed agreements using Pramata. He also co-founded 121Nexus, a business with QR code technology solutions for the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. Earlier in his career, Sayers held in-house counsel positions for companies in industries such as manufacturing, video and IT. Sayers has a law degree from Florida State University College of Law and a bachelor of arts degree in international politics and Japanese from Penn State University.
Justin Schweisberger
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
As one of the company’s earliest employees, Justin Schweisberger leads Pramata’s sales, marketing and strategic partnerships. In this role, he sets the company’s global market positioning and forges Pramata’s relationships with some of the world’s top brands. Justin has held a variety of leadership positions during his tenure including overseeing the company’s product and consulting teams, as well as Pramata’s operations in India. He has extensive experience guiding large-scale companies through post-merger integrations in support of employee retention, contract risk mitigation and business process initiatives. Previously, Justin managed M&A due diligence and contract management initiatives for one of the country’s largest law firms. During this time, he most notably guided a $6 billion acquisition of a leader in the metals industry. Justin graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.