Leadership Overview
Backed by more than 150 years of combined expertise in data science, engineering, grocery retail, and retail technology, Birdzi’s leadership team blends technical depth with real-world retail insight.
This dual perspective allows us to deliver enterprise-grade solutions while building long-term partnerships rooted in accountability and measurable results.
While our experience runs deep, our structure is intentionally flat. We believe leadership isn’t defined by title; it’s defined by ownership, initiative, and impact. Every team member is empowered to innovate, challenge convention, and contribute to the evolution of Adaptive Customer Intelligence.
Our leadership team understands both the technical architecture behind adaptive intelligence and the operational realities of modern retail — ensuring our platform delivers measurable impact at scale.
Shekar Raman
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Franc Borges
CO-FOUNDER & CTO
Volker Hauf
CHIEF ARCHITECT
Abhishek Jain
Senior Full Stack Developer
Amanda Martinez
Client Success Manager
Bageshree Sharma
PRODUCT MANAGER
Bernhard Lenz
Director, Data Engineering & Analytics
Bhavin Bhavsar
Android Developer
Cian O’Flynn
UX DESIGNER
Courtney Adams
Vice President, Marketing
Gary Hawkins
STRATEGIC ADVISOR, LOYALTY & CUSTOMER CENTRIC RETAIL
Guilherme Batista
DATA ANALYST
Jefferson Cardoso
Senior Data Engineer
Joseph Dahari
Vice President, Sales
Kate McCormick
Director, Solution Engineer & Customer Onboarding
Katie Christ
Director, Client Success & Shopper Insights
Lalit Jawale
Senior-Architect
Linda Wakim
Vice President, Customer Success
Lucas Helal
AI Specialist
Manjunath Kadrolli
APPLICATION ARCHITECT
Mihika Raman
Marketing Manager
Nikki Peacock
Customer Success Engineer
Nilam Mande
SR. IOS DEVELOPER
Praveen Khare
SOLUTION ARCHITECT
Priyanka Gupta
Senior Quality Assurance
Ranjeet Wadhwani
CHIEF R&D ENGINEER
Rhonda Harms
Chief Financial Officer
Rushika Raman
UX Designer
Stephanie Doherty
Chief Relationship Officer
Usha Bandgar
Quality Assurance
Venu Modugu
Data Engineer
Vibhanshu Tiwari
SR. ANDROID DEVELOPER
Our mascot
Meet Kea!
We named our mascot Kea after the Kea parrot, a bird known for its intelligence, curiosity, and quickness to adapt. That’s us in a nutshell!
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