Executives
Gopal D. Krishna
Founder, President and CEO
Gopal, a lifelong entrepreneur, is the backbone of the Drivestream team responsible for its creation and growth, conceiving innovative ideas and leading the company from a startup to a mature organization. He led the Drivestream business by defining strategic direction and offerings, formulating and executing growth plans, managing the company's investments, guiding profitability, overseeing sales, marketing and service delivery.

Gopal’s primary focus now is formulating and executing market-focused acquisitive and organic growth strategies; integrating business through joint ventures, alliances and acquisitions. Drivestream’s recent phenomenal growth is attributed to Gopal’s sound business acumen and timely business judgment for pioneering new and innovative solutions that effectively meet the consulting industry demands, uniquely differentiating Drivestream in a competitive market. Since Drivestream’s inception, Gopal has been, and remains, the visionary leader and driving force positioning Drivestream for exponential growth.
Ragu Damodar
Chief Operating Officer
As COO and head of the Strategic Staffing division at Drivestream Ragu leads the operational and policy related responsibilities of the company that include setting up corporate performance targets, translating corporate vision, strategy and performance targets into business unit plans, managing operations of the company in ways consistent with strategic goals and performance targets, implementing policies, directives, and procedures. Ragu also participates in shaping the company’s long-term aspirations and overall strategy to ensure that the organization anticipates and responds to changing business conditions. He establishes organizational structure and operating systems to ensure achievement of strategic objectives. He manages the finance, HR and talent acquisition teams. Ragu also spearheads the strategic staffing division and is instrumental in propelling business growth of the service line in the last few years.

Prior to Drivestream, Ragu spent several years at KPMG, PWC Consulting and IBM Global services delivering management consulting services to Fortune 100 companies around the world. Ragu holds a MBA from Newport University, California
Ravi Natarajan
Executive Vice President & Managing Partner
Data Warehousing/BI Practice
Ravi, a self-proclaimed researcher and academic with heavy industry experience, is the quintessential architect. He is constantly on the lookout for new ideas and technologies.

In his current role he is focusing on setting the direction for the Data Warehousing/BI Practice. He is responsible for defining and executing the go-to-market strategy for the practice in addition to overseeing client services and delivery. He is well known and respected in the industry as a leading practitioner and thought leader in the area of Data Warehousing and Data Integration.

Prior to the merger with Drivestream, Ravi along with Bryan Sharif founded Stratum, an Information Management company. He played a pivotal role in the success and growth of Stratum. He focused on corporate strategy, partnerships, marketing and delivery. During this period he was also engaged as a consultant in leadership roles managing large development teams at several Enterprise Data
Warehouse implementations in Fortune 100 companies.

Ravi has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India and is a Transportation Engineering graduate from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Jacob C. Thomas
Executive Vice President & Managing Partner
Enterprise Applications Practice
As Executive Vice President & Managing Partner of the Enterprise Applications Practice, Jacob is responsible for overseeing client service delivery and practice development activities. He is also responsible for executing Drivestream's corporate strategy to realize its vision, by developing and establishing organization wide initiatives aligned with the vision. Recognized as an industry thought leader, Jacob brings a unique blend of strategy and business leadership experience coupled with hands-on implementation expertise. In this regard, Jacob is responsible for evangelizing and spearheading Drivestream’s next generation delivery model, UC@F (Unlimited Consulting @ Fixed Price).

Jacob was an Associate Partner at IBM, Human Capital Management Practice leading practice developmentas well as implementation of complex global projects. Jacob has an extensive track record of successes in visioning, strategy, leadership, team development,
sales, customer relationship management, negotiations, project management, andimplementation of large, multi-million dollar complex global PeopleSoft and IT projects. Prior to IBM, Jacob was Global Managing Director at Unisys where he held several leadership positions leading Unisys global outsourcing efforts. He traveled the globe serving as business advisor in several high profile rolesfor global corporations
establishing IT vision and driving strategy, demonstrating the executive art and science of building high performance teams to achieve results. Prior to Unisys, Jacob was a PeopleSoft practitioner and advanced to a practice director role at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Jacob is an Electrical Engineering graduate from the University of Maryland.
Bryan Sharif
Executive Vice President & Managing Partner
Data Warehousing/BI Practice
Bryan has been an entrepreneur for almost his entire professional life. He has been consistently focused on providing exceptional value to clients, insuring on-time delivery of projects, and building a formidable organization partnering with major corporations. His primary focus at Drivestream is to build an industry leading delivery process for large data warehousing projects.

Prior to Drivestream, Bryan was the president of Stratum Inc., a company that he co-founded and eventually merged with Drivestream Inc. in June of 2010, specializing in large data warehousing, data architecture, and data integration. Before Stratum, Bryan co-founded Brahma Solutions, Inc., a company specializing in data warehousing and delivery, and founded Nittany Embroidery & Digitizing, a company that specialized in licensed apparel and logos.

Bryan holds a bachelor’s degree in International Business from Penn State University.
Craig Thompson
Executive Vice President - Project Management Office
Craig strengthens our executive management team with his 30 years of executive level management experience in sales, finance, IT and operations functions. He is experienced in both project management and functional management roles. Craig has led PeopleSoft projects and has more than 15 years of experience leading strategic systems enhancement programs and projects. Craig carries many certifications and awards including PMP Certification (Project Management Professional), ITIL Certification (IT Infrastructure Library), ISO/IEC 20000 Certification in Quality Management, SOA Expert Certification, CPA and a Bronze Star in the US Army. He holds a BS degree in Accounting from William and Mary and an MBA in Finance from George Washington University.

In his role at Drivestream, Craig will be responsible for working with the executive team to further enhance Drivestream's high quality methodologies and overall project delivery management.
G. Karthikeyan
EVP & Executive Director - India Operations
Karthikeyan, more familiar to everyone as GK, heads the India operations of Drivestream since its inception. With over 30 years of experience in management and marketing, his primary responsibility is to formulate strategies and manage Drivestream's India operations successfully.

In this role, GK provides the executive leadership to the entire team in India and is responsible for the operations and successful functioning of the Delivery Organization, HR, Finance and Business Development initiatives across markets including India, Middle East, South Africa, Malaysia and Singapore. As an Executive Director, GK guides and oversees the team of consultants and managers to ensure compliance and conformity of all regulatory aspects of the company besides overseeing the day-to-day operations.
He takes special care and pride in mentoring the next level of managers and other key talents of the organization.

GK is renowned for his reputation of being a strong team player and a meticulous strategy implementer. He has attained several
credits and achieved recognition throughout his career.
Prior to joining Drivestream India, he was General Manager-Sales with a well accomplished professional track of successfully leading large teams of sales executives, managers and vendors. His flair in Human Resources management and his adroit analytical abilities provide an added advantage in the areas of Operations in India.

Karthikeyan holds a Bachelor's degree in Science from University of Madras, India.
 
Enterprise Applications Practice
   
Rajeev Ponnusamy
Vice President &
Associate Partner
Aaron Dise
Vice President &
Associate Partner
Lorne Kaufman
Vice President &
Associate Partner
   
         
Solutions Delivery Team
 
Manoj K.Nambiar
Director
Jason Lindenberg
Director
Laks Chakravarthy
Director
Susan Malones
Director
 
         
Sales and Operations Team
 
Dorsey Wittig
Chief Financial Officer
Kim Coughlin
Head of Human Resources
Betty Tekeste
Corporate Change Management
Andrea Jefferson
Director
Strategic Staffing
 
Delivery Team - India
     
Ganesh Subramaniam
Head of Delivery
Arvind Purushothaman
Vice President
Information Management