Gartner® Research Predicts 2023: Supply Chain Technology
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Meet our team of supply chain domain experts and operational excellence professionals committed to disrupting and redefining fulfillment for the age of immediacy.
Our always-solving culture and commitment to customer success helps us create long-term relationships with market-leading companies focused on making and keeping more promises to their customers through modern fulfillment innovations.
Chief Executive Officer
As Chief Executive Officer, Akash is central to our culture of innovation. His primary focus is driving research and development and attracting the brightest talent globally as the company uniquely blends Artificial Intelligence, software design, robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and data science to transform fulfillment for companies worldwide. Akash leads innovation across three R&D centers in the United States and India from our Delhi headquarters.
While still a student at BITS Pilani, India, Akash teamed up with fellow student Samay Kohli to begin winning global robotic competitions, success that led he and Samay to found GreyOrange. He proceeded to build an R&D engine able to unite multiple software and robotic technologies to transform the fulfillment operations of companies around the world. Akash has led mentoring sessions and workshops at more than 25 educational institutions globally, including Stanford University, Louisiana University, MIT, IITs, and IIIT. Akash was named to MIT Technology Review’s global list of “35 Innovators under 35,” has designed and implemented an active underwater Sonar Stabilization System at the University of Louisiana and served on the Chief Organizing Committee of RoboCup 2011-2012.
Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer, Guido Frantzen leads the financial team, ensuring all departmental functions such as accounting, tax, investor relations and legal are elevated and support overall revenue growth goals for GreyOrange.
As a proven, innovative financial leader, Guido has 20 years of extensive experience with start-up and enterprise company growth in SaaS, energy and cleantech, automotive as well as manufacturing industries. Before joining GreyOrange, Frantzen served as CFO at Kasasa, Zola Electric and eMeter Corporation. He also worked in different financial roles at Siemens, gaining experience in accounting and controlling, financial planning and analysis, treasury, credit, risk and controls as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Guido is effective in strategically developing and expanding accounting, controlling, financial planning and analysis, treasury, credit, risk and controls, as well as merger and acquisition functions. As a fluent English and German speaker, Guido holds an MBA in Business Administration and Management from the University of Georgia and a Master’s in Business Administration and Management from University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany.
Chief Product & Engineering Officer
As Chief Product and Engineering Officer, Suneel Krishnaswamy leads GreyOrange’s technology solutions development and deployment strategy. With over 30 years of experience in software and technology, specifically in the supply chain domain, he is a proven leader with the ability to deliver successful enterprise software products. Prior to joining GreyOrange, Suneel was SVP of Architecture and Innovation at Koerber Supply Chain. He has also served as the CTO at enVista and held numerous leadership roles at companies including Kuebix, IBM, Sterling Commerce, Yantra Corporation, and Infosys.
Suneel has a wealth of experience in developing and managing successful products using the SaaS delivery model. His notable track record includes creating industry-leading solutions in areas such as warehouse and transportation management, omnichannel commerce, procurement, and B2B integration. Suneel holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Mysore in India.
Chief People Officer
As Chief People Officer, Ramya leads human resource strategies in support of the most important asset at GreyOrange – our people. Ramya serves as the company’s culture ambassador and a passionate champion for the talented team members at GreyOrange who are transforming the fulfillment industry. Ramya drives programs globally for talent acquisition, learning and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, and HR data & analytics, equipping GreyOrange as a foremost employer in technology that attracts, retains and grows the best talent. A proven people-first leader with 24 years of experience, Ramya most recently served as Chief People Officer for Microland, a leading global infrastructure services company. Her extensive experience includes driving human resource strategies for global tech powerhouses Intel Corporation and Accenture Technology. Ramya holds a Master of Business Administration from Xavier’s Labour Relations Institute and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Jyoti Nivas College.
Chief Transformation Officer
As Chief Transformation Officer, Gautam drives strategic company goals that accelerate and support growth. He collaborates with key stakeholders across the business to build measurable goals around these opportunities and deliver strong outcomes. Gautam has 15+ years of cross-functional leadership experience in eCommerce, technology and consulting working across multiple regions, including India, the United States and Europe. As a previous food tech venture founder, a founding team member at Jabong (Rocket Internet) and head of marketing and business intelligence at Goibibo (Naspers), Gautam brings his multidimensional experience as an entrepreneur establishing global best practices for designing and scaling previously unstructured start-ups so they can become data- and process-driven organizations. Gautam holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and a Master of Business Administration in Strategy & Finance from ISB Hyderabad, and while at Naspers completed the Harvard University executive program on eCommerce.