About

Srinivasa Rao Poladi is a highly experienced business leader and founder of krtrimaIQ, where he serves as the Chief Data Scientist. With over 25 years of relevant experience, Poladi has a deep understanding of the impact of technology on products, services, and business models across industry verticals. He has extensive experience in setting up BI, Analytics (Data Science), Information Management, and Big Data practices from the ground up, and has scaled them up to revenue of over $250M and a team size of over 3000. Poladi has managed P&L with industry-leading top-line and bottom-line growth, primarily focusing on digital technologies. Poladi is well-versed in the latest developments in Artificial Intelligence, Machine/Deep Learning algorithms, tools, and technologies. He has completed various courses on Machine Learning and Deep Learning from renowned institutions such as Stanford, University of Toronto, and UpX Academy (Tech Mahindra), and has also completed the Google Deep Learning course. He is the author of the Matplotlib 3.0 Cookbook, published by Packt in October 2018. As a thought leader in the Analytics and Big Data space, Poladi has published several white papers, POVs, and blogs on Analytics, and has spoken at conferences such as Gartner BI, IBM IOD, and Oracle Open World. He has also shared his views on the market at various analyst forums such as Gartner, Forester, and IDC. Poladi was featured in DataIQ magazine for his views on the emerging role of Chief Data Officer and Retail Technology and how analytics can help retailers develop competitive differentiation. Prior to founding krtrimaIQ, Poladi was the Executive Vice President of Global Software Services at Nous Infosystems, where he managed the Global Software Services business and was responsible for P&L. He also worked at ValueLabs as the Executive Vice President, where he was responsible for setting up their digital business and advising customers on their digital journey by defining digital strategy, roadmap, and delivering digital solutions using disruptive technologies such as Social, Mobility, Analytics, Information Management, Cloud, Security, AI, Virtual/Augmented reality, and NLP. Poladi holds a PGSM from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Control Engineering and Instrumentation from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University. He has expertise in Data Science, Deep