Vinay has been providing technographics, contact data, and business unit intelligence to companies since 2016. He understood the nitty gritty details of Strategy and GTM planning working with more than 150 clients. He led OceanFrogs to be featured by Forrester Research as one of the prominent Sales Intelligence Vendor. 

Vinay started his career with Norfolk Southern Railroad. He was the lead modeler to build a line capacity model using linear programming techniques for the entire railroads.  He was instrumental in commercializing GE Energy’s turbine warranty models using Monte Carlo simulation techniques. He won one of the first customers using Eka’s analytics platforms and built OEE framework-based tools. 

Vinay was one of the earliest modeler (with his colleague Muthu) involved in conducting crew scheduling modeling at Indian Railways. He spent years consulting with mining, oil and gas companies in Australia and Canada during his IBM and Eka stint.

Vinay earned his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University, South Carolina. 

Vinay lives in Atlanta, Georgia with two kids and his wife, Chanchal. He is a certified Toastmaster, and has authored a children’s book, He earned a karate black belt but cannot kill a mosquito. He spends his time playing tennis or cracking a joke that no one understands. He never says no to a cup of tea, can eat 12 inches sandwich without guilt.