Knoblr

Behind the Curtain

Dinesh Mehta

Dinesh Mehta serves as the CEO of knoblr. Prior to knoblr Dinesh co-founded Catura Systems, a company funded by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and whose interactive online education system (www.topchalks.com) levels the playing field for millions of students studying for engineering and medical entrance exams in India. Prior to Catura, Dinesh was the founder and President of SunUp Digital Systems, a company funded by Sony Electronics and whose multi-channel video and data control solution is deployed at most of the leading satellite and cable systems providers around the world. SunUp was acquired Motorola Mobility. Prior to SunUp, Mr. Mehta worked with Advantest and National Semiconductor in various engineering and management positions. Mr. Mehta holds an M.S in Computer Science from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, U.S.A and a B.A (Hons.) Economics from Delhi University, India.

Andrew K.

An entrepreneurial technology business leader with a record of sales and marketing cloud technology, software, mobile devices and consulting services for revenue, growth and profitability. He enjoys developing market shaping initiatives and high profiled partnerships scaling the business.

Andrew founded Kovexa to modernize education by accelerating and promoting companies that create pathways for high-tech skills and drive the use of advanced analytics assisting educators.

Prior to Kovexa, at AWS, he was the Managing Director for Global Education and Workforce responsible for Global Education business growing double digital annually while creating new programs for upskilling and creating new incubation sites in over 30 countries. These initiatives created innovative solutions with cloud-based solutions for EdTechs, Higher Education Institutions, and K-12 systems improving student outcomes and enabling the workforce.

Prior to joining Amazon, Andrew was the Corporate Vice President of Samsung Global Education based in South Korea launching mobile learning solutions for Education in Croatia, India, Italy and the US.

Prior to Samsung, Andrew was the General Manager for Microsoft Corporation’s U.S. Education business implementing education cloud solution solutions across the US, creating the Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, and led the White House ConnectED initiative enabling a billion-dollar technology investment towards the U.S. education system that was recognized during President Obama’s State of the Union.

Amit Agnihotri

Amit Agnihotri serves as the Engineering leader at knoblr. Prior to knoblr, Amit was Engineering lead at Tapzo, a company funded by Sequoia Capital. Prior to Tapzo, Amit held various Engineering executive positions at Sapient corporation and Catura Systems. Amit has over 13 years of end-to-end full stack engineering management experience in building high performance and availability web and native mobility applications. Amit holds a Master Of Computer Application (MCA) degree from U P Technical University , Lucknow and a Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc) degree from Rohilkhand University, Bareilly.

Richard Platt

Richard brings a deep understanding of adolescent psychology and a passion for helping teenagers realize their potential. He is a teen therapy and parent coaching expert who has successfully counseled hundreds of families through the toughest challenges of raising teen boys. He is a savvy technology investor and has advised many executives regarding business strategy and fundraising. He joins the KnoHow team to support teen education, business development and investor relations. Richard is a California Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Professional Coach who co-founded Teen Solutions Therapy in Mill Valley with his wife, Lorraine Platt, LMFT. He is past president and board member of the Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend. Richard has mentored many education programs, including the Headwaters Outdoors School, Youth Leadership Conference, Challenge Day, and the Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend. Richard is a 2 nd degree black belt in Aikido and his passions include Integral Philosophy and Buddhism, his dogs and home, his friends and family, his vintage sports car collection, his men’s team, and most of all, his wife Lorraine, the endless gift..

Harsh

An engineering graduate with master in business administration having management and business development experience of more than 16 years. An effective mix of IQ and EQ has given me expertise at handling and building teams and motivating them to achieve organisational goals, good exposure of IT and education industry.

Vidit Paranjpe

Vidit leads the Design, UI/UX and Front-End Development across all platforms at knoblr with extensive experience in designing and implementing user interactions in enterprise systems and applications. Strong attention to detail and pixel-perfect implementation of designs are reflected clearly in all his work. Vidit’s experience in designing mobile native and hybrid applications, responsive web solutions and his interest in both modern user experience trends and proven user experience designs reflects clearly in all his work. Vidit has over 7 years of experience in modern web development & technical feasibility of UI/UX design. Vidit holds Bachelor degree in Computer Application BCA.

Manish Soni

Manish leads the Android application development at "Knoblr". His mobility software engineering experience and meticulous attention to detail, along with his fundamental and core knowledge of UI ,Test Suits, Animations and interface methodologies with server side communication and third party APIs gives him the edge to excel at his work. Manish is highly talented, multilingual Android Developer with experience developing innovative Android applications utilizing the latest Android SDK platform features, fragments, actionbars, loaders and other development tools. His skills include working on projects from initial idea and development phase (vision/analysis), performing all design/architecture work and delivering the completed product. Self-disciplined, highly organized professional with the ability to thrive in high-paced environments. Proven technical aptitude- highly regarded for creating great frontside infrastructure utilizing Actvities, Fragments, viewPagers, Grid, variety of ListViews and XML/JASON to optimize the End User experience. Manish has over 3.5 years of experience in mobile application development and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications.

Vijay Gaur

15+ years of industry experience including general accounting functions, organizational management, and business analysis. Superior financial analysis skills to identify problem areas and develop effective solutions that bring beneficial bottom-line results. A thorough understanding of finance, cash flow forecasting, and risk management consistently creates highly efficient business operations. Committed to managing financial operations with a keen understanding of business priorities to improve individual, team, and company performance.

Komal Kumar Verma

Komal leads the iOS application development at knoblr. Komal’s mobility software engineering experience spans a decade with deep development background in UI.UX, Objective-C, Swift, and interface methodologies with server side communication and third party API integration. Prior to knoblr, Komal’s experience spans development of native applications for POS & retail based applications like the iVend POS. Komal has been instrumental in building, deploying and supporting over 30 iPad and iPhone applications. Komal holds a Masters degree in Computer Applications from IMS Ghaziabad.

Vivek Tiwari

Vivek Tiwari have more than 8 years of experience in Business Development and managing Key Accounts, particularly in Education Technology verticals. Vivek is a results-driven strategist with a wealth of knowledge and experience in Technology Enabled Learning Content Development.
Prior to joining Knoblr, Vivek Tiwari managed Key Accounts, developing and maintaining critical relationships with clients, understanding their ongoing needs and requirements and played a key role in generating new sales that resulted in long term customer relationships. Before that, Vivek Tiwari was an integral part of the Business Development Team at Topchalks, a company that provided online study material for students preparing for Engineering and Medical Entrance Exams in India.
Vivek Tiwari holds a Masters degree in Marketing and HR management from MD University Rohtak, Haryana and Bachelors degree in Commerce from Dr. BRA University Agra, Uttar Pradesh. He lives in Gurgaon, India and enjoys staying active, engaging in adventurous activities, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

Rahul Rawat

Rahul takes care of complete web front end, having more than 5 years of experience in high impact web and mobile solutions for diverse industry organizations. Skilled in designing and developing the mobile friendly web applications and interfaces, incorporating a range of technologies. His knowledge on underlying concepts and understanding of the HTML, CSS & Javascript brings the ideas into life. Rahul is from Dehradun and holds Bachelor degree in Computer Application.

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