MEET DATASEERS

Adwait Joshi

Adwait, as his name suggests is a truly unique individual. The Adwaita philosophy by the world guru Adi Shankaracharya, defines Adwait as a non-dual (no one like him exists in this universe), this is especially true if you know Adwait, his creativity, passion and personality is quite addictive and makes a long-lasting impression on anyone who crosses paths with him.

Adwait was not only a straight-A student in school but was always interested in business opportunities, from simple projects like collecting a group of kids from the neighborhood and building lanterns to setting up a sugarcane juice stand, he was always the leader. When he was 15 years old he won a scholarship and learned C++. This exposure made him start his first company at the age of 15, AD’s Computers, was extremely profitable and paved a path for Adwait’s future; not only giving him the right exposure but also making enough money to pay for his education. While at University at Buffalo, Adwait’s thesis on Visualization Techniques for Anthropometric Data made the concept of Universal Design easy and became a very important part of UB’s research for the next 10+ years. One might say Adwait has a Midas touch because whatever he touches turns into gold. Just out of a passion for music he started a 501c3 in 2004 which has grown to be the largest resource for Indian Music on the entire Internet. Under his leadership, this organization has created a strong platform with 40,000 registered members from 140 countries.

Adwait’s IT career in the US began with Fisher Price where he spent his summer creating tools for mechanical engineers to speed up the design of toys and he was successful in automating a lot of trivial tasks. He then went on to work at Intel where he was given a challenge that had not been solved before, migrating a 3d visualization software to a 64-bit architecture. He not only took that challenge but strenuously worked towards finishing the project and won an award for doing it 4 weeks ahead of schedule. That’s when Adwait found his passion for IT, and it was simple to create solutions to automate tedious manual processes.  He believes in the philosophy of complex problems can be solved with simple solutions. For more than a decade now, Adwait has been working with various verticals solving their Data problems. He has tremendous expertise in big data and analytics. After a successful exit in 2016, he is back in the startup mode. His latest venture DataSeers, is a startup focused on RegTech and helping FinTech companies with Reconciliation, Compliance, Fraud, and Analytics. The product has been so majorly successful that within the first year the company is already profitable and winning awards. LexisNexis recently awarded DataSeers an Award for creating a truly unique solution in the market space that uses HPCC Technology.

Gracie Ortiz

Gracie Ortiz is the OperationsSeer (COO) at DataSeers. She brings a wealth of knowledge in the industry including over fifteen years of sales management and twelve years of program management. Gracie also brings an additional nine years working in global markets to implement sales and program management. Gracie brings a diverse background having been recruited by Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC)out of University to provision Oracle implementations and program management for diverse fortune 500 companies such as; UPS, BellSouth and SAS institute. In this stead she was recognized as a top performer from the Global Chairman of PwC. She continued her career path working with a number of companies until Adwait Joshi recruited her for her present position.

Gracie has been in the Know Your Customer, Know your business industry for over three years in a number of silos. Her primary focus has been on international business where she has developed strong relationships in the GCC and the far East. Gracie is a passionate advocate for the Colon Cancer Council and serves on the Policy Committee Board. Gracie is a graduate of Florida State University where she received a Management Information Systems Degree. She also received a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Georgia, Terry College of Business. Gracie also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

David Pattillo

David Pattillo has led companies through international expansions and successful IPOs on both the U.S. and London Stock Exchanges. Currently, David is a Board Member/Audit Committee Chair at Endava (NYSE: DAVA), a London-based IT services company with more than 8,800 employees and multiple offices throughout Europe, as well as North and South America. Endava completed an IPO on the NYSE in 2018 and has a market cap of over $8 Billion. Previously, he has been CFO for three different companies which transitioned from private-to-public under his financial leadership. David holds an MBA from the University of Georgia and a BS from Clemson University.

Bill Franks

Bill Franks is Chief Analytics Officer for The International Institute For Analytics (IIA), where he provides perspective on trends in the analytics, AI, & big data space and helps clients understand how IIA can support their efforts to improve analytics performance. Franks is also the author of the books Taming The Big Data Tidal Wave and The Analytics Revolution. He is a sought after speaker and frequent blogger who has been ranked a top global big data influencer, a top global artificial intelligence and big data influencer, a top AI influencer, and was an inaugural inductee into the Analytics Hall of Fame. His work, including several years as Chief Analytics Officer for Teradata (NYSE:TDC), has spanned clients in a variety of industries for companies ranging in size from Fortune 100 companies to small non-profit organizations.  You can learn more about Bill at http://www.bill-franks.com.

Arjuna Chala

John A. Reed

John A. Reed served from July 1, 2013 to November 8, 2019 as the Global Chief Information Officer for FLEETCOR Technologies Inc. In his CIO role, Mr. Reed was responsible for all aspects of product development, system development, global infrastructure, acquisition integration, IT operations, information security, communications, contracts, and IT finances.

From 2009 to 2013, Mr. Reed served as Chief Architect for First Data with responsibility for application R&D, company-wide business Intelligence and Big Data management and creating a world-class architecture as a service organization spanning First Data global locations.

Prior to 2009, he served as in various senior technology leadership roles for Unisys, Zurich Financial, Bank of America, and MBNA.  From 1997 to 2000, he was the President and Managing Director for Business Innovations Inc., a financial services technology consulting company.

Jeff Johnson

Jeff Lewis

Jeff Lewis has over 20 years of Payment Industry experience and knowledge in Networks, card processing, payment processing and program management disciplines. He has worked at InComm, Discover, FIS and Metavante with a strong background in technology, regulatory and payment processing.