We are an Industrial AI company — built by plant operators, technologists and researchers.

We are an industrial AI company, built by reliability engineers, process engineers and data scientists who have run plants and shipped software. We work with operators in oil and gas, chemicals, power and manufacturing, from our headquarters in Santa Clara and offices in Houston, Dubai, Brisbane and Bengaluru.

OUR LEADERSHIP

Building the Future of Industrial Intelligence

Spector.ai brings together industry veterans and technology leaders with over 200 years of combined experience across industrial operations, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, research, and business leadership. Our founders have held key roles at leading organizations including Halliburton/KBR, Google, GoDaddy, AVEVA, GE Digital, Hitachi, and Oracle, bringing deep domain expertise and a proven track record of building pioneering solutions for complex industrial challenges.

Prashant Nedungadi Chief Executive Officer

30 years technology leader, serial founder with 3 successful exits. VP of Product & Engineering at Poynt (sold to GoDaddy), VP of Commerce at GoDaddy, Founder & CEO of NimbleCommerce (sold to Blackhawk Network), Founder & CTO of Andale (sold to Alibaba). BTech from IIT Delhi and an MS from Stanford.

Nikhil Chauhan Chief Commercial Officer

30 years of experience in the energy and chemical sector, specializing in industrial AI and digitalization. Previously held C-level leadership roles with PEs and startups and served as Head of Digitalization & Corporate Strategy at Halliburton/KBR. B.Tech from IIT Delhi and MBA from Rice University.

Rishabh Uppal Chief Technology Officer

16 years of experience in high-performance AI/ML platforms. Previously ML Tech Lead at Google and Quantitative Trader at Tower Research Capital. Dual B.Tech and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kanpur.

Dr. Sridhar Iyer Head of Research

25 years of experience in computer vision and AI. Co-founder of two start-ups focused on automated tutoring and vision-based quality assessment. PhD in Computer Science from UIUC and Product Design degree from Stanford.

Sukrit Goel Head of GenAI

15 years of experience in AI/ML technology. Previously Head of AI at EY and Head of Data Science at OYO. Earlier worked as a Derivatives Trader at Deutsche Bank. B.Tech from IIT Kanpur.

Jenn Khong Head of Product

15+ years in industrial AI, predictive analytics and digital transformation. Former Services Principal Solutions Consultant at AVEVA/Schneider Electric, and previously with Commonwealth Edison and GE Digital, delivering large-scale predictive analytics deployments for global energy, mining and manufacturing leaders. Dual B.S./M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UIUC.

Don Doan Head of Reliability

40+ years in reliability engineering, APM and predictive analytics. Former APM leader at Hitachi, GE Digital and Meridium, delivering advanced FMEA-driven analytics for global energy, utilities and manufacturing. M.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of North Texas. Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional and Cat IV Vibration Analyst.

Dinesh SinghVP of Sales & Head of APAC

30+ years of experience in Fortune 500 integrated energy companies, leading gas growth, decarbonisation and energy transition strategy, planning and execution, including Santos Coal Seam Gas growth and Saudi Aramco’s integrated CCS program. B.Tech, IIT Roorkee; MBA, Melbourne Business School; AICD-qualified company director.

ADVISORS

Advisory Board

Ramesh Ramachandran

Global leader in petrochemicals. ex-CEO Dow Chemical, ex-CEO Equate Petrochemical, Board Member SABIC and Sanmar Group

Atul Adya

Principal Engineer – Databricks, ex-Principal Engineer Google, ex-Principal Architect Microsoft. MS/PhD MIT & B.Tech IIT Delhi

Jim Gagnard

Industrial Reliability Leader. Ex-CEO of Smart Signal (industry’s first Predictive Analytics platform acquired by GE), Venture Advisor, IIT Trustee.

Ashish Gupta

Entrepreneur, Board member & Advisor. Ex-Partner Helion Ventures Woodside Fund, co-founder Junglee (AMZN)

Atul Gupta

Global industrial alliance leader. VP at LTTS, former Head of Alliances at Digitate and TCS, driving strategic SI and technology alliances. Former faculty at BITS Pilani.

Gunjan Sinha

Entrepreneur, Executive, & Board member. Chairman MetricStream, Board Member MarketStar, Co-founder, EGain.

Raymond Chafin

Digital Transformation Head – Ineos, ex-VP PEMEX, Technology Leader – Shell Corp