Leadership

The people who sign for what we ship.

ShepHertz's leadership has been building applied-AI platforms together since the company was founded in 2010.

Leadership grid

Portrait of Siddhartha Chandurkar

Siddhartha Chandurkar

Founder & CEO

Founded ShepHertz in 2010. Shipped the company's first commercial AI / Machine Learning platform in 2012. Has been building applied-AI platforms for the regulated enterprise ever since. Writes the company's vision and signs the customer contracts that matter. Previously: Lead Architect at Ericsson, Technology Architecture & Solutions Group Head at Wipro.

Portrait of Priyanka Singh

Priyanka Singh

Chief of Staff & Program Manager

Owns the rhythm of the company — strategy execution, board operations, and the cross-functional programs that turn priorities into shipped work. The reason a quarterly plan becomes a quarterly delivery.

Portrait of Anuraag Kochhar

Anuraag Kochhar

Chief Technology Officer

Owns the technology direction across every ShepHertz platform — from AgentAnywhere's agentic runtime to the workforce intelligence stack. Has spent his career inside the engineering teams that move applied AI from a demo into a production system.

Portrait of Pankaj Ahuja

Pankaj Ahuja

VP, Global Operations & Delivery

Runs global delivery and operations. Owns the discipline that lets ShepHertz commit to enterprise SLAs and meet them — across product launches, customer rollouts, and the company's own engineering pods.

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Vaijayanthi B Desai

VP, Services & Strategic Partnership

Owns customer success, professional services, and strategic partnerships. The reason a ShepHertz pilot becomes a multi-year platform engagement.

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Seema Shukla

AVP, Strategic HR & Talent Acquisition

Hires the senior team. Owns the people decisions that keep ShepHertz a small, deliberately senior organization — and the standard a candidate has to clear to join it.

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Richa Rajput

Head of Marketing

Builds the company's external voice. Owns brand, communications, and the discipline that keeps ShepHertz speaking with the same institutional tone everywhere it appears — from this site to a customer pitch deck.

Portrait of Adrat Shankhdhar

Adrat Shankhdhar

Founders Office

Founders' office — works directly with the founder on strategy, special projects, and the long-running bets that don't fit anywhere else.