Team

Philemon Raju S is a serial entrepreneur with over 17 years of experience in marketing, sales, product development, technology, and business leadership. Having founded two funded companies (ValueCart, a YC W17 selected re-commerce company & Platify, a commerce Super-App company, acquired by RMZ Corp), he is passionate about building and scaling companies.

Currently, he is the CEO of Certinal.com - an Enterprise SaaS company at the forefront of eSignatures, eConsent, Digital Trust & Compliance Innovation.

Prior to this, he was Vice President - Global GTM at HighRadius, a fintech unicorn, and the leading provider of the Autonomous Finance Platform for the Office of the CFO. It has also been named to the Forbes 2024 Cloud 100 list for the fifth consecutive year.

As the former Vice President at Ninjacart, he was responsible for building a national commodity trading desk, a distribution network for Bharath, and a Global Trust Network & a Global Trade Platform that connects farmers, retailers, and consumers through a digital platform that ensures quality, traceability, and transparency.

Prior to joining Ninjacart, he was the Chief Business Officer at Quant Commune, a prop-tech venture of RMZ Corp, leading the design and development of MEX, an integrated digital platform that transforms real-estate assets into smart assets with highly engaged communities and commerce opportunities. As the Vice President of Digital at RMZ Corp, he also drove the digital transformation strategy and executed several initiatives to enhance the member experience and create value for the organization.

Philemon’s core competencies include Startups, Strategy, Product Management, P&L management, Marketing, E-commerce, Operations, Analytics, Sales & Distribution, Brand Management, C-level engagement, Team Building, and Coaching/Mentoring. A certified Six Sigma Green Belt, he holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Computer Sciences & Engineering Degree from JNTU, Hyderabad.

Khanjan Kotecha is VP of Products at Certinal, leading product strategy and development across the company's eSignature and Consent & Compliance platform. He brings extensive product management and growth experience from technology companies including SocialPilot, MeasureOne and Savaari, where he drove product adoption, customer retention, platform development and operational efficiency. At Certinal, his focus spans product growth, AI-powered products, APIs, integrations and multi-product platform capabilities, with an emphasis on building solutions that solve complex enterprise challenges. He combines a data-driven approach to product development with a founder's mindset, helping teams turn customer needs into scalable products. Alongside his role at Certinal, he mentors SaaS founders on growth strategy and building repeatable paths to scale.

Harshad Penkar is Vice President of Engineering at Certinal, where he leads engineering strategy, platform architecture and technology execution. With over 30 years of experience across enterprise software, distributed systems, payments and SaaS, he has built and scaled technology platforms in complex and regulated environments. As a founding engineering leader at Certinal, Harshad built the Certinal eSign platform from the ground up into a secure, scalable enterprise platform serving customers across global markets. His focus spans digital trust, security, compliance, scalability and operational resilience, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, 21 CFR Part 11, GDPR and DPDP. He is also driving Certinal’s shift toward AI-native engineering, applying agentic AI across software development, testing and production operations to improve delivery speed, quality and scale while maintaining strong engineering governance and control. Beyond engineering, Harshad works closely with Business Development, Marketing, Presales and Sales, contributing to enterprise customer engagements, solution strategy and go-to-market initiatives, helping translate complex customer requirements into scalable technology solutions.

Ashutosh Kumar is Head of Growth at Certinal, driving enterprise sales, customer success and account growth across the company's eSignature, patient intake and consent management platform. As an early member of Certinal's commercial team, he has helped build the company's pre-sales, implementation and customer success functions from the ground up, bringing experience across the full customer lifecycle, from discovery and solution design to enterprise deal closure, implementation, renewals and expansion. He has worked with enterprise customers across healthcare, pharmaceuticals, financial services and manufacturing in APAC, EMEA and North America, navigating complex technical and regulatory requirements. Drawing on his earlier experience in implementation and functional consulting at HighRadius and HyperVerge, he bridges commercial strategy with technical execution, helping customers translate business requirements into scalable, compliance-ready solutions.

Srinivasu Gollapudi is Chief of Staff at Certinal, working out of the CEO's office to drive strategy, operations and cross-functional execution across the company. He partners with leadership to turn high-level priorities into structured programs, aligning sales, marketing, partnerships, product, engineering and operations toward shared goals. His remit spans strategy and business operations, go-to-market execution and partner strategy. He builds the frameworks, processes and operating rhythms that connect the company's functions, from KPI and performance frameworks to market-entry initiatives, bringing operational discipline to complex, regulated environments while keeping execution fast and focused. He also drives Certinal's adoption of AI-native ways of working, applying automation and agentic AI across internal operations, sales enablement and content workflows to improve speed, quality and scale. Working closely with Business Development, Marketing, Presales and Sales, he contributes to enterprise engagements and go-to-market initiatives, helping turn strategic intent into measurable outcomes across Certinal's global markets.

Ashish Agrawal is AVP Engineering at Certinal, leading the engineering organization behind the company's eSignature and consent platform. He brings over a decade of engineering leadership from high-growth product companies including CompUp, Licious, xoxoday and Samsung. At Certinal, his remit spans new product development, IT, DevOps, compliance and technical support - balancing fast, reliable delivery with the security and governance enterprise customers expect. He works closely with Product and Security teams to ship new capabilities without compromising uptime or compliance, bringing the same operational discipline from his startup experience to scaling Certinal's platform globally.

Simmule Turner is Head of Sales for North America at Certinal, where he leads enterprise new business, account strategy and go-to-market execution across the region. His background is selling technology to regulated buyers. Most recently he was Senior Enterprise Account Executive for Life Sciences at Egnyte, working with pharma, biotech, medical device and CRO organizations on governed content and GxP-controlled data. Before that he was Sales Director at HealthTrackRx, a molecular diagnostics laboratory. He holds a BS in Business Administration and Management from Florida Southern College. At Certinal his focus is the part of an enterprise eSignature evaluation that has little to do with signing: security review, validation and audit expectations under 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, SOC 2 and ISO 27001, integration into the systems where the document actually originates, and commercial structures that hold up when a customer's volume doubles. He works enterprise accounts in healthcare, pharma, life sciences and financial services, and other regulated industries where Certinal competes against incumbent platforms and the decision usually turns on compliance evidence and total cost rather than signature workflow features. Beyond his own accounts he works closely with Presales, Product, Legal and Customer Success on solution design, enterprise deal structure, and on turning what North American buyers say in discovery into product and go-to-market input.

Anirudh Pulikonda is the Director of Digital Marketing at Certinal, he focuses on building scalable digital acquisition strategies that strengthen online visibility, generate qualified demand, and drive measurable business growth.

His expertise spans SEO/AEO/GEO, international and multilingual SEO, performance marketing, account-based marketing (ABM), demand generation, Email Marketing and conversion rate optimization. He combines strategic marketing leadership with hands-on technical expertise to connect search visibility, paid acquisition, analytics, and digital experience optimization to business outcomes.

Throughout his career, Anirudh has held digital marketing leadership roles at technology companies including Certinal, Aavenir, Keka, and Shipsy. He has led digital marketing, SEO, and demand generation initiatives focused on strengthening organic visibility, driving customer acquisition, generating qualified pipeline, and scaling digital growth. His experience spans marketing strategy, team leadership, performance marketing, and building integrated acquisition programs aligned with business objectives.