About Knownwell
Expanding Human Potential Through Ethical AI
We believe AI should make people better, not replace them. Knownwell was started to help organizations become more profitable, build stronger client relationships, and make decisions with confidence—powered by AI.
01 / BACKGROUND
Our Story
With a vision to revolutionize service organizations, the Knownwell platform blends AI into everyday operations, empowering a seismic shift in team and cross-functional contributions to the company’s success.
02 / IMPACT
What We Do
Knownwell is an AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) platform that transforms complex data into clear, actionable intelligence. By synthesizing natural communications, enterprise data, and public information, we help companies:
03 / CORNERSTONES
Our Values
04 / THE TEAM
Meet the Team
We come from different places and perspectives, but we’re united in our mission to build technology that serves people, not the other way around.

David DeWolf
Chief Executive Officer

Courtney Baker
Chief Marketing Officer

Mohan Rao
Chief Product & Technology Officer

Pete Buer
Chief Strategy Officer

Phillip Merrick
Board Member

Andrei Adam
Principal Product Manager

Paul Axente
Lead UX Designer

Sayantam Dey
Vice President of Engineering
Sayantam Dey helps product development teams align with product strategy, adopt agile practices, and build end-to-end systems. With over 10 years of leadership experience, he is a hands-on leader skilled in multiple programming languages, frameworks, architecture, and disciplines. Sayantam believes that high-performing teams create the best organizational culture and values lean methodologies, extreme programming (XP) practices, and the DevOps culture.
He delivers and maintains Intellectual Property Management Systems (IPMS) products and works across the IP Technology group on initiatives such as production health monitoring, agile processes, and engineering productivity. Previously, he was responsible for development practices and people management in IP Technology India, with development centers in Bangalore and Noida. In his senior management roles, Sayantam has created engineering goals and strategies for over 1,000 global engineers, built developer communities, and led global practices for Architecture and DevOps.

John Fowler
Chief Science Officer
John Fowler is the Chief Science Officer at Knownwell. Prior to Knownwell, John was the Chief Product Officer and the Chief Science Officer at GravyStack, a banking platform for families that specialized in training kids for financial competency. He was also a co-founder and partner at J&M Rapid Apps, a software development boutique that catered to Fortune 50 CPG companies and fintech startups. Prior to GravyStack, he led the software development of TaliPay, a fintech startup in the energy sector. Over the past 12 years, John has founded or led the software development of numerous start-ups in the fintech space.
Over the first 15 years of his career, John Fowler worked for various consulting companies leading and developing large go-to-market projects for Fortune 50 companies including Frito-Lay and PepsiCo. These projects focused on selling and analytics accessible from mobile devices.
John also has a passion for playing the drums, developing puzzle games, and teaching his kids advanced algorithms and data structures. His latest passion is understanding, explaining and further developing AI/ML platforms.

Tara Fragiacomo
Growth Marketer

Ramsri Goutham Golla
Lead Data Scientist
Ramsri Goutham Golla is Knownwell’s Lead Data Scientist. He has over a decade of experience in AI and product development, spanning the domains of natural language processing and computer vision. As a founder, he has scaled two AI MicroSaaS apps, Questgen.ai and Supermeme.ai, from concept to over 700k users and $100k in annual recurring revenue.
Ramsri is an active and influential open-source contributor. He was featured in the Google I/O 2024 Keynote for his contributions to Indic LLMs in developing Navarasa, a fine-tuned LLM he started as a side project that developed into something much more. Ravi and Navarasa’s co-creator, Ravi Theja Desetty, also presented on Navarasa at Google I/O India in 2024. Ramsri enjoys writing about AI and large language models for his 60k+ followers on social media.

Cynthia Lavoie
Commercial Intelligence Consultant

Cassi Lup
Lead Software Engineer
Cassi is a dedicated technology professional with extensive experience in product development. His journey began as a developer in Romania, inspired by the limitless possibilities of programming and one of his closest mentors’ enthusiasm for computers in the ’90s. Over the years, Cassi has expanded his horizon from development to managing, forming and leading high-performing teams.
He has directed open-source hackathons and developed tools to enhance code analysis and organizational knowledge discoverability. Cassi thrives on helping individuals and teams grow, unblocking challenges, and fostering craftsmanship in product development. His mission is to create enhanced knowledge discoverability environments, leading to better products and successful businesses.
Outside of work, he is a committed husband and father of three, embracing the joys and challenges of parenthood with his family. He enjoys traveling, driving, cycling through forest trails, and playing various musical instruments.

Cristi Purcaru
Senior Engineer
Cristi Purcaru is a passionate Senior Backend Engineer with over 11 years of experience in the IT field, including about 8 years working with Python and Django. His career began in the Automotive industry, where he spent 3 years as a software engineer at Continental Automotive. He then joined 3PillarGlobal, dedicating 7 years to the company and spending 1 year as a Technical Lead on a team building a platform for PBS Learning Media, serving around 1 million users. Prior to his current role at Knownwell, Cristi worked for a year at the healthcare SOC2-certified company Vitamin Software.
Cristi believes in the power of healthy teams, valuing trust, humbleness, open collaboration, and ownership. These values are integral to his approach, ensuring that you will receive clean and efficient solutions from a great team player, communicator, and gifted mentor. Cristi is not just a problem finder but a problem solver who provides a deep vision of the product or project and its functionality. With Cristi, fewer details are missed, team expertise is significantly expanded, and once the end goal is clear, he ensures that the team does everything possible to move the needle toward that goal.

Brenna Ross
Customer Success Manager
Brenna Ross is a dedicated Customer Success Manager at Knownwell. With over a decade of customer experience, she has held various roles that focused on enhancing customer support, improving customer experience, and delivering exceptional service, all while building and maintaining strong, lasting relationships with clients. Throughout her career, she has been committed to enhancing client experiences by proactively addressing their challenges and fostering open communication. Her passion for relationship building and customer advocacy drives her to create solutions that empower clients to thrive in their businesses.
Outside of her professional pursuits, Brenna cherishes quality time with her family and loves embracing new adventures. Whether cooking together or traveling to new places, she finds joy and inspiration in creating lasting memories with her loved ones.

Will Sherlin
Content Marketer

Aakash Sharma
Senior DataOps Engineer
Aakash Sharma is a Senior DataOps Engineer with expertise in data engineering, cloud technologies, and automation. Aakash has a proven track record of designing and implementing scalable data pipelines, optimizing workflows, and driving efficiency through CI/CD processes. His expertise in multi-cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP), is backed by professional certifications and hands-on experience delivering impactful solutions to over 13 clients in diverse industries.
Throughout his career, Aakash has been recognized for his ability to solve complex challenges, streamline operations, and consistently deliver high-quality results. Known for his collaborative mindset and problem-solving approach, he strives to build robust and efficient data solutions that align with business goals.
Outside of work, Aakash is a sports enthusiast who enjoys playing cricket and football, as well as staying active at the gym. He believes in the importance of a healthy mind and body to stay focused and motivated in both his personal and professional life.

Paul Szabo
Data Engineer

Pat Tew
Commercial Intelligence Advisory Partner
05 / AI Advisory Board
Meet the Knownwell Advisory Board
Knownwell’s advisory board members help our executive team and product leaders navigate important areas in AI like ethics, security, privacy, UX, and continuous innovation.

Andrew DeBerry
AI Advisory Board Member

Jessica Hall
AI Advisory Board Member

Charles de Leau
AI Advisory Board Member
06 / CAREERS
Build the Next Era of Business Intelligence
Our team’s not just developing AI—we’re shaping the narrative of its global impact. We’re champions for its ethical and judicious use, and we’re on a mission to pave a path to power what’s possible while elevating what makes each of us truly human.
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