Ramesh Balan is Knomadix Founder and Chief Architect. As the child of a K-12 educator, Ramesh has deep respect and passion for education, which has intensified over the last 30 years. Knomadix is the expression of Ramesh’s commitment to K-12 education and desire to improve how kids learn and how educators teach. Ramesh has successfully bootstrapped several enterprise and mobile software companies; previously, he worked as a product portfolio manager and architect at AT&T Bell Labs. Ramesh enjoys family time with his wife and two college-age daughters, and playing competitive tennis.

Priya Malhotra leads Knomadix R&D and software architecture, design, development, engineering and operations. Priya brings over a decade of relevant software and systems development and engineering experience to Knomadix from industry leaders such as Dell and Infosys. When not driving the next Knomadix innovation, Priya enjoys traveling and spending time with her family and collaborating with her 4 year old son, Aaryan, who enjoys his role as Knomadix unofficial system tester. Aaryan’s focus is breaking our apps and keeping our development team on their toes!

JW Marshall heads the marketing program for Knomadix and also plays a vital role in formulating the company’s K-12 market strategy. Back in 2005, JW joined Study Island as their 6th employee and was integral to Study Island making the Inc 500, transitioning to Archipelago Learning, and executing a successful IPO in 2009. In 2011, JW joined Sapling Learning to build their K-12 marketing team. After a successful acquisition by Macmillan in 2013, JW continued working to grow Sapling Learning and other Macmillan companies through 2015. JW enjoys playing tennis and volunteering with the Young Texans Against Cancer. He is also a strong supporter of SMU, where he played college football in the late 90s.