After a very successful year at FunnelAI, it continues on track with its growth strategy by filling two critical positions. The company is seeing an increased demand due to the need for an intelligent customer engagement solutions that ensure customers complete the entire buying journey from the comfort and safety of their homes, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By adding new leadership, FunnelAI is investing in the future of the global auto industry.
Srujana Bobba joined as Chief Technology Officer.Srujana has over ten years of experience in product development in the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning space. Most recently, she led the Innovation Team at CA Technologies, where she was responsible for integrating and deploying their microservice applications. Srujana, an entrepreneur herself, also founded a software development company, prior to working with Nokia in their maps division, called NEXT maps, which was acquired by BMW, Audi, and Mercedes. At FunnelAI, she will be responsible for managing the product team and will work closely with the sales and marketing teams to map out the vision and direction of the product offering martech news.
FunnelAI is committed to diversity and gender equality in the workplace. Women constitute almost 50% of the overall workforce in the U.S., but only 28% of the science and engineering workforce. By adding strong, diverse leadership, FunnelAI aims to drive more growth and mitigate bias across the technology and auto industries.
Gregory Cooper joins as Chief Revenue Officer. He brings over ten years of leadership experience in the sales and auto industries. Greg previously served as Vice President of Sales at DealerSocket. He joined DealerSocket during their early stages and helped grow the company to over $1B in value before it was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2019. In his new role at FunnelAI, Greg will be responsible for leading sales initiatives, developing strategies to attract and retain FunnelAI customers, and building the FunnelAI sales teams.
Srujana Bobba and Greg Cooper will be instrumental in driving FunnelAI forward through this “new normal”. Having these innovative leaders will be critical to the success of FunnelAI in 2020. Together, as a team we focus to bring creative ideas that will move the company toward positive results.
“Our industry-leading organic growth is a testament to the talented and dedicated team at FunnelAI and our commitment to offering cutting edge, real-time customer acquisition and reengagement solutions to auto industry ,” stated Sri Kamma, CEO of FunnelAI. “Right now the auto industry is going through a drastic change and we want to make sure we’re available to help our current customers and new customers through their transitions. We are now laser-focused on executing our growth strategy and will continue to provide outstanding service to our users and fine tune our revolutionary technology. I think I speak for the whole team when I say we are all very excited for what the future holds for us.”
FunnelAI’s real-time solutions include:
- Customer acquisition from social and digital platforms, community forums, and social sites.
In-App communication capability between the FunnelAI app and multiple digital platforms including forums and social media.
- Customer Lifecycle Management (CLM) for businesses to proactively engage with their customers based on their life events or purchase intent.
- Personalized communication with targeting tools to curate audiences with purchase intent and communicate with them with relevant information.
- Unique and specific preferences of all prospective customers, including location-based analytics.