Board of Directors

Mr. Balasubramanian serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Braiin Limited, a position he has held since 2022. Prior to this role, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Raptor300 from its founding in 2015 until its acquisition by Braiin in 2022. Since 2021, Mr. Balasubramanian has also served as a director of Flamingo AI, an artificial intelligence company focused on enterprise solutions. Before founding Raptor300, Mr. Balasubramanian was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Clerysys Inc., a leading SaaS and IT solutions provider headquartered in the United States, with operations across India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Under his leadership from 2005 to 2012, Clerysys grew into a globally recognized enterprise technology firm, which he successfully exited in 2012. He has also held leadership and advisory roles in various early-stage ventures focused on developing disruptive technologies and creating new market categories. Mr. Balasubramanian holds an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies in Pune, India, and completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Mr. Saligrama has served as the President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Braiin since July 2025. He also has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Compare & Connect since its inception in October 2014, one of Australia’s leading platforms for bill management and utility connection services. Under his leadership, the companies completed several strategic acquisitions and entered into joint ventures, including one with Australia’s largest real estate and brokerage group, and expanded operations into New Zealand. Mr. Saligrama also led a strong push into integrating PropTech CRM platforms across the property sector in Australia. His focus on data-driven decision-making and automation positioned Compare & Connect ahead of its competitors, delivering both operational efficiency and market leadership. Mr. Saligrama holds a Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering from BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru (2001) and a Master’s in Electronics from RMIT University, Melbourne (2002–2004).

Dr. Usha Chundru Murphy, 51, is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist and healthcare executive with more than 20 years of clinical and leadership experience, with a focus on musculoskeletal imaging, healthcare operations, and the integration of artificial intelligence in diagnostic imaging. Since June 2024, Dr. Murphy has served as Chairman of Diagnostic Imaging for Contra Costa County, where she oversees radiology services across a full-service hospital and nine outpatient imaging centers and is responsible for departmental operations, strategic growth initiatives, budgeting, capital equipment procurement, vendor contract negotiations, and technology integration. Since May 2025, she has also served on the AGFA HealthCare Clinical Advisory Board, advising on PACS systems and AI workflow integration. From 2018 to June 2024, Dr. Murphy practiced as a Musculoskeletal Radiologist with Bay Imaging Consultants in Walnut Creek, California. Earlier in her career, she served as Musculoskeletal Section Chief and Associate Program Director of Residency at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Hospital and held an academic appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Columbia University Department of Radiology. She previously practiced as a musculoskeletal radiologist at Maimonides Medical Center and as a diagnostic radiologist and partner at Imaging Partners Medical Group in San Francisco. Dr. Murphy received her M.D. from Temple University School of Medicine and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Her post-graduate training includes a Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Beth Israel Medical Center and a Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. Murphy is a Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology and a member of the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America.

Mr. Ragur Kuppuswamy Padmanabhan, 66, has served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Maidee Agro and Infrastructure Private Limited since November 2020. Since January 20, 2024, he has been a Founder and Director of the Sustainable and Vedic Agriculture Network Foundation, and since July 22, 2025, he has served as an Additional Director of Novo Epay India Private Limited. He previously served as Honorary Treasurer of The Bombay Presidency Golf Club Limited from 2020 to 2022. Mr. Padmanabhan has extensive experience in financial regulation, law enforcement, and public administration. From 2011 to 2016, he held senior leadership roles at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), where he led the Investigations, Information Technology, Market Intermediaries and Supervision, and Internal Vigilance functions. During this period, he was involved in advancing regulatory reforms relating to initial public offerings, insider trading, and forensic audits, oversaw the integration of commodities intermediaries following the merger of the Forward Markets Commission with SEBI, and represented SEBI on committees of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Prior to his tenure at SEBI, Mr. Padmanabhan held several senior policing positions with the Government of Maharashtra, including Additional Director General of Police (Traffic) for the State of Maharashtra from 2016 to 2018, Commissioner of Police for Pimpri-Chinchwad from 2018 to 2019, and Additional Commissioner of Police (South Region), Mumbai from 2008 to 2010. He also held vigilance and security leadership roles at the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) from 2010 to 2011 and Air India Limited from 2005 to 2008. Earlier in his career, he served on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Kosovo from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Padmanabhan holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Madras and a Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.

Mr. Buehler, 48, is the founder and managing member of Astra Ventures Investment Partners LLC, an investment management and advisory business that services high-net-worth individuals and institutional accounts, a role he has held since January 2020. In this capacity, he acts as an investment adviser and manager, with executive responsibilities overseeing investment and advisory activities. Previously, Mr. Buehler spent nearly a decade at Blackstone, where he served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of a business initiative focused on high-net-worth investors, working across investments, portfolio management, and strategic initiatives. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Arthur Andersen and KPMG, including service as a Senior Manager in assurance and advisory. He brings more than 25 years of experience spanning business operations and strategy, corporate acquisitions, and accounting and financial governance. He also has substantial financial oversight expertise, including understanding of GAAP, internal control over financial reporting, and audit committee functions, gained through education and experience supervising finance and accounting functions. Mr. Buehler received an MBA in Finance, Management and Strategy from Northwestern University (Kellogg) and holds a B.B.A. and Bachelor of Accountancy from Mississippi State University.