Sushanta Pradhan

Our Team

Nithya Ramanathan
CEO & Co-Founder
Martin Lukac
CTO & Co-Founder
Kevin Arts
Vice President, Operations & Finance
Chris Mills
Head of Product
Anne Nyachomba
Director of Customer
Elizabeth Nave
HR Business Partner
Amanda MacArthur
Head of Strategic Partnerships & Communications
Anita Sircar
Head of Operations, India
Ednah Kiome
Program Director, Medical Equipment & Electrification
Erin Ross
Interim Comms Director
Hannah Mills
Senior Program Manager, Vaccines
Nelima Otipa
Senior Program Manager, Impact
Mohammed Pangani
Senior Product Manager
Edward Gakuru
International Sales Manager
Hosea Kintu
Account Manager, Tanzania
Mariam Johari
Project Manager for Vaccine Systems Transport, Tanzania
Lucas Howell
Engineering Manager
Terence Honles
Principal Software Engineer
Amos Momanyi
Medical Equipment Project Manager, Kenya
Patience Mfune
Project Manager, Malawi
Jill Moraa
Product Manager
Subhasis Mukherjee
Logistics Manager, India
Erick Mgonda
Technical Project Manager, Tanzania
Dharmendra Pratap Singh
Manufacturing and Development Manager
Shashi Kant
Manufacturing Coordinator
Eric Wright
Data Analyst, Medical Equipment Program
Diana Harper
Senior Evaluation and Learning Specialist
Tom Mehoke
Senior Data and Informatics Specialist
Andrew O’Keefe
Senior Manager for Business Operations & Finance
Terry Chern
Senior Software Engineer, Back-End
Nagham Sabah
Accountant
Aayush Khanna
Software Developer
Brian Moenga
Software Engineer, Front-End
Adam Saavedra
Product Designer
Mike Gichia
Software Engineer
Chris Combs
Software Engineer, Back-End
Tisaye Kalua
Impact Consultant
Audrey Lukela
Impact Consultant
Geofrey Gundah
Impact Consultant
Shaji Malik
Impact Consultant
Erin Sedita
Development Associate
Noelle Sernett
Operations & Finance Analyst
Colin Groark
Software Engineer, Front-End
Sushanta Pradhan
Customer Success Engineer
Nassem Mohammad
Customer Support Manager, Hardware
Anurag Mishra
Logistics Coordinator
Anant Kumar
Associate Warehouse Coordinator

Board Of Directors

Advisory Board

Radhika Malpani
Founder, Google Images; Former Senior Director, Eng @ Google
Cecilia Weckstrom
Senior Global Director, Diversity, Inclusion and People Innovation at LEGO Group
Jim Fruchterman
Founder and CEO, Tech Matters
Wendy Prosser
Senior Technical Officer, Immunization Center, John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
Ryan Vinyard
Hardware Startup Consultant
Lakshmi Karan
Co-Founder, Future Frontiers Institute
Doug Smith
Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Ben Fliegel
Associate, Reed Smith
Frank Nagle
Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
David Watson
Chief Architect, Embark Trucks
John Dawson
Deborah Estrin
Associate Dean and Professor, Cornell Tech
Vinitha Watson
Founder, Zoo Labs
Moz Siddiqui
Director of Partnerships, WHO Foundation

Sushanta Pradhan

Customer Success Engineer

Customer Success Engineer

Sushanta is the Customer Success Engineer for Nexleaf’s clean cooking initiative in India. In this capacity, he develops and leads the implementation strategy to bring technology solutions to rural households to address indoor air pollution. This includes engaging local communities, overseeing field testing of new innovations, and leading local capacity-building efforts. He is a main contributor to Nexleaf’s storytelling by capturing stories from the field and supporting content creation for the blog and videos.

Sushanta holds an M.A. in Local Governance from Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai, and a Bachelor’s degree in computer applications from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. With his education and prior work experience on the issues of health and climate, Sushanta carries a perfect blend of technology and public management.

He is proud to be part of the Nexleaf team because the organizational values align with his own thinking on the importance of technology-driven solutions at the grassroots level. He also values the opportunity to explore new ideas and collaborate with knowledgeable and expert colleagues. In his spare time, he enjoys reading journals and articles, practicing yoga, and helping the needy.