Chaitanya Sagar is the founder and CEO of Perceptive Analytics, the Hyderabad, India, data and AI consulting firm he started in 2013 after analytics roles at Infosys and Citibank, and which now serves more than 100 US mid-market and Fortune 500 clients (Perceptive Analytics).
Infosys, Citibank, and founding the firm
He came to analytics through Infosys and Citibank before founding Perceptive Analytics in 2013. He holds an MBA (PGP) from the Indian School of Business and teaches internationally on business analytics, data visualization, and dashboarding (AI consulting page).
Under him the firm grew into a practice that spans data engineering, warehousing, BI on Power BI, Tableau, and Looker, and generative AI. It reports more than 350 client engagements and about 70% repeat business (about page).
Leading the AI practice
On the firm’s AI consulting page he is positioned as the senior leader who has advised Fortune 500 companies and 350 or more international clients, with the firm listed among Analytics India Magazine’s top 10 data analytics companies to watch (AI consulting page).
His public pitch for the firm is production over slides: fixed-scope AI work that hardens prototypes, integrates with ERP and CRM systems, and leaves the client team able to extend the system. Our Perceptive Analytics review covers the firm.