Rajaraman Srinivasan, Our Founder & CEO, Recognized by AIM as One of the Next 15 AI CEOs in America 2026
Edison, NJ — June 2026 – Neoware is happy to announce that Rajaraman Srinivasan, our Founder and CEO, has been recognized by AIM Research as one of the Next 15 AI CEOs in America 2026, a select cohort of fifteen founders identified through analyst evaluations, founder interviews, and editorial review.
What Makes This Recognition Earned
Dual Analyst Validation in 2026.
Raju is the only CEO on the list whose firm has been independently recognized in two separate AIM Research analyst quadrants in the same year as a “Seasoned Vendor” in both the PeMa Quadrant for Data Engineering and GenAI Service Providers 2026.
No Funding. No Playbook. Built From the Ground Up.
Neoware was founded in April 2020 — the month the world shut down. No venture capital. No prior founding experience. Six years later, AIM Research cited Raju among America’s most consequential AI leaders.
An Operator, Not a Theorist.
Among the execution-focused founders on this list, Raju is the only one who came from a CTO-level delivery role, not consulting, finance, or marketing. Two decades of building enterprise data and AI systems from the inside shaped the way Neoware delivers: outcomes-first, every time.
AIM Research’s recognition highlights leaders operating at the critical intersection of AI strategy and production-grade deployment, where enterprise transformations succeed or fail. Raju is cited among founders doing precisely that work.
Leadership Comment
“Most AI conversations stop at strategy. I spent two decades building enterprise data and AI systems from the inside, I knew exactly where execution breaks down, and I built Neoware to fix that. We started in April 2020, no capital, no playbook, the month the world shut down. We did not wait for the AI wave. We built the infrastructure, the accelerators, and the delivery model before the market caught up. This recognition is a milestone and every recognition we have earned has reflected our clients’ outcomes. I am proud of what the team has built. And hungrier than ever about where we are taking it.” said, Rajaraman Srinivasan, Founder & CEO, Neoware.
This recognition reinforces Neoware’s position as a trusted AI execution partner, delivering end-to-end capabilities across Data Engineering, GenAI, analytics, and AI-native product development powered by proprietary accelerators including AskNeo, Integration Studio, CodeX, and Doc Intelligence.
About Neoware
Neoware is a Data to Intelligence consulting firm headquartered in New Jersey, specializing in data engineering, AI/ML, GenAI, BI, and data privacy, compliance and governance. Neoware combines deep domain expertise with proprietary accelerators to help enterprises unlock the full value of their data — faster, smarter, and at scale.