Our Story
In 2010, an 11-year-old named Rushika had the genius idea to create an app to help shoppers locate products in a grocery store. Luckily, her father Shekar Raman was listening. Shekar, CEO and co-founder of Birdzi, took Rushika’s idea and began the process of invention and innovation that became the foundation of Birdzi’s Shopper Engagement & Analytics Platform.
Mission & Vision
Our mission as the world’s leading AI relationship builders is to supply you with the data, support and tools needed to inspire meaningful customer engagement. We know loyalty is the new engagement metric, so we use our AI solutions to provide you with meaningful and actionable insights, strategic hyper-personalization and engaging shopping experiences.
Our vision is to find new ways to put technology in service to people. Innovation is our middle name and we will never stop developing new and creative solutions to strengthen the bond between you and your customers. Birdzi’s customer centric approach allows us to continue to grow and develop in response to your customers’ needs.
Growth Journey

2012
- Store mapping & traffic analytics
- Product Location
2013
- Mobile app
2014
- Shopper Purchase Behavior
2015
- Offer Management
- Digital Coupons
2016
- Personalization of Search,
Coupons & Weekly Ad Items
2018
- Shopper Segmentation
2019
- Shopper Insights & Analytics
2020
- AI Behavior Models
- Strategic Personalization
& Offer Targeting (SPOT) - Personalized Wellness
Our Team

Meet Kea!
We named our mascot Kea after the Kea parrot, a bird known for its intelligence, curiosity and quickness to adopt. That’s us in a nutshell!

Franc Borges
Co-Founder & CTO

Wilson Diaz
Map Deployment Coordinator

Volker Hauf
Chief Architect

Gary Hawkins
Strategic Advisor, Loyalty & Customer Centric Retail

Manjunath Kadrolli
Application Architect

Praveen Khare
Solution Architect

Bernhard Lenz
Chief Data Engineer

Girish Mane
Sr. Android Developer

Nilam Mande
Sr. iOS Developer

Shekar Raman
Co-Founder & CEO

Cian O’Flynn
UX Designer

Stephanie Doherty
Client Success and Marketing

Bageshree Sharma
Product Manager

Vibhanshu Tiwari
Sr. Android Developer

Ranjeet Wadhwani
Chief R&D Engineer

Guilherme Batista
Data Analyst

Franc Borges
Co-Founder & CTO

Wilson Diaz
Map Deployment Coordinator

Volker Hauf
Chief Architect

Gary Hawkins
Strategic Advisor, Loyalty & Customer Centric Retail

Manjunath Kadrolli
Application Architect

Praveen Klare
Solution Architect

Bernhard Lenz
Chief Data Engineer

Girish Mane
Sr. Android Developer

Nilam Mande
Sr. iOS Developer

Shekar Raman
Co-Founder & CEO

Ranjeet Wadhwani
Chief R&D Engineer

Stephanie Doherty
Client Success and Marketing

Bageshree Sharma
Product Manager

Cian O’Flynn
UX Designer

Vibhanshu Tiwari
Sr. Android Developer

Guilherme Batista
Data Analyst