Leadership

Leadership with direct accountability.

Root Digit is led by people who remain close to engineering decisions, client outcomes, commercial commitments, and risk. Responsibility is named, visible, and connected to delivery.

Operating model: Founder-led
Decision style: Direct ownership
Coverage: Strategy, delivery, growth, risk

Leadership principle

Important decisions should stay close to the work they affect.

Our leadership model keeps strategy connected to technical reality. Leaders are expected to understand the commitments being made, surface trade-offs early, and remain accountable through delivery.

Senior leadership

The people accountable for Root Digit.

Leadership spans company direction, technology, commercial development, and legal guidance.

Haren Sarma

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Haren founded Root Digit to connect robotics, intelligent systems, and modern software engineering with practical delivery. He leads company strategy and the engineering organisation.

Applied AI and robotics
Product and engineering strategy
Company direction and delivery ownership

Shwabnam Ahmed

Chief Business Officer

Shwabnam leads commercial strategy, partnerships, and client development. Her work connects Root Digit’s technical capability with well-defined business needs and durable relationships.

Commercial strategy
Partnership development
Fintech and digital assets

Dipannita Saikia

Chief Technology Officer

Dipannita guides technology strategy and engineering standards across software architecture, AI systems, and cloud infrastructure.

System architecture
AI and machine learning
Cloud infrastructure

Susmit Krishnatraya

Legal Advisor

Susmit advises Root Digit on corporate law, regulatory considerations, contractual risk, and intellectual property matters.

Corporate law
Regulatory compliance
Contracts and intellectual property

Governance in practice

How leadership operates.

A clear operating cadence keeps commitments, risk, and technical evidence in the same conversation.

Named decision ownership

Material technical, commercial, and risk decisions have an accountable owner and a documented rationale.

Direct client responsibility

Senior leaders remain available at the points where scope, architecture, risk, or business priorities materially change.

Evidence-led review

Progress is assessed against working systems, validation results, delivery risk, and operational readiness—not presentation volume.

Discuss a consequential engineering decision with us.

Start with the business outcome, technical constraint, or risk that needs senior attention.

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