About
Our Story
Meridian Growth was born from a shared ambition to change the data analytics and security industry. Our founding team is a blend of rich experiences and diverse expertise, drawn from remarkable careers in leading global firms and successful entrepreneurial ventures. This unique combination of skills and backgrounds has equipped us to understand and address the intricate challenges of today's data-driven world. Our founders, with their complementary strengths, bring together a vision for innovation in technology and a deep commitment to securing data integrity.​
Our Team
DJ Mahadevan
Chief Data Officer
DJ brings over 25 years of experience in the data field, working across various Fortune 500 companies, and leading venture backed startups through large scale growth periods, handling mission-critical petabyte scale, sub-millisecond latency architectures.
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Former Apple, PwC, PG&E.
Anu Padki
VP of Technology
Anu is a veteran technologist. Their early career built up core expertise across numerous software development languages, and techniques. Anu has since gone on to develop custom data products that have been adopted in large industry settings, including work on the biometrics travel verification system CLEAR.
Sam Gil
Advisory, Strategy & Insights
Sam is a recognized industry expert in business intelligence, data analytics, and lean process improvement, with over 12 years of experience building Data teams and embedding them in company strategy. His background began at Accenture, leading multi-million dollar technology streams for the largest infrastructure project in Australian history. Sam then helped both Tommy John and CookUnity to achieve rare levels of revenue and profit margin growth rates (Rule of 40), becoming industry leaders in customer retention.
Adi Ray
Advisory, Security
CISSP, MBA, PMP, PMI-ACP.
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Adi is a pillar in the cybersecurity community, providing hands-on security and data consulting. They bring over 20 years of experience in data security, GRC, enterprise data architecture, data governance, and analytics. Adi has overseen multi-billion dollar programs of work across many industries, including healthcare, DTC, media, and financial firms.
Dr. F. Gary Salas, PhD
Principal Statistician
Gary is a data scientist with a background in developmental biology, genetics, neuroscience, and biology. Fidel has published numerous research papers covering a wide range of statistical concepts, designing solutions that go beyond problematic out-of-the-box vendor solutions.
Mark Denver
Sr. Analytics Engineer
Mark is a unique engineer that brings a background in Financial Planning & Analysis that enables him to turn a passion for clean and well-modeled data into an insight generating machine. This is solidified by his Masters in Data Science and thesis on Customer Lifetime Value.
Arjun Espede
Staff Data Architect
Arjun is a veteran data and systems engineer with over a decade of experience constructing data warehouses and robust and secure cloud architectures.
Anish Topali
Sr. Analytics Engineer
Anish brings over a decade of e-commerce expertise, with mastery across all facets of a high performing DTC brand. Anish has worked across a variety of industries, and has transformed many domains including Web, Merchandising, Fulfillment, and Marketing.