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(GK) Ganes Kesari

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Founder at Tensorplanet

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

FoundedTensorplanet

About

Ganes Kesari is the founder and CEO of Tensor Planet Inc., which develops an AI-driven predictive maintenance product for commercial fleets in industries including waste management, construction, and agriculture. He previously founded Gramener, a data analytics company that served over 100 clients with a team of more than 250 people and was acquired by a private equity-backed company in 2023. Kesari is an adjunct lecturer in business analytics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, a TEDx speaker, and a columnist on AI for MIT Sloan Management Review and Forbes.

Founder at Tensorplanet

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Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)New York · $100K – $2M checks

Experience

  1. Tensor Planet Inc.Founder and CEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  2. MIT Sloan Management ReviewContributorcurrent2024 — present
  3. New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAdjunct Facultycurrent2022 — presentNewark, New Jersey, United States
  4. ForbesContributor2020 — 2025
  5. GramenerCofounder & Chief Decision Scientist2020 — 2025Princeton, New Jersey, United States
  6. GramenerHead of Analytics & AI Labs2017 — 2020Princeton, New Jersey, United States
  7. GramenerHead of Design & Analytics2015 — 2017Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  8. GramenerCofounder, Head of Delivery2011 — 2015Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  9. Innovation TitanFounder & Chief Decision Scientist | Executive Coach and Public Speaker2022 — 2024New Jersey, United States
  10. The StemAI Strategy Advisor2022 — 2023
  11. Digital University KeralaAdvisor & Member, Board of Studies - School of Informatics2021 — 2023Trivandrum
  12. The Enterprisers ProjectContributor, The Enterprisers Project Community Contributor Collaborative (C3)2020 — 2023Princeton, New Jersey, United States
  13. Entrepreneur MediaContributor2020 — 2022
  14. Data ScienceAdvisor, Public Speaker2013 — 2022Princeton, NJ
  15. HCL TechnologiesAssociate General Manager2010 — 2011Noida
  16. Birlasoft LtdSenior Project Manager2006 — 2010Hyderabad/Noida
  17. Patni Computer SystemsSummer Intern2005Mumbai
  18. Cognizant Technology SolutionsProgrammer Analyst2001 — 2004Chennai

Skills & more

Columnist24Business StrategyArtificial Intelligence (AI)6Startups4Business Analytics6Machine Learning3Data Storytelling3University Teaching2Data Visualization28Data Analytics19Data Science12Program Management56
+6 moreSDLCProject ManagementSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Public SpeakingWritingStrategy

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Frequently asked questions

Who is (GK) Ganes Kesari?
Ganes Kesari is the founder and CEO of Tensor Planet Inc., which develops an AI-driven predictive maintenance product for commercial fleets in industries including waste management, construction, and agriculture. He previously founded Gramener, a data analytics company that served over 100 clients with a team of more than 250 people and was acquired by a private equity-backed company in 2023. Kesari is an adjunct lecturer in business analytics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, a TEDx speaker, and a columnist on AI for MIT Sloan Management Review and Forbes.
Where does (GK) Ganes Kesari work?
(GK) Ganes Kesari is Founder of Tensorplanet.
What companies did (GK) Ganes Kesari found?
(GK) Ganes Kesari founded Tensorplanet.
Where did (GK) Ganes Kesari go to school?
(GK) Ganes Kesari studied at Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); CECRI, Madurai Kamaraj University (Engineer's Degree, Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering); TVS Lakshmi, Madurai.

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