Meet the brains behind
the technological brawn
The world of legal technology is diverse and ever-changing, and we at Kranium have the kind of professionals who lead that evolution. We are honored to benefit from the leadership and operation of former leads, architects, developers, and directors.
Vished Kumar
Vished Kumar is founder and President at Kranium Consulting, Inc.
Vished has over twenty years experience in software development, fourteen years of which were at Mitratech in various roles including, most recently, as Chief Architect. In addition, his roles as Director of Product Development and Director of Product Management at Mitratech have given him a deep knowledge of the TeamConnect Enterprise Platform as well as the Corporate Legal industry.
While at Mitratech, Vished was responsible for the design and implementation of the TeamConnect 4.0 API, Home Pages and Native reporting module amongst other key features of the platform, giving him a unique perspective into the strengths and shortcomings of those features and allowing Kranium Consulting to provide optimized solutions that are compliant, performant and future proof.
His implementation experience includes data migrations and integrations to Accounts Payable, HR systems, Document Management Systems and Single Sign-on systems like SiteMinder and Active Directory.
Vished has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Lalith Saldanha
Lalith is a Sr. Technical Consultant at Kranium Consulting, Inc.
Lalith has close to 23 years of experience in the Software Industry, 19 years of which were at Mitratech in various technical roles, most recently as Sr. Software Engineer and Sr. Technical Consultant.
As a key member of the core product development team, Lalith was responsible for the development of several features of the TeamConnect platform including the NTLM SSO Plugin, the Object Navigator, Invoices & Accounts and was the lead in the development of the TeamConnect Legal Matter Management module.
As a Sr. Technical Consultant in Mitratech’s Professional Services organization, prior to joining Kranium, Lalith successfully completed large SQL-based data migrations involving millions of records for several clients.
Lalith has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.
Ali Colabawala
Ali is a Sr. Technical Consultant and Product Architect at Kranium Consulting, Inc.
Ali has been in the software industry for 17 years of which 12 years were at Mitratech. He is a skilled technology professional with experience leading on-site and remote technical teams and working with clients to define requirements and implement solutions.
At Mitratech, Ali developed a number of core TeamConnect features such as audit rules, email approvals, Native reporting as well as the SAML authentication add-on. He also worked on performance improvements, data warehouse, development tools and integrations.
Ali's technology experience includes web application design, REST services, web application security and hybrid mobile application development. Ali has implemented several integrations including with Accounts Payable and FileNet.
Ali has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.
Mansour Amiridavan
Mansour is a Sr. Technical Consultant at Kranium Consulting, Inc.
Mansour has over 20 years of experience in software development and management. Prior to joining Kranium Consulting, Mansour worked as a senior consultant at Kiersted Systems where he worked on the development and deployment of TeamConnect implementations and Java-based web applications.
Prior to Kiersted, Mansour’s 10 years at Mitratech as a senior software developer and software development manager gave him a strong background in Mitratech technologies, and he has been involved in more than twenty client implementations with several technologies including C++, Java, JavaScript, Web Services, SQL, and Business Objects.
Mansour has worked on Data Migrations and Integrations to Accounts Payable, HR, SharePoint, and other Document Management Systems. He is also the go to guy for all things CLMS as well as Business Objects reporting.