AI-first

Our Vision - Message From Founder

A commerce ecosystem where dynamic, AI‑powered product data erases friction between discovery and purchase, letting any brand delight each shopper with precisely what they need, the moment they need it.

Leadership Team

Sadee Gamhewa
President/CTO and Founder

Sadee leads Velou’s overall product strategy and vision on creating additional value for customers. He previously led product, innovation, Machine Learning & AI strategy, and engineering at multiple startups and large corporations, including Fortune 100. He holds patents in ecommerce and has published research papers on Machine Learning and AI.

Gavin Hewitt
CEO

Gavin serves as the CEO at Velou, where he directs the business strategy and operations. With a rich background in scaling technology-centric startups to billion-dollar valuations, he has significantly driven growth at companies like Bluecore and Attentive. His leadership is marked by a focus on innovation and team synergy to enhance customer value.

Tricia Lahren
Director, Product Intelligence

Tricia leads a team of product and fashion stylists at Velou to create the intelligence used by our Machine Learning and AI models. She has a long history as a fashion and wardrobe stylist in San Francisco for clients such as Nordstrom, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, and Pottery Barn.

Ryan Joy
Head of Sales

Ryan leads sales & customer satisfaction for Velou in North America. With 15+ years of experience in SaaS he is passionate about working with high-performance teams that connect brands with technologies that drive impactful results. He is a proud alumnus of Santa Clara University graduating with a B.S. in Business.‍

Todd Fulmino
SVP, Product

Todd spearheads product development at Velou, focused on innovation, operational scale, and revenue growth. With over 15 years of experience in both startups and Fortune 500 companies, he has crafted market-fit SaaS solutions for the retail and hospitality sectors while building exceptional global product teams. His leadership is defined by a customer-centric approach, ensuring unparalleled success and satisfaction.

Gayan Keppetipola
Senior Director, Engineering

Gayan leads the software engineering teams at Velou, who are building next generation technology to perfect e-commerce experience. He creates, aligns and drives the tech strategy in line with business goals and objectives in order to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Velou. He has over 15 years of experience engineering highly scalable software systems implementations across banking, finance, insurance, telecommunications, transportation & hospitality industries.

Inoka Dissanayaka
Director, Engineering

With over 17 years of experience, Inoka leads architecture and core product development at Velou. He brings deep expertise in engineering highly scalable microservices and cloud-based applications, with a track record spanning the ecommmerce, restaurant, financial services, and banking industries. Inoka aligns technical strategy with business goals, driving innovation and enhancing scalability to deliver impactful solutions that elevate the ecommmerce experience.

James Nierodzik
Director, Sales Engineering

Jay is the Director of Sales Engineering for Velou, with 14+ years of Retail SaaS experience. He specializes in helping clients use AI to optimize product data and drive growth. Jay excels at bridging technical discussions with engineering teams and aligning business impact with C-level executives.

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