Gopakumar Balakrishnan

Gopakumar (Gopa) Balakrishnan is an experienced professional with a diverse background in startup management and operations. Currently serving as a Top Startup founder at Berkeley SkyDeck since November 2022 and as Chief Operations Officer at Socialtrait since July 2022, Gopakumar also co-founded Realtrait Pty Ltd, where SocialtraitAI was developed, from September 2021 to July 2022. Previous roles include Director at AUSIND Business Solutions, Managing Consultant at NostraData, and Head of Global Transition and Program Management at Schneider Electric. Gopakumar's career began at IBM, where responsibilities included serving as an SAP Consultant and Lead for Project Transition and Delivery from October 2000 to February 2011. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Technology from the College of Engineering Trivandrum and an Executive MBA in General Management from UBI Business School.