The leadership team

Waterline brings together water scientists, AI engineers and enterprise sustainability leaders with careers spanning Nike, Qualcomm, IIT Tirupati and the International Water Management Institute. We built Waterline because we understood the problem before we built the product.

Neeraj Narayan

Neeraj Narayan

CEO & Co-founder

Founder of SIV Impact Inc and former Nike sustainability leader, with 15+ years driving supply-chain innovation across one of the world's most complex global operations. He currently leads active water-stewardship projects for Amazon and Microsoft.

Ex-Nike (15+ yrs) · Founder, SIV Impact · Portland, OR

Dr. Jagadeesh G

Dr. Jagadeesh G

COO & Co-founder

A PhD in Hydraulics & Water Resources from IIT Tirupati, with deep scientific grounding in how water moves and where infrastructure fails. He leads Waterline's technical architecture and the AI engine that turns hydrological data into water-risk intelligence.

PhD, IIT Tirupati · Sr. Consultant, IWMI

Dr. Sindhura C.

Dr. Sindhura C.

CTO & Co-founder

Machine-learning and edge-AI specialist with a PhD from IIT Tirupati and prior work as a Senior Engineer at Qualcomm. She builds Waterline's core AI — water-risk scoring, climate-exposure analysis and automated CDP, CSRD and BRSR disclosure.

PhD, IIT Tirupati · Ex-Qualcomm · Deep Learning & Edge AI

Angie Plitch, MPH

Angie Plitch, MPH

Chief Strategy Officer & Partnerships

18+ years across sustainability, global health and consumer brands. At Nike she spent eight years scaling sustainable-innovation programs toward the 2030 carbon goals, after leading global footwear-sourcing strategy across 17 factories and 10 countries.

MPH, Tufts · Ex-Nike (8 yrs) · Portland, OR

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