Here is a bit about ourselves. We’d love to know more about you.
GEETHA VALLABHANENI
Founder & CEO
Geetha is passionate about technology that solves real problems. A computer engineer with 20+ years of sales and customer-support experience under her belt, she is deeply committed to transforming the way people interact with enterprise software and information. Growing up in rural India has taught her the value of community, which she strives to nurture within her team and throughout Luminix’s network of customers and partners.
JUAN CARLOS SOTO
COO and Strategic Partnerships
Juan Carlos Soto enjoys working at the intersection of technology and business to solve challenging problems for customers and teams, and do good for the world. He has been an advisor to Luminix since its founding. In addition to his operational duties at Luminix, he serves on the board of various venture-backed companies and non-profit organizations and is an angel investor. Throughout his career, he has also held roles ranging from CEO to hands-on technician for companies ranging in size from startups to the Fortune 100 and still writes a few lines of code or solders circuits as needed for his personal projects.
When he’s not working with a client, Juan Carlos enjoys spending time with his family, volunteering, being outdoors, and riding his motorcycles.
FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ
Chief Technology Officer
Fernando is our technologist extraordinaire. He is especially in charge of Pulsar’s front-end technology. His diverse skill set includes—and is not limited to—database design, iOS development, web design and Geographic Information System (GIS) implementation. Being useful is what makes him tick. Customers’ requests are the priorities he lives by.
BRAD SPARKS
VP of Engineering
Brad loves to tackle tough architectural problems. Nothing makes him happier than being the first one to jump on a new technology challenge. Before joining Luminix, he provided network security, engineering and operations services in several industries. His skill set includes mobile and web development, and software integration. As a military brat growing up on several continents, he has a knack for crossing cultural gaps and supporting relationships with our customers around the world.
STEVEN MCMAHON
Senior Director, Sales
Steven found his dream job when he joined the agile, nimble and dedicated team that is Luminix’s. With over 20 years of consulting and sales experience in the technology and the finance industries, he leads both customer support and business development at Luminix. He enjoys working with large enterprise clients by addressing their business challenges. And he is proud to be helping customers on a daily basis grow their business.
KEVIN JENKINS
Senior Engineer
Kevin loves building things and overcoming challenging problems. He believes that code should be beautiful, functional and powerful, and he takes pride in everything he creates. His experience spans image analysis algorithms, iOS game development, and creating a powerful SDK that was distributed over millions of devices. He firmly believes that working with the right people is essential for developing great products. In his view, Luminix is as good as it gets—and the sky is the limit.
VIKAS VERMA
Customer Solutions Architect
Vikas believes that the greatest success stories were created by people who identified a problem and turned it into an opportunity. As the Customer Solutions Architect at Luminix, he is focused on helping clients tackle their most complex challenges with the simplest solutions. His 10+-year experience includes solution design/architecture, project management and Salesforce technology. While he enjoys working hard, he remains humbled by the dedication of his colleagues to support customers through their craft.
AARON CULLINEY
Senior Software Engineer
Aaron is a generalist software engineer with recent experience in porting native apps from iOS to Android. He enjoys working with existing code to improve test coverage, correctness, resilience, and portability to new platforms without sacrificing performance. Aaron’s passion for maintaining old reliable software carries over into his hobby of developing and publishing software that fully emulates a 128kb vintage Apple //e computer from his youth. Having grown up in Hawai’i, Aaron enjoys surfing, kite boarding and other outdoors activities.
Andres Becerra
Senior Software Engineer
Andres fell in love with coding at a young age and translated that passion into a successful career in hands-on tech consulting, professorship and authorship. He spent 2017-2020 taking on growth opportunities successfully delivering critical needs in senior leadership roles, while discovering an additional passion for applying agile delivery concepts across all facets of his life. Andres is excited to return to his technical roots with a core team of ultra-talented people at Luminix. When not in front of a computer screen, he can most likely be found spending time with his wife, kids, and dog, training with his martial arts family, working on “insert home renovation project of the month here”, exercising or meditating.
Greg Brignola
Senior Software Engineer
Greg began his software career over twenty years ago and has never looked back. He spent the last three years leading teams from several countries into Agile development practices while continuing to deliver projects with an international team. Never one to miss an opportunity to grow, Greg was happy to join the team at Luminix. When not writing code, he can be found in his workshop, crafting various projects, writing a game, or out playing music with his band. Somehow his family tolerates Greg’s dozens of hobbies.
Scot Goodhart
Senior Software Engineer
Carla Locke
Technical Writer
William Lewis
DevOps Engineer
William began his career as a building architect and spent years as a Design Technologist for construction and real estate software. He is passionate about process and continuous improvement, with a focus on DevOps and CI/CD practices. He is thrilled to work with the talented Luminix team to support their engineering efforts and augment their development and delivery processes. Outside of work, William is an urban enthusiast based in NYC with a love for exploring cities, traveling, and learning foreign languages.