ABOUT THE AUTHORNias Puthenveettil is a global technology leader, author, and entrepreneur whose journey spans continents and industries-from the red soil of rural Kerala to the boardrooms of global healthcare and AI [...] decades of experience building and scaling transformative technologies, Nias has led innovation across cancer detection, medical imaging, hospital systems, and enterprise learning. He is the founder of Piramidz, a firm that helps organizations harness strategy, technology, and innovation-rooted in integrity and [...] leadership journey spans Fortune 500 companies, publicly traded firms, private equity portfolio companies, and venture-backed startups. He has built and deployed transformer-based models for oncology, radiology, and pathology; developed explainable AI tools; and led global teams in AI, engineering, and cloud operations. His work blends deep technical expertise with sharp strategic thinking, always in service of [...] holds a bachelor's in computer science and engineering from the University of Mysore, a master's in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of [...] to Rise began as a personal letter to his children-an attempt to help them understand where he came from and imagine what they might become. Today, it's a universal story of identity, ambition, and earned leadership across [...] lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with his wife and their two children.