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HOUSTON, Texas – September 22, 2026 – Mechademy, a provider of prescriptive analytics for mission-critical industrial assets, today announced the appointment of Madhukar “Duke” Puniani as Executive Vice President, Revenue and Strategy. Madhukar joins Mechademy as the company enters its next stage of growth and expands the adoption of its Turbomechanica® platform across global industrial markets.
Madhukar brings extensive experience scaling revenue, operations and customer organizations across process automation, connected machinery and SaaS businesses. His career includes leadership roles at Fortune 250 and S&P 500 industrial leader Parker Hannifin, global instrumentation supplier Endress+Hauser, and high-growth technology companies including Checkr and, most recently, Sardine AI, an a16z and Activant portfolio company focused on fraud and compliance.
“Madhukar brings a unique combination of deep industrial expertise, technology experience and a proven ability to build and scale high-performing organizations,” said Ruzbeh Homji, Co-Founder and CEO of Mechademy. “As we enter our next phase of growth, his customer-first approach and experience across industrial markets, SaaS and AI will be invaluable in expanding our global presence and helping more customers realize the value of prescriptive analytics for their most critical assets.”
Throughout his career, Madhukar has built and led high-performing teams, expanded strategic enterprise accounts and scaled revenue across global markets. His combination of energy and industrial asset expertise with experience in cloud technologies, artificial intelligence and SaaS provides a strong foundation for helping Mechademy expand its customer base and accelerate its global growth strategy.
In his new role, Madhukar will lead Mechademy’s revenue organization and help shape the company’s go-to-market and growth strategy, with a focus on expanding enterprise relationships, entering new markets and helping more industrial organizations improve the reliability and performance of their critical assets.
Mechademy’s mission is to help industrial operators improve asset efficiency and avoid costly unplanned shutdowns through actionable, prescriptive service alerts. The company’s Turbomechanica® platform combines physics-based models, machine learning, diagnostic operations and AI agents to continuously monitor and analyze critical equipment.
The platform supports equipment including turbines, motors, pumps and heat exchangers operating in demanding environments across oil and gas, power generation and petrochemical facilities. By combining engineering fundamentals with advanced analytics and AI, Turbomechanica provides plant and reliability teams with greater insight into equipment health and helps identify developing issues before they lead to significant operational disruptions.
Madhukar’s customer-first approach and experience working across both established industrial organizations and high-growth technology companies will support Mechademy as it continues to scale its technology, commercial organization and global footprint.
About Mechademy
Mechademy delivers prescriptive analytics for mission-critical industrial assets. Its Turbomechanica® platform combines physics-based performance models, machine learning, diagnostic intelligence and AI to provide actionable insights into asset health and performance. Mechademy helps industrial organizations improve equipment reliability, increase operational efficiency and reduce costly unplanned downtime across oil and gas, power generation, petrochemical and other critical industries. To learn more, visit https://www.mechademy.com.
