Our Team
Colin Choi
Partner
Colin is a Partner and the President of ROOTLOGIK. He joined the company in 2013 after spending time in management consulting, where he advised Fortune 500 companies while also attaining “lethal” PowerPoint skills. Although he loved the strategy side of consulting, he felt that he could make a bigger impact on his clients through data science and artificial intelligence. Today, he channels Coke Zero, sleepless nights and his coding skills to tackle his clients’ most complex business problems while also leading the firm.
Outside of work, Colin enjoys spending time with family and making road trips to Toronto for eclectic Asian food. He loves watching Detroit and Michigan sports. However, he does not love watching his Detroit Lions lose week-after-week, year-after-year – though he continues to financially and enthusiastically support them.
Colin Choi
Billy Wright
Partner
Billy is a man who wears many hats, not only is he the Vice President and COO of ROOTLOGIK but is also a farmer, husband, and father to his two children. He is a founding member of ROOTLOGIK, starting shortly after graduating from Kettering University with a degree in Computer Science. One of his proudest career accomplishments was developing and operating a global application straight out of college.
When he isn’t helping clients solve their problems, he spends his free time tending to the farm where he, his family and their assortment of animals live. Included in this family herd are horses, goats, chickens, cows and one stubborn dairy cow named Cocoa. One of his favorite things to do is to move his herd of beef cattle to new pastures for fresh grass all while his favorite music artist Garth Brooks sings from his music app on his phone from his back pocket.
Due to his love of technology and problem solving, many people find it hard to believe he wants to one day retire full time to the farm. Even though he wears many hats he enjoys working with his clients and helping to grow & develop their business along with building a lasting professional relationship.
Billy Wright
Taylor Mills
Partner
Taylor is a Partner at ROOTLOGIK and has been with the firm since 2007. She has held many roles including Intern, Analyst, Consultant, Director of HR, CIO and even the local Disney Pro. She comes from a unique background having studied Social Work and Psychology and somehow morphed that into a love for technology and well-structured SQL code. Taylor currently manages one of our large automotive accounts where she provides expertise in Marketing and Order Fulfillment. Outside of client work, she serves as an Officer of the firm and also on the ROOTLOGIK Technology Strategy Board.
While Taylor and her family live in Michigan, she bleeds Volunteer Orange and prefers the hot and humid summers of the south – where she grew up. Taylor lived in 14 cities as a child, but considers Cinderella’s Castle her home and Disney World’s Main Street her hometown as both were mainstays of her childhood and summer internships.
Taylor Mills
Saurabh Rohatgi
Partner
Saurabh is a founding Partner of ROOTLOGIK. He has over 15 years of client management and IT consulting experience for an automotive OEM in program management, product planning, product development, sales & marketing, and supply chain. Saurabh graduated from Michigan State University with a dual major in both Computer and Electrical Engineering. Currently he is working on evolving logistics and operations for clients in automotive, chemical and oil & gas industries through innovative technology and data analytics solutions.
Outside of work, Saurabh really enjoys spending time with family, friends and loves wine tasting with his wife from all regions of the world. Cheers!
Saurabh Rohatgi
Mayur Narasimhan
CTO
Most people probably look at Mayur’s buttoned-down appearance and professional manner and assume he’s all corporate, all the time. Although his chief ambition is to one day control the internet, Mayur keeps himself busy in the meantime overseeing technology at ROOTLOGIK. Originally from India, he relocated to the Detroit area because he loved the idea of running Python regression models while being stuck in 2ft of snow.
Armed with a Masters in Computer Science, Mayur spends his time coming up with ways to solve operational issues for our customers and charting a course through the ever-changing technology landscape. If you’ve worked with Mayur on a project you’ve no doubt unwittingly benefited from his secret belief that there’s not a problem in the universe that a snippet of Java won’t solve.
While he’s not challenging the status quo at work, he puts those skills to use in the kitchen where he’s constantly playing with ingredients and coming up with his own recipes. Between engagements from client to client, Mayur can be found at biking events across the state.
Mayur Narasimhan
Pavan Suryapalli
Senior Database Architect
Pavan is our head Database Architect and simultaneously manages most of our clients. He’s come a long way from being a graduate from India to doing his Masters in the States. Pavan has a creative spirit that always keeps him on his toes. His long-time dream was to complete his Ph.D. but right now he’s a family man busy with his twins and a pup.
Pavan is an ardent cricket lover (the one who breaks his tv when he sees his favorite team losing) and much to his wife’s complaining, most of his summers are gone playing cricket for different leagues. His favorite pastime is hanging out with his close friends with some beer or a hookah.
Pavan Suryapalli
Andrew Long
Managing Director – ROOTLOGIK GmbH
Andrew is the Managing Director for ROOTLOGIK GmbH with a unique background that has shaped his career. After his service in the US Army, Andrew completed his bachelor’s degree and moved to Europe where he has since focused on international business development. While one may think that Lederhosen and Weißwurst is his new way of life, Andrew has immersed himself into the German culture. Aside from following the Bundesliga, traveling and enjoying hiking the Alps, this #girldad teaches his daughter how to fly, Eagles, fly!
Andrew’s path has surely shaped his work ethics which our clients cherish: He is solution-oriented, a true team player seeking to refine and optimize business processes to help your business excel.
Andrew Long
Amie Gilmore
Group Manager
Amie is living proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks. As one of our longest tenured group members she doesn’t shy away from new challenges. Since 2004, she has held a plethora of roles and responsibilities across multiple divisions and sectors. As a lead consultant and project leader, Amie has overseen the implementation of a wide array of custom solutions and applications. When she’s not leading the charge, Amie craves getting to the root of the problem, utilizing BI technologies while dabbling in the AI world.
Fully believing in the mantra, “work hard play hard”, outside of work Amie stays plenty busy. As a mother of two beautiful daughters, she divides her time amongst all her passions including coaching and cheering on her favorite softball players (her daughters), hitting up the links with her favorite partner (her hubby), cruising on the family boat, playing in the snow during the cold winter months or tackling any big or small home renovation project. Born just outside of Pittsburgh, she bleeds black and yellow on Sundays but as a college graduate from the University of Michigan, she cheers for the maize and blue most other days.
Amie Gilmore