GATI n., Sanskrit momentum; velocity; forward motion

Fractional CTO & executive technology advisoryMomentum for
your growth.

Gati Advisory Partners provides fractional CTO and executive technology advisory for mid-market companies. We help leaders turn technology complexity into business momentum, so CEOs make technology decisions they will not regret three years from now. AI is our sharpest tool, not our only one.

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Who we serve

Mid-market and growth-stage companies ready to move

Healthcare Manufacturing Logistics & supply chain Enterprise software & SaaS Education technology Professional services PE-backed companies Family-owned businesses

A note on professional obligations: we do not serve banks, financial institutions, or fintech companies, and our engagements never draw on confidential information from any current or former employer. Clear boundaries are part of how we earn trust.

Gati may not be the right fit if you need outsourced software development, staff augmentation, or generic AI training. We advise; we do not replace your team.

Services

Three ways we build your momentum

Unlike traditional consulting firms and technology strategy consultants, every Gati recommendation is shaped by a career spent inside global enterprises, where decisions carried operational accountability, not presentation slides.

Fractional CTO & AI Advisory

Ongoing executive partnership on a monthly retainer. We help you move AI from experimentation to production: strategy and roadmaps, build-versus-buy decisions, platform architecture, vendor evaluation, and engineering organization design, brought to your leadership table without the cost of a full-time CTO hire.

FOR CEOS & LEADERSHIP TEAMS

Executive Workshops & Training

Focused half-day and full-day sessions that cut through AI hype. Your leadership team leaves with a shared vocabulary, a prioritized set of use cases, and a realistic view of what AI will and will not do for your business.

FOR EXECUTIVE & SENIOR TEAMS

Board & Strategic Insight

Advisory board participation and independent counsel for growth-stage companies. Technology due diligence, scaling readiness, and an experienced voice in the room when the decisions are hardest to reverse.

FOR BOARDS & FOUNDERS

What clients gain

01Confidence in technology decisions
02Clear AI priorities, not scattered pilots
03Faster executive alignment
04Roadmaps tied to business outcomes
05Stronger engineering organizations
06Reduced technology risk

What makes Gati different

Operator before advisor

Recommendations informed by years of enterprise execution, not by a research deck. I have owned the outcomes I am advising you on.

Business first, technology second

Every technology decision is tied to a measurable business result. If we cannot name the outcome, we do not recommend the work.

Independent perspective

No vendor relationships, no implementation arm, no incentive to sell you more than you need. Just an honest read of your situation.

Sound like what you are missing right now?

A 30-minute conversation, no charge and no deck. We will tell you honestly whether we can help.

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My story

The best technology decisions are made by people who have carried them into production, and then studied why they worked.

Vish Srivastava

Founder & Managing Principal

I'm Vish Srivastava. I've built technology inside demanding global enterprises: platforms that move billions, a team that grew from ten people into an organization of more than a hundred, and AI capabilities I helped bring to life that are now used by more than 30,000 people.

Twenty years gives you a long memory. I have seen masterful engineering gather dust, and modest systems quietly transform how a business runs. The difference was never the technology. It was judgment: someone making the right call about strategy, timing, and people. At some point I stopped wanting to just witness that judgment and decided to build it in myself. So, with an M.S. in Computer Science already behind me, I went to Kellogg for an MBA in AI and Analytics, learning to ask what is worth building with the same discipline I had spent my career answering how.

When it came time to name this practice, I chose a word I have known all my life. Gati is Sanskrit for momentum. Born in India, I built my career in America, and my work has since spanned three continents. Gati carries that history, and it describes the work itself better than any English word I know: the companies that call me are rarely short on ideas or talent. They are stuck. My job is getting them moving again, and making sure it lasts.

I run this practice the way I have always led: with curiosity, clarity, and care. Curiosity, because the technology will not wait for anyone. Clarity, because you deserve recommendations that survive hard questions. And care, because in the end, trust between people is what gives a transformation its momentum.

Technology should create momentum, not complexity. That is the work I chose, and it is the work Gati exists to do.

The kind of problem I solve

Patterns from twenty years of decisions

Gati is a young practice, so what follows is not a client roster. These are the recurring situations I spent two decades inside, described without naming any employer. They are the problems I recognize quickly, because I have already lived the consequences of getting them wrong.

Scaling

The team that outgrew its structure

A ten-person team becomes a hundred-person organization, and the practices that made it fast start making it slow. Ownership blurs, review queues grow, and nobody can say who decides what.

What I learned to do: redesign around clear ownership before adding headcount, not after.

AI adoption

The pilot that never reached production

A promising AI prototype demos well and then stalls, because nothing was decided about data access, evaluation, ownership, or what happens when it is wrong. The technology was never the blocker.

What I learned to do: settle the production questions first, then build. It is how AI capabilities reached more than 30,000 users.

Modernization

The platform nobody could safely replace

A critical system moving enormous volume is too old to extend and too central to switch off. Every proposal is either a rewrite that will take three years or a patch that adds to the problem.

What I learned to do: find the seam that lets you modernize in increments without stalling the business.

On confidentiality: these describe categories of problem, not clients or employers. No engagement of mine draws on confidential information from any current or former employer, and none ever will.

Experience

Where the judgment comes from

You are not hiring a framework. You are hiring a technology leader who has already made these decisions, lived with the consequences, and learned which ones actually mattered.

20+ years

leading technology inside global enterprises

M.S. + MBA

Computer Science, and Kellogg MBA in AI & Analytics

100+ people

led across multi-level engineering organizations

30,000+ users

reached by AI capabilities shipped to production

WHERE THAT EXPERIENCE HELPS YOU

01Deciding what to build, and what to stop
02Turning AI pilots into production systems
03Build, buy, or partner decisions
04Modernizing platforms without stalling the business
05Structuring teams that can actually deliver
06Setting AI guardrails your board can trust

A point of view

Most organizations do not have an AI problem. They have a prioritization problem. AI amplifies clarity; it does not replace it.

How we work

Five principles behind every recommendation

These are not slogans. They are the filters every piece of advice passes through before it reaches your leadership table.

Technology serves the business, not the other way around.

AI is a capability, not a strategy.

Simplicity scales better than complexity.

Executive alignment matters as much as architecture.

Every recommendation should survive hard questions.

Judgment over hype. Momentum over complexity.

What GATI stands for

Gati is Sanskrit for momentum. It is also how we create it: Growth through Advisory, Training, and Insight.

Growth

The outcome every engagement is measured against: faster delivery, better decisions, real business results.

Advisory

Fractional CTO and AI leadership, embedded alongside your executive team.

Training

Executive workshops that make AI concrete for the people who have to lead with it.

Insight

Board-level counsel on strategy, architecture, and building organizations that endure.

Typical engagements

Ways we can work together

Engagements range from focused advisory sessions to ongoing executive partnerships, each scoped to the decision in front of you. Fees are fixed and agreed before we start, scaled to the size of the company and the scope of the work, with no hourly billing and no surprises.

Fractional CTO & AI Advisory

Monthly retainer

Ongoing executive partnership, with a regular cadence and standing access between sessions. See how fractional CTO advisory works.

AI Strategy Roadmap

Typically 4 to 6 weeks

A focused engagement ending in a prioritized roadmap your leadership team can act on. See what the roadmap covers.

Executive AI Workshop

Half or full day

A working session for your leadership team, tailored to your business and its decisions. See the workshop format.

Technology Due Diligence

Project based

Independent assessment of technology, architecture, and team for investors and acquirers. See the diligence scope.

How it works

Three steps to momentum

STEP 1

Intro conversation

A 30-minute call, no charge and no deck. You describe where your technology or AI journey is stuck; we tell you honestly whether we can help.

STEP 2

Momentum assessment

A short, focused review of your strategy, architecture, and team against your goals, ending in a written point of view on where the leverage is.

You receiveAn executive summary, an AI readiness assessment and opportunity map, a technology risk assessment, a prioritized roadmap, and clear next steps.

STEP 3

Engagement

Advisory retainer, workshop, or board counsel, whichever fits. Clear scope, measurable outcomes, and a cadence that keeps things moving.

Common questions

What is a fractional CTO?

A fractional CTO is an experienced technology executive who works with your company part time, usually on a monthly retainer, instead of joining as a full-time hire. You get senior technology judgment at your leadership table for a fraction of the cost and commitment of a full-time CTO. It suits mid-market companies that need the judgment of a technology executive more often than they need one on the payroll.

Do I need a fractional CTO or a full-time CTO?

A full-time CTO makes sense when technology is the product and the engineering organization is large enough to need daily executive leadership. A fractional CTO fits when the decisions are periodic rather than constant: choosing a platform, setting AI priorities, restructuring a team, or preparing for diligence. Many companies use a fractional CTO first, then hire full time once the role is clearly defined.

How long do engagements last?

Workshops are a single day. AI strategy roadmaps run four to six weeks. Advisory retainers are ongoing and typically reviewed each quarter.

Do you implement technology?

No. We advise, and we help you choose and direct the people who build. That independence is deliberate. There is no implementation arm and no vendor relationship, so there is no incentive to sell you more than you need.

What size companies do you advise?

Mid-market and growth-stage companies where technology has become a growth constraint, plus PE-backed businesses and the boards that oversee them.

How do executive AI workshops work?

A half or full day with your leadership team, built around your business. You leave with a shared vocabulary, a prioritized set of use cases, and a realistic view of what AI will and will not do for your company.

Start a conversation

Every meaningful technology transformation starts with a conversation.

Tell us where your technology or AI journey is stuck, and we will bring an honest outside view on what would create momentum. The first conversation costs nothing, and usually helps.

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