Dr. Bryant brings over two decades of leadership experience in higher education, including senior roles at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she served as Assistant Dean and Director of Graduate Career Development and later as Project Manager for Research Information Systems. She has also held influential positions with ORCID and OCLC Research, leading international initiatives that strengthened partnerships among universities, libraries, and scholarly organizations. Trained as a musicologist, she earned her PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is widely recognized for her research and publications on research information management, social interoperability, and cross-campus collaboration. At Trinka AI, she advances global collaborations around academic communication and technology adoption.

Sharad Mittal is a visionary entrepreneur and recognized leader in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP). As the founder and CEO of Trinka AI, he has developed AI-powered solutions that address the complexities of academic integrity and writing. Trinka AI’s platform empowers universities to overcome the challenges posed by AI while maintaining academic excellence and integrity.

In addition to his role at Trinka AI, Sharad serves as the CEO of Crimson Interactive, a global leader in scientific communication. With prominent brands like Enago and The Charlesworth under his stewardship, Sharad’s mission is to break down barriers in scientific research dissemination, helping researchers and institutions transcend linguistic and geographical challenges.

Rachel Riffe-Albright is a dedicated health sciences librarian and educator committed to ensuring equitable access to quality medical information. With a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she has honed her expertise in information literacy, research support, and digital health resources. She has done internships and practicums with organizations like Forge Biologics, where she contributed to advancing medical research and education. An advocate for the role of libraries in advancing healthcare knowledge, she actively engages in discussions about the intersection of information science, health, and technology. She has participated in panels and discussions, such as those addressing the impact of AI training on librarians and publishers.

Trinka D'Cunha has over 20 years of experience in the field of ESL teaching, academic copyediting, and AI for impactful writing. With a master's in English Literature, extensive teaching experience, and a singular mission to remove language barriers for anyone who wants to communicate in English in the age of AI, she has helped create Trinka AI—a writing assistant trusted by thousands of academics and named in her honor. As Product Quality Head and Lead Linguist at Crimson AI, she guides the development of powerful AI tools that transform how researchers and professionals communicate globally. She champions accessibility in academic and research communication worldwide, ensuring English proficiency never limits the reach of ideas.

Dr. Anupama Kapadia is a licensed specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Orthopedics) by qualification and academic integrity specialist by vocation. With over 18 years of experience in academic and scholarly communications, she specializes in student and researcher training, including promoting academic integrity. She leads content and learning initiatives at Trinka AI and Enago, focusing on ethical writing & publishing, peer review, and research transparency. Dr. Kapadia is an active committee member of organizations like ISMPP, MAPS, COPE, ISMTE, ALPSP, C4DISC, etc., where she plays an active role in knowledge sharing within the community and helping establish best practices in education, research, and publishing.

Takayuki Sekine is a specialist in strategic alliances, working at the intersection of academia, industry, and technology for scholarly communication. With over 15 years of experience across global business development, healthcare industries, and academic support services, he enables universities, research institutions, and government agencies in Japan to access high-quality editorial, publication, and responsible AI solutions. He has held leadership roles in medical software and medical device startups, contributing to product expansion and overseas business development. Sekine works closely with university administrators, URA networks, and research managers to support publication readiness, academic writing development, and ethical adoption of AI in scholarly workflows.

Apurva Nagvenkar is working with us as Principal Data Scientist. He started his career as a Research Assistant for various government funded NLP projects specific to low resource Indian languages. Before, joining Crimson, he worked with leading start-up and was responsible for building, scaling and productionizing ML/NLP modules for conversational AI. In Crimson AI, he is one of the key members leading the Data Science team to build several AI-based products and push them to production in optimal time. He is also responsible for building and deploying the Grammar Error Correction pipeline to the production.

Divesh R. Kubal is a Senior Data Scientist at Crimson with over five years of contributions. He began as a Junior Data Scientist at a start-up, building conversational chatbots and supporting team development. Before joining Crimson, he worked across Computer Vision, predictive analytics, and especially NLP and NLG.

He is active in academia, mentoring Data Science students and training engineering faculty. At Crimson AI, he helps build and deploy large-scale AI products, developing end-to-end pipelines for keyword extraction, text summarization, paraphrasing, grammar correction, and other language modules. He has also authored multiple research papers.