Kamala Srinivasan

Founder and CEO

Kamala is a senior executive and coach with more than 20 years of experience in both non-profit organizations and the technology industries. She has been actively involved in community advocacy, civic leadership, and championing issues impacting women in technology. Kamala’s broad areas of expertise include global technology product delivery and operations, go-to-market strategy, digital transformation, and SAAS in Fintech, retail, legal, and media.

Kamala has experienced the gap between charitable organizations and donors first-hand. She faced challenges in finding and choosing non-profits for former employers’ ‘corporate social responsibility’ duties due to a lack of information on charitable organizations, from data analytics to impact metrics. Too much time was spent on researching organizations to find one that aligned with her employers’ vision and mission. And it is not just a problem from the donor’s side of the equation, as organizations have trouble reaching out to donors who would support them. This is something our founder experienced during the time she spent working as a Managing Director and Board Member for non-profits. Our founder’s 20 plus years of experience in information technology has led her to seek a solution using emerging technology to create a robust platform that serves the needs of both donors and charitable organizations.

Upahara’s goal is to help philanthropy thrive by connecting donors with charitable organizations through an innovative and trustworthy platform.