# Gopal Krishnamurthy

> Gopal Krishnamurthy is the Plano-based founder and CEO of Lumel, which builds enterprise planning, reporting and data applications. He founded Visual BI in 2010, sold its consulting business to Atos in 2021 and retained the software products with partner Jayaraman Anantharaman. He has funded Lumel using proceeds from that sale and pursued planning applications built directly on cloud data platforms, including a collaboration with Microsoft.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Lumel
- **Organizations:** Lumel, Visual BI Solutions, ValQ
- **Education:** BE, Computer Science and Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, MS, Engineering and Management, Milwaukee School of Engineering
- **Known for:** Founded Visual BI Solutions in 2010 and sold its consulting business to Atos in 2021., Built and self-funded Lumel using proceeds from the services sale; a May 2025 interview reported over $12 million ARR run rate and over 300 employees., Led Lumel during its planning collaboration with Microsoft, announced in December 2024, and the March 2026 first-party alliance.

## Career timeline

- **1994-1998** — Studied at Thiagarajar College of Engineering; future business partner Jayaraman Anantharaman was his hostel roommate.
- **2010** — Founded Visual BI Solutions, a business intelligence and analytics consulting company.
- **2017** — Pivoted from SAP consulting toward cloud data platforms and Power BI; described in his 2026 Havens Consulting guest biography.
- **2021** — Sold Visual BI’s consulting business to Atos, retaining software products with partner Jayaraman Anantharaman to build Lumel. Atos announced completion on September 3.
- **2024** — Microsoft announced a collaboration with Lumel on planning in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric on December 4.
- **2025** — May interview reported Lumel above $12 million ARR run rate and 300 employees; in July he announced a ₹1 crore sports-related pledge to his college.
- **2026** — Lumel announced a first-party planning alliance with Microsoft on March 17; Krishnamurthy was listed as a Fabric Planning AMA speaker at FabCon Europe.

## Achievements

- Founded Visual BI Solutions in 2010 and sold its consulting business to Atos in 2021.
- Built and self-funded Lumel using proceeds from the services sale; a May 2025 interview reported over $12 million ARR run rate and over 300 employees.
- Led Lumel during its planning collaboration with Microsoft, announced in December 2024, and the March 2026 first-party alliance.
- Lumel was named Best Overall Vendor in the BPM Partners 2025 Pulse of Performance Management survey.
- Announced a ₹1 crore initial pledge for sports-related development at Thiagarajar College of Engineering in July 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Listed as a speaker alongside Microsoft’s Asif Kazi and Nick Hurt for a Fabric Planning AMA at FabCon Europe 2026; Lumel’s September 30 product update described a new native planning engine in preview.
- **2026-04** — Featured with Reid Havens in an April 17 livestream on writeback and Fabric Planning.
- **2026-03** — Lumel announced its strategic first-party alliance with Microsoft to launch planning in Fabric IQ, initially in public preview.
- **2025-07** — Published a TCE alumni reflection and pledged ₹1 crore as an initial grant toward enhancing the college’s brand through sports.

## Links

- Website: https://lumel.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopalkrishnamurthy/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/GopalBI

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