# Krishna Kallakuri

> Krishna Kallakuri is a Northville, Michigan-based technology entrepreneur, a founding member and CEO of DataFactZ, and founder and CEO of Diwo. His work connects enterprise data consulting with software designed to turn analytics into business decisions.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at DataFactZ; Founder and CEO at Diwo
- **Organizations:** DataFactZ, Diwo, Loven Systems, Dine AI
- **Education:** Visvesvaraya Technological University
- **Known for:** Co-founded DataFactZ and developed its business analytics consulting practice., Founded Diwo, an enterprise decision intelligence software company., Named with Satyendra Pal Rana and Chandra Puttanna Keerthy as co-inventor on US10621169B2.

## Career timeline

- **Before DataFactZ** — Worked as a data analytics consultant at a Detroit Big Three automaker, as recalled in his Diwo founder interview.
- **2012** — Published a first-person account of DataFactZ’s client growth as owner and vice president.
- **2013** — Discussed the Northville business and lessons from entrepreneurship in the Northville Record.
- **2016** — Identified as DataFactZ CEO in its IBM z Systems analytics announcement; published an article on NoSQL.
- **2017** — Named co-inventor on a Diwo knowledge-management patent application filed October 19.
- **2019** — Listed as president and founder of Loven Systems, creator of Diwo, at Predictive Analytics World.
- **2020** — Co-inventor on US10621169B2, granted April 14; Diwo partnered with Acxiom later that year.
- **2021** — Led Diwo as it appointed David Collins chief revenue officer.
- **2024** — Shared photographs and a recap of the AI Insider Forum at Microsoft’s Detroit Innovation Hub.
- **2026** — Diwo’s company timeline lists April launches of Decide v2.0 and Catalyst.

## Achievements

- Co-founded DataFactZ and developed its business analytics consulting practice.
- Founded Diwo, an enterprise decision intelligence software company.
- Named with Satyendra Pal Rana and Chandra Puttanna Keerthy as co-inventor on US10621169B2.
- Participated in the 2019 Predictive Analytics World panel on embedding analytics in the front line.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Diwo lists general availability of Decide v2.0 and the launch of Catalyst in its company timeline.
- **2026-04** — Diwo published a founder Q&A dated April 24, revisiting Kallakuri’s automotive consulting experience and ambitions for decision intelligence.

## Links

- Website: https://diwo.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kkallakuri

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Last updated: 2026-10-23