- Client Media
- Published: 16 October 2025
Charter Global today announced the appointment of Dr. Abhinav (“Abhi”) Somaraju, PhD as Chief AI Officer (CAIO) of Orcaworks, reporting to Rajesh Indurthi. Dr. Somaraju will lead Orcaworks’ agentic AI strategy, taking solutions from pilot to production with an evaluation-first approach.
Welcoming the appointment, Murli Reddy, CEO of Charter Global and Orcaworks, said Dr. Somaraju strengthens the company’s ability to deliver evaluation-driven AI, robust retrieval and context engineering, and modular architectures that align with enterprise governance.
“Abhi brings the rare mix of scientific depth, product pragmatism, and hands-on systems engineering we look for in leaders,” said Rajesh Indurthi, CIO of Orcaworks. “He has shipped complex AI in regulated environments, contributed core open-source frameworks, and built teams that deliver. We’re excited for him to help customers turn AI pilots into measurable business outcomes.”
“I’m thrilled to join Orcaworks at a moment when agentic AI and evaluation-first engineering are moving from concepts to real operational leverage,” said Dr. Somaraju. “Our focus will be safe, observable, and reliable AI systems that integrate with the enterprise stack and prove their value in weeks, not quarters.”
Dr. Somaraju holds a PhD in Engineering, with publications across leading venues. He is a founding architect and engineering leader with 20 years in systems engineering and 8 years delivering production AI/ML across healthcare, security, and IoT—including roles as co-founder of Greenlake Medical, open-source contributor (Graphflow, adopted into Microsoft Autogen), and applied ML lead at Cisco Systems. He will be based in Melbourne, Australia, collaborating closely with Charter Global’s global engineering teams and client-delivery leaders.
This appointment reinforces Orcaworks’ commitment to enterprise-ready, globally scalable AI that delivers real-world impact.
About Orcaworks
Orcaworks partners with organizations to co-design digital co-workers (“Orcas”) that plug into existing tools and workflows to deliver measurable ROI. Powered by Orcaworks’ proprietary agentic platform, each Orca is context-aware and tailored to handle routine, text-heavy work across systems such as HubSpot, Workday, and Microsoft Teams—freeing teams to focus on strategic growth while maintaining human oversight and clear governance.