Meet the Team

Chief Executive Officer
Ritam Rana
Ritam Rana is the CEO of Knowlify, the AI video company he founded and raised millions in funding for. A subject-matter expert in video production who honed his craft across the Y Combinator startup ecosystem, he writes on the business and strategy of video, from production economics and agency selection to the learning science that makes content stick.
19 articles
Chief Product Officer
Arjun Talati
Arjun Talati is the Chief Product Officer at Knowlify, where the team under him has produced over 200,000 animated explainer videos. He writes on AI video generation, tool comparisons, and the instructional-design frameworks like ADDIE, SAM, Kirkpatrick, and SCORM that turn raw content into effective learning.
35 articles
Chief Technology Officer
Ritvik Varada
Ritvik Varada is the CTO of Knowlify and an AI researcher focused on advancing animated video generation. His work centers on the models and pipelines that make AI animation faster, more controllable, and higher quality, and he writes on the tools and techniques behind modern animated video.
26 articles
Chief Operating Officer
Jonathan Maynard
Jonathan Maynard is the COO of Knowlify, where he leads the operations team delivering animated video at scale. He writes on video production workflows, agency comparisons, and producing training and patient-education content without a traditional production team.
31 articles
Video Expert
Nitish Jha
Nitish Jha is a video expert who has produced hundreds of videos using nearly every AI video generation tool on the market. That hands-on experience informs his practical guides on explainer videos, AI video tools, training content, and healthcare patient education.
56 articles