Vijay is the CEO and co-founder of the AI-powered enterprise orchestration platform, Workato. He has led the creation of market-leading integration technologies for over 25 years. Tella is also a bestselling author of The New Automation Mindset: The Leadership Blueprint for the Era of AI-for-All, topping the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestsellers lists. Before Workato, he was the CEO of Qik, a consumer video communications company that was acquired by Skype. Before Qik, he helped create two multi-billion dollar integration products. He was part of the team that founded the world’s first middleware platform, TIB (The Information Bus) at Teknekron Software Systems, which was acquired by Reuters Plc, in 1994. He was also on the founding team and SVP of Engineering at TIBCO through its IPO. As Chief Strategy Officer, he also helped launch Oracle’s Fusion Middleware platform in 2005.