Team

Senior Manager, Technology and Product | Our Ability

Kartik is a disability advocate and technologist who has not let his disability prove an impediment in the pursuit of his personal and professional goals and has done substantial work in empowering other people with disabilities to be successful tech professionals. As the first blind student to pursue science education in high school in India, he advocated for change in rules that now allow all blind students across the country to pursue sciences in high school. Similarly, after several months of advocacy, he convinced the top technical universities in India to open their doors to blind students, leading to at least fifteen students in India pursuing engineering today.

A computer science graduate of Stanford University, Kartik co-founded Project StemAccess (now I-Stem) that provides technical training, mentorship and hands-on opportunities to blind students across the country, and develops technical solutions to empower them to access educational and employment opportunities. I-Stem also works closely with the government, technical universities and corporates to make their campuses and culture more inclusive, and has worked with nearly 2,000 people with disabilities so far. Before this, he co-founded NextBillion.org, an award-winning global mentorship program for students with disabilities interested in technology that worked with over 1,200 mentees and mentors in 10 countries. As an engineer on the accessibility innovation team at Microsoft, Kartik continues to help identify and develop accessible technologies. Further, given his experience in accessibility and assistive technologies, he serves as an adjunct faculty at the Indian Council of Medical Research, besides serving on boards of several organizations and other high-level committees, such as the Education Commission’s Expert Panel on Technology and Education . His work and views have been published in several journals including UNICEF’s State of the world’s children Report among others.

In recognition of his leadership potential and work, Kartik received the Queen’s Young Leaders Award 2016 from Her Majesty The Queen. In addition, he has received the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (India’s highest honor for contributions to the disability sector) and was selected as one of the 17 UN young leaders for Sustainable Development Goals 2018 by Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth.

Vice President | Our Ability

Doug Hamlin is an experienced executive with over thirty years directing development of software products and building sales, training and support organizations to achieve profitable success. He was a member of the founding group of VersaTrans Solutions Incorporated in 1983. After serving many roles throughout the company, including President and CEO from 2000 until 2008, he guided the company through its acquisition by Tyler Technologies where he served as Division President until 2010.

He is active in both the Onondaga and Albany County communities. As a member of the Board of Directors at Albany Medical Center since 2000, Mr. Hamlin currently serves as Vice Chair of the Hospital Board of Governors. He is also president of the Board of Trustees of the Skaneateles Historical Society and Museum.

From 2013 to 2018, Mr. Hamlin led the planning and participated in the “Journey Along the Erie Canal”, a 360-mile adaptive bicycle ride from Buffalo to Albany on the Canalway Trail highlighting the abilities within everyone. This has led to a passionate interest in the history, engineering and economic impact of the Canal’s past, present and future.

Businss Development Consultant | Our Ability

Greg DeGregorio is an accomplished sales executive with over two decades of experience in sales. Born and raised in Connecticut, the youngest of six and an uncle of ten.

Launching Greg’s professional sales career in 2002, Greg has built a solid track record in net new logo generation and new business development. He has contributed significantly to renowned companies such as Salesforce, Gartner, Forrester, Conviva, Cloud Conformity, Inclusively repeatedly demonstrating his exceptional ability to meet and exceed sales targets.

At Gartner, Greg stood out as a top performer, achieving a full-year quota in only four months of net new business, earning him a place in the prestigious Winner’s Circle. This achievement placed him 35th out of 1,100 representatives. His exceptional performance continued at Forrester, where he received the coveted Jet award, reserved for the top two representatives in the company. His career is also highlighted by multiple Winner’s Circle, President’s Club, and MVP awards, attesting to his consistent excellence in sales.

Greg and his wife Heidi got married in July of 2007 and they are proud parents of three children, Amos (9), Adeline (7), and Jude (4). In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer in competitive rec leagues, running, and exploring all that his new home city, Austin, Texas, has to offer.

Fun Fact: Greg has never had a cup of coffee.

Business Development Director | Our Ability

Bob has held successful sales and management roles with Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and other companies in the software and managed services business.  He has a depth of experience and expertise in analyzing customer requirements and providing software, cloud, network, and managed services solutions that meet the real needs of his customers.

With experience providing solutions for large enterprises, K-12, higher education, government, and healthcare customers, he is thrilled to have the opportunity to help Our Ability customers increase hiring for people with disabilities.