Knackstor is about talent, cash and community.

Andrea became a Knackstor founder in 2020 and was asked to move into the CEO role three months later for North America. Before that, she worked at State Farm for 17 years, where she spent time in senior leadership roles in human resources, sales, marketing, product management, and operations.

Andrea is characterized as a transformational innovator and change agent and uses her love of new, big ideas and seeing where they take her to help people find their best life and organizations thrive!

Andrea and her husband live in Bloomington, IL, and they have six daughters between them spread out across the country.

Gautam became a Knackstor co-founder in 2019. For the past year he has helped spearhead initiatives to launch Knackstor in Canada.

Like Kaushik, Gautam spent his early years with multinationals, SC Johnson and Estee Lauder. He subsequently focused his expertise in the customer insights area working for several customer insights firms—MBL Global, NFO, TNS—leveraging his multicultural expertise across categories. Gautam has also been passionate about sharing his time, talent, and treasure, serving on multiple civic organizations, including as board chair for MCIS Language Solutions for several years and New Canadian Media. He has an MBA from The University of Delhi.

Gautam authored a chapter in Journeys to Success sharing several life adventures in Canada and beyond. Having received awards too numerous to list here, Nath is most proud of his run for mayor of Toronto in 2018, where he currently lives with Vineeta.

An epiphany dawned on Kaushik when he went through certain personal experiences, subsequently giving birth to Knackstor.

He has spent over 20 years in advertising and marketing communications across categories, and believes that advertising has taught him to be life-ready. Business solutions, lateral thinking, anticipating business challenges and innovative approaches come naturally to him.

With a degree in Economics and post graduate qualification in marketing management, Kaushik has worked with leading global communication houses like J Walter Thompson, Havas, Leo Burnett and Lowe Lintas. In Australia, he has worked with Green Home Green Planet. While work fills one half of his life, the other half is ruled by his son.

Soma joined Knackstor as co-founder in 2019. With over 20 years’ experience in three different sectors – recruitment, publishing, and business management ─ she has a wealth of experience to manage the “wealth” of Knackstor in her role as COO.

Soma believes in positive change as an effective tool of organizational growth and development. She thrives on enriching interpersonal relationships and enjoys promoting continuous professional and personal development for all. Her proficiency lies in communication, business operations and the management of procedures and planning. She immensely enjoys her role as the bridge between business and technology teams.

Soma lives in London, England with her family and every moment with her teenaged children brings her a smile.

Teri joined the other Knackstor founders in 2020. She leads marketing initiatives that foster and grow the Knackstor brand and community—including communications, partnerships, social media, and content.

Before joining the Knackstor team, Teri worked as the first CMO at three US research intensive universities and one financial services company. With multiple degrees and certification in New Product Development from the University of Michigan, Teri started her business career at State Farm Insurance as a PR specialist helping agents engage with their communities and schools; she held 7 positions with the company prior to joining Safeco Insurance as its marketing leader.

Teri is the author of “Tuning into Mom: Understanding America’s Most Powerful Consumer” and co-founder of The Texas Women’s Summit. Teri lives by Lady Gaga’s mantra, “I’m just trying to change the world one sequin at a time.” She currently lives in Austin, Texas, with a kicking collection of cowboy boots.