Chief Executive Officer
Jay Bobba
Jay Bobba is the CEO of Emergera and the lead instructor of its flagship program, Building AI Agents. Jay teaches the live sessions of the Founding Cohort and judges its Demo Day.
About Emergera
Global skills. Real experience. Career opportunities.
Emergera helps students and professionals learn emerging technologies, build real-world capabilities, connect with industry and move toward their next opportunity. We start with hands-on AI agents training and add programs as industry demand grows.
The model
Every step produces proof for the next.
- 01
Learn
Live, industry-led programs taught by practitioners.
- 02
Build
Weekly projects and a deployed capstone.
- 03
Prove
Assessments and a Talent Profile employers can read.
- 04
Connect
A global community and career opportunities through USM Business Systems.
- 05
Grow
Advanced programs, hackathons and the next step in your career.
What we do
Four parts of one ecosystem.
Academy
Emergera Academy
Live programs in emerging technology, starting with Building AI Agents.
Career
Emergera Career
Assessment, portfolio projects and Talent Profiles, leading to career opportunities through USM Business Systems.
Professional
Emergera Professional
Corporate AI training, executive workshops and custom programs for teams.
Experiences
Emergera Experiences
Webinars, workshops, hackathons and buildathons that bring the community together.
Leadership
The people building Emergera.
Chief Operating Officer
Padmaja T
Padmaja T is Emergera's Chief Operating Officer and also Chief Operating Officer of USM Business Systems, Emergera's career partner. At Emergera, Padmaja leads operations and the employer pathway that connects eligible learners with career opportunities through USM Business Systems.
Chief Technology Officer
Rishithej Bollam
Rishithej Bollam is Emergera's CTO. Rishithej is Managing Director of ML Dynamic Solutions, an enterprise AI firm, and has co-founded ventures across agentic cybersecurity, computer vision, healthcare AI and electrochemical sensing. Rishithej holds an MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering with Management from the University of Leicester and is based in Hyderabad, India.
Career partner
USM Business Systems
Our career partner brings recruitment expertise and an employer network. Eligible Emergera learners can be considered for career opportunities and job pathways through USM Business Systems.
Company
- Legal name
- Emergera LLC
- Headquarters
- Bellevue, Washington
- Contact
- [email protected]
- Programs
- Live, online, global