we are leading researchers in cognitive computing and machine intelligence with deep expertise across multiple industries

our AI team
leadership and data science

Sanjay Chopra

Co-Founder & CEO
Award-winning CEO and serial technology entrepreneur; expertise in AI and e-commerce spanning over two decades
Successfully founded OnlineChoice. Licensed Intellions IP to Google; former executive at Giant Eagle, IBM
Graduated with B. Tech in Computer Science from MANIT, Master in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, with an MBA from Carnegie Mellon

Eric Nyberg, PhD

Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist
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One of the world’s leading cognitive computing data scientists
Academic consultant for IBM Watson since 2007
Developed SmartCognitives™ Decision Management System
Professor and Director, Master of Computational Data Science Program at Carnegie Mellon

Alexander Hauptmann, PhD

AI Consultant, Image and Video Scientist
CMU research professor in multimedia analysis and indexing, speech recognition, interfaces to multimedia system and language

Pete Minnelli

Partner & SVP, Creative
20+ years experience in branding, identity and UX design and development
Leads cognistx creative, UX and marketing teams with a focus on human-centered design and user engagement

Roberto Pareja

Director Finance & Business Development
10+ years of experience in corporate and investment banking and new ventures. Shareholder and board member of a South American bank holding company (SCFG) 
BS, Purdue University; MBA, CMU Tepper School of Business

Roshan Bhave

Data Scientist
Data Scientist with experience in data managment, data visualization, and predictive analysis
BS in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology

Uxue Zurutuza

Data Scientist
Data Scientist with experience in machine learning, deep learning, business intelligence, and analytics
BS in CS + Business Admin, Deusto University; Dual MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering + Engineering & Technology Innovation Management, CMU.

Mingyi Wang

Data Scientist
Data Scientist with experience in data analytics, machine learning, and deep learning
BS in Statistics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; MS in Statistics, UNC Chapel Hill

Akhila Josyula

Data Scientist
Data Scientist with experience in machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing
MS in CS, UMass Amherst; BE in CS, Ramaiah Institute of Technology

Kaushik Shakkari

Data Scientist
Data Scientist with experience in natural language processing, user behavioral analysis, machine learning, deep learning
MS in CS (specialization in Data Science), USC; B.Tech. in CS, Amrita University; Fellow and Mentor at Insight Data Science Program

Holly Weaver

Director of Business Development
Sales Director with 15+ years experience in retail, healthcare and robotics
Studied International Business in Paris, France and Salamanca, Spain; Bachelor of Global Business Administration from The University of Florida

Raminder Dhiman

Senior Product Manager
3 years of client acquisition and client management experience; Strong prioritization skills and analytical ability
B. Tech Mechanical, Punjabi University; MBA, UBS Panjab; Information Systems Management, Duquesne University

Ashish Vasava

Product Manager
4+ years of Product Management and Software Engineering experience. Worked for Microsoft's Bing Search AI/ML team
Bachelors/Masters in CS from IIT Kharagpur, Masters in Product Management from CMU

Francis Carayol

Senior Developer
15+ years of experience as a full-stack developer using numerous programming languages and technologies
Leads WordPress development team, along with technical problem resolution for clients

Shivang Gupta

Senior Software Engineer
Principal Developer with 9+ years of experience designing and building web apps, APIs, data pipelines and processing engines, and AI-based solutions

Aniket Trivedi

Software Engineer
2+ years of Software Development experience; project experience with Machine Learning and Data Science
BE Computer Science, University of Pune; MS School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Divyesh Gaur

Full-Stack Developer
2+ years of Software Engineering experience; project experience with scalable distributed systems
B.Tech. Computer Engineering, Dharmsinh Desai University; Master of Information Systems Management, CMU

Roger Enand

Full-Stack Developer
Full-Stack Web Developer with experience in Javascript, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, React, and Node.js

Tanay Shankar

Data Engineer
Data Engineer with 2+ years of experience, skilled in building end-to-end data and machine learning pipelines
B.E. in Computer Science from BIT, Bangalore; MS in Data Informatics from USC, Los Angeles

Aditya Govil

Data Engineer
Data Engineer with previous experience as a Software Engineer and Data Scientist
MS in CS from NC State University; BTech in CS from G.G.S. Indraprastha University
ai consultants

Vishal Dhiman

Senior AI Product Consultant
10+ years of experience in Technology Leadership and Product Management
BS Computer Science, UMASS Amherst; MBA, Tepper School of Business, CMU

Brian Urban

Healthcare Business Development
10+ years of experience in Market Development for next generation digital health products
MBA, Waynesburg University; MS, Exercise Physiology, California University of Pennsylvania

Alessandro Molteni

Product Management Consultant
15+ years of experience in technology leadership and product development
Systems thinker with a keen eye for details, implications, and creative problem solving
international partners

Vikas Aggarwal

Managing Partner - APAC
25+ years of experience with Global IT majors like Wipro and domain expertise in IT, Finance, Telecom & Healthcare
Created and built successful scalable enterprises by his strategic foresight of market dynamics
development and engineering
Our world-class development partner is located in Jaipur, India. Rahul, Mamta, Rohit, Rakesh, Abhijeet, Bhavna, Ankita, Vijendra, Shivang and Harshita bring deep expertise in building and implementing enterprise level products and applications.
ADVISORY BOARD

Susan Frank

President, ASF Solutions LLC
Former VP of Population Health Management, Allegheny Health Network (AHN),

Shandong Wu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Radiology, Biomedical Informatics, Bioengineering, Intelligent Systems, Clinical and Translational Science
Director, Intelligent Computing for Clinical Imaging (ICCI) Lab
Imaging Research Division, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh

Daniel McElroy

Top performing sales executive with 25+ years’ experience with leading global organizations in healthcare, including Philips Healthcare.
Expertise with various modalities used for diagnosis and treatment of patients across the continuum, in radiology, imaging, interventional x-ray, and patient care.

Parijat Agarwal

Co-Founder & COO Metacube focusing on new product development and technology innovations
20+ years of Technology Experience; graduated from IIT Delhi in 1994 with a degree in Computer Science.

Kevin Srigley

President, Schmidt Market Research
Former Senior VP, Giant Eagle

Mike Ritter

President, MFR Consulting, LLC
Former CMO and SVP Consumer and Mass Business, Verizon

Karen Barnes

Executive Director, Venture Cafe Winston Salem
Founding Partner, Cognistx
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