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Former IBM Senior Vice President Appointment Announces New Leadership Team To Advance Trusted AI Company
AUSTIN, TX / ACCESSWIRE / October 6, 2021 /CognitiveScale, the Trusted AI Company, today announced its new leadership team, starting with the appointment of former IBM Senior Vice President Robert J. Picciano as its new Chief Executive Officer. In addition to Mr. Picciano, the company also announces the appointment of its new Chief Revenue Officer Mike McQuaid, its new VP of Marketing Bart Peluso, the promotion of Gopal Krishnan to Senior Vice President of Engineering and Delivery, and the transition of Akshay (Shay) Sabhikhi to Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Sabhikhi, a co-founder, most recently served as CEO of the organization, a position he held for over seven years. CognitiveScale simplifies the development, deployment and management of AI systems and enables companies to operationalize AI development and governance. Investors include Norwest Venture Partners, Intel Capital, M12 (Microsoft Ventures), IBM Corporation, Westly Group and USAA.
These new appointments come at a time of significant growth for the company as its platform for delivering trustworthy AI applications to businesses continues to drive huge changes in the healthcare, banking, insurance and digital commerce sectors. The appointment of Mr. Picciano to oversee the company’s next phase of growth will allow Mr. Sabhikhi to leverage his 20 years of entrepreneurship experience and proven industry innovation as the company seeks to build the momentum of its Cortex AI platform.
Mr. Picciano is a pioneer in the fields of AI, analytics and information management. His 30+ years of experience as an IBM and industry veteran in research and development as well as sales in the software, hardware, AI and cloud portfolios has positioned him in a unique way to help clients get the most out of theirs Eliminate IBM product portfolios. Mr. Picciano has also served as chairman of the IBM Business Resource Group People with Diverse Abilities, a select team committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, with a particular focus on people with disabilities and neurodiverse challenges.
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Prior to retiring from IBM in 2020, Mr. Picciano was responsible for all aspects of research, development, sales and marketing for the IBM Cognitive Systems portfolio, including IBM’s multi-billion dollar Power Systems franchise. Cognitive Systems’ infrastructure offerings serve cloud computing platforms and data center requirements of all kinds. Mr. Picciano and his team also delivered the fastest and most intelligent HPC supercomputers in the world (Summit and Sierra) to the National Labs of the US Department of Energy and achieved record growth of eight quarters in business with cognitive systems.
“This is a great opportunity and I am very excited to be joining the CognitiveScale team,” said Mr. Picciano. “I am now full of energy to lead the company on this next important stage of our journey. The CognitiveScale Cloud Platform, championed so far by Shay and his team, sets the standard for the development and operationalization of AI applications. It is the responsibility of the technology community to deliver trustworthy, transparent, and powerful AI applications, and we are proud to lead the way. “
In addition to the appointment of Mr. Picciano, Mike McQuaid and Bart Peluso have joined the CognitiveScale leadership team, which includes Matt Sanchez, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Jennifer Crow, Chief Financial Officer, Gopal Krishnan, SVP of Engineering and Delivery, Neeraj Chawla, Chief Customer Officer and Kendall Collier, Vice President of People.
Mr. McQuaid brings 25 years of enterprise software experience, most recently as Senior Vice President of Global Sales for Hitachi Vantara. In his new role, he will be responsible for all sales and the company’s market strategies. Mr. Peluso comes to the company with more than 24 years of experience in global marketing, most recently as Head of Product Marketing at Blue Prism. Mr. Peluso will oversee all marketing activities and work closely with Mr. McQuaid and other members of the executive team on key client assignments. Mr. Krishnan, who has been in the enterprise software market for more than 25 years, has been with CognitiveScale since 2016 and has played a key role in the company’s product development and delivery. Prior to CognitiveScale, Mr. Krishnan was Vice President at IBM and Webify Solutions.
“The inclusion of such respected, successful, and innovative leaders is tremendous for the entire CognitiveScale community,” said Manoj Saxena, executive chairman of CognitiveScale. “For the past eight years, CognitiveScale has been a leader in bringing truly trustworthy AI solutions to the market – helping customers lower their operating costs and transform their digital experiences. Under Shay’s leadership, we have seen incredible results in our technology and now we look forward to the future with a unique focus on delivering trusted AI application development to business organizations around the world. “
About CognitiveScale
CognitiveScale pioneered the concept of “Trusted AI” and paved the way for the responsible development of Enterprise AI worldwide. Backed by 164 AI patents, the Cortex platform enables data scientists and citizen developers to create, understand and analyze intelligent, transparent and trustworthy AI systems with any data and in any cloud. By making it easier to develop, deploy, and manage AI systems, CognitiveScale is revolutionizing the way companies in various industries – healthcare, financial services, insurance, and digital commerce – interact with customers, optimize services, and bottom line, achieve their goals – and that all while protecting against business risks.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, CognitiveScale is recognized by the World Economic Forum for its positive impact on the economy and society through AI with active investments from Norwest Venture Partners, Intel Capital, IBM Corporation, M12 (Microsoft Ventures), Westly Group and USAA. To find out more, visit www.cognitivescale.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter at @CognitiveScale.
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