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Dr. Agarwal is the Director of AI Research at Accrete. His past work used data-driven tools inspired from non-equilibrium Statistical Physics to analyze, model and understand Nonlinear Dynamics and Stochastic Processes. He worked on examining the dynamics and predictability of Arctic sea ice extent from satellite observations, which in turn affects the lives of all living beings through its impact on global climate. This study encompassed combining the concepts of Multifractals, Noise and Chaos to understand the variability of sea ice extent on multiple time scales. In an extension of this, he developed a stochastic model that explains the statistical structure of the very complex and non-linear behavior of Arctic sea ice velocity fields.

Dr. Agarwal received a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Yale University and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Dr. Pant is an AI Scientist at Accrete. His experience involves developing high-fidelity physics-based and data-driven models to study the complicated non-linear interaction between turbulence, chemical kinetics, acoustics and molecular diffusion which is typically observed in aircraft engines, rocket engines, and scramjets. He developed a generalized compressible turbulent combustion solver which uses a stochastic model, the transported probability density function (PDF) method, to study turbulent reacting flows ranging from low-speed subsonic flows to high-speed supersonic flow problems. He used this solver to develop a deep understanding of the effect of transient flame dynamics on thermo-acoustic instability in a rocket engine. He also worked on developing data-driven modeling approaches to study thermo-acoustic instability.

Dr. Pant received a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from Purdue University, a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India.

Dr. Kim is a Senior AI Scientist at Accrete. He previously worked at Amazon, optimizing its Natural Language Processing approach for unstructured data insight from product reviews. In addition, while at Amazon, Dr. Kim developed automatic summarization algorithms that aggregated sentiment towards any choice of product features, by using word-embedding and deep learning models. Dr. Kim's Applied Mathematics Ph.D dissertation embodies his work of creating simulations of biological neural networks and developing mathematical reduction models to explain and emulate the numerical solutions that represent biological neural network activity. Dr. Kim used numerical methods to solve Hodgkin-Huxley PDE’s in second-order accuracy, combined with the cable equation and a synapse model to replicate the signal transmission inside and between neurons. His study revealed the effect of negative feedback on the network, which linearizes its input-output relation.

Dr. Kim received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (at New York University), a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.

Dr. Baly is a senior AI scientist at Accrete. Prior to joining Accrete, Dr. Baly worked as a postdoctoral associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Baly’s experience involves developing machine learning models for Natural Language Processing (NLP). He worked on optimizing models and meta-frameworks to perform sentiment analysis in different languages — English and Arabic — taking into account their linguistic and morphological characteristics. He also worked on developing models and systems for automated fact-checking, which involved a variety of NLP techniques, including predicting factuality of bias in news media, measuring the stance between claims and full articles, and learning embedded representations for entire documents. His research is published in top-tier journals (ACM TOIS and ACM TALLIP) and conferences (ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, etc.)

In addition to completing his postdoctoral research at MIT, Dr. Baly received his M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, his B.S. degree from Aleppo University, Syria. He also received a research scholar fellowship from Intel Corporation to spend a one-year research visit at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Aside from research, Dr. Baly is an accomplished classical violinist.

Ankit carries a professional experience of over 5+ years in the field of Customer Marketing and Analytics, Ankit's interest lies in solving client business problems using insight and recommendation from data-driven insights enhancing the power of statistical models and frameworks. His core responsibilities include Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive analytics to solve the business problem.

He brings analytical experience from Merchandise Retail, Time Sharing (Hospitality sector), Automobile, and Telematics sectors. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute for ICT.

Working as a Machine Learning Engineer at Accrete, Daryl creates Machine Learning models, Deep learning neural networks and implements them to conduct intelligent analysis for various use cases at the company. Before joining Accrete, Daryl interned as a Data Analyst at the New York Department of Health, building ETL models to streamline the Department’s workflows, and as a Quantitative Analyst at a quantitative hedge fund in Manhattan, New York; where he developed extensive Machine Learning models to analyze and predict patterns in financial markets.

Daryl holds a Master of Science in Global Finance with a concentration in Financial Technology from Fordham University, a Master of Arts in Economics, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Xiamen University.

Vivek Atwal is a Senior NLP Engineer at Accrete. Prior to Joining Accrete Vivek he has worked as an AI Engineer at MIKO (An Advanced Personal Robot for Kids), developing and designing the entire NLP/AI pipeline from research to production. He had also worked on developing models and systems for state-of-art Grammar checker that is being used globally, which involved a variety of NLP techniques. He continuously monitors and assesses new technologies as well as existing technology choices.

Vivek graduated from Pune University, with a major in AI, During his undergraduate, he worked on cutting-edge projects in image processing, and it later turned into a sponsored project.

Abhishek Bhardwaj is a Machine Learning Engineer with over eight years of experience in the IT industry. He has worked on the development of applications for a diverse set of industries including Banking, Healthcare, Digital Marketing, and Automobile. He has previously worked on machine learning applications and data visualizations/analysis using Python, C#, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, PowerBI, and AWS. He is proficient in team leading and gathering business requirements as well. Enjoys exploring the latest tools and techniques in the AI domain.

Has completed the Computer Science Engineering from LPU, Punjab, and Post Graduate Program in AIML from Great Lakes Executive Learning, Gurgaon. Prior to Accrete, he worked at Nagarro and Virtusa Software.

Andrés is a trading veteran with 15 years of experience as an active investor across the capital structure. His experience as both a discretionary and quantitative trader gives him a keen understanding of how markets move and where opportunities for cognitive products are greatest. He designed and developed five fully automated black-box trading systems and co-founded Titus Securities which was subsequently acquired by T3 Trading Group in 2011.

Andrés is also a graduate of the Wharton School with a degree in economics, entrepreneurship, information systems, and marketing.

As the Head of Business Development, Alex leads initiatives to grow the business, develop new partnerships and build the presence of Accrete. As a strategy and analytics consultant and API Economy researcher at IBM, he gained his background in Fintech and helped enable startups to compete with enterprise companies. Alex also has degrees in Psychology and Markets & Management from Duke University, where he merged his experience together to search for cognitive biases in markets as well as in life.

Lucy is the head of industry research at Accrete. She supervises domain knowledge integration with machine learning models throughout the product life cycle, from ontology creation to workflow design, to setting deployment standards. Lucy is a veteran research analyst with over 10 years of sell-side equity research experience focusing on aerospace & defense.

Prior to joining Accrete, she worked at Cowen & Company as a lead analyst covering publicly traded government IT firms. Institutional Investor voted Lucy as an All-American Rising Star. She started her research career at Bear Stearns and AllianceBernstein. Lucy is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Deesha is a Senior Product Designer with experience working in UI/UX across product, marketing and branding.

Prior to joining Accrete, Deesha led the Design team as the Creative Director at King Children in New York and also helped lead human computer interaction at Verisk Analytics as the Senior Art Director. With experience driving UI/UX in B2B, Direct to Consumer and Data Analytics, Deesha is passionate about human-centered design and enjoys introducing new creative thinking processes to complex systems.

Deesha holds a B.F.A in Industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Prior to Accrete she worked in the B2B and Direct to Consumer Space.

Sam is a Product Manager with a 15 year fintech background. He has over a decade of discretionary trading experience, managing an equity trading office with the focus of systematic event-driven trading. He led a team of engineers overseeing real-time news parsing and trading software from ideation through implementation. Prior to joining Accrete, he utilized social media, alternative, and traditional data to uncover and relate events to financial markets at Dataminr.

In addition to earning FINRA Series 7, 55, 57, and 63 licenses, Sam graduated from the RH Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland with degrees in Marketing and Supply Chain Management.

John is an industry research analyst at Accrete, where he works on domain knowledge integration with machine learning models, as well as understanding customer use in AI products, particularly in the government sector.

Prior to joining the Accrete, John worked at the Atlantic Council on topics surrounding China’s energy and industrial policies, geopolitics in the energy sector, and geopolitical impacts of the energy transition. He has also worked at the US Department of Commerce in Beijing, focusing on US-China trade policy and market conditions.

John has a bachelor’s degree from the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs with concentrations in international economics and Spanish, as well as a minor in Chinese language and literature.

Ieshaan currently serves as the Visual Designer at Accrete. He specializes in 3D Animation and Visual Effects and graduated from the Pratt Institute with a BFA in Digital Arts.

Adam leads our Knowledge team that works with our analyst, AI research, engineering, and development teams to create latent mathematical representations of tacit domain knowledge that seed proprietary learning models with context. The Knowledge team also provides feedback to these models and helps establish learning curves and accuracy measurements. Adam is a graduate of Hamilton College and Columbia University.

As a Senior Analyst at Accrete, Vivek works closely with the latest AI technology; and involves himself with research for complex financial and economic topics; validates output and suggests improvements to machine learning models.

Vivek has over four years of experience in the financial services industry. He started his career back in 2011 with Eclerx Services Ltd., wherein he worked towards developing robust financial analytical models. Post that, he has spent nearly three years at Crisil, as a Senior Research Analyst, where he was primarily responsible for providing business intelligence to investment banks from revenue and market size perspective.

Prior to joining Accrete, he was pursuing his passion in stock trading and managing multiple investment portfolios. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance from K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research.

Mahek has completed his Bachelor’s in Commerce with a specialization in Financial Markets from Mumbai university, along with that he completed his Certified Financial Planner (CFP) with a B grade. Mahek also passed his CFA level I after his graduation. He interned with Special Situation Advisors as an Investment Banking (Operations) Analyst for 2 months after his graduation.

Mahek also interned with Trudence Research as a buy-side equity research analyst for 3 months, after which he successfully passed CFA level II and joined Accrete as a Research and Intelligence Intern for 2 months and then joined Accrete as a full-time research analyst. His role here at Accrete includes researching complex financial and economic topics and providing feedback to the ML model.

Mihir is actively involved in training Accrete’s proprietary Natural Language Processing ML models, improving its accuracy and sentiment analysis. He is also entrusted with comprehensive industry research, financial research, and analysis.

He holds an MSc in International Financial Management from the University of Surrey and a Bachelor’s degree in Management from the University of Mumbai. He passed CFA level 1 during his time at Accrete as a Research and Intelligence Intern before joining as a full-time Research Analyst.

As a Business Intelligence Analyst, Rodrigo works closely with the AI and Industry Research teams to create domain-specific training data and metrics for Accrete’s proprietary models.

Rodrigo holds a B.S. in Business with concentrations in Finance and Computing & Data Science from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Peter Bierfeldt has over 30 years of experience in information technology, security, and consulting. He has built security and privacy programs for Software as a Service companies into world-class operations. He has a strong security compliance background, a DevSecOps approach to security, and a laser focus on automation and continuous improvement.

Prior to Accrete, Peter has served as the Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Compliance for Reltio Inc. He has worked in regulated industries including pharmaceuticals, public sector, financial services, and defense.

Peter has a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Doganata has been conducting research, initiating, developing and delivering projects in broad research areas of computer science for more than 30 years. Prior to joining Accrete.AI, Dr. Doganata has worked as a Research scientist and as a Solutions Technical lead at IBM T. J. Watson Research and IBM Watson Health. His responsibilities included planning, architecting, delivering complex, technology-based, innovative data driven solutions and prototypes using data analytics, information management techniques, NLP, machine learning, predictive modeling and cognitive technologies. His current focus is to extract insight from structured and unstructured data using artificial intelligence to make timely and accurate decisions in financial domain.

As the Chief Technical Officer at Accrete.AI, Dr. Doganata monitors and assesses new technologies as well as existing technology choices, aligns technology-based projects with the company strategy, drives innovative solutions for future offerings, improves existing offerings. He also acts as the Chief Innovation Officer to develop and foster innovation culture, manage the innovation process, identify and protect Accrete.AI’s intellectual property.

Dr. Doganata received his Ph.D. degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, all in electrical/electronics engineering. He has 48 patents, more than 40 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals and conferences and a number of innovation and excellence awards. He is the recipient of IBM Eminence and Excellence Award in 2014 for his contribution to build an innovation center for a bank in Spain.

As Director of Accrete’s R&D in India, Rahul brings an extensive background in data analytics and quantitative trading, rich technical management experience and nearly two decades of programming experience. He works closely with our director of AI Research team on the implementation of various deep learning and machine learning models.

Prior to his time at Accrete, Rahul spent nearly a decade working closely with our CEO, Prashant Bhuyan, in previous fin tech endeavors. Rahul also spent 3 years at Infosys Technologies Limited as a software engineer in its research department (SETLabs) where he worked on a patent-pending EII tool. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology and has been very passionate about markets and investing since a young age.

As Accrete's Senior Product Engineer, Shobit Kohli brings with him two decades of coding experience developing in both front-end and back-end technologies. He works closely with the Research and Design team while leading the development of products and managing the delivery of high traffic web applications. Prior to his time at Accrete, Shobit worked for 4 years in Tata Consultancy Services, 1 year with Ness Technologies, and 4 years with eClerx Services.

Rohit brings a decade of backend development experience to our Accrete team. He has deep knowledge of Core Java and assists Kiran, our lead developer, and Rahul Jindal, Head of Research and Analytics, in advancing the product development life cycle. Rohit also holds a Computer Science degree from Rajasthan University.

Kiran is a full-stack developer, currently leading development and implementation on a variety of our product suites. With a Masters degree in Computer Science from Mumbai University and more than two decades of programming experience, he has a comprehensive understanding of the Fintech domain. Kiran is also proficient in multiple programming languages (Java, C++, .NET, etc).

Abhishek Kumar is a highly motivated full stack engineer with over a decade of successful contribution in architecture, design, and implementation of products in varied domains. He also actively participates in developing the future roadmap for the products based on the requirements. He has the ability to understand complex requirements and break them down into simple implementable tasks. He also mentors other developers and is the go-to person for troubleshooting development issues.

Abhishek specializes in software development using Java technologies has good exposure to Angular and other frontend frameworks. He is certified from CDAC (formerly NCST) Mumbai. He also holds a Master in Computer Application (MCA) degree from IGNOU, New Delhi.

Arjun is currently working on developing the user interfaces of each of our product suites and helps bring our products to life. He is proficient in HTML5, Bootstrap, CSS, Node.js, AngularJS, and many more. Arjun also holds a Computer Science degree from Rajasthan University and possesses a decade of programming experience.

Rupali started her career working on one of the best programming languages for web applications. She has worked as a software developer for developing web and mobile applications in a variety of different sectors such as education, e-commerce, online billing systems, properties, lead management system, etc.

With time and exploration of data science being done currently all over the world, she developed the respective skills so that vast volumes can be analyzed at a faster rate and can provide accurate results and analysis.

She holds a Master’s degree in Information Technology from Khalsa College.

I have more than a decade of development experience in various technologies (both front end and back end). I work towards being a language-agnostic developer and love to involve myself in new technologies. I have previously worked on C++, Python, GoLang, and JavaScript.

I have a degree in Computer Science from Magadh University and a Master’s degree for the same from Sikkim, (Manipal University). Prior to Accrete, I have worked closely with Zeus learning, Financial Technologies, and Aries Tech Labs.

Senaea has 4+ years of experience in front-end and back-end development. She has worked with US-based clients in developing, designing, and implementing Pricing Solutions.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology (BSc IT) from Mumbai University and Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA) from NMIMS University.

Yash is passionate about UI/UX since the start of his career. Having knowledge of Photoshop helps him achieve pixel perfect design and development of Accrete’s products. He comes with more than 6 years of experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ExtJS, Angular and many more.

Yash holds a diploma in Computer Science Engineering from Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from K. J. College of Engineering.

Vinayak is an innovative UI developer with more than 4 years of experience in building and maintaining responsive web applications in Retail and Banking domain. He is proficient in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like ExtJS and Angular.

Vinayak holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from K. C. College of Engineering.

Arshiya is an experienced automation testing professional working as a Senior System Engineer. She works closely with the latest automation testing technology and involves herself with development for complex test cases and validates output. She has developed in-house frameworks for test automation and contributed to open-source testing tools, most notably Selenium web driver. She has deep knowledge of Selenium web driver and proficient in Java , TestNG , Maven , Jenkins , JIRA , Bugzilla , ALM , RPA Uipath, and many more.

Prior to joining Accrete, Arshiya's automation testing experience includes working with companies like Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro. Arshiya holds a diploma in Information Technology from Thakur Polytechnic and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra.

Currently working as a python developer in Accrete. Had a year-long experience in both data science and software development. Received an undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from IITB.

Ganesh is an experienced Software Engineer with over 4 years of experience in web development using Python, Django, DRF, APIs, Flask, ORM, REST, Unit Testing, Pytest, Beatifulsoup, Web Scrapping, Python Selenium, MongoDB, MYSQL and more. He is currently working as a Python Backend Developer at Accrete. Data Processing, distributed systems, and algorithms are his areas of interest. He has completed a Master’s Degree in Design Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune.

Micah Boster is Head of Partnerships at Accrete. Prior to joining, he was COO at Kaptyn, helping to transform the legacy taxi industry and enabling it to remain relevant in a rapidly changing transportation environment. Earlier, he spent eight years at Google in the Washington DC, New York, and San Francisco offices. While there, he was an early member of the Federal Enterprise Sales team, building deep relationships between Google and both civilian and military leadership across the Federal Government.

Later, he managed a global book of Google's top advertising partnerships, growing and managing complex deal structures across sectors and regions. Having extensive experience in the SaaS, AdTech, geospatial, real estate, transportation, energy, and data security spaces, he is focused on helping partners leverage the latest technology to discover new solutions to old problems.

Micah holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. He currently lives in Mamaroneck, NY with his wife and daughter. In his spare time, he enjoys table tennis, cooking, playing the drums, and scuba diving.

Luis Rodriguez is VP of Business Development at Accrete. With over 25 years of experience, Luis is a technology executive who thrives on disruption, innovation, and transformation. Luis built his experience at companies such as Siemens, Honeywell, IBM, McKinsey & Co., and Xerox PARC.

As the Vice President of Business Development, Luis was recruited to grow revenue from enterprise accounts, to innovate AI-based use cases at customer accounts, and to build an ecosystem of partnerships to expand accrete's routes to market. Luis is well suited for this role given his long background in working with many types of customers and partners, in building ecosystems, in working as a management consultant, and in his understanding of business and technology.

Luis has a Ph.D., Masters, and Bachelors in Computer Science from MIT.

George started his career in the venture capital world after leaving science academia, primarily leading the due diligence process on Biotechnology and Life Sciences investments. During his time in venture capital, George instantly saw the link between his neuroanatomical/biochemistry background and artificial intelligence in a powerful way. Years later, George was hired as the second employee at Shinrai, an AI-powered web data extraction company founded in 2019. Shinrai armed enterprise clients with AI insights derived from real-time web data at scale. George was eventually named the COO of Shinrai, leading a team of sales, marketing, and developer professionals.

In July of 2021, Shinrai was acquired by Accrete and George transitioned into his current Growth position. Leveraging his years of AI knowledge, sales experience, and operational skills, George works with the sales team at Accrete to drive new business, collaborates on marketing and product initiatives, and works extensively with the sales, marketing, and product teams within Accrete.

George holds an MS in Anatomy & Neurobiology from the Boston University School of Medicine and a BS in Biochemistry from Stonehill College. He currently lives in New York City and enjoys cooking, photography, skiing, and traveling in his spare time.

Nicholas Potts is Sales Operations Manager at Accrete, responsible for building scalable sales and marketing processes that empower Accrete to achieve successive revenue goals. With 10+ years of experience working in high-pressure and target-driven sales and marketing environments. A demonstrated history in data-driven marketing that delivers growth.

Before joining, he was Sales Operations and Marketing Manager at TrademarkNow; an AI-powered trademark management platform used by enterprises for instant trademark search and watch results. He helped create the best-in-class B2B lead generation engine that grew the volume of high-quality MQLs to accelerate pipeline growth and sales. The work he did laid the foundations for the company's successful acquisition by the market leader Corsearch.

Nicholas is passionate about technology and enjoys the challenge of growing businesses in this fast-changing and innovative industry. He enjoys exploring new places with his family, does CrossFit, and tries to live a more sustainable life.

Faith is a Business Development Representative at Accrete AI. This job entails uncovering demand for Accrete’s solutions and providing first introductions through multi-touch outreach campaigns.

Her past work includes managing, staffing, and leading multiple outbound/inbound contact teams for the Admissions department at her university. She was also responsible for revamping the entire outbound/inbound department to improve multi-departmental metrics through creation/implementation of all formal processes for her specific department. Faith also wrote the official handbook for all incoming staff and led professional development conferences to coach implementation of new programs and procedures. Her work has also consisted of writing marketing content/materials to promote enrollment of private education.

Faith also has a background and worked closely with HR solutions and client onboarding/implementation at her previous role as an Implementation Coordinator.

Faith holds a B.A. in Business with a concentration in Corporate Management from Lipscomb University located in Nashville, TN.

Sara is a Business Development Representative at Accrete where she focuses on developing relationships with future customers.

Sara has worked in a variety of roles within K-12 and Higher Education, Implementation, Operations, Coaching/Athletics, and Small International Startups. With a B.S in Education and an M.A. in Leadership, Sara's combination of experience and education allow her to adapt and connect with a variety of professionals in the AI space.

Tom supports business development and sales efforts for Accrete’s commercial business.

Previously, he spent the past 5 years at Oracle, where he was responsible for developing and executing Cloud go-to-market strategies for net new commercial accounts. In addition, he spent time focused on expanding Oracle’s on-premise database technology footprint across existing named accounts. Prior to Oracle, Tom worked at a high growth HR tech startup, focused on growth and business development.

He holds a B.S. in Marketing from Penn State University, Smeal College of Business.

Dan supports the sales apparatus in exploring new applications for Accrete’s platform. Prior to joining Accrete, Dan represented the third generation of leadership at a mid-sized Early Education and K-12 Institution as the Executive Director & CFO and has experience launching application-based educational resources.

Dan holds a B.A. in Political Science from Franklin & Marshall College.

Prashant’s mission is to help enterprises grow by boosting cognitive throughput and discovering novel profit centers using AI. Prior to launching Accrete in 2017, Prashant spent a decade bootstrapping the research and development of a continuously learning AI platform that could understand context and perform expert level work without user labeling.

Since 2017, Accrete has become one of the world’s most important enterprise AI companies. Under Prashant’s leadership, Accrete has built a world class team that continues to grow rapidly; developed and licensed human-standard, explainable AI to a growing roster of blue-chip commercial and federal customers; and efficiently managed hyper growth.

Accrete’s AI platform is helping leading organizations grow in previously unimaginable ways. Accrete’s AI enables major music labels to identify commercially viable artists before competitors; a collectibles grading company to increase throughput in the authentication, attribution and grading of baseball and trading cards, comic books, coins and other collectibles; the Department of Defense to predict covert behavior from foreign adversaries; benefits brokers to identify warm leads; and more.

Prashant has won an IBM Beacon Award for Best New Application by an Entrepreneur and has been recognized as an IBM Wild Duck. Prashant has been invited to present his work at several conferences around the world and has been interviewed on Nasdaq, CNBC, Cheddar, and Silicon Angle's the Cube. Prashant’s innovations have also been featured in tv commercials that aired during the Masters and the Super Bowl, showcasing how AI can make measurable impact in the real world. Prashant is a graduate of Hamilton College and lives in Lower Manhattan with his wife and two small children.

Bill Wall is the CEO and co-founder of Accrete AI Government, bringing commercial and Wall Street proven AI solutions to the US Government. Bill has a unique background combining elite military service and deep experience in the sale and implementation of innovative solutions that drive business transformation.

Bill has eleven years’ experience building successful teams in the IT industry. Previously, he was the Director of Digital Transformation and Chief Information Officer for Barrick Gold in Argentina for two years. Before joining Barrick, he was a business development executive, operations and sales executive in the Washington DC area serving the US Government market. Bill has worked in both Fortune 500 and startup companies. His experience spans IT hardware, software, big data analytics services, geospatial software, and IT solutions reseller companies. Prior companies include EMC, Praescient Analytics, Boundless Geospatial and Flywheel Data.

Before entering the corporate world, Bill retired from the Army as a Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel after twenty-two years in service. He was the founder and first commander of a unique computer network operations organization in the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). He had multiple deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen working closely with the national intelligence community to transform the way JSOC developed and shared intelligence. During his career, he also deployed many times throughout Central and South America.

Bill has a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and a Master of Arts in International Relations / Latin American Studies from the University of Miami.

Brian Drake is the Federal Chief Technology Officer of Accrete.AI Government. He is responsible for the application of Accrete’s commercial Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to the public sector. Prior to joining Accrete.AI, Drake was an Intelligence Officer within the Defense Intelligence Agency where he led the briefing team for the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary, the Undersecretary for Policy, and other “E Ring” principals. He also managed over $20M worth of projects as the agency’s first Director of Artificial Intelligence. In 2021, he was given the Federal 100 award by Federal Computer Week for his program’s achievements and work on the agency’s AI strategy. As an analyst, he led multiple teams countering threats from state and non-state actors across technology, counterintelligence, and counternarcotics topics. Before his government career, he was a Manager with Deloitte Consulting and a management consultant with Toffler Associates specializing in strategic planning, business development, collaboration consulting, technology, and innovation for commercial and government clients. He also worked as a military platforms and policy analyst for Systems Planning and Analysis and as a nuclear weapons programs analyst for DynCorp. In his personal time, Mr. Drake serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation; a scholarship fund for the children of Defense Intelligence Officers killed in the line of duty. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Mercer University and a Masters from Georgetown University.

Mariah Smith is the Director of Government Affairs for Accrete AI Government. She brings a decade of legislative and government policy experience to the company. Mariah is responsible for building and maintaining the relationships with local, state, and federal entities in support of the programs and goals of Accrete and nested with the larger national AI development and governance strategy.

Mariah had a twenty-year career in the Army before transitioning to the private sector. Serving as a military police officer, she was also an FBI National Academy graduate of Session 256. During her time in the Army, she was deployed to Djibouti, Iraq, and three times to Afghanistan. She previously worked as a military legislative assistant for a New York member of the House of Representatives, as a liaison between the Army and the Appropriations Committees in Congress, and as a liaison between United States Central Command and the Armed Services Committees.

Mariah has a B.A. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University and a M.A. in Security Management from Webster University.

In her personal time, she is a councilwoman for her hometown of Stephens City, Virginia, and is the Vice-Chairman of the non-profit No One Left Behind, which assists Afghan and Iraqi allies who worked with the US government during the Global War on Terror.

Jeff Harper is the Director of Federal Sales for Accrete AI Government. As Accrete continues to rapidly scale, Jeff will serve as a member of the senior executive team responsible for building and leading the government and defense sales organization as well as positioning Accrete optimally for growth. His experience is a welcome and valuable blend of military leadership and federal sales seniority.

Jeff’s military background spans 20+ years of active and reserve Naval Aviation service in both tactical and unmanned communities. Prior to joining Accrete he held sales leadership roles for 10+ years with Smiths Detection, Inc., a security technology OEM, where he acquired expertise that ranged from bringing new technology to market to winning large multi-million-dollar Programs of Record.

He remains active in the Navy Reserve, is the proud father of three beautiful girls, and works remotely from Charleston, SC.

Maggie is a Digital Strategist with a focus on product, brand, marketing management, and marketing analytics.

In her previous role prior to joining Accrete, Maggie was managing a team of marketers and web designers at a New York-based marketing agency and was leading client projects across industries. She is passionate about keeping up with the latest innovations and data-driven marketing.

Maggie holds a B.S. in Economics and Marketing from University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and an MBA in Finance from Adelphi University.

Holly is the content producer at Accrete. With a background in global audience development, influencer marketing, journalism and talent management, she has been involved in the digital media and broadcasting industries in Asia and the U.S. since 2006 as a reporter, researcher, production assistant, journalist, SEO strategist, translator, videographer, colorist, editor and senior multimedia producer.

She won the Gold Telly Award in 2021 for a video she produced from pitch to finish. She won the Chinese National Youth Reporter Award back in 2010. She was nominated three times for the Shorty Social Good Awards in the category of Best in Diversity & Inclusion. Her work was also selected as a finalist in the category of Best Remote Production. The digital campaign she launched in Asia has also generated over 1.2 billion media impressions.

She is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and a well-versed contemporary classical music improviser.

Chris has over 15 years of industry experience. Prior to Accrete, Chris was a Director on the Technology investment banking team at Perella Weinberg Partners, where he advised software clients in the areas of enterprise applications, intelligent automation, and data analytics. Chris began his software coverage as a member of the Goldman Sachs Software Equity Research team focusing on business intelligence, ERP, product life cycle management, and customer relationship management vendors.

He is a graduate of Brown University with a degree in International Relations, and spent his junior year studying Mandarin in Taiwan. Chris is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Derek is the Director of Product Innovation at Accrete, where he leads efforts to identify, validate, and develop new product initiatives by collaborating with teams across the organization and engaging directly with industry stakeholders.

Derek joined Accrete with an interdisciplinary background. He began his career in academic research at The London School of Economics, where he applied natural language processing to problems in political economy with a focus on policymaking in legislatures and central banks. He later served as a research analyst at a long-only global equity manager, where he covered investments in aerospace and defense, technology, and healthcare. More recently, he was the Director of Research at Amenity Analytics, where he led product, research, and go-to-market initiatives to commercialize NLP solutions within financial services.

Derek earned his BA from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and his MSc and Ph.D. from The London School of Economics & Political Science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Astronomical Society.

Max is a researcher and writer with experience in applied history, political philosophy, and technology. Having graduated from Stanford University in 2020, his perspective has been molded by the landscape ushered in by Artificial Intelligence, economic stagnation, and crisis of governance of recent years. Max is a voracious reader, adventurer, and scholar of the intersection of governance and technology.

He holds a Bachelors of Arts in American History from Stanford University.

Mayank is a hedge fund veteran and brings two decades of practical experience running organizations to our team. As a former fund manager, he recognized the accelerating need for market participants to adapt traditional methods for extracting alpha to the exponential growth in unstructured data. His desire to help facilitate that change led him to co-found Accrete.

Prior to Accrete, Mayank’s experience includes launching a successful hedge fund focused on global convertible arbitrage, co-managing a convertible bond sales and trading desk for a broker-dealer, building and co-managing an Asia-focused capital markets business and managing large arbitrage portfolios for three hedge funds. Mayank began his career at GE Capital where he gained significant financial and operating experience across multiple business lines. Mayank also holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from New York University.

Jason brings with him over 25 years of special operations experience in the US Air Force as a Colonel. Most recently, he managed a $1Bn global special operations portfolio as the Deputy Director of Air Force special operations consisting of 19,000 personnel, a worldwide fleet of 270+ aircraft, and $17Bn in assets, including all combat operations. He swiftly corrected an enduring $127mm underperformance trend within 6 months of his appointment as Deputy Director with strong leadership guidance, stewarding the restructuring of performance metrics and the organization’s executional focus on those metrics. Prior to that position, he was the commander of all US Air Force special operations in the Asia-Pacific, leading over 1,000 personnel and a fleet of 26 aircraft, along with $1.8Bn in assets.

In 2018, Jason’s team led the internationally-acclaimed rescue of a Thai youth soccer team that was trapped in the flooded Tham Luong cave system, and in 2019 he led a rare circumnavigation of the Taiwan Strait separating China and Taiwan with special operations aircraft. Jason is an accomplished pilot who qualified as a Weapons Instructor, the Air Force equivalent of “Top Gun”, where he was given the honorific call sign, “Diesel”.

As the Director of Operations, Alex creates and implements best-in-class business systems to streamline Accrete's business expansion and delivery of innovative enterprise AI solutions.

As a strategic operations leader, Alex drives Accrete's operations, performance management, finance, legal, and talent acquisition initiatives.

Alex earned a degree from Furman University in Business Management and Finance.