- Imandra appoints COO with experience in scaling AI
startups to lead next growth phase
- Akbar's appointment follows the
expansion of Imandra's automated
reasoning footprint
AUSTIN,
Texas, July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Imandra
Inc., the award-winning AI company pioneering
enterprise automated reasoning, today announced the
appointment of Zehra Akbar as Chief
Operating Officer (COO). As a growth focused COO with
extensive background in scaling startups, Akbar will play a pivotal
role in guiding Imandra through its next phase of expansion.
Akbar joins Imandra from SkyGrid, a joint venture she
helped establish as part of the founding team, between The Boeing
Company and SparkCognition, Inc. At SkyGrid, she served as the
Chief Strategy Officer, leading multiple divisions including
strategy, business development, and marketing. Prior to SkyGrid,
Akbar was the VP of Strategic Operations at SparkCognition,
Inc., an AI company in Austin,
that grew from Series B to a $1.4
billion unicorn during her time there. Akbar has held
previous positions at Deloitte and Accenture and has a Masters in
Global Policy from The University of Texas at
Austin.
Akbar's appointment follows a period of accelerated
growth at Imandra. Its automated reasoning platform now
supervises exchange technology responsible for approximately 25% of
all European equities trading and continues to gain market share
across the globe. The company recently launched FIX Wizard,
the first AI assistant integrating Imandra's Reasoning-as-a-
Service® APIs with LLMs, facilitating more
efficient interaction for onboarding teams in capital markets.
"Our footprint is aggressively expanding in the financial sector
and across safety critical industries," said Denis Ignatovich, Co-CEO of Imandra. "We're
excited to have Zehra join us at this stage as we innovate, scale
and expand our business."
"With use of Imandra, we're helping customers accelerate their
application of GenAI and maximize their return on investment
upfront," said Dr. Grant Passmore,
Co-CEO of Imandra. "Zehra's passion and proven track record in
scaling AI technology businesses uniquely position her to bring
value to our exciting future."
"Imandra has built an unparalleled portfolio of products
underpinned by a core platform that is second to none," said
Zehra Akbar, COO of Imandra. "I'm
excited to join this world class team to enhance operational
efficiencies and drive long-term success as we fulfill our
mission of enabling logically reasoned, accurate and auditable
sources of knowledge in highly regulated industries."
About Imandra, Inc.
Imandra is a global AI
company pioneering Reasoning-as-a-Service® platforms for
automated logical reasoning serving financial, defense, and
safety-critical systems. We provide our customers with a suite of
AI-powered solutions for designing, testing, calibrating, and
verifying complex financial systems including Imandra
Markets® and Imandra Connectivity®. At
Imandra, we're helping our customers confidently apply logically
reasoned, accurate, and auditable sources of knowledge in highly
regulated industries. To learn more, visit our website at
www.Imandra.ai or follow us on LinkedIn.
For any press inquiries, please contact us at
media@imandra.ai.
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