Simon is the chief executive officer of Symphony AyasdiAI with strategic and P&L leadership responsibility. He brings three decades of market-recognized business experience in financial crime, risk, and compliance, and patented leadership in financial services technology innovation in network and edge computing, cognitive analytics, and AI. Previously, Simon led Mantas, a firm that defined the founding phase of anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance behavior detection, led multiple other firms as founder, CEO, or board director, and most recently was global head of AI and automation for Infosys Consulting. He delivers a unique balance of strong leadership, deep subject expertise, and focused technology knowledge.

Peter has over two decades enabling technology companies to grow and scale on their way to successful exits. He has deep experience in strategic planning, budgeting, analytics, and fundraising. And he is passionate about driving high growth metrics while also improving operating efficiency. Prior to joining Ayasdi, Peter held senior finance and operating roles at several technology companies including Broadvision, Deem, nComputing, Siperian, and Xeeva. Peter earned his BA and MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Peter enjoys mountain biking, skiing, all Bay Area sports teams and hanging out with his family.

Daniel Bastin is the Chief Revenue Officer at Ayasdi based in London and leads Ayasdi’s sales across Europe. He has almost 15 years’ experience in Financial Services specializing in Risk, Compliance, and Financial Crimes. Daniel has successfully led several key engagements within tier 1 financial services organizations across the globe. He has key experience around leveraging technology to not only reduce operating costs but also drive operating revenue. The goal is to always help financial institutions become efficient and more accurate.

Claudette Archer is the Chief Marketing Officer at Symphony AyasdiAI, and is based in New York. With over 20 years of technology marketing experience, Claudette has most recently worked in the start-up ecosystem and helped organizations to solidify and implement their Go-To-Market strategies. By predominantly working in the enterprise B2B space, she has developed expertise in pipeline development and the delivery of multi-channel programs to achieve heightened market engagement.

Warren has 20+ years’ experience working with Global Financial Institutions to reduce financial crime risk through data analytics, combining business strategy with technology solutions to transform enterprises. This approach has allowed him to create compliance solutions for global financial institutions to combat digital criminality. Warren was one of the founders of RiskCanvas, a Booz Allen product to combat anti-money laundering, Office of Foreign Assets Control, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act fraud efforts. A current faculty member of Tulane University, he teaches classes in cybersecurity with research focused on using AI, machine learning, and advanced technologies to transform the combatting of cybercrime fraud and money laundering.

Dr. Romesh Wadhwani is the founder and CEO of SymphonyAI Group, a fast-growing operating group of leading AI companies that deliver a new generation of advanced AI solutions to transform the enterprise. SymphonyAI Group companies focus on driving revenue growth and operational excellence for customers in their vertical sectors, including retail, CPG, life sciences, payer/provider, manufacturing and process industries, defense, financial services, and media. Prior to founding Symphony AI Group, Dr. Wadhwani was the founder and CEO of Symphony Technology Group, a strategic private equity firm that helps build great software and technology-enabled services companies. Dr. Wadhwani founded STG in 2002, growing it from startup to $ 2.5 billion in combined revenue and 15,000 employees. Prior to that Dr. Wadhwani was the founder and CEO of Aspect Development Inc., a B2B software firm. Aspect Development was acquired in 2000 for $9.3 billion, the largest software acquisition at the time.   Dr. Wadhwani established the Wadhwani Foundation in 2001 to accelerate job creation and economic development in India and other emerging economies through large scale initiatives in entrepreneurship, innovation, and skilling. Today, the Wadhwani Foundation is active in India and in more than 20 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Wadhwani Advantage, Wadhwani Entrepreneur and Wadhwani Innovate are three large initiatives for helping hundreds of entrepreneurs start new businesses and grow existing SME businesses each year, creating a large number of new jobs. The Wadhwani Advantage initiative helps tens of thousands of students each year learn employability and soft skills and get placed in high-quality jobs. Dr. Wadhwani and his brother Sunil Wadhwani have established the Wadhwani Institute for AI for Social Good in Mumbai, a research institute and global hub for developing AI solutions for social good in public health, education, skilling, job creation, and infrastructure. WIAI was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi in 2018. WIAI was awarded the Google Prize in 2019 for one of its innovative initiatives. Dr. Wadhwani was appointed by President Barack Obama to the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center. He is a board member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Gates Buffet Giving Pledge. Dr. Wadhwani holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and a master of science and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Wadhwani also received an honorary doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in August 2018.

Simon is the chief executive officer of Symphony AyasdiAI with strategic and P&L leadership responsibility. He brings three decades of market-recognized business experience in financial crime, risk, and compliance, and patented leadership in financial services technology innovation in network and edge computing, cognitive analytics, and AI. Previously, Simon led Mantas, a firm that defined the founding phase of anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance behavior detection, led multiple other firms as founder, CEO, or board director, and most recently was global head of AI and automation for Infosys Consulting. He delivers a unique balance of strong leadership, deep subject expertise, and focused technology knowledge.

Ishan is a results-oriented entrepreneur with the knowledge, expertise and track record to incubate, grow and transform businesses that focus on enterprise software, data and analytics. As an operating partner, Ishan’s focus at SymphonyAI is incubation and acquisition opportunities across the operating group’s financial services and enterprise technology segments. Additionally, he plays interim C-level roles across the SymphonyAI portfolio companies. Prior to SymphonyAI, Ishan was COO of CoreOne Technologies, a Symphony Technology Group portfolio company; which was exited to IHSMarkit. At Deutsche Bank, Ishan was the global head of analytics for the Electronic Trading Platform. Ishan started his career at CitiBank. Ishan has a dual MBA degree from Columbia Business School and London Business School.