Our Vision

We are committed to achieving our vision of fostering widespread AI adoption by embedding AI-generated insights directly into mission-critical business applications and everyday workflows.

The Leadership Team

Benjamin Harvey, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO

Ben

Dr. Benjamin Harvey is the CEO and Founder of AI Squared, leading a diverse team that integrates AI/ML seamlessly into web-based applications. For a decade, Dr. Harvey served as Chief of Operations Data Science for the NSA.

Dr. Harvey holds a Ph.D. and Masters from Bowie State University, a Cryptologic Computer Science Certificate from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a B.S. in Pre-Medicine/Computer Science from Mississippi Valley State University.

Alvin McClerkin

COO

Alvin

Alvin is the Chief Operating Officer at AI Squared, overseeing internal and external operations. Alvin’s 15-year tenure in the federal government included leading quality assurance programs and operational research across the Department of Energy. Alvin advocates for tech advancements in the fields of AI, cryptocurrency, and gaming.

Alvin holds a B.Sc. in Computer Information Science from Mississippi Valley State University.

Jacob Renn, Ph.D.

Chief Technologist

Jacob

Jacob is the Chief Technologist at AI Squared and is responsible for coordinating product engineering, development, and research into the next generation of high-performance and trustworthy ML. Jacob’s interests largely focus on building and improving AI algorithms and techniques to expand upon the current state of the art.

Jacob holds a B.S. in Mathematics and a Master’s Degree in Business Analytics from the University of Maryland. He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Technology from Capitol Technology University.

Michelle Bonat

CTO

Michelle

Michelle is the Chief Technology Officer at AI Squared, leading technology, IT, and product management. Formerly CTO at JPMorgan Chase, Michelle spearheaded AI innovation for 90 products serving 60 million users, with expertise in scaling data and AI solutions. Michelle boasts 20 years of leadership experience and holds patents in NLP, GraphML, and Neural Networks.

She holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University.

Jimmy Oyeniyi

CRO

Jimmy

Jimmy is the Chief Revenue Officer at AI Squared - with over 20 years of experience in the data and cloud industries, Jimmy now leads AI Squared's sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Before joining AI Squared, Jimmy held sales and marketing leadership positions at Databricks, Informatica, Microsoft, VMWare, and Oracle.

Jimmy has Masters degrees from both the University of London and University of Surrey, an undergraduate degree from Lagos State University, and a CDO Executive Development Certificate from George Mason University.

Our Investors

Ansa logo Allan-Jean Baptiste
Allan Jean-Baptiste

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Ansa Capital

Nea logo Greg Papadopoulos
Greg Papadopoulos

Venture Partner at NEA

logo Roger W. Ferguson Jr.
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.

Former President & CEO of TIAA, Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, Current board member at Alphabet

Partners

Databricks
Miscrosoft for Startups
NSA
Amazon
NVIDIA
Snowflake
John Hopkins University
Tableau Partners
NSF
Microsoft for Startups