VERTICE AI - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• CHIEF ANALYTICS OFFICER
• CO - FOUNDER
• FOUNDER

Anthony Volpe is an entrepreneur who specializes in transformative AI-driven products and capabilities. He has been a leader at several successful B2B software startups impacting clients through novel data and advanced quantitative methods. In particular, he founded Quantworks, which partners with early-stage IP owners looking to monetize their otherwise academic insights or models. Prior to joining the startup space, Anthony was Chief Corporate Analytic Officer at Lenovo from 2013-2015. There he was responsible for building strategy and driving initiatives to advance the world's largest PC manufacturer as a leading consumer brand. Under his leadership, Lenovo and its customers recognized significant gains from analytics in a wide range of areas, including product development, quality, pricing, marketing, customer engagement and supply chain. Before Lenovo Anthony held positions in Product Management and Analytics Advisory at SAS Institute. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research, and spent time as an analytics practitioner with Ford Motor Company. Anthony received his B.S. in Mathematics from Duke University, and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard.

Job Titles:

• CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
• Co - Founder

Mitch is a Co-Founder and CEO of Vertice AI. He has been in the software technology sector for more than 25 years and in the advanced analytics and AI sector for more than 12 years. Most importantly, Mitch has been a credit union member since the age of 17 when he opened his first checking account and his parents co-signed on the purchase of his first car. He didn't keep that 1982 Jeep Wrangler-his dream car-but he maintains that credit union relationship to this day. 
Prior to starting Vertice AI, Mitch spent 12 years with SAS Institute as a leader in their go-to-market accounts organization working in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. His career has been focused on providing analytic solutions that deliver outcomes for clients in several industries, including financial services, retail, CPG, and others. Mitch lives in Georgia with his wife Suzanne, son Luke, and golden retriever, Bailey. He is a graduate of Georgia Tech with a Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. Beyond Vertice AI, Mitch and his family love to travel, having been to almost 50 countries and counting.

Job Titles:

• Co - Founder and Head of Product

Patrick is a Co-Founder and Head of Product for Vertice AI. He has spent the entirety of his career at the intersection of the software technology sector and the advanced analytics and AI sector. Prior to starting Vertice AI, Patrick spent 6 years with Quantworks Inc, a venture studio with the goal on introducing, building, and championing analytics to organizations of all sizes, shapes, and forms. Working with Fortune 100 companies, local non-profit organizations, and everything in-between, his focus has been facilitating the adoption of actionable, understandable, user-friendly analytics across a variety of industries. Patrick lives in North Carolina. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Bachelor's degrees in Business and Economics. Outside of Vertice AI, Patrick never stops building-spending the majority of his free time in his garage woodshop.