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Complex Data. Simple, Human Solutions.

Drive better sales productivity. People.ai bridges complex artificial-intelligence and real-world business expertise to help our clients innovate, grow, and generate greater revenue.

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Company mission

Smarter Revenue Intelligence Through Technology

Our mission is to help companies accelerate growth, revenue, and innovation. We do this through reliable, unified data and more effective approaches to putting that data into action. We use technology to make business more human.

Essentials About People.ai

Offices Worldwide

135+

Patents Granted or Pending

People.ai is giving us more intelligence about what activities make the reps successful and making sure the customers are along with us on that journey.

Mark Turner |  Head of Global Sales Operations at Canva

Company Values

What We Value

We believe in acting on data to make better decisions, and most of all, in empowering people. We live our values every day by creating an inclusive and collaborative culture that seeks solutions and champions excellence.

We Take Care of Our People

At People.ai, we hire great people and challenge them to do great things. We provide opportunities to build skills and set your own career path. We constantly challenge each other to get out of our comfort zones in order to grow personally and professionally.

The Customer is Everything

Without our customers, we don’t have a business. And we never forget that. We put our customers at the center of every decision we make. We understand that although we are the ones building People.ai, it’s not all about us—it’s really about the value we can deliver to our customers.

End-to-End Ownership

At People.ai we’ve embraced the value of end-to-end ownership. Every project has a single owner; one person is in charge of making it happen.

Every Problem Has a Solution

We believe there are no unsolvable problems. It just takes time and teamwork to come to a resolution. Our problem-solving methodology is pretty simple. We think first about our customers and how the problem—and potential solutions—may impact them.

“Very Good” Today Is Better Than “Perfect” Tomorrow

We encourage our teams to take smart risks. It’s ok if those projects don’t pan out — we learn from it and move forward. Every member of our team is passionate about the work they do, and we hold people to high standards. But, we’re also realistic.

Disagree and Commit

We recognize there are multiple ways to approach and tackle a problem and we encourage the discourse, but the ultimate goal is to find a path of resolution.

Radical Transparency

This means we understand how every task we work on—regardless of your role or department—is part of the bigger picture. This value also extends to management transparency, open office space, and organizational shared goals that keep us all moving together as a team.

We are Data-Driven

Data is critical when it comes to making decisions that affect our customers so we will always use data to understand the dependencies and the upsides and downsides of any decision we make.

Leadership & board members

Oleg Rogynskyy

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

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Oleg is the CEO and Founder of People.ai. Prior to People.ai Oleg helped start and scale three big data companies, two of which, including Oleg’s own Semantria, were subsequently acquired. He has a passion for data science, machine learning, and text analytics. At People.ai Oleg is leveraging these technologies to solve the age-old problem of measuring and optimizing human productivity through sales automation tools.

Oleg Rogynskyy

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Oleg Rogynskyy

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

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Oleg is the CEO and Founder of People.ai. Prior to People.ai Oleg helped start and scale three big data companies, two of which, including Oleg’s own Semantria, were subsequently acquired. He has a passion for data science, machine learning, and text analytics. At People.ai Oleg is leveraging these technologies to solve the age-old problem of measuring and optimizing human productivity through sales automation tools.

Oleg Rogynskyy

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Art Harding

Chief Operating Officer

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Art Harding brings over 20 years of hands-on operations experience at B2B companies and most recently served as SVP, GTM Strategy & Operations at New Relic, Inc. Before that, he held a variety of roles across services, sales, and operations driving business growth to $1B in annual revenue at enterprise companies such as VERITAS / Symantec, VMware, and Riverbed. Harding will lead all business operations at People.ai.

Art Harding

Chief Operating Officer

Art Harding

Chief Operating Officer

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Art Harding brings over 20 years of hands-on operations experience at B2B companies and most recently served as SVP, GTM Strategy & Operations at New Relic, Inc. Before that, he held a variety of roles across services, sales, and operations driving business growth to $1B in annual revenue at enterprise companies such as VERITAS / Symantec, VMware, and Riverbed. Harding will lead all business operations at People.ai.

Art Harding

Chief Operating Officer

Mariana Prado Cogan

Chief Marketing Officer

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Mariana Cogan is the CMO at People.ai. Most recently SVP of Digital Experience and Engagement at PTC, Cogan pioneered the application of People.ai’s technology to build the revenue engine of the future, leading PTC to win Forrester’s Program of the Year for her “RO&I Engine.” Prior to PTC, Mexico-born Cogan held various roles of increasing responsibility in the software industry, and she is an advocate for diversity, inclusion, and uplifting minorities in the tech space. She believes deeply that diverse companies are more innovative and outperform less diverse ones. Cogan earned a master of business administration (MBA) from Babson College and a bachelor’s degree from Jochi University in Tokyo, Japan.

Mariana Prado Cogan

Chief Marketing Officer

Mariana Prado Cogan

Chief Marketing Officer

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Mariana Cogan is the CMO at People.ai. Most recently SVP of Digital Experience and Engagement at PTC, Cogan pioneered the application of People.ai’s technology to build the revenue engine of the future, leading PTC to win Forrester’s Program of the Year for her “RO&I Engine.” Prior to PTC, Mexico-born Cogan held various roles of increasing responsibility in the software industry, and she is an advocate for diversity, inclusion, and uplifting minorities in the tech space. She believes deeply that diverse companies are more innovative and outperform less diverse ones. Cogan earned a master of business administration (MBA) from Babson College and a bachelor’s degree from Jochi University in Tokyo, Japan.

Mariana Prado Cogan

Chief Marketing Officer

Thomas Wyatt

Chief Product and Strategy Officer

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Thomas leads product and corporate development at People.ai with responsibility for strategy, product management, design and business development. Previously, he was the Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer of AppDynamics leading the marketing, technology strategy, and corporate development teams through the company’s hyper-growth stage to become the market leader. Prior to that Thomas was the Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Cloud Analytics business unit, leading the company’s expansion into application intelligence and sponsoring its $3.7B acquisition of AppDynamics. During his career at Cisco, Thomas has been a business and product leader taking internal start-ups from concept to #1 market share, scaling high growth ventures to $1B+ in revenue, and leading a cloud transformation for a multi-billion dollar business. Thomas was the VP/GM for a range of businesses spanning analytics, cloud infrastructure, collaboration, and video.

Thomas Wyatt

Chief Product and Strategy Officer

Thomas Wyatt

Chief Product and Strategy Officer

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Thomas leads product and corporate development at People.ai with responsibility for strategy, product management, design and business development. Previously, he was the Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer of AppDynamics leading the marketing, technology strategy, and corporate development teams through the company’s hyper-growth stage to become the market leader. Prior to that Thomas was the Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Cloud Analytics business unit, leading the company’s expansion into application intelligence and sponsoring its $3.7B acquisition of AppDynamics. During his career at Cisco, Thomas has been a business and product leader taking internal start-ups from concept to #1 market share, scaling high growth ventures to $1B+ in revenue, and leading a cloud transformation for a multi-billion dollar business. Thomas was the VP/GM for a range of businesses spanning analytics, cloud infrastructure, collaboration, and video.

Thomas Wyatt

Chief Product and Strategy Officer

Behezad Mehta

Chief Customer Officer

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Behezad Mehta is the Chief Customer Officer at People.ai.

Behezad Mehta

Chief Customer Officer

Behezad Mehta

Chief Customer Officer

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Behezad Mehta is the Chief Customer Officer at People.ai.

Behezad Mehta

Chief Customer Officer

Aman Sirohi

Head of Security & CISO

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Aman Sirohi is the Chief Information Security Officer at People.ai. He has broad experience envisioning and delivering a wide range of security solutions in complex, multi-stakeholder environments in industries including technology, consulting retail, and fintech. Aman’s seasoned leadership and dedication to building trust among stakeholders help People.ai engage with boards, customers, and partners in critical discussions related to cybersecurity. He also brings to People.ai a reputation for developing team members as they grow in their careers. Aman has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University.

Aman Sirohi

Head of Security & CISO

Aman Sirohi

Head of Security & CISO

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Aman Sirohi is the Chief Information Security Officer at People.ai. He has broad experience envisioning and delivering a wide range of security solutions in complex, multi-stakeholder environments in industries including technology, consulting retail, and fintech. Aman’s seasoned leadership and dedication to building trust among stakeholders help People.ai engage with boards, customers, and partners in critical discussions related to cybersecurity. He also brings to People.ai a reputation for developing team members as they grow in their careers. Aman has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University.

Aman Sirohi

Head of Security & CISO

Ankit Bhatia

Chief Technology Officer

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Ankit is responsible for all of People.ai’s engineering and platform development efforts. He brings over two decades of hands-on engineering and product experience in the enterprise B2B space. He is a seasoned senior leader and builder who excels at supporting companies during critical phases of rapid growth. Prior to People.ai, Ankit held various engineering leadership roles at Looker, Tableau, and Microsoft.

Ankit Bhatia

Chief Technology Officer

Ankit Bhatia

Chief Technology Officer

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Ankit is responsible for all of People.ai’s engineering and platform development efforts. He brings over two decades of hands-on engineering and product experience in the enterprise B2B space. He is a seasoned senior leader and builder who excels at supporting companies during critical phases of rapid growth. Prior to People.ai, Ankit held various engineering leadership roles at Looker, Tableau, and Microsoft.

Ankit Bhatia

Chief Technology Officer

Kevin Bassney

Chief of Staff

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Kevin Bassney is the Chief of Staff at People.ai. Kevin previously served as a Senior Director at Rice, Hadley, Gates, and Manuel (an international affairs consulting firm) and portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley. A graduate of Army Ranger School, Kevin served as an Army Infantry Officer for nearly 5 years in a variety of leadership positions, culminating with serving on the strategy and policy staff of one of the Army’s top commanders. Kevin graduated from Cornell University in 2013 on an ROTC scholarship. Additionally, he received a law degree from the University of Belgrade and is an alumnus of Tsinghua University in Beijing, graduating with a master’s in management in 2018.

Kevin Bassney

Chief of Staff

Kevin Bassney

Chief of Staff

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Kevin Bassney is the Chief of Staff at People.ai. Kevin previously served as a Senior Director at Rice, Hadley, Gates, and Manuel (an international affairs consulting firm) and portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley. A graduate of Army Ranger School, Kevin served as an Army Infantry Officer for nearly 5 years in a variety of leadership positions, culminating with serving on the strategy and policy staff of one of the Army’s top commanders. Kevin graduated from Cornell University in 2013 on an ROTC scholarship. Additionally, he received a law degree from the University of Belgrade and is an alumnus of Tsinghua University in Beijing, graduating with a master’s in management in 2018.

Kevin Bassney

Chief of Staff

Zach Cusimano

SVP of People

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Prior to joining People.ai, Zach co-founded and held the position of COO for Bizness Apps, the world’s largest mobile app development platform. Over the course of six years he led the mobile SaaS startup from inception to market leadership. He achieved market penetration of over 5% of the total iTunes marketplace and reaching over 30 million monthly active users across 83 countries. At People.ai he is focused on building out and supporting our go-to-market strategies and teams.

Zach Cusimano

SVP of People

Zach Cusimano

SVP of People

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Prior to joining People.ai, Zach co-founded and held the position of COO for Bizness Apps, the world’s largest mobile app development platform. Over the course of six years he led the mobile SaaS startup from inception to market leadership. He achieved market penetration of over 5% of the total iTunes marketplace and reaching over 30 million monthly active users across 83 countries. At People.ai he is focused on building out and supporting our go-to-market strategies and teams.

Zach Cusimano

SVP of People

Godfrey Sullivan

Board Member

Godfrey Sullivan

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Godfrey Sullivan

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Godfrey Sullivan

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Will Griffith

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Will Griffith

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Will Griffith

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Will Griffith

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Robin Matlock

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Robin Matlock

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Robin Matlock

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Robin Matlock

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Nakul Mandan

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Nakul Mandan

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Nakul Mandan

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Nakul Mandan

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Kristina Shen

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Kristina Shen

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Kristina Shen

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Kristina Shen

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Andrey Akselrod

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Andrey Akselrod

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Andrey Akselrod

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Andrey Akselrod

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Investors

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revenue operations & intelligence

Revenue Operations and Intelligence: Data-Driven Growth Through Informed Action

People.ai creates simple, achievable, and human actions out of endless mountains of data. We bring together analytics, artificial intelligence, sales automation, and productivity tools into a single platform that can permanently change how your team engages with customers. Learn more now.