Ople.AI was founded by Pedro Alves in 2017. After having worked as a data scientist in multiple industries, with companies large and small, Pedro saw the reality of AI: big promises, but rarely big deliveries. The lack of RoAI (Return on AI) Pedro experienced sparked the idea that if a large number of people across the entire organization could do AI, the RoAI would not only be substantial, but also become common. Out of this idea, Ople.AI was born.
The Ople.AI Platform empowers analysts and subject matter experts with powerful predictive analytics. The platform is equipped with the knowledge and expertise of the world’s leading data scientists so users can focus on what they are really good at: creating a business impact. With Ople.AI’s automated platform, every division within a company is now armed with AI to enrich all aspects of the business and realize RoAI.
John is Ople’s Vice President of Technical Sales. He is responsible for the technical aspects of customer acquisition and sales. He has spent the past 19 years helping customers learn and deploy the latest data and analytics innovations. John began his technology career working for Oracle as a product expert for the Oracle Database, Oracle RAC, and Oracle Exadata. After Oracle, he joined innovative data & analytics startups in sales engineering leadership roles, including ParAccel (acquired by Actian, and used by Amazon Redshift), Platfora (acquired by Workday), Treasure Data (acquired by Arm), and Clustrix (acquired by MariaDB). Before entering the technology industry, John served as an officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) for the United States Space Command (USSPACECOM). He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Nova Southeastern University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Technology and Avionics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Amanda joins the leadership team at Ople to accelerate growth, drive marketing strategy and provide a customer centric, approachable AI Experience. Through humanizing and simplifying the complexity of robust data platforms, we have the ability to make a huge impact in the world through Training Data and AI. Amanda brings extensive experience as a revenue growth accelerator, proven through three successful acquisitions within the data space. Including Virsto (Acquired by VMware), Metanautix (Acquired by Microsoft), and Liaison Technologies (Acquired by OpenText). Prior to leading high performance marketing teams, Amanda spent time within Enterprise Software Sales, as well as working as a Pastry Chef and Sommelier. Equal parts high octane and namaste, her passions include motorcycles, impact coaching, and bringing AI to everyone.
Mike is Ople’s Chief Operating Officer, responsible for Sales, Marketing, Finance and Operations. Prior to joining Ople, Mike was the CEO of Clustrix, and previously held sales and operational leadership roles at a variety of technology startups and large organizations. As an experienced executive leader, he has a proven track record for bringing new and disruptive technologies to market using data and insights to drive growth through strategy, product, sales and marketing, and organizational design.