Ashok Reddy, as the CEO of KX, applies his wide-ranging experience with Fortune 500 companies, leading banks and firms worldwide to foster a better understanding and use of AI systems. His main focus rests on the often overlooked, yet fundamental, concept of temporal reasoning in AI, i.e., the system’s ability to understand the relationships between events over time.

Ashok recognizes that the current design of many AI systems does not fully harness the potential of time-dependent data. He advocates for AI’s broader problem-solving and decision-making capacities by integrating temporal reasoning, thereby equipping these systems to tackle dynamic real-world scenarios more efficiently.

In the world of AI, Ashok emphasizes not just the technology itself but also its symbiotic relationship with humans. He believes AI is meant to augment human capabilities, not replace them, and champions a future where AI’s analytical skills and humans’ intuitive understanding work in harmony.

Ashok Reddy is dedicated to making a tangible difference in the AI field. He seeks to enhance AI’s capacity through temporal reasoning and is passionate about fostering a more collaborative future between humans and AI, where each entity benefits from the other’s strengths.

Michael is an experienced software business executive with a strong track record of driving growth and building scalable global software product businesses for the enterprise market. At KX, his focus is on driving a product-led software strategy, accelerating market growth by democratizing access to KX’s market-leading technology, principally the KDB.AI vector database.

With over 20 years of experience in software development Michael held a number senior positions at IBM, leading teams in product management and engineering for data, AI, integration, and automation technologies. Most recently, he served as an advisor to the leadership team at Domo Inc, a cloud business intelligence company, on product and business strategy.

Áine Rafferty is the Chief Legal Officer of KX and Senior Vice President, responsible for the global legal affairs of KX. Áine joined KX in 2017 as VP of KX Legal and was appointed Chief Legal Officer and SVP in March 2022. Áine last served as Corporate Counsel and Company Secretary for a large Pharma corporation. Prior to that she worked in private practice as a Litigator. Áine also provides a pro-bono advisory role to a number of scaling SMEs. Áine has over 15 years’ experience as a trusted legal advisor to board level and senior executives. She brings a depth of expertise across a range of legal disciplines and of driving legal teams to success.

Áine serves on the Society for Computers of Law Cloud Committee and was recently appointed the rare status of Legal Master by the NI Law Society in April 2022. Áine was shortlisted for “General Counsel of the Year” at the British Legal Awards in 2022 and also led the team that was a Finalist for “Global In-House Team Of The Year” 2022 at The Lawyer Europe. Áine graduated with a First Class Honours LLB and obtained her Solicitor qualifications from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queens University Belfast and holds accreditations from Harvard Business School.

Ryan is the CFO of KX, having previously served as the CFO of KX’s parent company, FD Technologies PLC.

Clint Maddox is a senior business executive with more than 25 years’ experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives. Clint has a proven track record for building and scaling SaaS businesses in both public and private equity business models by using a data driven approach and proven go-to-market approaches that leverage strategic partnerships. As Chief Revenue Officer, Clint is responsible for managing the complete go-to-market strategy for KX’s world-wide sales and customer success organization. He leads a team of high-performing experts that solve complex problems for KX customers and partners by leveraging real time data analytics, accelerating the speed of data and expediting generative Al into production.

Peter Finter is a senior international marketing executive with broad experience across product, sales, and marketing. Peter has successfully led global organizations through periods of rapid growth and transformation across a variety of B2B high technology industries and business models, from pre-IPO start-ups to highly mature public organizations in the US, Canada and EMEA. Peter’s deep expertise includes brand development, product-led growth, account-based marketing, product & solutions marketing, channels, alliances & partnerships, strategy, and operations.

Paul is an experienced and successful Company Executive with over 15 years of senior management experience in both private and public multi-national tech companies. He is responsible for KX’s technology vision and roadmap, delivering its product strategy across all industry verticals. Paul is passionate about using technology to generate value and helping clients to achieve their business objectives. He was formally the Communication Sector Leader (Telco, Media & Entertainment and Utilities) for IBM’s Analytics Solutions globally. Prior to IBM, Paul was CTO of TheNowFactory – an awarding winning mobile network analytics company which was sold to IBM in 2013, 6.5 years after startup. Before IBM, Paul worked in various engineering roles in Openet and Logica. He holds a BSC in Electronic Eng and an MBA from Smurfit Business School.

Anjali brings over 25 years of experience in HR leadership, with a proven track record in driving organizational success in the software sector. Most recently, she served as Chief People Officer at AppViewX, where she played a pivotal role in scaling global teams and advancing talent development. Her career includes leadership experience at two publicly traded companies, including CA Technologies (now Broadcom Software), where she was named one of the Top 100 Leaders. Anjali’s global HR expertise, honed at Merrill Lynch (now Bank of America Securities), also underscores her ability to build high-performing organizations and foster career growth across both tech and financial services. Her deep expertise in talent acquisition, skills development, and creating dynamic, people-centric cultures will be crucial as we steer KX toward long-term success in the next phase of our growth.

Anjali holds a master’s degree in Human Resource Management, and bachelors degree, with additional leadership and organization development education at Cornell, further equipping her to lead impactful people strategies. Her extensive professional experience and dedication to fostering collaborative, growth-oriented environments bring a well-rounded perspective to her role at KX.

Paul joined KX in 2017 and has more than 25 years of experience in providing specialist advice on Partnerships, Alliances and corporate structures. Prior to joining KX, Paul spent much of his career at KPMG Ireland, rising to become head of its corporate finance business and responsible for setting the strategic direction of the business unit and leading a large team of corporate finance professionals. A trained accountant, Paul has spent the first 3 years at KX establishing KX Ventures – creating a portfolio of 20 venture-backed KX companies. Since 2020 he has been Head of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances for KX globally, successfully originating and developing meaningful KX partnerships with a focus on Cloud Vendors, Corporate Development Partners, ISVs, SIs, Data Vendors and hardware providers. He holds a BSc in Accounting (Queens University Belfast) and an MBA (University of Ulster, Jordanstown).