We are a team of senior business savvy technologists with decades of experience.
Team
Peter Bals – Managing Partner
Before becoming an entrepreneur Peter served as Managing Director/Global Chief Data Architect & CTO for large global banks. He started his career with Digital Equipment at the Palo Alto AI Expertise Center building AI solutions for the automotive industry. He spent the nineties in Silicon Valley working for then startups Rational Software and Vitria Technology before moving to Wall Street. Peter holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science and AI from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Ned Carroll – Managing Partner
Ned was most recently the Chief Data Officer at TIAA, a $1.2T asset management and retirement services firm. Previously he held several roles at Bank of America including: Head of Enterprise Data Architecture, Platforms & Governance, Head of Enterprise Data Science, Cyber Forensics, and Corporate Audit. Prior to Bank of America he was at an Internet Startup. He started his career at Accenture. Ned graduated from Davidson College with a degree in Economics.
Advisors
Pieter De Leenheer – Co-Founder, Collibra
Pieter De Leenheer is Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and serves as adjunct faculty at Columbia University. He is a co-founder and former Chief Science Officer of Collibra, a unicorn software venture, that spun off his PhD research on community-based ontology management at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Pieter writes, teaches and advises on computing and management aspects of data innovation, accountability and citizenship. He is investor, board member or advisor in several enterprise software companies in the US and Europe; and as expert to the European Commission and several governments. Prior to co-founding the company, Pieter was a professor at VU University of Amsterdam. He lives in New York City with his family.
A Passion for Data
Our mission is to ensure that your next generation data architecture is trans-formative versus incremental. Our principles are simple:
Social Responsibility
We believe in being socially responsible for a cause. No matter what size company, we feel strongly about giving back at the start of our journey and weave in non-profit into our DNA as we grow.
Partnership and Excellence
We can’t do it on our own even though we believe that we have great ideas in our domain, which will drive innovation and customer value. Strong partners make us stronger and we are proud to partner with the best.
Trust of Data in a Data Economy
Data is dynamic and travels across organizational boundaries. With our solutions we track the correct use of critical data with your partners in the ecosystem so that it can be trusted.
Continuous Business Value
We believe in continuously provide business value through our solutions. Our philosophy is simple. Start small with a proof point for the business. Incrementally iterate to remove friction while driving a strategy.
Monetizing Data
Data is a most valuable asset for any organization. Measuring the quality of critical data and deriving its value will provide the basis of strategic decision making for the business.
Pragmatic Innovation
When it comes to innovation we believe in “leading edge” not “bleeding edge”. Lead with advanced technology to innovate and drive business value, not fail with technology that is unproven to the market.