Chris Maeda is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Botco.ai, which provides multiple industries worldwide with a conversational marketing platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and ontology-based natural language processing (NLP) technology. Chris has over twenty years of experience in computer science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence including having worked as a researcher at Xerox PARC on the Aspect-Oriented Programming Project and at Carnegie Mellon on the Mach Microkernel Project (the Mach kernel powers Apple’s iOS® and macOS® inherited from NeXT™). Chris has a PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Prior to Botco.ai, Chris has served as EVP and CTO for KANA Software, Inc., a public software company; and has co-founded and served in senior roles in several private software companies. Chris was an early investor in WeatherLabs, Inc., AbsoluteClimo’s founders’ previous successful pioneering Internet and online weather services company.