Alex Vratskides

Alex Vratskides is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Persado, a company that specializes in a Motivation AI platform designed to create personalized communications at scale for clients such as Ally Bank, Dropbox, and JPMorgan Chase. Prior to founding Persado in December 2012, Alex Vratskides served as Board Director and Founder of Upstream from September 2000 to October 2021, where the company led mobile monetization efforts across more than 40 countries, reaching 500 million consumers and generating over $500 million in incremental data revenues. Additionally, Alex Vratskides was a Board Director at Lulu INC from June 2010 to September 2015. Educational credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University and a Master of Engineering in Operations Research from Cornell University.