Igor J.

Igor J. serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Pryon, an AI company focused on enhancing enterprise workers' capabilities through an Augmented Intelligence platform, a role held since 2017. Concurrently, Igor advises Radium, which specializes in AI and Machine Learning cloud development, and is a USA Fellow with Eisenhower Fellowships, dedicated to fostering innovative leaders. From 2012 to 2017, Igor was the Entrepreneur In Residence at Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network North Carolina, where efforts concentrated on connecting successful entrepreneurs with emerging high-growth companies. Previously, Igor founded Yap, a speech recognition company acquired by Amazon for Alexa development, and worked at IBM from 1993 to 2006, leading the team that created the precursor to IBM Watson AI. Igor holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a BS in Computer Engineering from Penn State University.