Ashley Gritzman

Ashley Gritzman currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at WTax (VAT IT Group) since March 2023. As a co-founder of Vizia Tech since October 2017, Gritzman focuses on the import and distribution of consumer electronics in South Africa, particularly in backup power and smart home products. Previously, Gritzman co-founded Tesserae, an AI startup aimed at creating a large-scale data labeling platform for the financial services sector, and held roles at IBM, including Technical Lead for the Applied AI Team and AI Research Scientist. Gritzman's entrepreneurial journey also includes co-founding GreenMatters Engineering, a renewable energy consultancy, and working as a Data Scientist at Deloitte South Africa. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Computer Vision and Machine Learning and degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand.