Stan Smith, Founder and CEO founded Gradient AI to focus on the risk management and insurance industry’s most challenging business problems. He has nearly 30 years of experience growing AI and technology organizations and has held founding or executive-level roles for multiple startup companies. This includes serving as Vice President at MatrixOne, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Agile Software, and CEO and Founder at OpenRatings. Smith also led development of patented technologies including: technology that predicts bankruptcies for small, privately held suppliers; a global database to improve supplier performance for more than 80 million companies; and, technology that combines assessments with performance data to identify opportunities for reducing inefficiencies through lean initiatives.