Who is in the IBM mafia?

Notable members include Jason Chapman (Konvoy), Alex Iskold (Adaptiveblue), Alexandre Pierron-Darbonne (Planasa), Victor Orlovski (R136), Waleed Saad (Just2Pay), Harry Halpin (Nym), Rita Selvaggi (ActivTrak), Gustavo Leal (Kilde), among 638 tracked members.

What companies did IBM alumni found?

Companies founded by IBM alumni include Konvoy, Adaptiveblue, Planasa, R136, Just2Pay, Nym, ActivTrak, Kilde, Alchemist, Wattpad.

The IBM Mafia

638 people came through IBM and went on to found or lead other companies.

Jason ChapmanIBM Watson | Software DeveloperFounded Konvoy Alex IskoldChief Architect, Application Analysis ToolsFounded Adaptiveblue Alexandre Pierron-DarbonneLead Process IntegratorFounded Planasa Victor OrlovskiPartnerFounded R136 Waleed SaadIBM Cloud & Cognitive Executive Solution ArchitectFounded Just2Pay Harry HalpinInternFounded Nym Rita SelvaggiBusiness Unit ExecutiveFounded ActivTrak Gustavo LealPricing Lead LATAM ex-BrazilFounded Kilde Ian BergmanExtreme BlueFounded Alchemist Allen LauSoftware DeveloperFounded Wattpad Anders FrederiksenSales specialistFounded Planday Valerie BuresConsultantFounded Vaha Heinrich ZetlmayerVice PresidentFounded Skaylink Sebastien BoyerOperation Research - Optimization, InternFounded Mallow Ahmet Can SezginData&AI - Integration, Country Sales LeaderFounded Octoxlabs Roberto CruzSystem EngineerFounded TietAI Gil ElbazProgrammer and DBAFounded TenOneTen Ventures Mirko NovakovicVP Hybrid Cloud Management & Watson AI OpsFounded Dash0 Dong ShouSummer InternFounded Advance Bill KarpovichGeneral Manager, IBM Cloud & Watson PlatformFounded Youreka Snehal AntaniIntern for WebSphere Application Server for z/OSFounded Horizon3 Ai Pete HayesVarious Management and Sales PositionsFounded Tracer Labs Jason WarnerIT SpecalistFounded Poolside David GarciaEngineeringFounded Digitt Michelle JarrardInternFounded BioCircuit Technologies John ThompsonGeneral Manager IBM AmericasFounded Virtual Instruments William SchneidermanSenior ManagerFounded AI Squared Aaron RankinIT StrategyFounded Sprout Social Brandon PhilipsInternFounded CoreOS Chris HowardSoftware EngineerFounded Softeq Louay EldadaResearch ScientistFounded Quanergy Johnny AyersSenior ConsultantFounded Socure Bruce CaswellVice President, Public Sector, State & Local Government, Business Consulting ServicesFounded Maximus John HansAdvisory Marketing Representative - NMDFounded Stir Foods Long VoGraphics LeadFounded OneSignal Borna SafabakhshExtreme Blue InternFounded AgileMD Michael GlukhovskyIntern in Webahead DevelopmentFounded RethinkDB Siobhan QuinnSoftware Engineering InternFounded Parenthoods Anderson SumarliChief Analytics OfficeFounded Ajaib Ramiro BerrellezaInternFounded Okteto Benjamin EnczCo-Op StudentFounded Ashby Eric FutoranStrategy & Change Internal PracticeFounded Embrace Trung VuPresale Specialist InternFounded Hoss Ryan LavertyDigital Marketing InternFounded Arist Vignesh VaradarajanLinux Technology CenterFounded Vogent Rajas LonkarSenior Consultant, Advanced Analytics & OptimizationFounded Fountain9 Martin GomezSenior Management ConsultantFounded Dashlabs.ai Piyush NarwaniSoftware EngineerFounded Aerotime Andrios RobertSoftware EngineerFounded hoop.dev Luis Alberto Guevara MendozaMobile Application DeveloperFounded My NextDerma Rishab RamanathanAI ResearcherFounded Openlayer Bruno BannachSales Trainee - CAMSSFounded Jestor JJ TangAssociate Product Manager, IBM Watson HealthFounded Rootly Anand ChowdharyBachelor Project CollaboratorFounded FirstQuadrant Konstantin WeitzStudent EmployeeFounded Nexus Naren SathiyaIntern | Software EngineerFounded Telivy Ramesh ChincholiSoftware EngineerFounded Stownest Rahul MadadiStrategy Consultant - Cognitive Computing and Data ScienceFounded Byte Kitchen Brandon WaselnukUser Experience Program ManagerFounded Squire.ai Aswin AndrisonSenior Consultant - Strategy & InnovationFounded Lumina Vincent AlbouyMachine Learning Engineer • Software EngineerFounded TeamOut Robert ThelenSenior Product Manager - API Connect/GatewaysFounded Rownd Rachel OrrinoUser Experience DesignerFounded Rownd Sebastian AlvaradoFull Stack DeveloperFounded Valari Deboshree DuttaApplication Programmer InternFounded Criya Vinith JohnsonSummer InternFounded Sophys Cristóbal GrinbergsPráctica IIFounded Cardda Ricky NarianiAssociate Partner, Corporate Development, M&A (AI)Founded WANTD Maca BaigorriaDesign ConsultantFounded Avocademy Alex FeiszliSenior Container DevOps EngineerFounded Netmaker Jasmine SunguConsultantFounded Olympian Motors Kushagra ManglikResearch Software Engineer - IBM ResearchFounded Coupl Guy ZivIBM International Assignment in Valparaiso, ChileFounded Sunlight Beau AllisonFull Stack DeveloperFounded Tranch Javier RobertsAssociate Developer - BlockchainFounded Rio Agustín IglesiasWebSphere Business ModelerFounded Pulppo Evis DrenovaManaging Consultant, Global Business ServicesFounded Neosync Daniel LangerExtreme Blue Technical InternFounded Trackstar Josh TankeSoftware Engineer InternFounded infra.new Akash MandavilliHybrid Cloud Sales StrategyFounded GovEagle Stefan KrawczykReplication QA Team CoopFounded DAGWorks Inc.Shaunak TuragaSAP ABAP DeveloperFounded Docsum Juan M Ochoa OrtizAI Research InternFounded CareOasis Adam MillerASIC Verification InternFounded Inlet Eduardo Lopez De LeonSystems AnalystFounded Coba Claire LeeResearch Collaborator - Computational Psychiatry GroupFounded Scritch Joel RitossaSoftware Engineer InternFounded Duckie Dustin KlebeMachine Learning ResearcherFounded Sonia Brice DouglasInternational Logistics CoordinatorFounded Zaymo Gokul KumarresenEngineering, AIFounded Asha Health Roop PalExtreme Blue InternFounded Bild AI Xin DingSoftware EngineerFounded Attune Gavin BainsSoftware Engineer (NLP)Founded Paper Instruments Lennert JansenAI Research InternFounded airweave Daivik GoelCognitive Software Engineering, Advanced AnalyticsFounded Shor Alexander SchiffSoftware Engineering InternFounded Channel3

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Frequently asked questions

What is the IBM mafia?: The IBM mafia is the network of 638 people who came through IBM and went on to found or lead other companies, including Konvoy, Adaptiveblue, Planasa, R136, Just2Pay.
Who is in the IBM mafia?: Notable members include Jason Chapman (Konvoy), Alex Iskold (Adaptiveblue), Alexandre Pierron-Darbonne (Planasa), Victor Orlovski (R136), Waleed Saad (Just2Pay), Harry Halpin (Nym), Rita Selvaggi (ActivTrak), Gustavo Leal (Kilde), among 638 tracked members.
What companies did IBM alumni found?: Companies founded by IBM alumni include Konvoy, Adaptiveblue, Planasa, R136, Just2Pay, Nym, ActivTrak, Kilde, Alchemist, Wattpad.