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 Cloudant, Prescient, GrowthX AI, Railway, CredCore.

Who is in the IBM mafia?

Notable members include Alan Hoffman (Cloudant), Michael True (Prescient), Marcel Santilli (GrowthX AI), Jake Cooper (Railway), Karthik Nandyal (CredCore), Anirudh Badam (Adopt AI), Shivtosh Kumar (Sugar Fit), Hugh Yao (Lingoace), among 638 tracked members.

What companies did IBM alumni found?

Companies founded by IBM alumni include Cloudant, Prescient, GrowthX AI, Railway, CredCore, Adopt AI, Sugar Fit, Lingoace, Microscape, Quantuma.

The IBM Mafia

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

Alan HoffmanSenior Offering Manager, IBM Watson Data PlatformFounded Cloudant Michael TrueAnalytics Portfolio Leader - Anthem, Inc.Founded Prescient Marcel SantilliDigital Marketing and Social Media LeaderFounded GrowthX AI Jake CooperData Scientist InternFounded Railway Karthik NandyalTeam LeadFounded CredCore Anirudh BadamExtreme Blue Research InternFounded Adopt AI Shivtosh KumarSoftware Application DeveloperFounded Sugar Fit Hugh YaoLeader, APAC SOA advisory serviceFounded Lingoace John Paul FrancisJoint Study Research ScientistFounded Microscape Adnan HaiderSenior Manager - Financial Services PlatformFounded Quantuma Anthony NagendrarajPeopleSoft Security SpecialistFounded Spontivly Nick O'LearyEmerging Technology SpecialistFounded Flowfuse Dave BensonContent and Creative Lead at IBMFounded SuperQuickQuestion David DeRamInternFounded Greenlight Guru Naveen BindalIT Lead -IBM Singapore LtdFounded EnKash Sandy BirdCTO IBM SecurityFounded Sonrai Security Leif-Nissen Lundbæk, PhDMathematicianFounded Noxtua Hersh TapadiaSoftware Engineer Co-opFounded Allstacks Paul GoldbaumInternship at Linux Reference CenterFounded Lightbase Vipul JainWeb Marketing ManagerFounded Degpeg Dan SankerIBM Influencer - FuturistFounded Supplypike Peter CrockerWebSphere Business Events Product ArchitectFounded Oxford Semantic Technologies Kailash GopalakrishnanTechnical Assistant to the VP of Science & TechnologyFounded EnCharge AI Kaspar AdankBusiness ConsultantFounded Soobr Ryland BirchmeierIBM Accelerate - Software Development TrackFounded Dream Neil DeshmukhResearcher at MIT-IBM Watson AI LabFounded Sola Florian PestoniVisiting Research ScientistFounded InOrbit Julian CerrutiTechnical Sales SpecialistFounded InOrbit Brune de LinaresManaging ConsultantFounded Akur8 Ganesh GopalanConsultantFounded Gnani Thor CulverhouseVP Sales IFMX; VP SMB Data ManagementFounded Lighter Capital Andrey StarenkySoftware EngineerFounded Sentra Dr. Waqaas Alsiddiq, DBADesign EngineerFounded Biotricity Marc LaventureSoftware DeveloperFounded Scalar Dimitris KoutentakisIBM Graduate Research ExternFounded Atomarine Abraham HeifetsResearch InternFounded WonderTx Ilyas AnaneExecutive Assistant to Vice PresidentFounded Vitable Malik VelaniIT SpecialistFounded Preczn Adam Kitain 💎Senior Strategy Consultant - Advanced Analytics Center of CompetencyFounded Intelligems Shaun DavisSoftware Engineer - IBM CloudFounded Rentobo Elfred PaganDevelopment LeadFounded Stackq Wojciech GrycGraduate-Level ResearcherFounded Canopy Labs Kevin ShinTeam Lead, C++ on PlayStation 3 (Cell Processor)Founded Giveffect Steve DanielsTechnology StrategistFounded Able Health Kuldeep Singh ChauhanSoftware Engineer Intern Extreme Blue, IBM LabsFounded Synapsica Healthcare Angie MullerConsultantFounded Attunement Anthony RassiSoftware EngineerFounded Serve AI Jakub PavlikPre-Sale, IT specialist Tivoli Netcool&SmartCloudFounded Exaforce David LodClient ExecutiveFounded Veerum Inc Steve GilmanExtreme Blue Program - MBA InternFounded OneRange Clarence TsoSoftware Developer InternFounded Inventive James BrearClient ManagerFounded Mindgard Moustafa AbdelbakyResearch FellowFounded Disarray KENCE ANDERSONSoftware Engineer, Information DevelopmentFounded Amesa Charlotte BlaisData Science ConsultantFounded Kadia Health Todd GershkowitzExecutive Compensation Program DirectorFounded PayStandards Ankur TeredesaiResearchFounded CueZen Bryson KoehlerCTO, IBM Watson & IBM Cloud - GM & Distinguished EngineerFounded Revinate Chad SpenskyGraduate Research InternFounded Allthenticate Mark PittmanIBM Summit ProgramFounded Blyncsy Daniel AdamanySales And Marketing SpecialistFounded AHEAD Parent Holdings April DunfordGlobal Program Director - Information IntegrationFounded April Dunford Anthony HoInternFounded Flitch Jon SiannSenior Associate EngineerFounded EdgeX B. Dusty MajumdarChief Strategy & Marketing Officer/Senior VP - Healthcare/Life Sciences AI SolutionsFounded Predxbio Julian de HoogSenior Research ScientistFounded Solstice Ai Or SagiXIV, NAS Development ManagerFounded Ionir Shree BhiseTest LeadFounded Bizom Cindy WarnerManaging Partner, Cloud Strategy, Solutions and Salesforce.com Global Practice LeadFounded 360ofme Sree ChintalaSenior Product ManagerFounded Clocr Luke RoquetWebsphere ArchitectFounded Datavolo Brandon CardEnterprise Account Executive - IBM CloudFounded Terzo Marten NelsonSr. International Product ManagerFounded M10 Christian ReillyWW Product Marketing DirectorFounded Mednition Rishi MadhokResearch InternFounded Terrabyte Chris ThompsonGlobal Head of X-Force RedFounded RemoteThreat Yoshi NaganumaSolutions SpecialistFounded Acall Simon WebbClient Technical SpecialistFounded Tarot Analytics Casey PlunkettChief of Staff -- General Manager IBM Software Group, TivoliFounded The Secure AI Corporation Meggie WilliamsStrategy & Transformation Senior Consultant, Global Business ServicesFounded Skiptown Rissa CaoSenior Product Consultant, Watson AI & RPA Solutions@ IBMFounded Fish Audio Pablo Diaz GutierrezResearch InternFounded Appfluence Jiri PsotaSoftwarový inženýrFounded Yieldigo Kevin McIntyreBig Data Sales Strategy LeaderFounded Leadfeeder Danielle PensackConsultant - Platform as a Service (PaaS) LeaderFounded Rightfoot Philip HayesSoftware Engineer (Paid Internship)Founded Lexe Gabriel MonroyLíder Técnico SeniorFounded Colektia Greg BerardLotus Sales SpecialistFounded Pellera Technologies Keshav KamblePrincipal Architect and Sr. ManagerFounded Avocado Systems Tarun GuptaProcess Development InternFounded Lissun Darmawan SuwiryaDirector Global AlliancesFounded Mavvrik Prasad MujumdarStaff Software EngineerFounded Okahu Faisal GhaffarSenior Software DeveloperFounded Alethica Elizabeth SegoviaDirector Global Operations Manager, International Customer Operations [2000-2005]Founded TradeCentric Guruduth BanavarDirector, IBM India Research Lab and CTO, IBM India / South AsiaFounded Viome Life Sciences Stephen MurdochVP Communication Sector EMEA, VP Storage EMEA, VP Systems & Technology Group EMEAFounded Micro Focus

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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 Cloudant, Prescient, GrowthX AI, Railway, CredCore.
Who is in the IBM mafia?: Notable members include Alan Hoffman (Cloudant), Michael True (Prescient), Marcel Santilli (GrowthX AI), Jake Cooper (Railway), Karthik Nandyal (CredCore), Anirudh Badam (Adopt AI), Shivtosh Kumar (Sugar Fit), Hugh Yao (Lingoace), among 638 tracked members.
What companies did IBM alumni found?: Companies founded by IBM alumni include Cloudant, Prescient, GrowthX AI, Railway, CredCore, Adopt AI, Sugar Fit, Lingoace, Microscape, Quantuma.