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 Varo, DeepHow, IDEMIA, AspenView Technology Partners, Vidapp.

Who is in the IBM mafia?

Notable members include Gavin Michael (Varo), Siva Lakshmanan (DeepHow), Philippe Oliva (IDEMIA), Eric Berg (AspenView Technology Partners), David Hancock (Vidapp), Amit D Mishra (iMocha), Daniel Morgan (Accelr8), Jeff Roeder (Sonata Scientific), among 638 tracked members.

What companies did IBM alumni found?

Companies founded by IBM alumni include Varo, DeepHow, IDEMIA, AspenView Technology Partners, Vidapp, iMocha, Accelr8, Sonata Scientific, Graniot, Kaleido.

The IBM Mafia

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

Gavin MichaelPartnerFounded Varo Siva LakshmananAdvisory - Strategy, Supply Chain & Transformation - Various RolesFounded DeepHow Philippe OlivaDirector of Operations - Global Business ServicesFounded IDEMIA Eric BergHealth Industry Marketing RepresentativeFounded AspenView Technology Partners David HancockProject ManagerFounded Vidapp Amit D MishraLead positionFounded iMocha Daniel MorganAccount Executive, Strategic SalesFounded Accelr8 Jeff RoederStaff EngineerFounded Sonata Scientific Pablo Romero DíazSoftware EngineerFounded Graniot Steve CervenyProgram Director, IBM Cloud: App, Integration, Messaging, HybridFounded Kaleido Sophia LopezIBM Software Growth Markets Strategy MBA InternFounded Kaleido Vincent BelliveauDirector Master Data Management and Information Integration, North East EuropeFounded Cornerstone OnDemand Ryan FieldResearcherFounded Kernel Julio FauraSummer StudentFounded Adhara Brett HelmsCPIMA StudentFounded Sepion Gaurav KumarExtreme Blue InternFounded TurboHire Tatiana FinkelsteynInternal AuditorFounded zLinq Jonathan GreenPricing InternFounded Basi-Go Kumar AbhijeetWorldwide Sales Leader, IBM Cloud Object Storage (Watson & Cloud Platform)Founded Ocient Fayez MohamoodApple G5 Microprocessor Design InternFounded Bluecore Jeremy BermanOffering Manager - IBM MobileFirstFounded Good United Grigory SapunovInvited Data Science ExpertFounded Intento, Inc.Vaidya AiyerSAP EDI / Integration consultantFounded Appsfreedom Alan E. BaratzIBM Director, Strategic DevelopmentFounded D-Wave Priya VijayarajendranCTO - Cognitive/IOT/Analytics/Watson HealthFounded ASAPP JESSE PROUDMANEntrepreneur in Residence and Distinguished EngineerFounded Venice AI Arthur BertoleroBusiness Development ExecutiveFounded Peerbridge Health Sundar KannanSenior ConsultantFounded Computenext Nikos FountasDirector of ServicesFounded Euronet Worldwide RALPH A. CLARKStaff Marketing-Large SystemsFounded ShotSpotter Lionel FarrSenior EngineerFounded Unifyr Nicholas LangeveldPrincipal, Corporate DevelopmentFounded Affectiva Mike SterlingStrategic Analytics ConsultantFounded Stitch Health Eric M. SimoneProgrammer/AnalystFounded ClearBlade Manish GuptaDirector, IBM Research - India; Chief Technologist, IBM India/South AsiaFounded Videoken John SchwarzGM, Industry SolutionsFounded Visier Shellye ArchambeauGM, Public Sector Asia Pacific & other positionsFounded MetricStream Ching-Yung LinPrincipal Investigator, Manager, and Principal Research Staff Member, Network ScienceFounded Graphen Sunir ShahSoftware DeveloperFounded AppBind Philipp HergetAdvanced Scientist/EngineerFounded Dusty Robotics Piers NashSenior Global Solutions Consultant, Genomics & HealthcareFounded Sympatic Adam AndersonSecurity ConsultantFounded Hook Security John RomanowichEngineerFounded Sightlogix Aashish DalalConsultantFounded ParkWhiz Dr. Rolf AdelsbergerPhD studentFounded Sensoryx Colin EarlInformation Technology ManagerFounded Agiloft Roberto NascimentoBusiness Manager - Internet Security Systems (ISS Division)Founded Pipeimob Evangelos EleftheriouDepartment Head, Cloud and Computing InfrastructureFounded Axelera AI Jong Yoon LeeResearch InternFounded Sibel Health Ayush BansalResearch InternFounded Nimbleedge Stephan EwenCoopFounded Restate Sho NakanoseIT ConsultantFounded Gitai Livio SchläpferResearch InternFounded Intonate Stephanie DownsMarketing SpecialistFounded Uncaged Innovations Jan MacekDevelopment Manager - IBM WatsonFounded Deepmedchem Phil WilsonSecond Line Application SupportFounded Balena Ltd.Chaskin SaroffSoftware Engineer at IBM CloudFounded BioticsAI Seonghoon WooResearch Staff MemberFounded Amogy Abhay PaiInternFounded StepSetGo Maximo LibrandiSoftware Engineer ResearcherFounded Sumly Sumeet VaidyaGBS ConsultantFounded Crafting Nick LinckMachine Learning ResearcherFounded The Residency Adam CherikiSoftware Engineer & DevOps SpecialistFounded Entro Security Thomas Jam PedersenConsultantFounded Copenhagen Atomics Unni NarayananSoftware EngineerFounded DeepWeave Optimized chips for AI Dalraj NijjarUKI Resiliency Services DeliveryFounded Vateris Daisuke TanakaProject Manager & Business Solution AdvisorFounded 株式会社Quanmatic Karl EdlbauerProject Management OfficeFounded One100 Nick Hough-RobbinsPartner - Strategy and Analytics Financial ServicesFounded NatureAlpha Alex KrawchickMarketing ManagerFounded Klearly Vibhor GoelManagerFounded Valueailabs Özgür KayımIT ArchitectFounded QDelivery Kevin GreeneProgram Director, Manager, & Market ManagerFounded Redwood Nikhil BalramStaff Engineer, Video/Graphics VLSIFounded Mojo Vision Kimmo HavuDirector, IBM Hybrid Cloud Business Unit, NordicsFounded Valona Intelligence Simon ShaddockInformation Security AdviserFounded compyl Phil WestcottEuropean Ecosystem Leader - IBM Watson GroupFounded Deal Engine Leandro SarmentoProducts and ServicesFounded Neofin Connor DunnExtreme Blue Technical InternFounded Found Pascal Ntsama IVConsultantFounded Canza Finance Rob GonzalezSoftware EngineerFounded Salsify Kelvin ChanSoftware DeveloperFounded Maneva Paul MusselmanDirector Corporate Development, EMEAFounded Carnegie Speech Gary C. OliverVarious Sales, Marketing and Executive RolesFounded Blazent Maurizio ArienzoSr. Manager Bipolar Technology + Applications, Exploratory Silicon Materials, Advanced StructuresFounded Ferric Chris UlumBusiness Development ExecutiveFounded Agilyx Sameer MaskeyResearch Staff MemberFounded Fusemachines Jon ThorntonSoftware Engineer InternFounded ParkWhiz JON PRIDEAUXVariousFounded Boku David NolanAccount ManagerFounded Fusion Risk Management Dipto ChakravartyAdjunct Faculty MemberFounded Opentext Sameer KishoreGeneral Manager - Financial Services, Global Technology Services, North AmericaFounded Milestone Technologies Inc Joe DavySoftware EngineerFounded Banzai Francois DaumardVice President, North America MaaS360 Channel SalesFounded Splashtop Jeremy PowellHealth Care Client ExecutiveFounded Acclivity Health Solutions Marc RomanoSoftware EngineerFounded Seismic Software

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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 Varo, DeepHow, IDEMIA, AspenView Technology Partners, Vidapp.
Who is in the IBM mafia?: Notable members include Gavin Michael (Varo), Siva Lakshmanan (DeepHow), Philippe Oliva (IDEMIA), Eric Berg (AspenView Technology Partners), David Hancock (Vidapp), Amit D Mishra (iMocha), Daniel Morgan (Accelr8), Jeff Roeder (Sonata Scientific), among 638 tracked members.
What companies did IBM alumni found?: Companies founded by IBM alumni include Varo, DeepHow, IDEMIA, AspenView Technology Partners, Vidapp, iMocha, Accelr8, Sonata Scientific, Graniot, Kaleido.