Prior to founding Persefoni, Kentaro was the youngest Chief Digital Officer ever at a Fortune 500 company. His career has been focused on the software space and includes time spent as a strategy consultant at Accenture and a Venture Partner focused on early-stage SaaS companies with the Rice Investment Group. In 2020, Kentaro was recognized by Forbes on its 30 Under 30. As CEO at Persefoni Kentaro is responsible for setting the vision of the company and also serves as our Product leader.

As a formally trained computer scientist and mathematician, Kim has spent her career in software-centric roles from development to architecture. She has signifcant startup experience, including being a key technical leader at one of the Records Management sector’s first SaaS vendors. Her experience also includes a sophisticated understanding of enterprise systems after spending a decade developing proprietary applications at a Fortune 500 company. As CTO, Kim is responsible for all of our engineering and site reliablility efforts.

Jason brings nearly three decades of deep operational, strategy, and engineering experience from his time spent in the Energy sector. An Advisor with the Rice Investment Group, Jason has completed several early stage technology venture deals alongside Kentaro. Jason led one of the most signifcant operational technology roll-outs the energy sector has seen and on top of that has done everything from building 24x7x365 operations centers and $100m ERP implementations. As COO Jason leads our operations.

Russell brings more than two decades of SaaS and entrepreneurial experience in various strategy and sales capacities dating back to his time at some of the most prolific dot com startups of their time. With deep expertise in the enterprise software and cybersecurity sectors, he co-founded Marker Advisors in 2007 and is an advisor to various private equity and venture capital firms. As EVP, Corporate Development, Russell is involved in strategic partnerships, fundraising, and sales.