Hunter Peress is an AI-native product and technology leader with 11 years of experience building and steering product, engineering, and startup teams across New York and the Bay Area. As CEO of Cognify AI Labs and former CPTO/Senior Product Manager roles, he blends hands-on engineering roots with product strategy to commercialize AI-driven products and APIs. His background spans founding and leading early-stage startups, scaling platform and API initiatives at Kaltura, and managing engineering teams from Android to full-stack systems. Trained in computer science and business with additional language study in Chinese, he pairs technical depth with global business fluency and a knack for turning experimental AI research into customer-ready solutions. An entrepreneur at heart, he often operates at the intersection of product, data, and developer experience to accelerate adoption of emerging AI capabilities.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Chinese & Business, Chinese & Business at The City University of New York
Computer Science, Computer Science at McGill University
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