Summary
Jari Koister is an executive technology leader and CTO with over a decade of experience translating data, AI/ML, and cloud platforms into commercial advantage across startups and enterprise firms. He has led product and engineering at Kantar and FICO and held senior roles at Oracle, Twitter, and Salesforce, marrying deep technical expertise with strategic product ownership in fintech, analytics, and decisioning systems. A PhD-trained researcher and former UC Berkeley Professor of Data Science, he builds high-performance teams and scalable platforms that move advanced analytics from prototype to production. Jari’s background spans hands-on systems research at HP Labs and Ericsson to founding and exiting startups, giving him a rare blend of academic rigor, operator instincts, and entrepreneurial experience. Based in Menlo Park, he often operates at the intersection of product, research and business strategy to uncover new market opportunities.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
2011, CTO Forum, 2011, CTO Forum at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Ph.D, Computer Science and Software engineering, Ph.D, Computer Science and Software engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
English, Swedish, Finnish, French, German