Jeff Barg is a Head of AI and seasoned software leader with 11 years building scalable, distributed systems from early-stage startups to large enterprises. He co-founded and led Avenue as CTO, shaping an observability platform for operations teams, and previously contributed to Alexa AI at Amazon on entity resolution systems. Now based in New York, he progressed rapidly at Clay from engineer to Head of AI, combining hands-on engineering with product-minded leadership. His background blends entrepreneurship (founding Fructose Tech), formal training from Wharton and Penn, and practical startup scaling via Y Combinator. Known for an appetite for excellence, he focuses on reliable, production-ready AI infrastructure and operational tooling that bridge research and real-world systems.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
International School of Geneva
Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurship, Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School
BSE in Computer Science Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, BSE in Computer Science Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology at University of Pennsylvania
Contributions:8 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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