Our Team

Vish R.

Founder & CEO

Founder and CEO and this is his second venture. His previous venture www.logistrics.com provides a platform used by the largest U.S crew hauler (>60% market share) serving major railroads, barges, etc. His background spans senior leadership roles in sales, marketing and business leadership including banking (HSBC/Scotiabank), financial services and technology. He holds an MBA from University of Mumbai.

Evan Lai

Data Scientist

Evan Lai holds a Master of Science degree in Finance with extensive experience in quantitative research, data analysis, financial derivatives and developing machine learning algorithms. He is responsible for blending our quantum technology with his quantitative finance experience.

Dr. Isaiah Hull

Quantum Research Scientist

Dr. Isaiah Hull is a visiting Associate Professor of Finance at BI Norwegian Business School. He previously worked at the Research Division of Sweden’s Central Bank for 9 years, where he conducted academic research and integrated state-of-the-art technology and computation into the policy process. He holds a PhD in economics from Boston College and conducts research on computational economics, fintech, quantum technology, and machine learning. He is also the instructor for DataCamp's Introduction to TensorFlow in Python course (>30,000 students), the author of "Machine Learning for Economics and Finance in TensorFlow 2" (>15,000 accesses), and a member of the advisory board for Lund University’s Data Analytics and Business Economics (DABE) program.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5ca--jYAAAAJ

Michelle Chavy

Data Scientist

Michelle Chavy is a graduate of the University of Toronto's Master of Statistical Science. She is passionate about solving problems at the intersect of statistics, economics and mathematics and has been actively involved with our quantum solutions in recent times.

Yash Patel

Software Engineer

Yash Patel is a Computer Science graduate who builds CogniFrame's key technological infrastructure. He develops, tests and maintains CogniFrame's quantum and classical solutions. He is most adept at ensuring a seamless connection between our quantum and classical workflows.

Nick Bragagnolo

Lead Generation

Nick Bragagnolo is a graduate of the Rotman MBA. In the past he has scaled and turned around residential contractors with innovative solutions. He is excited to accelerate the commercialization of quantum technology.

Board Members and Quantum Advisory Board

Vish R.

Board Member

Founder and CEO and this is his second venture. His previous venture www.logistrics.com provides a platform used by the largest U.S crew hauler (>60% market share) serving major railroads, barges, etc. His background spans senior leadership roles in sales, marketing and business leadership including banking (HSBC/Scotiabank), financial services and technology. He holds an MBA from University of Mumbai.

Jonathan Briggs

Board Member

CogniFrame is pleased announce that Jonathan Briggs has joined our Board of Directors effective today. Jonathan is an acknowledged thought-leader in the investment management industry, an expert in the integration of machine learning/big data with systematic investing. He joined Delphia this June as CIO after a ten-year career at the CPP Investment Board, during which time he founded the Alpha Generation Lab with a mandate for researching and investing in transformational alpha strategies across any asset class. At CPP, he also functioned as the Head of Research for the Quantitative Equity business and the Head of Implementation for the GTAA business. Jonathan joined CPP from Barclays Global Investors, the $1.5 trillion investment firm in the forefront of systematic investing for decades. His academic training includes an undergraduate degree in Engineering and Applied Science from Caltech and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Prasanta K Panigrahi

Quantum Advisory Board

Prasanta K. Panigrahi is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India in the Department of Physical Sciences. He is also the Principal Investigator in the project “Quantum Information Technologies with Photonic Device” under the Quantum Enabled Science and Technology (QuEST) of Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (ICPS) Programme of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, and New Delhi. He was a Post-Doctoral fellow, University of Montreal, Canada, Post- Doctoral fellow, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA and holds a PhD (Field Theory), University of Rochester, New York, USA. His research interests include Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, Physics of Cold Atoms and Molecules, Nonlinear Dynamics, Quantum Field Theory & Wavelet Transform.

Selected Publications (with links)