Tom Siebel
CEO and Chairman
C3 AI
Tom Siebel is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of C3 AI. Mr. Siebel serves on the College of Engineering boards at the University of Illinois, the University of California, Berkeley, and he is a director of the Hoover Institution and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He received a Bachelor of Arts in History, an MBA, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of four books, most recently Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction (2019).
Ed Abbo
President and Chief Technology Officer
C3 AI
Ed Abbo
President and Chief Technology Officer, C3 AI
Ed Abbo is President and Chief Technology Officer at C3 AI, where he leads C3 AI’s strategy and execution, including technology direction, innovation, and customer success.
Prior to C3 AI, Mr. Abbo was Senior Vice President at Oracle Corporation, where he was responsible for its application products. Prior to joining Oracle in 2006, he was Senior Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer for Siebel Systems.
Mr. Abbo earned an MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and a BS in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University.
Houman Behzadi
President and Chief Product Officer
C3 AI
Houman Behzadi is President and Chief Product Officer at C3 AI. He leads C3 AI’s Products, Engineering, Data Science, Pre-Sales, Alliances, Global Services, Analyst Relations, and Hosting Operations functions.
Mr. Behzadi holds a bachelor’s in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Juho Parkinnen
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
C3 AI
Mr. Parkkinen has served as our SVP and Chief Financial Officer since March 2022. He has served as the Company’s principal accounting officer since December 2021, and from February 2021 to December 2021, he served as the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller. From March 2017 to January 2021, Mr. Parkkinen held various positions in the financial reporting group at MongoDB, Inc., a software company. From September 2009 to February 2017, Mr. Parkkinen held positions at Ernst & Young.
Mr. Parkkinen holds a BS in Business with an emphasis in Accounting and Mathematics from Santa Clara University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.
Nikhil Krishnan
Chief Technology Officer Products
C3 AI
Dr. Nikhil Krishnan is Chief Technology Officer of Products at C3 AI and responsible for the Product Management and Data Science departments.
Before C3 AI, Dr. Krishnan was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company, where he was a leader in McKinsey’s Advanced Industrials and Energy Practices. Dr. Krishnan has also served as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University and worked as an engineer at Applied Materials Inc. Dr. Krishnan earned a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and an MS and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering.
Binu Mathew
Senior Vice President Products and Engineering
C3 AI
As SVP, Products and Engineering at C3 AI, Binu Mathew is responsible for delivering the highest-quality, most innovative, and usable enterprise AI products in the market.
Before joining C3 AI, he was SVP and Global Head of Digital Products at Baker Hughes. Previously, he held several software product development roles at Oracle, including SVP of Product Development for Oracle’s PeopleSoft division.
He has a Bachelor of Technology (Hons.) in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Derron Blakely
General Counsel
C3 AI
Derron Blakely is C3 AI’s General Counsel and has been at C3 AI for four years. Mr. Blakely has over a two decades of experience in commercial, corporate, and government contracts. Before joining C3 AI, Mr. Blakely was the Deputy General Counsl for Elbit Systems of America, an aerospace and defense company that is responsible for the design, manufacture, and management of vital components for U.S. defense aircraft and equipment.
He has a BS in Biotechnology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a JD from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Rick Sherlund
Former Vice Chairman Technology Investment Banking Bank of America
Rick Sherlund has deep experience in investment banking with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. For four years, he served as Vice Chairman of Technology Investment Banking at Bank of America until his retirement in 2023. He is skilled in equity research, portfolio management, investment management, hedge funds, and enterprise architecture. His expertise in software led him to hit number one on Institutional Investor’s all-star analyst list 17 times in a row when he was an analyst.
He holds a BS in Business from Cornell University and an MBA in Accounting and Finance from Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business.
Honorio Padrón
Chief Technology Officer
Grupo Pantaleon
Honorio Padrón is Chief Technology Officer at Grupo Pantaleon, one of the largest sugar producers in Central America. He has over forty years of experience across industries, having served as a leader in global business and shared services, operations and technology management, and business transformation. Before Pantaleon, Mr. Padrón has held roles at SAP, NASA, PepsiCo, and Exelon.
He has a BS in Electrical Engineering and Biomedicine from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and corporate board certifications from Harvard Business School and the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.
Graham Evans
Vice President
Booz Allen
As a Vice President for Booz Allen, Graham Evans brings digital and analytics capabilities to clients with more than a decade of experience supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) and other U.S. federal agencies. His background includes working to advance enterprise architecture, agile software development, DevOps, and data science. Beyond his work to drive data transformation for clients, Graham is also the technical lead for investments in modern data platforms, data engineering, data cataloging, and the development of an integrated data experience.
He has a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Systems Engineering from the Virginia Tech.
Merel Witteveen
Group Vice President Alliances
C3 AI
Merel Witteveen is Group Vice President of Alliances at C3 AI. Having held multiple roles within the company over her seven-year tenure, Ms. Witteveen has deep experience within products, marketing, operations, and now alliances. In her current role she leads a team that has established a strong and growing global partner and system integrator network with companies such as Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Before C3 AI, Ms. Witteveen was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. She was also a member of the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team for six years and holds a silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
She holds a BS in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Amsterdam, an MS in Applied Physics from Utrecht University, and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Alex Amato
Vice President Customer Services
C3 AI
As Vice President, Customer Services at C3 AI, Alex Amato is responsible for all customer services globally, including Center of Excellence Services, Professional Services, and Customer Success. Prior to this role, Mr. Amato has held numerous Services and Product roles at C3 AI over the last seven years.
He holds a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California.