10 heads of AI in enterprise SaaS
Chief AI officer, head of artificial intelligence and VP of AI engineering are among the current titles held by these heads of AI in enterprise SaaS. A reader can learn how heads of AI lead AI and machine learning teams in enterprise SaaS businesses.
Professionals to explore
Alex Schwarm, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: SVP of AI and Agentic Factory · Netomi
Alex Schwarm has been SVP of AI and Agentic Factory at Netomi since June 2026. Alex Schwarm was Head of Data Science and AI at SecurityScorecard from 2025 to 2026 and Senior Vice President / Head of Data and AI/Data Science at Arrive Logistics from 2024 to 2025, and the profile describes growing a team from 2 to 29 in four years.
Debojyoti Dutta
LinkedInExperience: Chief AI Officer · Nutanix
Debojyoti Dutta has been Chief AI Officer at Nutanix since January 2025 and was Vice President of Engineering at Nutanix from 2020 to 2025. Debojyoti Dutta has also been a Board Advisor at MLCommons since 2023, and the profile lists AI infrastructure and engineering leadership as present areas of work.
Gavin Guo
LinkedInExperience: Head of AI/ML, Customer/Consumer · Okta
Gavin Guo has been Head of AI/ML, Customer/Consumer at Okta since June 2023, and the profile says the role leads generative AI, data science, ML modeling and infrastructure. Gavin Guo was Senior Engineering Manager, Data & ML at Twitter from 2021 to 2023 and Tech Lead, Machine Learning at Zynga from 2015 to 2016.
Pushpraj Shukla
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, AI Engineering · Teradata
Pushpraj Shukla has been Senior Vice President, AI Engineering at Teradata since March 2026. Pushpraj Shukla was Chief Technology Officer at SymphonyAI from 2024 to 2026, Head of AI and Machine Learning at SymphonyAI in 2022 and Partner Director, Head of AI/ML, Azure Business Apps at Microsoft from 2020 to 2022.
Ryan Topping
LinkedInExperience: VP, AI Engineering · Clari
Ryan Topping has been VP, AI Engineering at Clari since December 2025 and was Head of Data Science and Machine Learning at Clari from 2022 to 2026. The profile headline describes Ryan Topping as an AI/ML leader in enterprise software, and Ryan Topping was Director Data Science at Chartboost from 2019 to 2022.
Saahil Kamath
LinkedInExperience: Head of AI · Eltropy
Saahil Kamath has been Head of AI at Eltropy since May 2022, and the profile describes the work as bringing AI to community financial institutions. Saahil Kamath was Co-Founder & CTO / VP of Products at Marsview.ai Inc., which the profile says Eltropy acquired, from 2017 to 2022.
Sarosh Havewala
LinkedInExperience: Head of Artificial Intelligence · Highspot
Sarosh Havewala has been Head of Artificial Intelligence at Highspot since September 2025, and the profile says Sarosh Havewala leads engineering of AI agents and the agentic AI platform for Highspot's AI-powered go-to-market platform. Sarosh Havewala was Partner Director of Engineering at Microsoft from 2024 to 2025.
Syrus Gao
LinkedInExperience: Head of Artificial Intelligence · Jasper
Syrus Gao has been Head of Artificial Intelligence at Jasper since May 2022, and the profile says the role leads the AI and data organization and is responsible for developing and delivering AI product features. Syrus Gao was Head of Machine Learning at Clari from 2018 to 2022.
Vasilis Vassalos
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director of AI · Automation Anywhere
Vasilis Vassalos has been Sr Director of AI at Automation Anywhere since December 2025, and the profile says Vasilis Vassalos leads the creation of enterprise AI systems, including agentic platforms and enterprise search. Vasilis Vassalos was Sr Director of AI at Aisera from 2024 to 2025 and Director of AI at Aisera from 2021 to 2024.
Yu He
LinkedInExperience: Head of Machine Learning Engineering · Highspot
Yu He has been Head of Machine Learning Engineering at Highspot since April 2025. Yu He was Senior Director in Machine Learning Engineering at Salesforce from 2023 to 2025, Senior Director in Machine Learning Engineering at WarnerMedia from 2021 to 2023 and Director at Twitter from 2020 to 2021.
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- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current AI leadership role, and why?
- 02How have you decided which AI and machine learning projects to staff and which to stop in your own teams?
- 03How have you organized the work between applied researchers, machine learning engineers and product teams in roles you have held?
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