SAN JOSE, CA, Aug 04, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Skytree, the leader in enterprise machine learning on big data, today announced the appointment of Sanjay Mehta as vice president of engineering. Sanjay joins Skytree from Kaybus, a knowledge automation provider. He brings more than 20 years of technology leadership experience to the role. Sanjay will oversee Skytree’s team of developers and data scientists, driving engineering efforts and product delivery and innovation.
“Sanjay has delivered leading edge enterprise applications and built world-class engineering teams at innovative companies across the big data ecosystem. Those accomplishments combined with his extensive domain expertise make him the ideal leader for our highly talented engineering team as we continue to deliver tremendous value with enterprise-grade machine learning,” said Ray Villeneuve, CEO of Skytree. “Sanjay is an exceptionally skilled engineering executive who will help us build on our leadership position of delivering highly scalable enterprise machine learning to the big data market.”
Prior to Kaybus, Sanjay held several executive positions at companies, including Guidance Software, CaseCentral, Mimosa Systems and ZANTAZ. He has also held engineering management positions at Kodak Health Imaging, Adac Laboratories and ISG Technologies. Sanjay’s experience spans multiple industries and has given him domain expertise in areas that include knowledge automation, eDiscovery, enterprise search, content management, storage management, medical diagnostic imaging and image workflow management, and computer-aided engineering.
“Skytree is transforming the way that data scientists work. Skytree’s innovative platform automates the most tedious aspects of the data science process through machine learning, empowering data scientist to build better, more accurate predictive models. I am excited to lead this incredible team of developers and data scientists and to continue to disrupt the big data ecosystem with Skytree’s industry-leading machine learning platform,” said Sanjay Mehta, vice president of engineering, Skytree. “Skytree’s world-class machine learning platform is poised to transform how enterprises analyze data, make predictions and do business in the big data era. I look forward to ensuring solid product execution and continued growth.”