Executive Management

Steven L. Skancke, Ph.D. - CEO & President, Sakhr Software USA
Rami Safadi, Ph.D. - Chief Technology Officer
Jesus Lopez - Chief Architect
Trey Lindseth - Vice President, Product Management
Tuyen Ho - Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Steven L. Skancke, Ph.D.

CEO & President, Sakhr Software USA

Steve has a distinguished career in the U.S. Government working on national security, intelligence, policy development, and regulatory issues in banking, tax and law enforcement. Steve launched Sakhr Software USA in 2004 with former Treasury Secretary G. William Miller. Prior, Steve served 15 years in the White House National Security Council and the U.S. Treasury Department and 20 years as a merchant banking partner of G. William Miller advising international and information technology investors. At Sakhr Software USA, Steve oversees management, development, and delivery of Arabic language and speech solutions to the U.S. federal government and commercial customers. Steve holds a Ph.D. in business economics from George Washington University.

Rami Safadi, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer

As CTO, Rami is responsible for planning and aligning Sakhr's advances in speech and language technologies with the company's strategic business goals. Rami brings to Sakhr 20+ years of experience in developing software and solutions that leverage the convergence of NLP, wireless, Internet and personal computing technologies. Rami founded UltiVerse Technologies and was CTO at Cymphony, Inc. (acquired by TNS Global NASDAQ:WPPGY). Rami is fluent in Arabic and Hebrew. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.

Jesus Lopez

Chief Architect

As Chief Architect, Jesus is responsible for overall architecture, design, and performance of Sakhr Software's products and technologies. Jesus brings technical leadership and expertise in the architecture of high-performance, large-scale, data-intensive software platforms in diverse fields such as speech recognition, online analytics, and data warehousing/decision support systems. Previously, Jesus was Chief Architect of Dial Directions and has held senior engineering roles at several other Silicon Valley companies. Jesus, a patent holder in the area of speech technology, received a BS in Electrical Engineering at the Monterrey Institute of Technology.

Trey Lindseth

Vice President, Product Management

At Sakhr, Trey has overall responsibility for product management. Trey brings extensive experience in managing new product development for mobile applications, speech recognition, location-based services, and data analytics. Most recently, Trey was VP of Product Management at Dial Directions, responsible for consumer location-based services and speech recognition. Previously, Trey was Director of Product Management at Voxify, responsible for enterprise products in travel, retail, and entertainment. Trey's prior experience includes Intel Corporation and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Trey holds an MBA from the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business, and a BA degree in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University.

Tuyen Ho

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Tuyen leads sales and marketing for Sakhr Software. Tuyen brings over 10 years of business operational experience in developing market presence and traction for high-technology companies. Most recently, Tuyen led business development and marketing at Dial Directions, served as VP of Channels at Voxify, and was VP of Client Services at Personify. Tuyen started her career as a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting and Peregrine Capital Vietnam. Tuyen holds a MA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

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