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Steve Griset is the CTO and co-founder of alwaysAI. Prior to alwaysAI, they were the Chief Technology Officer at Sphera Solutions from October 2016 to March 2018. At Sphera, they were responsible for leading the software engineering and IT teams. Steve led a global team of 150 technology professionals as they developed innovative enterprise software solutions for both SaaS and on-premises. Steve was also a member of the Executive Leadership Team reporting to the CEO.

In their role at Sphera, they set technology and product strategy for the company. Steve also established InfoSec Policies, ISO270001 certification, and began work on GDPR certification. Steve personally recruited security, UI/UX, architects & software engineers. In addition, they built a new IT organization from the ground up, including people, process, and systems infrastructure while maintaining stability of and support for $100MM in-flight business.

Steve also led the R&D team that consisted of 150 software engineers distributed across multiple locations with an annual operating budget of $18.4MM. Under their leadership, the team successfully acquired, integrated, and provided ongoing support for RIVO - a SaaS software company with 16% Y/Y growth. The team also successfully delivered MVP of next generation SaaS applications with modern UI/UX and micro services technology stack.

Steve Griset has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from UC Riverside and an executive certificate in Technology Management from Caltech. Steve also has an executive certificate in Engineering/Industrial Management from MIT Sloan Executive Education. Steve is certified from PyImageSearch in Visual Fusion For Autonomous Cars.

Steve Griset works with Jeff Fallis - Head, Sales, Jeff Hollowell - Director, Customer Success, and Dalton Varney - Director, Business Development. Steve Griset reports to Marty Beard, CEO & Co-Founder. Tony Jesudoss - Computer Vision Engineer, Hetansh Patel - Computer Vision Engineer, and Eric Vanbuhler - Director, Software Engineering report to Steve Griset.