Lila Tretikov — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as a CEO, Board Director, and focuses on AI Investing.
Founded GrokDigital, a technology marketing company.
Co-authored several software patents in intelligent data mapping and dynamic language applications.
Holds board directorships at companies including Volvo Cars, UBS, Xylem, Rackspace, OpenEd, and Capgemini.
Attended the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in computer science and art, where she researched machine learning.

Biography

Lila Tretikov is a Russian-American engineer and manager with a career spanning software engineering, executive leadership, and AI investing. Born in Moscow, Soviet Union, she moved to New York City at age 15. She later attended the University of California, Berkeley, studying computer science and art, and conducted research in machine learning.

Tretikov began her professional career in 1999 as a software engineer in California, working at Sun Microsystems on the Java server.