Leading the Future of Model Risk Management
Meet Our Co-Founders
Michael Peckham
Chief Financial Officer
Charles Fischer
Chief Revenue Officer
Kristof Horompoly
VP - AI Risk Management
Analisa Sarasini
Head of Growth Strategy
Michael Roenning
Head of Solutions Architecture
Rodrigo Gomez Tagle
Director of Product Design
Kevin Allen
Head of Marketing
Nik Richers
Head of Documentation and Community
Sean Smith
Head of Customer Success
Our Core Values
Integrity
Humility
Empowerment
Empathy
Accountability
The ValidMind Story
The idea for ValidMind was born from a desire to solve a pain point every model developer faced—manual documentation. Mehdi Esmail’s effort to solve that problem became the seed for the company that would become ValidMind in 2022. His goal was to automate the model documentation process so that developers could spend more time doing what they do best: building better models.
In April 2023, ValidMind welcomed Daniel Macklin to its Board of Directors to tap into his extensive experience in the fintech and banking industry.
By March 2024, the company raised $8.1 million in seed funding, led by Point72 Ventures, which was pivotal for the company’s growth and development. May 2024 saw two senior hires: Kristof Horompoly joining as Head of AI Risk Management and Annalisa Sarasini as Head of Growth Strategy.
ValidMind’s efforts were recognized in June 2024 when we won the Chartis Research’s QuantTech50 Rising Star award and secured a spot on FinTech Global’s AIFinTech 100 list.
In September 2024, ValidMind was honored with the Risk Technology Award for Model Validation Service of the Year. The company also launched the ValidMind Advantage Partner Ecosystem to enhance trust and transparency for third-party AI model vendors. In October 2024, ValidMind earned a coveted spot on the Chartis RiskTech100 list, and earned a category award: Model Validation: Supporting Tools.