Pooya Sarabandi
Chief Technology Officer
Pooya is an InsurTech veteran, who has built and scaled up several startups. For past two decades he has been focused on developing analytical solutions and risk models for insurance, and financial industries. Pooya’s expertise and passion lies in predictive modeling, analytics and data sciences, AI and ML, risk modeling, blockchain/DLT, digital transformation, and innovation.
Prior to joining InShare, Pooya co-founded StandardC (a risk analytics, compliance and payment platform for insurance companies and banks.) He was the VP and Global Head of Data Analytics and Exposure Modeling at RMS (a leading global provider of risk modeling - a subsidiary of Moody Corporation.) Pooya has also been an advisor to The World Bank and Allianz as well as a pioneering product owner in several start-ups focusing on application of computer vison, image processing and predictive modeling in disaster risk management and IoT spaces.
Pooya holds a PhD and a Master’s degree from Stanford University and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Tehran. Pooya, his wife and their two children live in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.