Overview
Colby Wise serves as Chief Executive Officer at Sapient AI[1][4]. Wise has held engineering and product leadership roles at major technology companies, including Senior Engineering Manager at Netflix[5], Manager of Applied Science for Machine Learning Solutions Lab at Amazon Web Services[7], and VP of Head of Product Development & Applied Research at Yewno[9]. Wise's background spans data and machine learning products across cloud technology, quantitative finance, healthcare, sports, and media and entertainment sectors[2]. Wise holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Columbia Engineering[11] and a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Statistics, magna cum laude, from Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business[12]. Wise is currently participating in the NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Game Design Future Lab Accelerator as part of the Sapient 2025 cohort[3].
Profile introduction
Technology leader experienced with delivering high-impact data and ML products and solutions across multiple industries: from cloud technology (e.g., AWS), quantitative finance & asset management (e.g., Goldman Sachs), healthcare and life sciences (e.g. Janssen), sports (e.g., NFL, Formula 1, NHL, Bundesliga) to media & entertainment (e.g. Netflix). Technology products and solutions featured in popular media outlets including VentureBeat and ESPN; and leading scientific journals including Nature Scientific Reports. Passionate about helping people unlock the power of data, making ML accessible…
Career history
- Sapient - 2025 Cohort – NYU Game Design Future Lab AcceleratorMay 2025 to presentNYU Tandon School of Engineering
- Chief Executive OfficerJun 2024 to presentSapient AI
- Senior Engineering ManagerMay 2023 to Apr 2024Netflix
- Engineering Manager, Content Knowledge GraphJul 2021 to May 2023Netflix
- Manager, Applied Science - Machine Learning Solutions LabJun 2020 to Jun 2021Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Applied Scientist, Machine Learning Solutions LabOct 2019 to Jan 2020Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- VP, Head of Product Development & Applied ResearchJun 2019 to Oct 2019Yewno, Inc.
- Data Science ManagerMar 2019 to Jun 2019Yewno, Inc.
Education
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science2017 - 2018Columbia Engineering
Bachelor of Science: Finance | Statistics, magna cum laude2006 - 2010W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
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