Square Names Naveen Rao, Leader in Artificial Intelligence, to Board of Directors
September 21 2017 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
Today Square announced that Naveen Rao, Corporate Vice President
and General Manager of the Artificial Intelligence Products Group
at Intel Corporation, has joined its Board of Directors.
“Square has an impressive track record of leveraging deep
learning to improve its products, and there’s much potential
ahead,” said Rao. “I’m excited to work with such a forward-thinking
team to accelerate the company’s use of AI and leverage this work
to expand access to the economy.”
“Machine learning and deep learning are crucial to our continued
innovation and growth,” said Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square. “Naveen’s
expertise will be hugely helpful to Square as we continue to
integrate these technologies into every aspect of our business to
ultimately better serve our customers.”
Rao currently serves as Corporate Vice President and General
Manager of the Artificial Intelligence Products Group at Intel,
after serving as Vice President and General Manager of Artificial
Intelligence Solutions from August 2016 to March 2017. In February
2014, Rao co-founded Nervana Systems, Inc. and served as Chief
Executive Officer until Nervana’s acquisition by Intel in August
2016. Before founding Nervana in 2014, Rao was a neuromorphic
machines researcher at Qualcomm Inc., where he focused on neural
computation and learning in artificial systems. Rao’s earlier
career included engineering roles at Kealia Inc., CALY Networks,
and Sun Microsystems Inc. Rao earned a bachelor’s degree in
electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University,
then spent a decade as a computer architect before earning a Ph.D.
in computational neuroscience from Brown University.
Square’s Board of Directors also includes Jack Dorsey, Roelof
Botha, Paul Deighton, Randy Garutti, Jim McKelvey, Mary Meeker,
Ruth Simmons, Larry Summers, and David Viniar.
About Square, Inc.
Square, Inc. (NYSE:SQ) creates tools that help sellers start,
run, and grow their businesses. Square enables sellers to accept
card payments and also provides reporting and analytics, next-day
settlement, and chargeback protection. Square’s point-of-sale
software and other business services help sellers manage inventory,
locations, and employees; access financing; engage customers; and
grow sales. Square Cash is an easy way for businesses and
individuals to send and receive money, and Caviar is a food
ordering service for popular restaurants. Square was founded in
2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in the
United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Ireland, and the UK.
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