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Inbenta’s leadership

Meet the team leading us into the future of value-driven business solutions through AI. Our executives combine expertise and vision to navigate the challenges of today while innovating for tomorrow, positioning Inbenta as the trusted long-term partner enterprises need to succeed with AI.

Executives

Melissa Solis

Chief Executive Officer

Merlin Bise

Chief Technology Officer

Adam Rivera

Chief Legal Officer

Jeff Cate

Chief Financial Officer

Lesli Mais

Global Head of People

Adam Highfill

Global Head of Marketing

Robin Dindayal

Head of Product

Sarah Johnson

Global Head of Global Client Success

Jeff Caton

Global Head of Sales

Jon Piles

Global Head of Partnerships

Board members

Matt Bowman

Managing Partner,
Tritium Partners

Chris Steiner

Partner, Tritium Partners

Emanuele Conti

Independent Board Member

Melissa Solis

Chief Executive Officer

Merlin Bise

Chief Technology Officer

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Jeff Caton

Global Head of Sales

Jeff Caton is the Global Head of Sales at Inbenta, where he leads the company’s revenue growth strategies with a focus on leveraging AI-driven solutions to enhance customer and employee experience infrastructures helping organizations across the globe scale innovation. With over 20 years of experience in sales leadership Jeff’s career is marked by his ability to navigate complete technological landscapes and his unwavering commitment to leveraging technology to achieve business objectives.

Sarah Johnson

Global Head of Global Client Success

Sarah Johnson is the Global Head of Client Success at Inbenta. She leads the Client Success team with a zeal to ensure maximum value realization and growth with all existing clients. Sarah’s passion for creative problem solving, consultative solutioning and building strategic customer, stakeholder and partnership relationships has empowered technological advances for customers worldwide, from startups to Fortune 50 companies.

Adam Highfill

Global Head of Marketing

With over a decade of experience in marketing, finance, and entrepreneurship, Adam has a track record of leading high-performance teams and driving growth in tech companies through GTM strategy and commercial operations.

At Inbenta, Adam leads marketing efforts globally to increase awareness around Inbenta’s continued innovation and partnership with businesses to create value-driven AI solutions.

Adam holds a Master in International Business from Warrington College of Business at University of Florida and a Master of Finance from ESADE. He resides in Barcelona, Spain and is passionate about music, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and barbequing with family.

Robin Dindayal

Head of Product

Robin Dindayal is the Head of Product at Inbenta, where he oversees the company’s line of AI-enabled products from development to deployment. With over 20 years of experience in product and technology roles within enterprise B2B SaaS organizations, Robin has led numerous highly successful product management teams and contributed significantly to the success of the companies he worked for, including massive growth, financing rounds and aquisitions. He attended the University of Waterloo for his Computer Science. Outside the office, Robin enjoys volleyball, cheering on his favourite Toronto sports teams and spending time with his family.

Brett Petersen

Chief Revenue Officer

Brett Petersen is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Inbenta, where he leads the company’s revenue growth strategies with a focus on leveraging AI-driven solutions to enhance customer experiences and drive innovation. With over 30 years of experience in revenue generation, Brett’s career is marked by his ability to navigate complete technological landscapes and his unwavering commitment to leveraging technology to achieve business objectives.

Lesli Mais

Global Head of People
Lesli Mais is the Global People Leader at Inbenta with over 20 years of diverse experience spanning Fortune 500 companies, startups, and professional services. Her expertise includes People, Implementation, HR Operations, Talent, Organizational Design, and M&A integration. A Baylor University graduate, Lesli focuses on aligning people, infrastructure, and strategies with company culture, vision, and goals. She builds and empowers world-class teams through credibility, communication, and understanding. Outside work, Lesli enjoys family and friends, being a football and martial arts mom, and caring for her extended animal family.

Merlin Bise

Chief Technology Officer

Merlin is an investor in Inbenta and leads IT infrastructure and new product development to further expand Inbenta’s conversational AI platform with GenAI capabilities.

He brings over 20 years of experience in technology leadership, with deep expertise in combating fraud through innovative solutions and designing a sophisticated OCR platform. His forward thinking and creativity have allowed him to build multiple AI platforms that serve some of the largest corporations in the world.

Merlin formerly co-founded GIACT Systems (acquired by LSEG) and during his tenure, he drove new product development and implemented technology across some of the largest global enterprises, including Equifax, Walmart, Costco, PayPal, Intuit, AIG, Quicken, PNC Bank, American Red Cross and federal and state entities.

Adam Rivera

Chief Legal Officer

Adam Rivera is the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) at Inbenta, where he leads the company’s legal and compliance team. Adam has over 20 years of legal and management experience and has worked for various large global organizations in different roles. Always curious about the latest technology, Adam joined Inbenta from DoorDash, and really enjoys the challenges in navigating the AI space. Outside of work, when not carting his kids to/from sporting events, Adam can be found on his road bike exploring his local communities.

Jeff Cate

Chief Financial Officer

A graduate of Southern Methodist University and the London Business School, Jeff served as a successful investor before transitioning to operational roles due to his passion for growing and leading companies. Previously, he was CFO of Appspace, a workplace experience platform, which he invested in and helped to grow. At Appspace, he also led two successful M&A transactions and took on the role of Chief Performance Officer to advance other strategic initiatives for the company. He will be a driving force for managing the company’s expansion and growth in the North American market with his experience in scaling other high-growth SaaS companies.

Melissa Solis

Chief Executive Officer

Melissa is an investor in Inbenta and serves as the CEO. Melissa has over 30 years of leadership experience across various roles in insurance and technology. Previously, she co-founded GIACT Systems and served as CEO until its acquisition by Refinitiv, a London Stock Exchange Group company, in 2020. Under her leadership, GIACT built a client base of over 1,000 companies, including Fortune 500 firms, and was recognized for excellence in fraud and risk technology. She is passionate about AI technology and championing its adoption across countless use cases for enterprise businesses.