Ankur Modi is currently the Founder and CEO at StatusToday, an AI powered people analytics platform that maps employee behavior to boost wellbeing and transform productivity. StatusToday was awarded the Best AI Startup of 2017 in London. He is also currently an Expert Adviser on AI at The Houses of Parliament.
Ankur is an expert in big data engineering and behavioral psychology. A former Microsoft engineer and project manager of several years, he has led several major projects in Dynamics, Office 365, Data Extensibility and Partner Services to extend Microsoft's productivity suites in over 100 countries. He was recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30 in Technology.
Ankur is also regular keynote speaker at international conferences as a technical and business expert in AI and Future of Work. Now an expert contributor on Forbes, Ankur has won numerous awards for innovation in the field of AI/Security/Workplace Analytics and holds multiple patents.
With his team at StatusToday, Modi created Isaak , an AI that powers over 800 companies in 81 countries, empowering them to drive organizational change and improve employee wellbeing. It has allowed StatusToday to become one of the fastest growing people analytics platform in the world and raise millions of pounds in funding from venture capital investors.
Prior to creating Isaak, Ankur and his team created advanced AI solutions in cyber-security and were part of the first National Defense accelerator in UK run by the Ministry of Defense and GCHQ. Ankur’s team and expertise have been listed as some of Europe’s best cyber-security offerings in the market. For his role, Ankur was recognized in the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.
