We help businesses operate more efficiently and make better decisions by having quick and reliable access to the details of their contracts and business documents.

Prior to leading Zuva's spin-out, Noah was CEO of Kira Systems (the leading contract analysis company for professional service firms) from founding to its sale to Litera in 2021. Before that, he was a corporate lawyer at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Among other awards, Noah was named the FT's Intelligent Business 'Market Shaper' and ILTA's Vendor Thought Leader. He's the co-author of WSJ Bestselling book 'AI for Lawyers' (Wiley) and author of 'Robbie the Robot Learns to Read' (perhaps the world's first children's book on machine learning).

Noah loves spending time with his family, travel, reading, strenuous exercise, and water.

Serge is the Senior Software Engineer Manager for the DocAI team. He manages the team that provides the APIs to the AI technology that Zuva creates. He works with the team to create the architecture and engineering of the product to get it released on our infrastructure.

Serge has over 26 years of experience in software engineering. He has a passion for effective software engineering teams and technology. Prior to joining Zuva and Kira, Serge worked at Q1labs, which was acquired by IBM, securing customer networks. Other fun projects that he got to work on include: Flight simulators (airplane and helicopter), meddling with crypto to secure people’s privacy and helping parents with software to help kids with autism.

When he is not working, you can see him playing various sports, enjoying time with his family and traveling to new places, eager to learn anything new.

Matt is a Development Manager working on DocAI at Zuva. He has more than 15 years of experience in the tech industry. This includes being part of the team at Kira Systems before the spin-out and having spent time at IBM as part of Watson Financial Services, as well as at Intelex Technologies (acquired by Fortive) building environmental, health, safety and quality management software.

Matt is an avid Toronto sports fan (go Leafs, Raptors, Jays!), plays the bass guitar and enjoys camping or relaxing at the cottage by the lake.

Jean-Philippe is a Principal Software Developer at Zuva, responsible for the technical aspect of the products and their interactions. He was previously a Tech Lead at Kira Systems where he helped grow the development group from a couple of individuals to well established teams while contributing to the product.

Jean-Philippe holds a Master of Mathematics (Computer Science) from University of Waterloo and a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from Université de Sherbrooke.

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Alex co-founded Kira Systems and served as President and CTO. Currently he is advisor to Zuva and others. He holds Ph.D and M.Math degrees in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. Before legal AI, his research in the field of bioinformatics focused on finding similarities between DNA sequences using machine learning techniques.

Alex enjoys mixing electronic music, playing with technology, and exploring food, drink, art, and other culture.

Resa leads the Legal Knowledge Engineering team - a group of lawyers who create Zuva’s built-in machine learning models. Prior to Zuva, Resa worked at Kira Systems and was responsible for training the general commercial built-in machine learning models. Prior to Kira Systems, she was a corporate lawyer at Goodmans LLP in Toronto.

Resa enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, baking and DIY projects.

Chelsea leads the Design team at Zuva, which is responsible for understanding the experiences and pain points of our users and the design of our products and services. Prior to Zuva, Chelsea worked at Kira Systems where she worked on the main product with the larger Design team and headed up the design of two new products, one of which would later become Zuva's primary product after the spin-out. Throughout her career, Chelsea has worked as a designer and front-end developer spanning a variety of industries.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing video games and organizing her home.

As Zuva's Product Manager, François collaborates closely with senior leadership and stakeholders to define product vision and strategies to make DocAI the easiest-to-use programmatic Contracts AI solution on the market.

François began his career at SunGard Financial Systems (now FIS) before joining Kira Systems (now Litera) as a Technical Solutions Consultant. He was Zuva’s first Solutions Engineer, and brings a user-centric view when delivering DocAI to our users.

He enjoys cooking, cycling and puns.

As VP Marketing, John is responsible for Zuva's growth, revenue and execution of its mission to make it dead simple to embed the world's best Contracts AI. John has over 20 years’ experience leading marketing teams and disciplines in global agencies, large enterprise and SaaS focused scale-ups.

Outside of work, John is a passionate supporter of youth sports and spends a ridiculous amount of time in hockey arenas.

Ben is responsible for Finance, HR and Legal matters at Zuva. He has previously held roles as Chief Legal Officer at Verisure, corporate partner in the London office of Jones Day, and General Counsel UK & European Transactions for GE. Ben began his career working in film and television production and distribution in Canada. He has a B.A. in History from Harvard University, a B.A in Jurisprudence from Oxford University, an LL.B. from Canada's Dalhousie University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in France.

Ben lives and works in Switzerland, where he tries to take advantage of the many opportunities for outdoor activities possible in the Alps.

As IT Manager at Zuva, Russell is responsible for the implementation, management as well as security oversight for the company’s Information Technology assets and infrastructure. Prior to the Zuva spin-out, Russell was a Senior IT Operations Specialist at Kira Systems, growing the infrastructure along with the company, a new office, and then transitioning to a fully remote organization during the pandemic. Russell brings over 10 years’ experience in IT from different industries ranging from construction, alternative energy and managed services.

Russell is a techie at heart and outside of work he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, cycling, and trying to keep up with all the latest trends in tech.

Jennifer oversees the overall people operations/human resources function at Zuva Inc. Working closely with the executive leadership team, Jennifer manages employee programs and initiatives that foster a flexible and inclusive work environment and reflect Zuva’s core company values. With 20 years of experience in human resources and people operations, Jennifer brings a passion for employee engagement, project management, and process improvement. Prior to joining Zuva, Jennifer held various human resources roles within professional services firms, with the majority of her career spent at one of Canada’s top business law firms.

In her free time, Jennifer can be found getting an extra-hot latte, hanging out with family & friends, and going to Blue Jays’ games with her two sons.

Adam received his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo for his investigations into the design and evaluation of high-recall retrieval systems for electronic discovery. Prior to Zuva’s spin-out, Adam was part of the burgeoning Research team at Kira Systems, eventually becoming the Director of Research. Now at Zuva, Adam leads a variety of teams to help set product vision and ensure that the company is building solutions to meaningful problems.

Outside of work, Adam has a keen interest in cooking and the science behind it (often, this involves making pizza, again) as well as reading science fiction and fantasy, playing video games, and being a proponent of the wonders of rowing.

Rona brings 8 years of experience to her role as Zuva’s head of Talent Acquisition. Prior to joining Zuva, she served as the Head of Talent Acquisition at BlueCat Networks (later acquired by Audax Private Equity), a SaaS organization in the IT and Networking domain. She has also served as the lead Technical Recruiter at Achievers (acquired by BlackHawk Network), a SaaS organization specializing in employee engagement software. Rona has built her experience primarily in the Software industry. Her focus has been to attract top talent as well as diagnose and solve complex hiring problems both internally and externally. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Waterloo and Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from George Brown College.

When she is not working, Rona can be found jet-setting across the world, catching up with friends, reading a book or wandering around Toronto listening to podcasts.

Peter Sobiloff joined Insight Partners as a Managing Director in 1998, bringing to the firm 20 years of operational experience in executive leadership positions, sales management and worldwide operations. As an investor at Insight, Peter specializes in mentoring management teams to foster technological change in existing markets in order to produce greater productivity and deliver incremental value to customers. Peter enjoys working to create successful liquidity events that positively change the lives of entrepreneurs and employees. Among his investments are Argus Software (acquired by Altus Group), DWL (acquired by IBM), iMany (IPO), Kinnser Software (acquired by Mediware), Medidata Solutions (IPO), Planview (sold majority to Thoma Bravo), Primavera (acquired by Oracle), and Shunra (sold to HP).

Peter lives in New Jersey. A cinephile at heart, Peter has produced several movies, most recently 'Infinite Storm' (2022), 'It Ain’t Over' (2022) and 'A Mouthful of Air' (2021). He was also part of the Oscar-winning team that produced “Skin” (2018), which won for Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards.