Pieter Nel

Pieter leads the product and technology teams in building CloudFactory's human-in-the-loop AI platform supporting clients' AI training data needs. He has more than 20 years of experience, across three continents, in technology strategy and software engineering management.

Previously, Pieter was CTO at Ocrolus, responsible for scaling its human-in-the-loop AI document processing product. Prior, he was at McKinsey & Co, advising clients on AI strategy and co-authoring many of the firm's AI research studies. He has also served as COO of mobile live streaming company YouNow, advised Tencent on the launch and growth of its mobile products in Africa, and was CTO at MXit, the world's first mobile instant messaging company, where he oversaw a team that grew the company to 40 million users.

Pieter holds an MBA from MIT, where he was a Sloan Fellow, as well as a M.Sc.Eng and B.Eng., both in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, where his research was on machine learning, and artificial intelligence applied to speech recognition. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and draws leadership inspiration from his time as a technical mountain rescue volunteer, yacht skipper, and pilot.