A Case for Artificial Intelligence and the Private Funds Industry
Now more than ever, private equity needs technology-based solutions to address the expanding amount of legal work generated by an increasingly complex industry. There’s strong interest in understanding the true potential of AI, current limitations and risks, and how firms can responsibly integrate this promising technology into processes associated with fund raising, portfolio investment, and fund operations.
Discover how Ontra Synapse automates legal work for financial operations and overcomes challenges for asset managers.
Hear experts discuss AI's promise and pitfalls, including: Yasser Ezbakhe (Blackstone Group), Dr. Megan Ma (Stanford Center for Legal Informatics), and Gianluca Rossi (Ontra).
Gain insights into how to integrate AI into fundraising, portfolio investment, and fund operations.
Learn the potential of artificial intelligence in the private funds industry
Speakers
Dr. Megan Ma is a Research Fellow and Assistant Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology and the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX). She is also an Associate Legal Futurist at Filevine.
Yasser Ezbakhe is a seasoned data science professional currently serving as a Principal at Blackstone.
Gianluca Rossi is the Director of Machine Learning at Ontra.
Justin Shriber is the Chief Marketing Officer at Ontra. For the past two decades, he’s focused on delivering solutions that combine artificial intelligence and process automation to unlock new levels of productivity, growth, and profitability.
Dr. Megan Ma is a Research Fellow and Assistant Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology and the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX). She is also an Associate Legal Futurist at Filevine. Megan is involved in the design and ideation of solutions at Filevine that supercharges legal services of the present for the future. Academically, her research focuses on the translation of legal knowledge to code, considering its implications for next generation human-computer interaction. She also teaches courses in computational law and computable contracts at Stanford.
Yasser Ezbakhe is a seasoned data science professional currently serving as a Principal at Blackstone. In his role, he spearheads the Private Equity practice of the Data Science group (BXDS), where he leverages his expertise to assist investors in conducting due diligence on companies and collaborates with management to drive analytics use cases.
Prior to his tenure at Blackstone, Yasser honed his skills as a Data Scientist at McKinsey and in the tech industry. His academic background includes a Master of Science in Data Science and a Master of Engineering in Fluid Mechanics.
Gianluca Rossi is the Director of Machine Learning at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Gianluca was a Sr. Machine Learning Manager at Farfetch. Gianluca holds a M.S. from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. In his spare time, Gianluca enjoys triathlons, watching hockey, and spending time with his wife and dog.
Justin Shriber is the Chief Marketing Officer at Ontra. For the past two decades, he’s focused on delivering solutions that combine artificial intelligence and process automation to unlock new levels of productivity, growth, and profitability. Before joining Ontra, Justin served as Chief Marketing Officer at People.ai and Vice President of Global Marketing at LinkedIn. During his career, he’s led Product, Sales, and Marketing organizations at both startups and large companies such as Siebel and Oracle. He started his career at McKinsey and Company. Justin holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Economics from the University of California Los Angeles. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and five children.