Leadership Team
Our executive team brings together decades of experience in AI, engineering and business leadership, combining deep technical expertise with a proven track record of building, scaling and delivering enterprise technology.
AJ Abdallat
AJ Abdallat

Founder & CEO of BeyondAI

Driven by a belief that AI should solve real business problems, AJ has spent more than 25 years building transformative technology companies, founding multiple Caltech and NASA JPL ventures, and helping organizations apply advanced AI at enterprise scale.

Executive Team

Mark L. James

Mark L. James

Founder & Chief Technology Officer

A pioneer in artificial intelligence and advanced software engineering, Mark has spent more than 30 years developing cognitive technologies for complex environments. A former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory researcher, he helped create the advanced AI and reasoning systems that underpin the BeyondAI technology platforms.

Frank Sansone

Frank Sansone

Chief Financial Officer

With more than 25 years of experience across technology, AI, SaaS and energy companies, Frank brings expertise in financial strategy, business transformation and scaling operations. A seasoned executive and former CFO of leading enterprise software companies, he leads BeyondAI’s global finance strategy, growth initiatives and strategic expansion.

Don Howren

Don Howren

Chief Operating Officer

With more than 30 years of experience scaling enterprise software businesses, Don brings expertise in operational strategy, execution and growth. Having held senior leadership roles at Epicor, Sage and Aderant, he drives operational excellence across BeyondAI and oversees the company’s DocLink intelligent document platform.

Dr. Hussein Al-Natsheh

Dr. Hussein Al-Natsheh

CTO and Interim CPO

A recognised leader in artificial intelligence and data science, Dr. Hussein Al-Natsheh has spent more than 20 years advancing language, vision and Generative AI technologies. At BeyondAI, he leads unstructured data innovation, developing AI solutions that enable organisations to unlock insights from complex information and accelerate intelligent decision-making.

David Liu

David Liu

Executive Vice President, Global Partnerships and Channels

Richard Martin

Richard Martin

SVP, Technical Sales

April Blankenship

April Blankenship

VP of Marketing

Mohamad Awad

Mohamad Awad

VIce President, EMEA

Raif Aseeri

Raif Aseeri

VP and GM

Victor NG

Victor NG

Managing Director S.E.A and Korea

BOARD MEMBERS & ADVISORS

AJ Abdallat

AJ Abdallat

Founder & CEO

Mark L. James

Mark L. James

Founder & Chief Technology Officer

John Givens

John Givens

BP Ventures

Carmine Villani

Carmine Villani

Crown MFO, Chairman, Advisory Board

Dr. Saad Albarrak

Dr. Saad Albarrak

ILA Group

Ionel Nechiti

Ionel Nechiti

Aramco Ventures