Kirimgeray Kirimli
Board Director, Flatiron Software & CEO, Snapshot AI
Kirim started his career as a software developer at JOOR and Hearst Magazines, quickly moving into leadership roles that spanned engineering teams across Asia and Europe. At 28, he joined Nexstar Media Group's executive team as VP of Engineering, overseeing high-traffic digital platforms serving millions of users. He joined Flatiron Software with a clear conviction: that enterprises deserve a technology partner with the experience to understand their challenges from the inside and the expertise to solve them at scale.
Ovunc Sezer
CEO, Flatiron Software & CTO, Snapshot AI
Ovunc began his engineering career building mission-critical systems across Europe, working in Turkey’s defence industry and at one of the country’s largest banks. At Hearst UK, he led the development of high-performance data infrastructure powering large-scale digital publishing platforms used by millions of readers worldwide. In 2018, he founded Flatiron Software with a vision to bring that same depth of engineering thinking to enterprises globally. Under his leadership, the company has grown into a distributed engineering organization spanning multiple countries and hundreds of engineers, delivering complex software platforms and strategic technology solutions for leading international media and technology companies. Flatiron was built on the belief that world-class engineering and thoughtful problem-solving can transform how global organizations build and scale digital products.
Rajiv Pant
President Flatiron Software & Snapshot AI
Rajiv's career spans three decades at the intersection of technology, media, and strategy. He served as CTO of The New York Times, CPO & CTO of The Wall Street Journal, Deputy CTO of News Corp, and CPO & CTO of Hearst Magazines — leading product, design, and engineering organizations through some of the most consequential digital transformations in modern media. A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and early AI practitioner, Rajiv joined Flatiron as President to help enterprises navigate their own technology transformations with the same depth of experience he brought to the world's most recognized media brands.
Sanjay Bhakta
Board Director - Flatiron Software
Sanjay brings over 20 years of experience leading large-scale engineering organizations across media, entertainment, and technology. He has held executive roles at Condé Nast, where he serves as Chief Product & Technology Officer, as well as at Pearson, HBO, and AT&T — managing global teams of 1000+ and budgets in excess of $200M. His background spans digital publishing, media infrastructure, broadband, and enterprise architecture, giving Flatiron a board voice with rare breadth across both the business and technology sides of complex organizations.
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