At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Massachusetts based CFO’ operating in the Artificial Intelligence space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Alison Dean
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of iRobot
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.

Matthew Cain
Chief Financial Officer of DataRobot
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About DataRobot: DataRobot brings AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises.

Karen Cambray
CFO of Tamr
Karen Cambray is the Chief Financial Officer of Tamr.
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About Tamr: Tamr is an enterprise data unification company that is cost-effective, scalable, and accessible to any enterprise.
Lianglibo Xing
Co-Founder and CFO of XYZ Robotics
CFO Lianglibo Xing has a master degree in Economics from Peking University. He formerly worked in the headquarter of ICBC, the world’s leading commercial bank.
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About XYZ Robotics: XYZ Robotics develops AI-enabled robotic perception and manipulation technology for logistics and manufacturing automation.

Dan Tempesta
Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Nuance Communications
Dan Tempesta assumed the role of executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Nuance in July 2015. Since joining Nuance in 2008, Dan has held several senior finance roles, having most recently served as Nuance’s Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller, and Senior Vice President of Finance. Dan brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, including extensive financial and operational experience with publicly-held companies and accounting firms. During his time at Nuance, Dan has led the majority of Nuance’s finance and accounting operations, as well as tax, treasury, order management, and internal control activities. He received an accounting degree from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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About Nuance Communications: Nuance Communications provides conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence to everyday work and life.
Peter Faubert
CFO, Treasurer and Secretary of Evolv Technology
As a father of five, Evolv’s mission of creating a safer world really speaks to me. I’m thrilled to be able to help the Evolv team fulfill its mission while also positioning the company for financial success. I’m a well-seasoned CFO with significant startup experience, having served with eight public and private technology companies over the last 20 years, five of them as CFO. Throughout my career, I have focused on building world-class teams as I’ve developed deep expertise in corporate finance, business administration, and management for entities ranging from early-stage to international public companies. I look forward to bringing my experience to Evolv as together we work to balance effective security and a positive visitor experience. I am a Massachusetts native; I love that Evolv is a company with local roots making a big impact on a global market.
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About Evolv Technology: Evolv Technology, an AI-enabled touchless security screening system that uses digital sensors and artificial intelligence to detect threats.
Robert Lane
Chief Financial Officer of CallMiner
Mr. Lane has spent more than 23 years as a finance and accounting professional within the software industry.His experience includes a mix of private and publicly traded companies and includes significant experience in financial reporting, software revenue recognition, systems design and implementations, contract negotiation, international accounting operations and SEC reporting. Mr. Lane has contributed to the success of a number of venture capital backed enterprises, working with companies as they grow from the early revenue stage through significant growth curves and in certain cases through their ultimate sale. Mr. Lane has contributed to the success of Banyan Systems/ePresence, Switchboard, Passkey, Camiant and Tekelec prior to joining CallMiner. Mr. Lane is a 1993 graduate with honors from Framingham State College.
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About CallMiner: CallMiner provides artificial intelligence-enabled speech and customer interaction analytics.

William Larrenaga
CFO Advisor – Team of KinTrans
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About KinTrans, ParkWise: Collaborative machine learning platform offering access to 3D human movement datasets, and license KinTrans recognition APIs