Igor Taber, formerly a managing director at Intel Capital, semiconductor and data technology provider Intel’s corporate venturing arm, has joined one of its portfolio companies, machine learning platform developer DataRobot.
Taber has been appointed senior vice-president of corporate development and strategy position at DataRobot, having become involved in the company initially as an investor and board observer in 2015. Intel Capital invested in $33m series B and a $54m series C rounds in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
At Intel Capital, Taber concentrated his efforts on sourcing and funding startups for nearly two decades, specialising in the enterprise software realm in the past five years, after initially joining the unit as a product manager in 2002.
Taber moved up through Intel Capital to become an investment director in 2008 before being promoted to managing director in 2014.
Other deals Taber led resulted in exits from data processing technology developer Data Artisans, acquired by e-commerce firm Alibaba last month; big data technology provider BlueData, acquired by enterprise technology producer Hewlett Packard Enterprise in November 2018; and cognitive computing platform Saffron, acquired by Intel in 2015.
Jeremy Achin, DataRobot’s co-founder and chief executive, said: “Igor’s deep experience scaling companies, coupled with his unmatched [artificial intelligence] industry knowledge and network, make him the ideal person to lead our corporate development and strategy,
“He has been an indispensable member of our board, and we are humbled to have him join us full time. I am extremely confident in his ability to help DataRobot reach new heights in the years ahead.”
Taber added: “Having been involved in the company board for several years, I have seen first-hand DataRobot’s flawless execution to create and build a new category and change the way machine learning is done.
“Jeremy and his team have such a compelling vision for the future of AI, and I jumped at the opportunity to help them continue to grow. I cannot tell you how excited I am to be part of such a game-changing company.”
Photo of Igor Taber courtesy of LinkedIn.
