ALEXA ANTHONY
FROM : MAGIC AI TO : THRUWAVE
WAS : CEO NOW : BUSINESS OPERATIONS
DAMON FLETCHER
Alexa Anthony co-founded and ran Magic AI from 2017 to 2020 but the horse monitoring software failed to draw further investment and was shuttered . She has been picked up by ThruWave , a University of Washington spinout that uses millimeter waves to see through packaging . The technology has applications in ecommerce and warehousing , and the startup raised $ 6.4 million last year . She said : “ There is a computer vision and hardware component , an industrial market , incredible talent on the team , great progress with customer contracts in place , and early revenue .”
FROM : TABLEAU TO : DATAROBOT
WAS : CFO NOW : CFO
Tough times at Tableau as it loses its second senior exec just after its CEO left for AWS ’ shores ( see above ). CFO Damon Fletcher had been at the company for seven and a half years before his departure for DataRobot , an enterprise AI platform . Before joining Tableau , Fletcher worked at PwC for over 11 years . After beginning his new role Fletcher said : “ I spent the week with the senior leadership team at DataRobot and I am extremely excited about how we are helping our customers drive huge ROI .” aimagazine . com 15