MEET RANA
Rana Gujral is an entrepreneur and CEO at Behavioral Signals, a Cognitive AI company building essential building blocks of AGI with its acoustics-based deep learning technology. As a thought leader in AI, Rana often leads keynote sessions at industry events such as the Leap, DeepFest, World Government Summit, VOICE Summit, TNW, Collision, and The Web Summit. His bylines are featured in publications such as FastCompany, Inc., and Entrepreneur, and he is a contributing columnist at TechCrunch and Forbes. Rana has been recognized as among ‘Top 40 Voice AI Influencers to Follow’ by SoundHound, ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ by CIO Magazine, ‘Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Follow’ by Huffington Post, and an ‘AI Entrepreneur to Watch’ by Inc Magazine. In 2022, the CEO Monthly listed him among the “Most Influential CEOs.”
Rana holds management, finance, and engineering degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan, the University of Massachusetts, and MJP Rohilkhand University. Rana founded TiZE, a vertical cloud software that used ML models to predict commodity prices, and held the CEO role until its acquisition in 2016. Before TiZE, Rana led the turnaround of Cricut Inc. from bankruptcy to profitability and its eventual IPO. Previously, Rana held leadership positions at Logitech and Kronos Inc., where he was responsible for developing best-in-class products.
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PERSONAL AWARDS
Hacker Noon 2020 Noonie’s - Contributor of the Year: CHATBOTS
US-China Pioneer Award - IEIE 2017
10k Prize - TiE Young Entrepreneurs Business Plan Competition
High Scholastic Achievement Award - BGS Honor Society
Engineering Outstanding Achievement Award - Kronos Inc
Academic Excellence Award - TACK U.K.
PRODUCT AWARDS
TiZE - "20 Most Promising PLM Software Technology Solution Providers in 2015” - CIO Review
TiZE - "50 Smartest Companies of the Year 2016" - Silicon Review
Logitech Harmony Link - Edison Award 2012 Gold Winner
Logitech Revue - Top 10 Gadgets of TIME's Top 10 of Everything
BiometricTech Product of the year award 2004 and 2003 - Kronos 4500 Terminal