We’re a company on a mission
Voci is committed to delivering innovative solutions that enable you to develop voice data applications designed for the contact center. Our GPU-accelerated, deep machine learning speech technologies feature open APIs that integrate easily with multiple audio sources, telephony providers, and call recording technologies. They provide best-in-class transcription accuracy with the lowest total operating cost available in the market.
Academia
Technologies Developed at CMU
| Pre-2011 | Speed
Accuracy
Scalability
AI
Automated Speech |
Early Adoption
Early Innovations Lead to Success
| 2011 | V-Blaze |
| 2012 | Series A Funding |
| 2014 | Emotion, Sentiment, Gender Analytics |
| 2015 | V-Spark |
| 2016 | Language ID Over 10M Minutes Processed |
Scaling
Increased Adoption Spikes Transcribed
| 2017 | Speaker ID Over 100M Minutes Processed |
| 2018 | Series B Funding 5B Minutes Processed |
Michael Coney
Senior Vice President & General Manager
Michael has extensive experience managing high-growth companies, raising capital, and working with investors at start-ups and large public companies alike. Before joining Voci, he was CEO of Unitrends and directed sales, support, and consulting services at global enterprises, such as VERITAS Software, Sun Microsystems, and Monster.com. Michael, who served in the U.S. Army, earned his B.S. degree from New York Institute of Technology. He also attended the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School of Business and Economics.
Wayne Ramprashad
Chief Product Officer
Wayne has strong expertise in the architecture, development, and operations of large-scale speech-driven data systems. Prior to joining Voci in 2016, he held senior positions at several Fortune 500 companies, including Comcast, IBM, Lucent, and AOL Time Warner. At Comcast, Wayne directed an enterprise-wide strategy for self-service solutions in support of customer service operations. He earned a B.S. degree in Joint Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Yasir Bugrara
Director of Sales
Yasir joined Voci Technologies in 2019, bringing 15 years of successful sales leadership and revenue growth experience. Prior to Voci, Yasir was a key leader driving revenue growth at several sales organizations, including ANSYS, PTC, and, most recently, Rubrik. He received his B.S.E in Computer Systems Engineering from Boston University.
John Kominek
Chief Technology Officer, Co-founder
Before Voci, John was co-founder of Quack.com (later acquired by AOL), responsible for the fusion and structuring of voice-searchable data and the development of text-to-speech architecture. He also held positions with Automated Speech Technologies, developing codecs that utilized vocabulary-independent speech recognition. He earned a B.S. degree in Physics and a Master’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Canada; and a Ph.D. from the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
Tony Ryan
Chief Financial Officer
Tony Ryan has over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, where he held a variety of executive operating and financial roles at public and private technology companies. He served as CFO at Primal Palate, Transim Technology Corporation, TimeSys, and Ansoft Corporation. Tony was also Director, IP Strategy at ArrowElectronics and COO and CFO for DesignAdvance Systems. Previously, Tony was a Certified Public Accountant at KPMG LLP. Tony earned a B.S. in Business Administration in Accounting from San Diego State University.
David Garrod
General Counsel
David joined Voci in 2010, bringing to the company extensive experience in corporate law and engineering. Prior to Voci, he practiced law for a number of firms, including Goodwin Procter in the New York City area. He also held positions with companies such as IBM and Schlumberger, and was Founder and President of Bedrock Computer Technologies. He received a B.S.E.E. degree from the University of California, Davis; a Juris Doctorate from Fordham University; and a M.S.E.E. degree and a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.
Kornel Laskowski
Chief Scientist
Kornel's expertise lies in designing and developing artificial intelligence solutions to speech technology problems. Prior to Voci in 2012, he held verification and software development positions at Nortel Networks, and served as scientific staff at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Kornel earned a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the University of British Columbia, and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Stephanie DiPaolo
Director of Marketing
The core of Stephanie's marketing experience is in the software space - ranging from SaaS to on-premises solutions - with customers in the top Fortune 100 companies. Her expertise is primarily focused in strategic digital marketing, sales enablement, and lead generation. She has been certified for inbound marketing with HubSpot and for sales with Mindset Selling. Stephanie received her B.A. in Communications and Electronic Media from Waynesburg University.
Tim Wallick
Vice President, Operations
Tim leads Support, Language Services, IT and Sales Operations. Before Voci, Tim was at Unitrends for nearly a decade where he served as CFO. While at Unitrends, Tim played a key role in growing the company from $3M into an industry leader and achieving 23 consecutive quarters of growth. Tim also founded a social media startup that tracks and rewards word-of-mouth marketing. Earlier in his career, Tim was the CFO at a high-growth aftermarket automotive distributor and was a public auditor at a large regional firm in South Florida. Tim earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University.
