Primal is a semantic engine

Leadership

Primal’s team possesses a diverse blend of business and technical experience in developing and commercializing advanced Internet technologies.

Board of Directors

Meet our Board of Directors.

Advisors

Meet our Advisors.

Management Team

Yvan Couture, CEO & Co-President

Yvan Couture, CEO & Co-President

Yvan has been involved with Primal from the get-go as one of the original investors, officially joining us in May, 2006 as CEO & President. He’s responsible for leading corporate strategy, financing, and operations. More about Yvan…

Peter Sweeney, Founder & Co-President

A serial entrepreneur, Peter has extensive experience creating and growing Internet-based companies. He’s passionate and focused on disruptive innovations that provide new mass-market opportunities. And as Primal’s Co-President, he’s the go-to guy for R&D, product development and market strategy. More about Peter…

Jeff Campbell, Vice President, Business Development

As former CEO of AssetMetrix, Director at Microsoft and past President and CEO of PerspecSys Inc, Jeff has a track record of success in executive leadership, product and business strategy development, business development, enterprise sales, SMB marketing, channel management, product management and corporate development. More about Jeff…

Melissa Howatson, Vice President, Finance & Corporate Services

Melissa is in charge of all the things that fuel our operations: finance, accounting, payroll, human resources, legal, and office administration. More about Melissa…

Dr. Ihab Ilyas, Vice President, Research

Ihab is Primal’s principle researcher and an important collaborator across all our development activities. As Vice President, Research at Primal, he leads the research team, furthering Primal’s technical leadership in knowledge representation systems. More about Ihab…

Tony Sarris, Vice President, Development & Information Technology

An expert in combining semantic technologies with large-scale mission-critical systems, Tony is responsible for building Primal’s technology to operate at Web scale. As an Engineering Director at Unisys for the past decade, he has applied metadata concepts and information management technologies to build transactional processing solutions for its clients world-wide. More about Tony…

Nikhil Sriraman, Patent Attorney

As Primal’s in-house patent counsel, Nikhil is responsible for protecting and growing Primal’s business value through the strategic development and use of intellectual property. Nikhil drives the targeted procurement of intellectual assets and leverages these assets to further corporate objectives. More about Nikhil…

If you are interested in joining our team, see our career opportunities.