Dr. Batu Sat is the Cofounder & CEO or Mall IQ, Inc., a venture-backed San Francisco based technology company serving Banks, Fintechs, Payment Apps, and Retailers as a Location-Intelligence & AI platform. Dr. Sat earned his Masters and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Researcher at the Coordinated Science Laboratory.

Batu leads Company’s long-term vision by streamlining operations, leveraging innovative and emerging technologies and maintaining strong focus on client imperatives. He is an expert in Machine Learning, AI, Distributed & Real-time computational systems as well as Location Intelligence. He held Technical Leader and Software Architect roles at Cisco Systems, Microsoft Corporation and Fuze, Inc. in Silicon Valley where he had the opportunity to experience the startup ecosystem and combine this experience with his expertise in technology. In 2015, he co founded Mall IQ, Inc. with his Cofounder Ferit Ozan Akgul, Ph.D. with the mission to empower financial institutions and merchants via Purchase Intent based Actionable Insights.