Prasad Sristi leads the AI team at Ascend as the Chief AI Officer. Prasad is passionate about his team's mission to revitalize the accounting profession through impactful AI software. Prasad brings a unique background to his current role at Ascend with a career spanning semiconductors, small business software, cloud, and AI. Prasad is an engineering graduate from IIT Bombay. He also holds an MASc in engineering from University of Victoria and an MBA from University of Toronto. He lives with his family in beautiful Vancouver, BC and enjoys skiing, motorcycle riding, and traveling.