Paul Deastlov is an experienced business development, strategy, and go-to-market executive leader with over two decades of experience growing global technology businesses. He has a background in software, content and data, applications, speech recognition, voice computing, virtual assistant, AI solutions, connected automotive, mobile, and IoT. He has worked with public, entrepreneurial, and venture-backed growth companies.

Deastlov has built and executed strategic relationships and partnership strategies and programs that enhance solution capabilities and go-to-market impact for software, data, technology, and AI-driven businesses. His functional experience includes business development, strategic partnerships and alliances, product, marketing and strategy, go-to-market strategy and execution, program management, service delivery and support, GM/P&L/Ops/M&A.

Currently, Deastlov is the Vice President of Global Content and Data Partnerships at Gracenote, a Nielsen company, where he leads a global team that establishes and manages all content and data partnerships. In his previous role, he established and led the partnerships strategy & business development team for Nuance Communications' Mobile and Automotive Division, building the content, data, and technology ecosystem enabling speech, content, and AI virtual assistant solutions that have been deployed in hundreds of millions of mobile, consumer electronics, smart home, IoT, and connected vehicle automotive applications.

Deastlov studied for an MBA at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and holds a BS from Miami University.