Vanja J

CEO, Entrepreneur, and AI Specialist

Vanja Josifovski is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience in leading roles at major tech companies. He served as the CTO of Homes at Airbnb from 2019 to 2022, a position he held for 3 years.1 In this role, he led the core business of Airbnb, overseeing various aspects of accommodations from shared rooms to hotels and real estate developments across all tiers.

Career Highlights

Current Position: Vanja is currently the CEO and Co-founder of Kumo.AI, a position he has held since 2022.1 At Kumo.AI, he is working on making AI more accessible and user-friendly for companies.

Previous Roles:

Pinterest: Vanja held multiple leadership positions at Pinterest from 2015 to 2019, including:
- CTO and VP of Engineering (2017-2019)
- Head of Ads Engineering (2017-2018)
- Head of Discovery - Search and Feeds (2016-2018)
- Head of Growth Engineering (2015-2016)1
Google: He worked as a Technical Lead at Google from 2012 to 2015.1
Kosei: Vanja co-founded Kosei, a mobile retargeting company using AI, which was later acquired by Pinterest.1

Expertise and Focus

Vanja Josifovski has demonstrated expertise in:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Engineering leadership and team management
Product development and strategy
Growth and user engagement

His work at Kumo.AI focuses on making AI more accessible and easier to use for businesses, with the goal of simplifying AI implementation to be as straightforward as analytics.1

Experience

CEO, Co-founder at Kumo.AI (2022 - Present)

CTO, Homes at Airbnb (2019 - 2022); CTO and VP Eng at Pinterest (2017 - 2019), Roles at multiple high-profile tech companies such as Google, Yahoo, IBM, and Stanford University

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science from Linköping University (1996 - 1999); MS in Computer Science from University of Florida (1994 - 1996); Dipl Eng in Computer Science from University of Ljubljana (1989 - 1994)