AI expert, co-founder and COO of Quantexa Imam Hoque empowers companies to make better use of their data. Quantexa operates globally with offices all over the world.
Quantexa combines cutting-edge AI and a wealth of expertise. This further enables them to solve the hardest data problems. The business community awarded Hoque’s innovative work with the Evergreen Entrepreneur Award at the 7th Annual Enterprise Awards in 2017.
Imam Hoque: innovative career
Hoque began his career as a consultant for Online Media in the early 90s in Cambridge, UK. He then became the Head of Technology for Rubus, a position he held for four years.
For Hoque’s first major project, he created the NetReveal software whilst he sat on the board at Detica. A pioneer of network analytics and their application for fraud and financial crimes, the startup then grew to acquire Norkom. Moreover, Hoque grew this business to a 500 person-strong team.
In 2013, Hoque became the Managing Director of Fraud and Financial Crime at SAS. During this time, he covered global territories outside of the Americas. He specifically helped to promote network analytics and entity resolution and their usage in fraud and financial crime.
Hoque then co-founded Quantexa in 2016, alongside a team of other network analytics pioneers.
Imam Hoque: engineer, computer scientist, and AI expert
Hoque studied Engineering at Brunel University for his Bachelor’s in London, UK. He then took his Master’s at Northwestern University in America, studying Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.
As an experienced entrepreneur, Hoque believes that the key to success is to have a clear mission and to stay focused. His advice for budding entrepreneurs:
“Keep asking yourself: is the mission meaningful and differentiated? Does it generate real value for your customers? Can you articulate your mission? And have you built the right team to deliver it?” he says.
Imam Hoque: Quantexa
With 30 years of experience in software and AI, Hoque brings a wealth of expertise to Quantexa. Quantexa draws from its pioneering team and artificial intelligence to curate intelligent solutions for companies. Bringing together disparate data sets and connecting internal data with external sources, companies are empowered to make better decisions.
Quantexa works with Tier 1 organizations worldwide, including HSBC (Standard Chartered Bank and Shell), helping them handle billions of records. Its global offices include the UK, US, Canada, Belgium, Singapore and Australia.
Most recently, the company has partnered with D4T4 solutions. The partnership represents “a powerful new joint capability.” It specifically pairs Quantexa’s Contextual Decision Intelligence platform with real-time biometric profiling to prevent fraud before it happens. CEO of D4T4 Bill Bruno had this to say about it: “With our new joint capability with Quantexa, customers gain best-in-class decisioning intelligence with highly contextualized, first-party data to stop fraudsters in their tracks.”
To learn more about Quantexa check out their website here.
