Our Values

At 4CRisk.ai, we are committed to revolutionizing the landscape of risk and compliance through our cutting-edge AI-powered products. Our culture is anchored in principles that prioritize integrity, transparency, a steadfast commitment to innovation, and unwavering dedication to customer success. Our core values rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, and community to help guide us as we build the company together. These values and beliefs define what’s important to us at 4CRisk.ai:

Integrity

We ensure the highest standards of integrity in both our customer relationships and our technology, promoting trust, collaboration and adherence to strict ethical guidelines

Transparency

We are committed to providing clear, transparent insights and information at every step of the compliance journey, while safeguarding against risks inherent in AI technology

Innovation

We are dedicated to thriving at the forefront of technological advancement, leveraging AI appropriately to ensure our products evolve with our customers’ needs

Agility

We believe our customers’ success hinges on solving business problems and meeting enterprise
goals swiftly and with confidence by leveraging the power of AI as their organizations change

Efficiency

We believe our customers’ success lies in our ability to help them build efficiency in compliance at every turn, freeing up precious resources for new initiatives

Effectiveness

We are committed to our customers’ success in this new era of risk and compliance effectiveness, where AI empowers organizations to meet and exceed compliance standards

Our Team

At 4CRisk.ai, we are not just a company; we are a dynamic assembly of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers united by a shared commitment to excellence. We believe in the power of our differences, understanding that our unique perspectives fortify us, making us not only stronger but also smarter.

In our startup culture, every voice is valued, and every perspective contributes to our collective success. Working at 4CRisk.ai means engaging with individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences, fostering an environment where creativity thrives.  

Our exceptional team is a fusion of brilliance across Compliance, Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, Big Data, Rapid deployment methods, Product Excellence and Customer Experience. While our backgrounds may vary, we share a common spirit of optimism and a mission to safeguard your brand value and enhance revenues.

At 4CRisk.ai, our talent pool consists of individuals who bring passion to their work, redefining benchmarks of excellence. Each colleague takes ownership of challenges, exudes passion, and spreads contagious motivation within our workspace. In serving our clients, every individual at4CRisk.ai is not just a team member but a face representing the remarkable dedication we bring to our mission.

Our Leadership

Venky Yerrapotu

Founder and CEO​

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Supra Appikonda

Co-Founder and COO

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Susan Palm

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

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Shwetha Shantharam

AVP, Product Head

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Certifications, Trust Seals, Awards and Memberships

Announcement

4CRisk.ai Welcomes Financial Services Veteran Regina Meredith Carpeni as Senior Advisor

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Visit us at Booth 214 at the ISACA GRC Conference in Austin, Texas Aug 12-14, 2024

For the 11th year, ISACA and The IIA will be gathering the leading minds in governance, risk management and control to provide dedicated professionals like you with world-class content, innovative ideas and practical guidance.

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4CRisk.ai Featured on AIFinTech100 List of Trailblazing Firms Transforming Financial Services

4CRisk.ai recognized as one of the World's 100 Most Innovative Al Technology Companies in Financial Services

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4CRisk Participating in the ABA (American Bankers Association) Annual Risk and Compliance Conference in Seattle Convention Center, WA Jun 11-14

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Co-Founder and CEO of 4CRisk.ai discusses LLM in Venturebeat article 'Why LLMs are Predicting the Future of Compliance and Risk Management'

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Press Release

4CRisk.ai Launches Ask ARIA Co-Pilot to Revolutionize Conversational AI for the Enterprise

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Guidewire Chooses 4CRisk.ai to Revolutionize IT Regulatory Compliance

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4CRisk.ai Wins 2024 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award

The Business Intelligence Group today announced that 4CRisk.ai was named a winner in its Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards program.

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4CRisk.ai Named Banking Tech Awards Finalist in the Tech of the Future: Risk and Compliance category for their AI-powered Compliance Map product

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Join 4CRisk’s Panel Discussion at #Risk AI Online event March 20-21, 2024

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Yo McDonald Joins 4CRisk to Lead Marketing Organization

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4CRisk.ai Raises $8 Million in Series A Funding to Reimagine Compliance Risk Management with Cognitive Technologies

Funding will fuel long-term growth, accelerate hiring and support global expansion

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Venky Yerrapotu

Founder and CEO​

Venky has a wide breadth of experience in the GRC domain, having deployed more than 400+ Risk and Compliance solutions globally. He has worn multiple hats during his 20+ year career, including engineering, professional services, and support, with customer success being the corner-stone. He has worked at startups to large enterprises and is passionate about entrepreneurship. Venky has an Undergraduate Degree in Production Engineering from Osmania University and a Graduate Degree in Industrial and Management Engineering from Montana State University.​

Supra Appikonda

Co-Founder and COO

Supra is a business leader with over two decades of proven track record in leading large-scale software implementations, service excellence and strategic partner alliance. He has worked extensively with the world’s best Professional Services and Consulting brands to delivery high value solutions for customers. He is passionate about Product Development, Solution Design and has designed several resilient solutions leveraging data and analytics for Fortune 500 clients.

Patrick Lin

CTO

Patrick is a hands-on technology leader with 20+ years’ experience in delivering innovative solutions to the enterprise market. He is skilled at bootstrapping startups, implementing emerging technologies, leading distributed teams, formulating go-to-market strategies and connecting the dots between business vision and practical enterprise solutions. His vast career includes startups in various domains, namely, Cloud Security, Big Data Analytics, Mobile Applications, eCommerce, SEO and ad management, Supply Chain etc. Patrick earned an Undergraduate Degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from University of Southern California.​​

Susan Palm

Chief Revenue Officer

Susan Palm has 30+ years of deep executive experience in Governance, Risk, and Compliance serving global Fortune 100 companies, regional banks, and tech companies.   She held roles as a Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Audit Executive at Sterling Savings Bank and as the Head of Strategic Sourcing and Third-Party Risk, Business Resiliency, Information Security Governance and Operational Risk while at Wells Fargo.  She has successfully defended Compliance programs to the OCC, Federal Reserve and FDIC, and leveraged this experience to help shape GRC products for a leading GRC company.  Ms. Palm led both sales and customer success teams, earning recognition for exceeding goals and retaining customers. She earned her B.A. in Economics from Lawrence University and graduated from the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2005.

Shwetha Shantharam

AVP, Product Head

Shwetha is a seasoned product management leader with two decades of experience, deeply passionate about AI product design and innovation. She leads the charge in driving sustainable and trustworthy AI-powered risk and compliance products, executing intricate product roadmaps, go-to-market plans, and messaging strategies.  Previously, Shwetha brought Cyber Risk Management, IT Compliance and Cyber Risk Quantification solutions to market with GRC vendors and Technology Alliance Partners, deploying solutions for Fortune 1000 companies around the world.

Venkat Pappu

Chief Data Scientist

Venkat has 12+ years of experience in the areas of Machine Learning and Software Engineering. He is skilled at building scalable Machine Learning solutons across various domains - Security, Enterprise Collaboration, Knowledge Discovery. Venkat has built and mentored AI teams in multiple organizations - Early stage startups, established product and services organizations. His research interests include - Unsupervised learning, Meta learning and graph algorithms and their applications in the field text understanding. He holds an Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.