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SoundHound Inc. Appoints Nitesh Sharan as CFO to Lead the Company’s Next Phase of Financial Growth

 

SoundHound Inc. today announced that Nitesh Sharan, CFA®, a global finance expert with 25 years’ experience, has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Sharan will lead SoundHound's strategic financial planning efforts as the company continues to expand its reach across industries and geographies and will play a crucial role in catalyzing growth while maintaining the highest standards and fiscal discipline. As CFO, Sharan brings a wealth of experience managing teams and developing relationships with partners and investors.

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Nitesh Sharan Joins SoundHound Inc. as CFO to lead the company's strategic financial planning efforts. (Photo: SoundHound Inc.)

Nitesh Sharan Joins SoundHound Inc. as CFO to lead the company's strategic financial planning efforts. (Photo: SoundHound Inc.)

“I'm thrilled to welcome Nitesh to SoundHound. He joins our team at a time of transformation and expansion,” Keyvan Mohajer, Co-founder and CEO, stated. “His expertise and experience will be invaluable as we lead SoundHound to the next phase of global growth.”

Before joining the SoundHound team, Sharan served as CFO, Global Operations & Technology, at Nike, where he led finance and strategy for the company's global operations. Prior to that, he was Nike’s Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations. Previously, he held numerous leadership positions at Hewlett-Packard and earlier in his career was a consultant at Accenture. Sharan earned his MBA from Northwestern University and his bachelor's degree from Case Western Reserve University. He is a CFA charterholder.

“I am very excited to join SoundHound at a pivotal time for the company. SoundHound is uniquely positioned to modernize how humans interact with technology through more natural voice-enabled interaction,” said Sharan. “SoundHound’s proprietary, market-leading innovation, coupled with an amazing ecosystem of strategic partners, paints a compelling vision of the tremendous opportunity ahead.”

In addition to Sharan, SoundHound has recently expanded its executive team beginning with the promotion of Michael Zagorsek to Chief Operating Officer, and the hiring of Angeline Tucker as VP People & Culture and Lisa Flattery as VP Marketing. This executive team growth is part of a larger strategy to strengthen SoundHound’s position as the only independent voice AI platform for brands across industries.

“It’s been a privilege to welcome new members to our executive team and work with them to plan the next phase of our growth,” stated Zagorsek. “With Nitesh as CFO, we'll be able to accomplish even more and accelerate our progress towards voice-enabling the world with conversational intelligence.”

About SoundHound Inc.

SoundHound Inc., a leading innovator of conversational voice AI, is the only independent voice AI platform available to brands across industries. Built on proprietary Speech-to-Meaning® and Deep Meaning Understanding® technologies, the advanced voice AI platform delivers unprecedented speed and accuracy and enables humans to interact with the things around them like we interact with each other—by speaking naturally. SoundHound is trusted by companies around the globe, including Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Pandora, Mastercard, Deutsche Telekom, Snap, VIZIO, and Stellantis. www.soundhound.com, blog: https://voices.soundhound.com/

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