Ryan Atallah
Senior Director, Software Engineering at Salesforce
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About
I am a technology leader, entrepreneur, analytics expert, angel investor, inventor and computer scientist with a track record of leading teams to ship next-generation AI solutions that simplify and automate complex analytical work. Formerly the co-founder of ClearGraph (acquired by Tableau/Salesforce), I'm currently the CEO & Co-Founder of Spindle AI (spindle.ai), where my passion for helping people make better decisions with data fuels development of the world’s most powerful Generative Business Analytics platform for finance. We've shipped AI agents that accelerate modeling 10x and answer hard optimization and scenario analytics questions in minutes for large enterprise customers. Having pursued a passion for analytics & simulation as a Computer Science Section Leader at Stanford, I eventually dropped out to co-found ClearGraph, the intelligent analytics engine for Enterprise Business Intelligence, acquired by Tableau (Salesforce) in 2017. The technology we invented there—which translated natural language questions into multidimensional database queries and BI visualizations for Fortune 500 firms—became Tableau’s Ask Data feature, now known as Tableau AI. I also work in the Finan
Experience
Aug 2021 to Dec 2025
Dec 2020 to Aug 2021
Apr 2020 to Dec 2020
Feb 2018 to Apr 2020
Aug 2017 to Feb 2018
Apr 2012 to Sep 2013
Jan 2008 to Apr 2013
Jun 2011 to Aug 2011
Education
Computer Science
2012 to 2014
2008 to 2012