Amir Orad, CEO of Kraken Technologies, is a seasoned entrepreneur and thought leader with 20+ years of experience in AI, SaaS, and enterprise software. Known for driving 10-20x growth in tech companies, he has consistently led firms to 9-figure revenues, profitability, and market dominance.


As CEO of Kraken, Orad leads the scaling of this disruptive cloud platform, which enables utilities’ digital transformation through advanced AI, data, and machine learning. Kraken’s end-to-end solutions optimize the energy supply chain, increase efficiency, and accelerate the global energy transition, already serving more than 50 million accounts across numerous utilities like EDF, Octopus or Tokyo Gas.


Previously, as CEO of Sisense, a leading New York-based analytics platform, Orad drove 17x growth, expanding to over 2,000 clients, including NASDAQ and GE. Prior to Sisense, as CEO of Actimize, part of NASDAQ:NICE where he scaled financial crime analytics software by 10x, protecting billions of transactions for the world’s top institutions. Earlier in his career, he co-founded Cyota, a cybersecurity firm pioneering risk-based authentication, which was later acquired by RSA Security.


Orad holds multiple patents and is frequently featured in top-tier publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Washington Post, CNBC, and BBC. He earned an MBA from Columbia University and a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Management from TAU. His accolades include EY Entrepreneur of the Year, recognition as a top 50 SaaS CEO, and Goldman Sachs’ list of 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs.