Eli Daniel Joins Artificial Intelligence Firm WEVO as Chief Technology Officer

WEVO, a digital marketing and artificial intelligence startup, announced the recent hire of Eli Daniel, who will join the WEVO team as chief technology officer and will lead the WEVO technology team in developing world-class marketing technology that leverages artificial intelligence and crowdsourcing to predict website conversion.

Daniel previously served as a technology executive with Spotify, which he joined through the acquisition of The Echo Nest. At The Echo Nest, he led efforts to personalize music recommendations at scale, bringing together acoustic analysis of audio with cultural understanding of the ways humans engage with music. A veteran of almost 20 years in the Boston-area startup scene, Daniel also served as chief technology officer at Bridj and held a technology leadership position at Endeca, which was acquired by Oracle.

“Eli’s experiences in creating advanced models to understand human behavior online, as well as his collaborative approach to managing high growth startup teams make him an outstanding fit for WEVO,” said Nitzan Shaer, chief executive officer and cofounder of WEVO. “He has proven throughout his career a unique ability to both solve deep technological challenges and maintain keen focus on the customer’s needs. We’re very excited to have him join the team.”