Who we are
Kizen is a team of visionaries, engineers, and problem-solvers, who believe technology should make work more meaningful.
We put people at the center of intelligent systems.
Our technology works alongside teams, helping them focus on the work that matters most and get better at it every day.
We believe progress comes from continuous improvement.
Inspired by the Kaizen philosophy, we design systems that learn, adapt and improve over time - just like the people who use them.
Why enterprises choose Kizen
Guardrailed
AI-assisted Configuration
We accelerate sustainable innovation through guardrailed AI-assisted configuration that empowers more 10x engineers.
Closed-Loop
Learning
We accelerate sustainable innovation through guardrailed AI-assisted configuration that empowers more 10x engineers.
Reusable Platform
Accelerators
We deliver the highest ROI through reusable platform accelerators—components that deliver value in days and serve as core building blocks for the highest performing teams.
Zero-Cost Moves Between Model and Cloud Providers
We guarantee lowest total cost of ownership with zero-cost moves between model and cloud providers to keep your long term technology costs under control.
Trusted by industry leaders to optimize mission-critical business processes.
Our mission & vision for the future
Built for the agentic era
“What if enterprise technology actually helped you get better at your job, not just do the job of yesterday?”
— John Winner, Co-Founder & CEO
Kizen was born from a simple realization: enterprise software was not designed for the way work actually happens today.
After more than a decade working with large organizations, Kizen co-founders John Winner and Scott Turner saw the same pattern everywhere. Teams were operating inside rigid, fragmented systems built decades ago.
That insight led to a defining question: What if enterprise software wasn’t a static system of record, but a living system of intelligence?
In 2018, Kizen was founded to answer that question. Built from the ground up for the AI era, Kizen was designed around two core engines:
The Agentic OS
A secure orchestration layer that allows teams to build, monitor, and govern AI agents.
Custom AI-Native Applications
Adaptive applications that embed agents directly into how people work.
Together, these engines connect people, applications, and data into a single intelligent platform – one that continuously improves as it’s used.
We build systems that learn.
We help teams move faster without losing control.
And we create technology that evolves alongside the people who use it.
Powered by people
Kizen’s leaders have worked with some of the world’s largest and most complex organizations, expertly deploying solutions for highly sensitive data.
Executive Leadership
Kizen’s CEO & Co-Founder. Previously a 6X founder and former enterprise management and marketing consultant focused on complex data, AI, and automation. He’s personally designed and deployed $1B+ in transformation projects for highly regulated enterprises across healthcare, banking, and insurance—including organizations with 400,000+ employees.
John Winner
Chief Executive Officer
Kizen’s CTO & Co-Founder and former Enterprise Chief Architect, Scott is a multi-patent inventor behind technologies generating $500M+ in revenue. He’s architected scalable data and automation platforms used in mission-critical environments, including healthcare systems serving tens of millions of patients.
Scott Turner
Chief Technology Officer
Kizen’s VP of Engineering and former Dun & Bradstreet product leader, where he architected products generating $120M annually and serving 600,000 users. He’s taken 4+ products from concept to scaled market impact and has multiple exits, including an IPO.
Chuck Goss
VP of Engineering
Rachel LaMura is a three-time VP of Product Marketing with 10+ years of experience scaling media and technology businesses into $10–$100MM market disruptors, building marketing functions from the ground up, and championing consumer-centric marketing and women's empowerment both inside and outside the workplace.
Rachel LaMura
VP of Marketing
Kizen’s VP of Consulting, leading forward-deployed AI delivery for highly regulated enterprises in financial services, health care and insurance. Former Deloitte Senior Manager whose programs have generated $10B+ in measurable business impact.
Maya Washington
VP of Consulting & FDE
Kizen's VP of Solutions, Previously Global Head of Solutions Engineering at Addepar, where he helped build and scale the Enterprise organization globally to $60M+ ARR growth through multimillion-dollar deals with the world's largest banks and institutions.
Jamie Signorile
VP of Solutions
Carolyne Kama is a transformation executive with 15+ years of experience modernizing enterprise operating models across insurance, wealth management, healthcare, and financial services. As Vice President of Forward Deployed Strategists at Kizen, she partners with carriers, FMOs, IMOs, and agencies to reimagine insurance distribution through AI, automation, and configurable technology platforms.
Carolyne Kama
VP of Foward Deployed Strategy, Insurance
Mandeep Kwatra is VP & Founding Partner for Financial Services at Kizen, working with banks, lenders, and asset and investment managers to put AI to work in their most demanding operations. Over nearly 20 years he has built five transformation practices from the ground up, with roots at KPMG, Bank of America, TCS and Wipro. Mandeep has led digital transformation programs overhauling the customer and member experience and delivering over $300MN in measurable results across insurance, banking, and retail.
Mandeep Kwatra
VP and Founding Partner for Financial Services
Rahul Phalnikar is Vice President, Forward Deployed Strategy for Financial Services at Kizen, where he helps financial institutions get measurable value from AI. Before Kizen, he ran the P&L for EXL’s large banking clients as Senior Client Partner, and before that he was a Director in PwC’s M&A practice. Rahul holds an MBA from Wharton and a Master’s and a Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Bombay.
Rahul Phalnikar
VP of Foward Deployed Strategy, Financial Services
Board Members
Alex Smith
Former Treasurer of Dell
Founder of Dell Ventures and former treasurer for Dell with 30+ years of experience.
David Rafalovsky
Former CTO of Citibank
Former Citibank CTO and Head of O&T at Sber. Oversaw 50K engineers.
Investors & Advisors
Jim Armstrong
Co-Founder of March Capital
First investor in PayPal who oversaw the company’s eventual IPO.
Mike Clifford
Former CIO of Whole Foods Market
Respected senior executive for high-growth companies.
Gloria Fu
Former VP of J.P. Morgan Equity Research
Founding member of JPM proxy committee; manager of a $24B mutual fund.
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