Voxel announced three executive appointments on September 10, 2026, expanding its leadership team across revenue, AI, and technical operations. The hires come as the industrial intelligence company scales its platform and follows its recent No. 71 ranking on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.
Hal Mady joins as Chief Revenue Officer, Krishna Gopalakrishnan as Vice President of Perception and AI, and Asaf Elani as Field Chief Technology Officer. Each role targets a distinct operational pillar: commercial growth, core AI development, and enterprise technical integration.
The new leadership lineup
Mady will lead Voxel's global go-to-market strategy and commercial operations. He brings experience guiding SaaS organizations through high-growth phases, including early revenue leadership at DocuSign, executive roles at K2, Shiftboard, and Kony, and serving as CEO of Dash through its acquisition by DaySmart Software. Most recently, he was CRO at FormAssembly and President & GM at airSlate.
Gopalakrishnan takes charge of the engineering organization building Voxel's computer vision systems and operational AI models. His focus centers on expanding the platform's ability to see, understand, and act on physical operations in real time - a technical challenge that sits at the core of Voxel's product.
Elani will operate as the primary technical bridge between enterprise customers and Voxel's product teams through a forward-deployed execution model. His work involves partnering directly with site leaders to turn applied AI models into scalable, enterprise-grade capabilities. For technology leaders navigating similar integrations, resources like the AI Learning Path for CTOs offer structured guidance on deploying AI at scale.
Growth trajectory and market context
The leadership expansion aligns with broader momentum for Voxel. The company's Inc. 5000 ranking places it among the fastest-growing private firms in the U.S., and Newsweek recently recognized it as one of America's Greatest Workplaces. These signals point to an organization scaling both its market presence and internal culture simultaneously.
Voxel's platform uses existing camera infrastructure to transform video footage into actionable insights for industrial environments. Customers span warehousing, manufacturing, distribution, and insurance - sectors where physical site operations generate enormous volumes of visual data that traditionally go unanalyzed.
What leadership said
"These additions to our leadership team come at a pivotal moment for Voxel as we come off the heels of our Inc. 5000 milestone," said Vernon O'Donnell, CEO of Voxel. "Bringing Hal, Krishna, and Asaf on board gives us the strategic leadership to continue our rapid growth, innovate our active intelligence platform, and deliver greater operational impact for the enterprises that rely on us."
Why this matters for executives and strategy leaders
Voxel's hiring pattern reveals a three-part scaling playbook that mirrors what many growth-stage AI companies face: separating revenue leadership from product and technical execution. The CRO handles commercial expansion, the VP of AI owns the core technology moat, and the Field CTO ensures enterprise deployments actually work on the ground. For executives tracking how AI companies professionalize their leadership beyond the founding team, this structure offers a concrete template. The strategic decision to invest in a forward-deployed technical role also signals that enterprise AI adoption still requires significant hands-on integration work - not just a polished product demo. Leaders evaluating similar organizational design questions can find relevant frameworks in AI for Executives & Strategy resources.
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