We are building the future of global trade together.

Evan Smith

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Evan Smith has worked his entire adult life on solving difficult, world-scale systems problems in order to benefit the environment, national security, and economic development. Prior to Altana, Evan served as a founder, investor, and leader in supply chain, clean technology, and renewable energy businesses.

Peter Swartz

Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer

Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer

Peter Swartz leads the application of modern AI at Altana. He is motivated by complex systems analysis and decision support across global scale datasets to facilitate public and private sector operation in a turbulent world. Peter has spoken on global trade and machine learning at the World Trade Organization, World Customs Organization, US Court of International Trade, and other leading industry events, and holds a number of patents in machine learning and global trade. Previously, Peter was Head of Data Science at Panjiva.

Raphael Tehranian

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Raph co-founded Altana after failing and succeeding to build several clean technology, market intelligence, and supply chain businesses. He has dedicated his career to catalyzing a more sustainable, resilient, and secure commerce – and believes supply chains are a massive lever for global impact. At Altana, he leads, integrates, and works across all aspects of the business to advance our strategy and mission. He draws on broad experience investing, advising, and operating across stages and markets including energy, agriculture, transportation, and financial services.

Aaron Libbey

Chief Growth Officer

Chief Growth Officer

Aaron Libbey oversees Growth at Altana, where he previously led sales and partnerships. Prior to Altana, Aaron spent four years at Palantir leading a variety of public and private sector business development initiatives. Prior to Palantir, Aaron was an M&A attorney at Paul Weiss in New York. Earlier in his career, Aaron founded Adage, a geothermal power plant developer, and worked in Africa for the Clinton Foundation.

Katherine Paglia

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Katherine Paglia oversees Altana’s financial health, building and collaborating with all parts of the business to enable efficient growth. Her responsibilities also include leading Altana’s people team, fostering a culture of inclusivity where our employees can do their best work. With various experiences scaling start-ups and finance functions to support growth from both public and private companies, Katherine’s expertise in strategy, data, metrics and policy pulls from her time at EMC, Dell Technologies, and Cybereason.

Ian Cadieu

Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Ian Cadieu leads the technology, data, and engineering teams at Altana, utilizing technology to push the boundaries of what is possible for our customers via ML, software and data. He previously spent 15 years at asset management firm Bridgewater Associates starting as a developer and eventually leading the trading technology department where he was responsible for all order management, position keeping, execution risk and algorithmic trading strategies and market connectivity.

Scott Friedman

VP, Government Affairs

VP, Government Affairs

Scott Friedman is the Vice President of Government Affairs at Altana and the former Assistant Secretary of Trade and Economic Security at the Department of Homeland Security.

Claire Cook

VP, Brand and Communications

VP, Brand and Communications

Claire Cook is the Vice President of Brand and Communications, responsible for expanding Altana's brand and category leadership. She draws on a diverse, 15-year career in marketing across the B2B, non-profit, and entertainment sectors, with roles at Atlassian, Girls Who Code, and Columbia Records. Motivated by tackling complex, world-scale challenges, Claire holds an Executive MBA in Sustainability from Yale School of Management.

Andy Ambrosius

VP, Demand-Gen Marketing

VP, Demand-Gen Marketing

Andy Ambrosius leads Demand-Gen Marketing, building integrated campaigns that drive growth at Altana. Andy has a background that spans marketing, public relations, digital advertising, and journalism, most recently leading the demand-gen function at Via Transportation.

Cassie Milici

VP, Product Marketing

VP, Product Marketing

Cassie leads Product Marketing, helping to shape how new innovations get into the hands of Altana’s customers. Prior to Altana she held Product Marketing and Marketing leadership roles at a number of technology companies across the advertising, commercial real estate, and legal industries.

Charlie Kindermann

VP, Strategic Business Development

VP, Strategic Business Development

Charlie Kindermann leads Strategic Business Development, driving Altana’s growth across US and international government markets. Prior to Altana, Charlie served as an acquisition leader in the US government and spent 8 years at Palantir leading a team focused on government acquisition strategy, giving him rare fluency in both how governments buy innovative solutions and how industry can make it possible. He is passionate about the application of advanced commercial technology to help governments and their allies build trusted, resilient networks.

Andrew Bentley

VP, Engineering

VP, Engineering

Andrew Bentley is VP of Engineering at Altana, where he leads the company's engineering organization. He brings nearly a decade of engineering leadership experience from Attentive. Prior to Attentive, he held software engineering roles at Moat (Oracle Data Cloud). Andrew holds a B.S. in Economics and Computer Science from Duke University.

David Thompson

VP, Customer Success, Public Sector

VP, Customer Success, Public Sector

David Thompson leads Altana’s Public Sector Customer Success Organization, overseeing account delivery for government customers in the U.S. and internationally. He previously led Altana’s Public Sector Product Organization, as well as directing U.S. government deployments, including with U.S. CBP, supporting use cases related to fentanyl detection and forced labor screening. Prior to Altana, David conducted open-source research on North Korean sanctions evasion networks, and studied Chinese at Peking University in Beijing.

Ravi Madlani

VP, Head of Logistics at Altana

VP, Head of Logistics at Altana

Ravi leads Altana's logistics vertical, driving go-to-market strategy and commercial partnerships with the world's largest logistics service providers. He works at the intersection of business development, product, and customer success — helping global logistics providers leverage Altana's Product Network to transform their operations. Prior to Altana, Ravi led logistics-focused engagements at Palantir, where he developed deep expertise in deploying complex data platforms for enterprise and government customers. He brings a combination of commercial acumen and technical fluency across customs brokerage, trade compliance, and logistics technology.