# Joel Kandy

> Joel Kandy is the Chief Business Officer at Lyzr AI, the New Jersey-based agent-building platform, where he runs global enterprise sales and pushes governed, production-ready AI agents into banks, insurers, healthcare and e-commerce. A Columbia computer-science grad who started on a Credit Suisse trading-tech desk, he spent the 2010s selling security and intelligence software in heavily regulated markets at ThetaRay, KELA, CipherTrace (acquired by Mastercard) and IronVest before betting on agentic AI. He argues, loudly and often on LinkedIn, that banks are stalled not by the models but by operating discipline.

- **Role:** Chief Business Officer at Lyzr AI
- **Organizations:** Lyzr AI, IronVest, CipherTrace, KELA, ThetaRay, Credit Suisse, AnalyticsPro
- **Education:** B.Sc. in Computer Science, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Leads global enterprise sales and go-to-market for Lyzr AI across financial services, healthcare, e-commerce and large enterprise, Held commercial leadership roles at CipherTrace through its acquisition by Mastercard, Built sales and business development programs across the Americas in heavily regulated sectors

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Co-founded AnalyticsPro
- **2009** — Joined Credit Suisse as a Vice President
- **2016** — Director of Sales and Business Development, Americas at ThetaRay
- **2020** — Sales and Business Development Director at KELA
- **2021** — Senior Director of Sales and Business Development at CipherTrace (acquired by Mastercard)
- **2022** — Chief Business Officer at IronVest
- **2025** — Joined Lyzr AI as Chief Business Officer to lead global enterprise sales

## Achievements

- Leads global enterprise sales and go-to-market for Lyzr AI across financial services, healthcare, e-commerce and large enterprise
- Held commercial leadership roles at CipherTrace through its acquisition by Mastercard
- Built sales and business development programs across the Americas in heavily regulated sectors
- Selected as a FinovateSpring speaker presenting Lyzr's agentic AI

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Joined Lyzr AI as Chief Business Officer to lead global enterprise sales.
- **2025-11** — Publishing a running series of LinkedIn playbooks on bank AI governance, ownership thresholds, and escalation.

## Links

- Website: https://lyzr.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelkandy/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joel.kandy/

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Last updated: 2026-06-04