# Marty Beard

> Marty Beard is the CEO and Board Member of Hayden AI, the largest provider of mobile automated bus zone and bike lane enforcement systems in the United States. A serial enterprise technology executive with a track record spanning Oracle, Sybase, LiveOps, BlackBerry, and alwaysAI, Beard brings deep expertise in scaling AI and computer vision platforms. At Hayden AI, he leads a 190-person company backed by $246M+ in funding - including a $90M Series C - to deploy vision AI on city transit vehicles that detect lane violations in real time, improving bus speeds, reducing collisions, and making urban transit safer and more reliable across cities in the US and Europe.

- **Role:** CEO & Board Member at Hayden AI
- **Organizations:** Hayden AI, alwaysAI, BlackBerry, LiveOps, Sybase, Oracle
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, History & Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley, MBA, Georgetown University
- **Known for:** Co-founded alwaysAI, pioneering deep learning computer vision for edge devices, Led BlackBerry's strategic pivot from consumer hardware to enterprise security software as COO, Scaled LiveOps to a platform supporting over 20,000 independent contractor agents

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Joined Oracle as Vice President, Oracle Online (e-commerce unit)
- **early 2000s** — Joined Sybase as SVP Marketing, then President of Sybase 365 (mobile messaging and mobile commerce subsidiary)
- **2011** — Named President and CEO of LiveOps, a cloud contact center platform with 20,000+ independent contractor agents
- **2014** — Appointed Chief Operating Officer at BlackBerry; oversaw marketing, BlackBerry 10 apps, and customer care during pivot from hardware to security software
- **2018** — Co-founded alwaysAI, a computer vision platform bringing deep learning to edge devices
- **2025-08** — Appointed CEO and Board Member of Hayden AI, the largest mobile automated bus zone and bike lane enforcement provider in the US

## Achievements

- Co-founded alwaysAI, pioneering deep learning computer vision for edge devices
- Led BlackBerry's strategic pivot from consumer hardware to enterprise security software as COO
- Scaled LiveOps to a platform supporting over 20,000 independent contractor agents
- Grew Hayden AI to 2,100+ camera enforcement installations across US and European cities
- Oversaw Hayden AI's $90M Series C funding round (total: $246M+)
- Hayden AI won the 2026 AI Excellence Award under his leadership
- Achieved 20%+ bus speed improvements in multiple cities through automated lane enforcement

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Appeared on StreetSmart podcast (Episode 13) discussing Hayden AI's enforcement technology, data privacy, and bus speed improvements
- **2026-01** — Hayden AI expanded to deploy on parking enforcement vehicles for the first time, broadening beyond transit buses
- **2026-01** — Hayden AI won the 2026 AI Excellence Award
- **2025-11** — Published article 'AI in Action: How Hayden AI is Solving Real-World Mobility Challenges' in Santa Monica Next
- **2025-08** — Appointed CEO and Board Member of Hayden AI; announced via BusinessWire

## Links

- Website: https://hayden.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/martybeard
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@martybeard1135

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Last updated: 2026-05-12