# Sandra Serkes

> Sandra 'Sandy' Serkes is the co-founder, president and CEO of Valora Technologies, a Massachusetts software company that has spent more than 25 years teaching machines to read, sort and tag the mountains of documents that organizations forget they own. An MIT and Harvard Business School graduate, she built Valora's PowerHouse and BlackCat platforms into autoclassification tools used by legal, compliance, government and corporate teams to find sensitive information, retire 'dark data' and get ready for AI. She is also an adjunct professor at Columbia University, a frequent industry speaker, and a 2006 'Woman to Watch.'

- **Role:** Co-founder, President & CEO at Valora Technologies
- **Organizations:** Valora Technologies, Columbia University School of Professional Studies, StageNext Ventures
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Valora Technologies, a pioneer in autoclassification technology, over 25+ years, Architected go-to-market for PowerHouse (autoclassification engine) and BlackCat (metadata visualization), Shifted the business from erratic project revenue to roughly 70% recurring revenue

## Career timeline

- **1990s-2000s** — Builds 20+ years of experience in software marketing, product management and corporate strategy across document data mining, computer telephony and speech recognition
- **circa 1998** — Co-founds Valora Technologies with Aaron Goodisman to link and pattern-match data across enterprise systems
- **2006** — Named a 'Woman to Watch' by Women's Business magazine
- **2015** — Becomes Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's Knowledge Management Program
- **2019** — Speaks at KMWorld on AI, virtual agents and content
- **2024** — Valora reaches roughly $1.5M revenue with a team of about 16-17 people
- **2025** — Appears on the Info Gov Hot Seat podcast to discuss AI adoption and the InfoNext conference

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Valora Technologies, a pioneer in autoclassification technology, over 25+ years
- Architected go-to-market for PowerHouse (autoclassification engine) and BlackCat (metadata visualization)
- Shifted the business from erratic project revenue to roughly 70% recurring revenue
- Named a 2006 'Woman to Watch' by Women's Business magazine
- Adjunct Professor at Columbia University since 2015
- Frequent keynote speaker and panelist at KMWorld, ARMA and information governance conferences

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Featured on the Info Gov Hot Seat podcast discussing AI adoption in information governance and the InfoNext 2025 conference.
- **2024** — Valora Technologies reported approximately $1.5M in revenue, up from $1.1M the prior year, with a team of about 16-17.

## Links

- Website: https://valoratech.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-serkes-ab102012
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/valoratech
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/valoratechnologies/

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