About Verse.io

David Tal is the co-founder and CEO of Verse.io. Born and raised in San Diego, and a venture backed entrepreneur for 10+ years, David has always been passionate about “putting San Diego on the map” as a center of tech, innovation and disruption, and it’s driven him and Verse.io to become one of San Diego’s fastest growing companies and most successful start ups. After graduating with a degree in Economics from UCLA in 2003, he experienced firsthand how quickly the world had moved online, and how consumer journeys increasingly began and lived online, but he also saw a huge gap in how businesses were trying to engage and communicate with this new growing stream of online leads and prospects. So he set out to solve this massive gap, merging the best of AI and tech with the best of people, to help businesses create the most authentic connections with their prospects. David lives in downtown San Diego with his beautiful, successful wife and 3 children.

Victor has served as Chief Financial Officer since April 2019 and oversees the company’s finance, accounting, legal and HR operations. Prior to Verse, Victor served as Vice President of Financial Relations at Renovate America from December 2015 to March 2019. From 2008 to 2015, Victor held a variety of leadership positions at Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries, including roles in mergers and acquisitions and investor relations. He began his career as an associate at Morgan Stanley. Victor holds a BA in Political Science from Stanford University and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

As VP of Contact Center Operations, Daniel brings over 30 years of experience to the Verse team. He brings a unique balance of Contact Center omni-channel best practices, lead engagement, technology integration, and customer experience efforts. His experience in the insurance, financial services, and education industries enables him to be nimble, forecast trends, and support his department in providing a human touch with tech-enabled efficiency. Daniel has participated on product advisory boards for workforce optimization helping to improve software functionality. Daniel holds a bachelors’ degree in Economics from UCSD and a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from CSU San Marcos.

Sheel Gupta has a background in building predictable and scalable revenue generating models for companies. Her experience ranges from pre-seed to series D companies and held demand generation leadership roles at companies (Quantcast, Marketo, etc) through their hyper-growth periods. She has a deep interest in decoding the unique marketing strategy based on the company’s GTM (Product led, Sales-led, Mid-market, Enterprise etc) and figuring the right path for hyper-growth. She also has a passion for end-to-end customer experience – assuring that the customer is delighted with every single interaction.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, playing with her pup Fei (the cutest pup alive), stand up comedy, watching countless reruns of the office, playing pool, poker and board games.

Joel Abitan serves as the Head of Engineering and has been a leader at Verse since its inception. Joel has spent the past decade building internet technologies aimed at bridging the gap between machines and humans. Joel’s passion for humanizing technology is most visible in his work leading Verse’s engineering department. He encourages his teams by example to be creative and effective leaders by fostering an atmosphere of psychological safety and a culture of unwavering values.