Vertex Appoints DataRobot CEO Debanjan Saha to Board of Directors
Key Highlights
- ➤Debanjan Saha joins Vertex (VERX) board effective October 7, 2026
- ➤Saha’s appointment expands Vertex (VERX) board from nine to 10 members
- ➤Vertex (VERX) adds DataRobot CEO’s agentic AI and cloud expertise
- ➤Eight of Vertex’s (VERX) 10 directors are independent
Expert Statements
Christopher Young, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vertex
“Debanjan’s experience at the forefront of several major technological transitions, including cloud and now AI, brings the unique perspective that we need to meet the moment”
Christopher Young, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vertex
“As companies increasingly embed AI into the systems and processes that run their business, that insight will be invaluable to our board and leadership team as we continue building an AI-first company and helping customers transform how indirect tax and compliance work gets done”
Debanjan Saha, Chief Executive Officer of DataRobot and Vertex board member
“Indirect tax touches nearly every enterprise transaction, making it a powerful area to apply AI and unlock new levels of insight, automation, and strategic value”
Debanjan Saha, Chief Executive Officer of DataRobot and Vertex board member
“Vertex has the customer trust, the domain depth, and the global footprint to lead this shift. I've spent my career scaling AI organizations through exactly this kind of inflection point, and I'm excited to help the team turn that advantage into category leadership.”
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vertex, Inc. (NASDAQ:VERX) (“Vertex” or the “Company”), the Decision-to-Defense™ global indirect tax and compliance company, today announced the appointment of Debanjan Saha to its Board of Directors, effective October 7, 2026.
Saha brings more than two decades of experience building and scaling multi-billion dollar agentic AI, data, and cloud businesses in the U.S. and globally. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of DataRobot since September 2022, leading the company's transformation from a machine learning pioneer to a leader in agentic AI serving enterprise customers worldwide. Previously, he was Vice President and General Manager of Data Analytics at Google Cloud and Vice President and General Manager at Amazon Web Services, where he led the company's database services. He began his career at IBM in a series of executive and technical leadership roles.
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