Meet
Our Team.
Responsible For Making Innovation Happen.
Sotude Yari
CEO
“We aim to make AI accessible, shaping behavior & driving economic impact.”
Ivan Grigorjev
Sales Marketing
“Education is evolving: AI and games are the new classroom.”
Koen Weston
BI Developer
“We’re turning curiosity into skill and play into real-world impact.”
With a
Global Winning
Track record.
Our People makes us great.
Daria Sazonova
Program Coordinator
Garrett Siebert
Learning Strategist
Mohammad Gharehyazie Ph.D.
AI Lead
Martin Talbot
Edutainment & Comedy
NazaninSadat SeyedRazi
Gamification
Joe French
Education, Voice Lead
With a
Global Winning
Track record.
Our People makes us great.
Daria Sazonova
Program Coordinator
Mohammad Gharehyazie Ph.D.
AI Lead
Garrett Siebert
Learning Strategist
Martin Talbot
Edutainment & Comedy
Joe French
Education, Voice Lead
NazaninSadat SeyedRazi
Gamification
James Simons.
Business Advisor I Executive Leader | Board Director | Strategic Architect
James is a transformational executive and board director who bridges the gap between high-stakes governance and founder-led execution. With a background spanning capital markets, the U.S. Army, and Fortune 10 advisory, he brings “worst-to-first” turnaround expertise to HiveGate’s business strategy.
He adds value by translating AI and data strategy into measurable P&L impact, ensuring the business model is built for durable growth. By applying enterprise discipline to HiveGate’s high-growth potential, James guides the venture through complex M&A, exits, and restructuring, focusing strictly on sustainable value creation and strategic clarity.
HiveGate Headquarters
Ethics at the Core: Shaping Humanity’s Future
Long before HiveGate became a product, it began as a warning. We saw a future where AI could either amplify human potential or quietly erode it—and we understood that the difference would not be technology, but judgment. While the world raced to build faster systems, we chose to build wiser ones. Ethics became our compass, not our constraint. At HiveGate, we draw a deliberate red line and innovate within it, knowing that the tools shaping tomorrow must answer to humanity, not the other way around. Every partner we choose and every product we release carries that responsibility—because the next chapter of human history should be written with intention, not impulse.
ETHICS
HiveGate at GITEX Global 2025
