Veriviva
VeriViva
Meet the Team

A founding team built for product, trust, and execution.

Veriviva is led by a small founding team with product strategy, student insight, commercial operations, university partnerships, and technical architecture split across the people below.

Mission

Help universities assess genuine understanding in an AI era without reducing academic judgement to a black box.

Operating Shape

Product, commercial, institutional, and technical responsibilities are split clearly so the platform can move quickly without losing control.

Team Profiles

The people behind Veriviva.

Sam Carr

Sam Carr

Co-Founder & Product Strategy Lead

Original creator of the Veriviva concept and the driver behind its mission to modernise academic assessment in the AI era.

Background

  • First Class Honours in Economics
  • Best UK Student Placement Award 2025
  • Focused on authentic understanding rather than AI resistance

Leads

Product visionStudent engagementAcademic authenticity strategyCouncil developmentMarket positioning
James Carr

James Carr

Co-Founder & Student Strategy & Commercial Operations Lead

International Relations with Economics student at the University of Birmingham, bringing commercial structure and student insight to the platform.

Background

  • Grounded in real student experience
  • Supports a practical and scalable operating model
  • Keeps the product aligned with student behaviour

Leads

Commercial modellingOperational planningGovernance supportSaaS pricing strategyStudent insight and feedback
Matt Bourne

Matt Bourne

Strategic Transformation & University Partnerships

Business transformation and technology leader with more than 20 years of experience across operational, digital, and AI-enabled change programmes.

Background

  • Works across international organisations
  • Brings institutional engagement experience
  • Supports ethical AI adoption in universities

Leads

University partnershipsGovernance framework developmentPilot strategyInvestor readinessStrategic growth
Marcos Tembras

Marcos Tembras

Technical Architecture & AI Engineering Lead

Leads the technical architecture and AI engineering direction, turning the concept into a scalable, secure, production-ready platform.

Background

  • Experienced in systems architecture
  • Supports enterprise-grade platform decisions
  • Works with specialist AI consultancy partners

Leads

MVP technical developmentAI orchestration architectureInfrastructure strategyScalability planningPlatform resilience and security
Contact

Speak to the founding team.

Universities, pilot partners, and advisors can reach the team at hello@veriviva.ai. The founding group will handle the conversation directly.