Teralytics enhances leadership team with appointment of Alastair MacLeod as CEO

New hire signals acceleration of the company’sglobal commercial growth

NEW YORK – September 13, 2017 - Teralytics, a global venture-backed big data analytics and machine learning company headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, has appointed Alastair MacLeod as CEO. Alastair’s extensive sales and business development experience, which he gained working with the world’s leading telecommunications and technology businesses, adds valuable commercial experience to the existing leadership team as Teralytics embarks on a new phase in its development.

Having proven commercial viability with innovative technology, the company’s founders are bringing on a heavy hitting business executive to continue Teralytics’ growth to commercial

success. Alastair’s immediate priority will be to accelerate the company’s growth by strengthening and expanding business development, advancing the company’s channel and partner activities and driving a customer-centric product roadmap to leverage the company’s exceptional technical capabilities.

For more than twenty years, Alastair has held top executive positions at established telecommunications and private equity backed data and technology companies. He was previously CEO of EurotaxGlass’s, Managing Director at Solera and led the Business Services division at Orange.

After appointing Alastair, Teralytics chairman and co-founder, Georg Polzer, is moving into the role of Chief Product Officer. He will focus on conceiving, developing and implementing the next range of Teralytics products that allow organizations and cities to leverage big data, gain insights on human mobility and benefit smart city development. The executive team will also include co-founder Luciano Franceschina as CTO and Robin Williamson (ex Google) as VP Engineering. Alastair Macleod, CEO of Teralytics, remarked: “When I first met the founders, I was very impressed by what the team had already built and accomplished in such a short time. Working with Teralytics on the next stage of its commercial growth is an exciting and energizing opportunity. We genuinely have some of the brightest minds on the planet, and with our incredible world-class investors behind us, I see no reason why we shouldn’t build Teralytics into a billion dollar company.”

“These days it seems like everyone is claiming to be in the big data business, but Teralytics stands out in terms of pure talent, operational and technical capability and intellectual horsepower. Our team is equipped to solve the biggest, scariest big data problems that exist… the harder the task, the happier our team of PhDs, MSc and world-class computer scientists, data scientists and visualization specialists.”

Georg Polzer, Chairman, Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Teralytics, commented: “We’re bringing Alastair into the company at exactly the right time. With our business accelerating across three continents and with several new strategic partnerships kicking off, it was time to bring in some heavyweight commercial experience to complement the management team and continue to drive the business.”

“I was immediately impressed by Alastair’s leadership and his instinct for commercial opportunities and growth. We now have an extremely effective and highly complementary leadership team ready to take Teralytics to the next level. As chairman and co-founder of the business, I am very excited by the new opportunities Alastair’s experience brings.”

About Alastair MacLeod:Alastair is the CEO of Teralytics. He has previously served as a sales-driven CEO and Managing Director and as Board advisor for a variety of high-growth technology businesses. A graduate of the University of York and the London Business School, Alastair has a wealth of experience in data services, telecommunications and platform software. His knowledge spans multiple industries, sizes and ownership structures in the UK and globally. Alastair has held top executive positions at established telecommunications and private equity backed data and technology companies. He was the CEO of EurotaxGlass’s, Managing Director at Solera and the UK Vice President of Business Services with Orange. Prior to his appointment as Teralytics’ CEO, Alastair was advising technology businesses on growth acceleration.

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For more information or to arrange an interview with a Teralytics spokesperson, please contact the Teralytics press office at: Gemma Warren: gemma@manifest.nyc Holly Lanier: holly@manifest.nyc About TeralyticsTeralytics understands how the world moves by uncovering trends and patterns within big data, helping cities and companies all over the world make better decisions for the future. Its world-class data analytics solutions and visualizations deliver insights into human location, movement and behavior based on signal data from cell towers and other rich data sources. With successful projects and teams on three continents, Teralytics has proven its ability to turn billions of signals into actionable insights across various environments. The

company is founded by graduates from top university ETH Zurich and backed by Atomico, Lakestar and Horizons Ventures.

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