Shirin Saleem

As Vice President of Software Engineering, Ms. Saleem leads the software and applications stack of Cognex's product portfolio. Ms. Saleem joined Cognex in May 2023, bringing with her two decades of experience in AI applications for both consumer and enterprise sectors. She was a founding member of the Alexa AI team at Amazon, where she worked on revolutionizing far-field speech recognition, culminating in the successful launch of the Amazon Echo. In her two years at Cognex. Ms. Saleem launched the Cognex's latest state-of-the-art AI-powered barcode readers and introduced advanced AI models in the VisionPro Deep Learning software product, emphasizing innovative AI solutions for superior ease-of-use. She holds an M.S. from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India.