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, integration, 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
Paul Cooper

Paul Cooper

Technical Architecture & AI Engineering Lead

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

Background

  • Shapes the platform architecture from concept through delivery
  • Guides secure, scalable AI engineering decisions
  • Connects product goals with production-ready technical execution

Leads

Technical architectureAI engineering directionSecurity and scalabilityProduction readinessPlatform resilience
Marcos Tembras

Marcos Tembras

Product & Integration Lead

Leads development of the Veriviva product, shaping the practical workflows, integrations, and delivery decisions that turn the platform vision into a usable system.

Background

  • Owns product development across core user journeys
  • Turns founder and market requirements into practical product scope
  • Coordinates integrations that connect Veriviva with institutional workflows

Leads

Product developmentWorkflow designIntegration strategyMVP deliveryImplementation coordination
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.