Our Team
Founders
Pieter Kreuk
Chief Executive Officer
Pieter Kreuk is a two-time CFO and experienced finance leader who has helped scale multiple high-growth technology companies, including two unicorns. He brings a deep understanding of how finance creates value. Over his career, he has helped raise nearly half a billion dollars of primary capital for high-growth technology companies. Pieter started his career in public accounting, then FP&A, earning both the CFA and CPA.
As co-founder of valuepath, Pieter is a domain expert. He has a track record of helping founders operationalize their vision by translating strategy into clear priorities and smart investment decisions; now he's focused on turning finance into a force-multiplier for strategy and enabling finance leaders to drive sharper, faster decisions with valuepath.
Rakesh Kumar
Chief Technology Officer
Rakesh Kumar is a seasoned technology leader with deep experience turning applied AI research into production at scale. He previously led Data Science at iManage, where he directed the company's LLM and Generative AI strategy, mentored high-performing teams, and shipped machine-learning capabilities to customers. Rakesh holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Rakesh is a systems engineer and product builder at heart. Colleagues know him for collaborative leadership, calm execution under pressure, and a builder's mindset that turns hard, data-intensive problems into reliable, scalable products. As co-founder and CTO, Rakesh is responsible for the technical vision, product development and engineering efforts necessary to deliver high impact solutions to valuepath's customers.