Lars co-founded LegalSifter while completing his graduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University.  His goal was to make legal services more accessible by creating artificial intelligence tools to help legal professionals lower their cost to serve.  As Chief Science Officer, Lars is responsible for our AI platform, as well as the development of our Sifters.  He manages our Data Science team and our Sifter Factory.  Prior to LegalSifter, Lars enjoyed repeated success managing complex technology initiatives, honing his expertise in machine learning, natural language processing, and mining unstructured data.  Employers and clients include: Accenture, Wells Fargo, Cardinal Health, and other Fortune 500 companies.  Lars earned a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Spanish from Ohio Wesleyan University.