Thomas M. Siebel serves as the Executive Chairman of C3 AI. He founded the company in 2009 and, in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman until September 2025, led C3 AI from its inception through a successful initial public offering to its establishment as a global leader in Enterprise AI. Prior to founding C3 AI, Mr. Siebel founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Siebel Systems, which merged with Oracle Corporation in January 2006. Founded in 1993, Siebel Systems became a leader in application software with more than 8,000 employees in 32 countries, over 4,500 corporate customers, and annual revenue in excess of $2 billion. Mr. Siebel serves on the board of advisors for the Stanford University College of Engineering, the University of Illinois College of Engineering, and the University of California at Berkeley College of Engineering. Mr. Siebel is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History, an M.B.A., and a Master of Science in Computer Science. He is the author of 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯:𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘌𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘧𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
Dr. Rice has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2009. Since September 2020, Dr. Rice has served as the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In addition, Dr. Rice has served as the Denning Professor of Global Business and the Economy for the Stanford Graduate School of Business since September 2010.
Since March 2009, Dr. Rice has served as the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow of Public Policy for the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and as a Professor of Political Science for Stanford University. Dr. Rice has also served as a partner at Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm that Dr. Rice founded, since November 2009.
From January 2005 to January 2009, Dr. Rice served as the Secretary of State of the United States of America and from January 2001 to January 2005, Dr. Rice served as Chief National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush. Dr. Rice currently serves on the board of directors of Makena Capital Management, LLC, a private endowment firm. From April 2014 to May 2021, Dr. Rice served on the board of directors of Dropbox, Inc., a cloud-based file sharing company.
Dr. Rice holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Denver, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Denver.
Dr. Levin has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2010. From April 2014 until June 2017, Dr. Levin was the Chief Executive Officer of Coursera, an online learning platform company.
Prior to his role at Coursera, Dr. Levin served as President of Yale University from July 1993 to June 2013. Dr. Levin is currently a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society and is a former trustee of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Dr. Levin served as a director of American Express Co. from January 2007 to May 2019. Dr. Levin also served as an advisor on President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Dr. Levin holds a B.A. in History from Stanford University, a B.Litt. in Politics from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.
Mr. McCaffery has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2009. Since December 2005, Mr. McCaffery has served as the Managing Director for Makena Capital Management, an investment management firm, and was Chief Executive Officer of Makena Capital Management from December 2005 to January 2013. Since February 2015, Mr. McCaffery has also served on the board of directors for NVIDIA Corporation, a technology company.
Mr. McCaffery holds a B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, a B.A. Honours and an M.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Merton College at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Sewell has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2017. Mr. Sewell served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Apple Inc., a technology company, from September 2009 to December 2017.
From October 1996 to September 2009, Mr. Sewell served in various leadership positions with Intel Corporation, including as Senior Vice President, General Counsel from September 2002 to September 2009. Since January 2013, Mr. Sewell has served on the board of directors for Vail Resorts, Inc., a mountain resort company.
Mr. Sewell holds a B.S. from Lancaster University (U.K.) and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.
Mr. Snabe has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2021. From September 2020 to February 2021, he served as a senior advisor to our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Snabe served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of SAP AG, a technology company, from February 2010 to May 2014, and as a member of the SAP AG supervisory board from May 2014 to May 2018. Mr. Snabe currently serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG, an industrial technology company, Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE, an insurance and financial asset management company, and Chairman of the Board of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, a shipping and transportation company. Mr. Snabe also currently serves as a member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE, a financial services company, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, a non-profit organization.
Mr. Ward has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2009. Mr. Ward served as the Chief Executive Officer for Lenovo Group Limited, the international personal computer company formed by the acquisition of IBM’s personal computer division by Lenovo, from April 2005 to January 2006. Prior to that acquisition, Mr. Ward held a number of management positions with IBM from September 1978 to April 2005, including Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Personal Systems and Retail Systems Group from March 2003 to April 2005, General Manager of the Industrial Sector from February 2000 to March 2003, General Manager of the Thinkpad and Mobile division from January 1998 to March 2000 and Chief Information Officer from February 1997 to March 2000.
Mr. Ward has served on the board of directors of Vonage Holdings Corp., an internet communications company, since July 2021 and Carpenter Technology Corporation, a specialty metals company, since March 2001. From December 2014 until its sale to The Boeing Company in October 2018, Mr. Ward served as a member the board of directors of KLX Inc., an aerospace solutions and supply chain company, and from September 2018 to June 2021, he served as a member of the board of directors of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., an oilfield services company spun out from KLX Inc.
Mr. Ward also previously served as a member of the board of directors of E2Open, a supply chain SAS company he co-founded, from January 2001 to March 2015, E-Ink Corporation, a maker of electronic paper displays, from December 2006 to December 2009 and QD Vision, Inc., a nanomaterials product company, from June 2014 until its sale to Samsung in November 2016.
Mr. Ward holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
KR Sridhar is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Bloom Energy. Prior to founding Bloom Energy, KR Sridhar was Director of the Space Technologies Laboratory (STL) at the University of Arizona where he was also a Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Under his leadership, STL won several nationally competitive contracts to conduct research and development for Mars exploration and flight experiments to Mars. KR has served as an advisor to NASA and has led major consortia of industry, academia, and national labs. His work for the NASA Mars program to convert Martian atmospheric gases to oxygen for propulsion and life support was recognized by Fortune Magazine, where he was cited as “one of the top five futurists inventing tomorrow, today.”
As one of the early pioneers in green tech, KR also serves as a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and as a special advisor to New Enterprise Associates. He has also served on many technical committees, panels and advisory boards and has several publications and patents.
KR received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with honors from the University of Madras (now called NIT, Trichy), India, as well as his master’s degree in nuclear engineering and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Alan Murray is a business thought leader and media executive, most recently serving as CEO of Fortune Media for over five years where he oversaw all of the company’s operations. He is the author of five books, including most recently Tomorrow’s Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business. Prior to joining Fortune in 2015, Murray led the Pew Research Center. Before that, he was at the Wall Street Journal for many years, serving as Deputy Managing Editor, Executive Editor Online, Washington Bureau Chief, and author of the Political Capital and Business columns. He also served for a time as Washington bureau chief of CNBC, and co-host of the network’s Capitol Report.
General John Hyten (Ret.) served as the 11th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retiring in November 2021 after a distinguished 40-year career in the United States Air Force. In this role, Gen. Hyten served as the nation’s second highest ranking military officer, responsible for supporting and overseeing joint military requirements for nearly 1.5 million service members and their families across the U.S. Armed Forces. Gen Hyten (Ret.) previously led Air Force Space Command from 2014 to 2016 and U.S. Strategic Command from 2016 to 2019. Among many other assignments, he was deployed to Southwest Asia as the Director of Space Forces for operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He has received numerous awards and recognition including, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster; the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster; the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster; the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters; the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters; and Commendation Medals from both Air Force and the Army. He attended Harvard University on an Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in engineering and applied sciences. He also holds his MBA from Auburn University at Montgomery and is a distinguished graduate from Squadron Officer School as well as Air Command and Staff College. He was also a National Defense Fellow at the University of Illinois.
Kenneth A. Goldman has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2025. Mr. Goldman served as the President of Hillspire LLC, a family office management company from September 2017 until April 2022. From October 2012 to June 2017, Mr. Goldman served as the Chief Financial Officer of Yahoo! Inc., a provider of internet content and services. From 2007 to 2012, Mr. Goldman was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fortinet, Inc., a provider of threat management technologies.
Mr. Goldman has served as a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB) Investor Advisory Group since February 2024, and previously served a term as a member of the PCAOB Standing Advisory Group from January 2015 to December 2017. From July 2018 to July 2022, Mr. Goldman served as a member of the Value Reporting Foundation Board (formerly known as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Foundation), an independent nonprofit responsible for the funding and oversight of SASB. Mr. Goldman currently serves on the boards of directors of Fortinet, Inc., Kodiak AI, Inc., and RingCentral, Inc., and previously served as a member of the board of directors of GoPro, Inc. and Zuora, Inc. In addition, he is a Trustee Emeritus of Cornell University.
Mr. Goldman holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Mike Clayville has served on the C3 AI Board of Directors since November 2025. Mr. Clayville brings over three decades of experience in the technology industry, having held senior executive roles in field operations at some of the world’s leading technology companies.
Most recently, Mr. Clayville served as Chief Customer Officer and Chief Revenue Officer at Stripe, where he was responsible for driving the company’s revenue growth strategy, expanding its global footprint, and building strong customer relationships.
Before joining Stripe, Mr. Clayville was the Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he played a pivotal role in scaling AWS into one of the most successful cloud providers in the industry.
Throughout his career, Mr. Clayville has been an advocate for innovation and digital transformation across businesses. His leadership has been instrumental in helping companies leverage cutting-edge technologies to achieve growth and operational efficiency.
Mr. Clayville holds a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Idaho and an M.B.A. in Finance from Texas A&M University.
