Michael de la Maza is a Professor of Business Analytics and Machine Learning at Hult. He studies low performance in business and sports. Previously, he was VP of Corporate Strategy at Softricity (acquired by Microsoft in 2006) and co-founder of Inquira (acquired by Oracle in 2011). As an angel investor, he has invested in multiple unicorns from seed including Astranis, Boom, Rappi, and Relativity Space. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) from MIT.