Mike Kropp is Co-Founder and CEO at Iridius, a compliance-by-design AI platform enabling enterprises to build safe, responsible AI solutions for highly regulated industries including life sciences and pharmaceuticals.

Mike is a technology executive with over 25 years leading engineering teams at Microsoft and AWS, where he forged strategic alliances with industry giants including Microsoft, AWS, BMC, BMW, Nissan, and Intel. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Mike uses a collaborative working backward approach to deliver products that help customers innovate and create high-impact solutions. He has been featured on Inside the Silicon Mind discussing technology cycles, financial discipline, and building durable companies.

Iridius recently secured investment from Accenture Ventures and raised 8.6M in funding. The company has assembled an advisory board including former CIOs from Merck, Medtronic, Allergan, and Novartis.

Iridius is transforming how highly regulated enterprises deploy AI by embedding compliance directly into workflows, working with global manufacturing and life sciences companies to achieve measurable impact while strengthening governance and trust in AI-driven operations.