Landon Starr is a well-recognized expert and leader across a variety of verticals. He has been asked to share his insights and leadership philosophies at events such as the Utah Governor’s Economic Summit, Moody’s Analytics Risk practitioner conference, and TransUnion’s Financial Summit on topics ranging from early risk warning triggers and the future of lending to artificial intelligence applications and building effective data science organizations.     Landon has guest lectured for the University of Utah on Emerging Technology at the graduate level and sat on the advisory board for their Master’s in Business Analytics graduate program   In September of 2018, Landon joined Arivo to lead the company's risk, data, and technology efforts. He became the CEO in 2024, bringing 20 years of lending, technology, and analytics experience that have helped shape Arivo's technology-forward lending platform.     Prior to Arivo, Landon built a large data science organization with Clearlink, driving significant revenue and building customer experience capabilities through leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence applications. He led teams of software developers, data scientists, and data engineers to build cutting-edge customer-facing technology solutions.   Landon also spent 10 years managing the organization focused on delivering analytics, predictive modeling, and technology for American Express’s Central Rating and Underwriting Team, which managed all of AMEX’s global exposures that exceeded $1MM, a portfolio containing over $250 Billion in assets. Landon sat on the enterprise modeling committees at AMEX for both commercial and consumer lines of business while also leading modeling and analytics for “advanced approaches” requirements associated with Basel’s risk-based capital rules and management   Landon has a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Utah.