Invent Names Former Microsoft Exec as Chief AI Officer

Invent Names Former Microsoft Exec as Chief AI Officer

By Davis Janowski
Publication Date: 2025-11-19 21:45:00

Companies across almost every industry are increasingly hiring chief artificial intelligence officers as AI becomes more integrated with existing technology stacks or replaces them.

The wealth management industry is following suit, with the most recent example being Invent’s hiring of Jim Zimmerman as its chief AI officer. 

Zimmerman most recently had stints at Red Hat, an open hybrid cloud technology provider, where he was principal product manager, and Microsoft, where he served as a business manager and Black Belt Engineer for Microsoft Azure.

At both those firms, his work focused on how enterprise developers deploy and manage technology at scale, which will also be a focus of his work at Invent, the data integration and management provider and consultancy.

“This is a move we’ve been thinking about the last 12 months,” said Oleg Tishkevich, CEO of Invent.

“Every company needs to think seriously about how AI is going to help or affect their business, and certainly, when…