eSleuth Appoints Smita Nair as Senior VP of Software Engineering

December 10, 2025
AI-driven law enforcement platform eSleuth has appointed Smita Nair as Senior Vice President of Software Engineering. Nair will lead the company's engineering organization and oversee the expansion of its AI-powered investigative tools.

eSleuth Inc. has appointed Smita Nair as Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, announced in a press release. Nair will head the company’s engineering team and guide the expansion of its AI-based investigative technologies for law enforcement agencies across the United States.

Nair brings over twenty years of experience in software engineering and leadership, having previously served as Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Pivot Systems, where she remains on the board. She also held senior roles at SoundThinking, eBay, Cisco Systems, and HP.

At eSleuth, Nair will oversee the development of the company’s core AI tools, including eSleuth PFM AI, which automates case task lists and real-time alerts, and the Solvability Matrix, which ranks unsolved cases by their likelihood of resolution. These systems are designed to help investigators analyze evidence, connect related cases, and allocate resources more efficiently.

According to CEO Robert Batty, Nair’s experience with large-scale systems and high-growth environments will support eSleuth’s efforts to scale its AI platform for nationwide deployment.

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