Sales/GTM · VP Business Development

Ron Miasnik

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Joined
Sep 2025
How they joined
Directly
Before Cognition
Bain Capital VenturesPartner
Status
Current
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Researched with Autumn · 2026-11-04
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LocationNew York, New York, United States
LanguagesChinese (Mandarin), English, Hebrew
UniversityPrinceton University
LeadershipEntrepreneurshipPublic SpeakingEvent PlanningNonprofitsSocial MediaCommunity OutreachResearchEvent ManagementCRMMicrosoft OfficeSalesforce.comMicrosoft ExcelTeachingManagementSocial Networking
Notes
  • Joined Cognition in September 2025 as head of business development after being a partner at Bain Capital Ventures focused on AI; Fast Company says Devin 'kept coming up as one of the tools that was driving transformation at scale in a very meaningful way' in his BCV diligence.Jun 18, 2026
  • Named to Fast Company's AI 20 for 2026; the profile credits him with forging deals and partnerships with enterprise clients including Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Santander.Jun 18, 2026
  • BCV participated in Cognition's $400M round at a $10.2B valuation announced September 2025, the same month Miasnik joined Cognition.Jun 18, 2026
  • Quoted on Cognition's positioning: "We actually see ourselves as a transformation partner that works at the highest levels of the organization to drive massive change."Jun 18, 2026
  • Original post marking Cognition's $1B raise at a $26B valuation: "just getting started!"May 27, 2026just getting started!
  • Calcalist reported he was 26 when appointed to head BCV's Israel activity; he graduated with honors in computer science from Princeton and founded and sold his first startup, Adora, while still a student, before product roles at Microsoft and Houzz.Aug 10, 2025
  • Reshared his Fast Company AI 20 profile on LinkedIn with the comment "lots more to do! 🙏".Jun 19, 2026
  • Quoted on AI and jobs: "Really, the only limits will start to become our own judgment and our own ambition and creativity." He argues AI will mean companies need more human engineers, not fewer.Jun 18, 2026
  • Public headline says "Cognition".
  • Says Cognition early on had a vision of AI providing value through the entire software engineering lifecycle (code review, testing, documentation), not just generating code.Jun 18, 2026
  • Reposted Windsurf 2.0 launch (managing agents and delegating to cloud Devin), Devin 2.2, Devin Review catching the axios supply-chain attack, and Cognition's AI Productivity Guarantee.Apr 15, 2026
  • At BCV he sourced Indian marketplace Pronto and an Austin-based robotics startup, built firm connectivity in the Gulf, and organized fellowship programs for engineers in San Francisco and New York.Aug 7, 2025

People they worked with before

Darragh BurkeMicrosoftRoshan FernandoMicrosoftTakumi MasaiMicrosoftLahari GangineniMicrosoftSaumia SinghalMicrosoft

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