Clarence Lee

Biography

Dr. Clarence Lee is a tech entrepreneur, author, and educator with more than 20 years of experience researching and applying AI and machine learning to help companies grow.

He is the co-founder and CTO of Eisengard AI, which deploys proprietary AI sales agents designed specifically for private equity–backed companies. Unlike generic sales tools that promise broad solutions, Eisengard focuses on areas where AI delivers measurable results. Lee’s experience deploying these agents for rapid post acquisition integration and sales team scaling directly informs his research and teaching.

At Cornell, Lee is adjunct faculty at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell Tech, where he teaches Machine Learning Applications in Business. He has authored multiple eCornell courses, including Marketing AI Automation, Growth Marketing, and the comprehensive Digital Marketing certificate program. His research focuses on AI product market fit in sales, identifying which sales roles benefit from AI assistance and which require human judgment that AI cannot replicate.

His award winning research has been published in leading academic journals and featured in Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review.

Lee earned his doctorate from Harvard Business School, where his dissertation examined Y Combinator–backed startups and the freemium business model. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. He regularly speaks on AI strategy and product market fit and welcomes speaking invitations.

Recent Courses

• NBAE 6780 - Machine Learning Applications in Business
• NBAY 6920 - Machine Learning Applications in Business
• BANA 6920 - Machine Learning Applications in Business

Academic Degrees

• DBA Harvard University
• MEng Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology