Meet the Team

CEO

Austin recently received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi where their primary focus was Air and Space law. Previously, he co-founded CognitZEN, a B2B machine learning and education technology business that used gamification to teach argumentation and public speaking.

CTO

Drew has a Master's in Machine Learning and 9 years of experience in the field. He has a love for all things Machine Learning, researching novel regularization methods in his (limited) free time. Over the years, Drew has developed products using various approaches within Machine Learning, such as Reinforcement Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision.

Software Engineer

Penny is a software engineer with years of experience working with data in a complex technical environment and securing funding competitively. With a PhD in Physical Chemistry, she spent over a decade pursing research related to Antarctic clouds before joining 2nd Chair.

Software Engineer

Safwan is a computer science graduate experienced in Data Science and Machine Learning. He has been part of early-stage startups where he developed data and machine learning solutions in domains like agriculture, eCommerce and aerial imagery.

Advisor

Dr. America Chambers is an associate professor in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at the University of Puget Sound. Her research focuses on machine learning, natural language processing, and statistical models of text.

Advisor

Tony Mullen is a teaching professor at Northeastern University and has been active in natural language processing, computational linguistics, and machine learning research for over 20 years at institutions including the National Institute of Informatics in Japan and the University of Groningen, Netherlands, as well as several start-ups.

Intern

Rishi is a M.S. student in Technology Innovation, an interdisciplinary engineering and business program at the University of Washington's Global Innovation Exchange. His background spans software engineering, product management, and entrepreneurship. His experience includes developing video-focused platforms and managing product development for tech startups across both B2B SaaS and B2C sectors.

Intern

Evan is a graduating senior from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. He is a finance major with experience in strategic marketing at a satellite communications company. Evan has a strong passion for how machine learning, AI, robotics, and other transformational technologies are effectively integrated into enterprises.