Founding Team

Murat Sonmez, Ph.D.
CEO & CPO
- Entrepreneur (2 startups)
- Executive
- Business Developer
- Bell-Labs MTS
- Data Analytics
- Cyber Security Expert
- US NAVY Fellowship
- Best Ph.D. Research Award

Joe Mele
Board President
- Serial Entrepreneur (2 startups)
- Technology Executive
- Strategy Formulation and Execution
- Business Development
- Technology Commercialization
- Professor

John Power
CFO
- Entrepreneur (2 startups)
- Professor
- Former CFO
- Former Director Of Finance at E*Trade
- Run many M&A Deals
- Former CAO at Mellon Investor Services
- Team Member in Mellon Securities Acquisition by Bank of New York

Mark Chmiel
CMO & Business Development
- Entrepreneur (digital media)
- Professor
- Former EVP/CMO of Denny's
- Traditional and Digital Marketing for Retail and Hospitality
- Published Author
- Guest Speaker (Economist, Forbes, The 4A's)

Ben Bakelaar
UX and Design
- Entrepreneur (1 Startup)
- Product and UX Design for many startups
- Graduate Student Research Award from Rutgers
- Built a Novel UI to navigate large-scale User Tagging and Tag Clouds

Phil Kennard
Advisor
- Entrepreneur (2 Startups)
- Coded and sold his first software at age 15, then bridged gaps between people, product and psychology for Fortune 500s
- He doesn't believe in limits for himself, his team or our industry