Shikhar Mishra
Cofounder & CEO
Building Enterprise General Intelligence. ML/AI journey spans evolution computation, multi-objective optimization, search, recommendation, machine vision, and classification across industries transacting billions in revenue.
Background
- • VP of Engineering, MainStreet — Built technology backbone for SMBs through business tax credits. Spearheaded delivery at 10x throughput. Drove ML/AI integration, elevated system reliability, and instituted SOC management.
- • CEO, Scalable (Chip Ecom Platform) — Led product transformation from transaction to subscription revenue. Achieved profitability.
- • VP of Engineering, Scalable — Drove revenue to $500M through strategic technology enhancements. Led distributed engineering team (US, Mexico & Taiwan), scaling from 20 to 100+ engineers. Led product discovery initiatives that opened new revenue streams.
- • Cofounder, Simppler — Led development of ML-based talent acquisition platform. Customers included Box, Reddit, Roblox. Recognized as "Top Innovative Product" by TechTarget.
- • Architect/Lead Engineer, World Wide Technology — Led service-oriented architecture (SOA) and product search initiatives.
- • Engineering, Eventbrite — Led Seat Designer front-end development and SVG-driven interactive application development.
Expertise
Machine learning • AI systems architecture • Enterprise software • E-commerce platforms • FinTech • Talent acquisition • Multi-objective optimization • Search & recommendation systems
David Shugert
Cofounder & CTO
Led autonomous systems development at Bosch Germany's autonomous driving team. Built and led the software platform for Ocean Freight Exchange, often described as the "Uber for Ocean Freight."
Background
- • National Youth Prize in Science & Technology (2012) — Mexico's highest honor for young innovators
- • Robotics Team Lead & Mentor, Team LamBot 3478 — Led programming, electrical systems, and mechanical design for top-performing FIRST Robotics team
- • Software Developer, Autonomous Driving Team, Bosch Germany — Contributed to next-generation autonomous vehicle software
- • Software Lead, Ocean Freight Exchange — Led engineering for logistics platform
Awards & Recognition
- • Engineering Inspiration Award — FRC World Championship
- • Engineering Inspiration Award — San Antonio Regional
- • Innovation in Control Award — Rockwell Automation, Mexico City Regional
- • Chairman's Award — Houston Regional
Chien Nguyen
Founding Engineer & ML Lead
Built enterprise systems that scaled from zero to hundreds of millions in revenue. Designed and implemented autonomous warehouse systems across multiple countries for end-to-end logistics operations.
Background
- • Software Engineer, Crossian — Founding engineer who architected and built the e-commerce platform from $0 to $300M in revenue. Led technical development of core systems that enabled rapid scale.
- • Product Manager, SaboMall / Velacorp — Designed, built, and implemented autonomous warehouse systems across multiple warehouses in several Asian countries. Systems handled end-to-end logistics operations with minimal human intervention.
Expertise
Machine learning systems • Enterprise systems architecture • Autonomous systems design • E-commerce platforms • Logistics automation • Multi-country system deployment