Meet the Team

CEO

Austin recently recieved 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.

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

Jeva is a 3L Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Wisconsin Law School, with a focus on Business and Tax Law. She brings a strong professional background in tax advisory, business startup support, contract drafting, legal research, and intellectual property law. Jeva is especially passionate about exploring the intersection between artificial intelligence and law, and how it is shaping business transactions in the legal sector.

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.