Our Team
We build places where value gets created.
Each of us learned that the hard way: in labs, in boardrooms, on stage.
Seattle, WA
Mahiro Suzuki
Turns technical rigor into human clarity.
A former lead systems engineer who watched brilliant colleagues burn out, and decided the system, not the people, was the flaw. He treats burnout, miscommunication and weak leadership as structural problems: map them, rebuild them. On stage, the "Edutainer": dense ideas made personal, fast.
- Trained
- M.S. Systems Engineering · M.S. Organizational Psychology
- Roots
- Yokohama, Japan → Seattle
- Off hours
- Builds mechanical keyboards, collects arcade cabinets, wins board-game night
Austin, TX
Jess Straya
Sees the plan before the brainstorm ends.
West Texas grit, top of her class in computer science, and two years as lead project manager inside a high-pressure firm: a front-row seat to how much value companies waste, and every reason to build her own. She listens hard, speaks clearly, and moves teams at velocity.
- Trained
- B.S. Computer Science, summa cum laude
- Roots
- West Texas → Austin
- Off hours
- Long-distance runner. Miles are where the mind goes quiet
San Jose, CA
Mohan V.
Listens to everything. Answers with what holds.
Multiple seminal papers and a reputation as a backend-infrastructure visionary. Mohan absorbs every variable before he speaks, and when he does, calm, ego-free logic settles the question. No self-promotion, just the answer that holds.
- Trained
- Ph.D. Computer Science & Theoretical Mathematics
- Roots
- Bengaluru, India → San Jose
- Off hours
- Restores vacuum-tube amplifiers; encyclopedic on classic sci-fi and Indian classical music