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Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Vitamix, privately owned and operated by the Barnard family since 1921, manufactures and markets superior blending and mixing products directly to the public and the restaurant/hospitality industry. Vitamix is recognized as a leader in innovation in the direct marketing industry, having created the infomercial genre in the late 1940s and developed the first true commercial blender in the early 1990s. The company's commercial customer list reads like a Who's Who" of major restaurant chains, and gourmet chefs worldwide say their Vitamix machines are more important to them than their knives. Nestled in the valley of picturesque Olmsted Township, Ohio, the company employs more than 700 people, has a global presence in more than 100 countries and continues to win awards for product innovation. For more information, visit vitamix.com."

Using software and data science to change how the world buys clothes. Y Combinator alumnus. Previously CTO and Co-founder of Playfire, a social network for gamers backed by the founders of Skype that grew to 1.5 million users and was acquired in 2012. Prior to that I was Lead Developer at an ad tech company acquired by DoubleClick / Google. Interests include artificial intelligence/machine learning, game theory, functional programming, maths and building software engineering teams and cultures.