The Team

Noel was previously the Director of Data at Second Spectrum, where in 2016 he was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 for his work with spatial-temporal pattern recognition. He worked with 14 NBA teams to improve their game plans and leverage player movement data for a competitive advantage. Noel is a graduate of MIT where he earned a Master’s of Engineering with a focus on machine learning and a B.S. in Computer Science.

Jason was previously at Stanford University, where he received a Master’s in Computer Science and a B.S. in Mathematics. He was selected for the Stanford A.I. Innovation Group, which sought to apply machine learning in impactful ways. Jason's prior industry experience includes building software at Palantir to model data from Syrian refugee camps, leading the mentorship program at StartX, and working as an engineer at BenchPrep.

Will was previously a Product Design Engineer at Apple, where he developed key design features in ground-breaking laptops. While at Apple, he worked in large-scale assembly plants to implement design features and processes that were optimized for mass-production environments. Will is a graduate of MIT where he earned a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering and a minor in Mechanical Engineering.

Josh was previously a Business Development Manager at Quid, where he supported strategic growth initiatives to help Fortune 100 consumer goods, consulting, and technology companies leverage artificial intelligence to enhance their decision-making processes. Josh is a graduate of Princeton University where he earned a B.A. in Economics.

Optimizely and Mercer. Studied Economics at Princeton

Alina was previously a Senior Account Executive at Matmatch, a Munich based start-up operating in digital marketing for material suppliers. She was working with C level representatives from metal and polymer industries and was responsible for sales, customer onboarding and further customer success management. Prior to her job in Germany she was working as a project economist in the Oil&Gas construction company in Central Asia. Alina has a MA in International Business from University of Applied Sciences in Mainz.

Andrés was previously at the Technical University of Munich, where he received a Masters’ in Physics. His research focused on medical applications of machine learning, culminating in a publication on predicting tumor growth to improve treatment personalization. Andrés is also a graduate of Tec of Monterrey in México and has developed machine learning models for insurance and materials companies.

Instrumentel Inc. Studied Political Science & Gov. at University of Michigan.

Robin was previously the Head of Customer Experience & Success at Pypestream, responsible for all conversational AI customer implementations and ongoing support. Prior to that he was a Delivery Lead in IBM's Cognitive & AI practice, where he deployed SaaS solutions leveraging Watson APIs for electronics, chemicals and manufacturing companies. Robin is a graduate of the Jerome Fisher Program at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School.

Joseph previously received his PhD in Materials Engineering from Stanford (Appel Lab). Through his PhD he designed (1) the fastest acting insulin formulation and (2) a cold chain resilient insulin formulation through high-throughput polymer synthesis and characterization. He has also worked in research labs at CSIRO in Melbourne (Rapid Automated Materials Processing Lab), UCSB (Hawker Lab), Eindhoven University of Technology (Meijer Lab) and was a Goldwater Scholar, Stanford Graduate Fellow, and a National Defense Graduate Fellow. In his free time, he is definitely surfing, or at least dreaming about it.

Oak Ridge National Lab & Gajo. Studied Applied Mathematics & Chemical Eng. at UC Berkeley.

Emily is a graduate of RPI where she studied Chemical Engineering with an emphasis on biotech. Her undergraduate research used bioinformatics approaches to study female reproductive health, inspiring her to pursue a Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics with a concentration in Omics. Her professional experience has taken her through all the steps of product development. She interned with the Facilities Engineering team at GlobalFoundries and co-oped in Supply Chain Operational Excellence at Unilever. After graduation, she worked in R&D and Regulatory at Reckitt before joining Femtec Health as a Senior Scientist.

Studied Chemical Eng. & Economics at Stanford.

Citrine Informatics. Studied Chemical Physics at UBC. MS, Chemistry at University of Toronto.

PhD in Materials Chemistry and MS, Materials Chemistry at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier.

Yijun was previously at the University of California, Berkeley, where she completed her postdoctoral program in chemistry. She researched nanomaterial synthesis, catalyst design, and anti-corrosive paint formulation. She consulted for Berkeley National Labs and participated in the Insight Data Science Program. Yijun is a graduate of Iowa State, where she earned a PhD in Chemistry.

Luis studied Computer Science and specialized in Software Engineering at the Technical University of Madrid while completing several Data Analysis and Machine Learning extracurricular courses. He previously interned in Aluxion Labs where he took part in web development, user experience and product management projects.

Studied Computer Science & Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University.

Richard was previously a Sales Manager and Account Executive at Odoo, where his team marketed a suite of integrated business applications to C-level executives and business owners. Richard is a graduate of Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg where he earned a Masters in International Business Studies and San Diego State University where he received a Bachelors in International Business.

Meng Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge

Decade in Enterprise Software. Studied Computer Science at NCSU.

Arjun was previously a founder of Innova Dynamics (Acq. TPK Holdings Co. Ltd.), a functional materials company, where he served as Chief Strategy Officer and Board Director. Business Week recognized him as one of “America's Best Young Entrepreneurs.” Arjun holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in Economics/Finance and Materials Science and Engineering and holds 12 granted US patents.

Chemist at NEXT Energy Tech. Studied Chemistry at UC Santa Barbara. MS at NYU.

Scoop Technologies & WorkRamp. Studied Finance at Santa Clara University.

MBA at Cornell University. Studied Economics at Occidental College

Will was previously at the University of Toronto, where he received a B.S. in Computer Science. He has previously worked on AI-driven tools for generative design and live communications as well as a consultant on a variety of web development projects.

Katie is a graduate of MIT, where she earned a B.S. in EECS and a Master’s of Engineering in Human-Computer interaction. Her graduate research with the MIT Visualization Group focused on building an intuitive, interactive web tool for users to make complex data visualizations. As an undergraduate, Katie’s research on large-scale modular soft robots was published in the Soft Robotics Journal. She previously interned as a full-stack developer at Peloton and on the Touch and Sensing team at Apple.

Martin previously worked at a startup solving data standardization problems for the Commercial Real-estate industry. Prior to that he worked at Boeing building mission critical software for Defense. Martin has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Queensland. Martin brings a unique perspective having worked in software teams based in London, Seattle and Brisbane.

Nicholas was previously at the California Institute of Technology, where he received a B.S. in Computer Science. While at Caltech, he did research focused on computational methods for characterizing circumstellar disks imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope and enforced Caltech's Honor Code for three years on the Board of Control. Nicholas has also worked as a software engineering intern at Amazon and OpenX.

Isaac was previously at Amherst College, where he graduated with honors in Computer Science and completed medical school requisites. His honors thesis focused on addressing computational problems in life science with Bayesian statistics. Before Uncountable, Isaac was developing interactive data visualizations for functional ecology education with the TrEnCh Project at the University of Washington.

Tim studied Applied-Mathematics and Computer Science at Brown University, focusing on the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning pathway. He spent two years as an undergraduate teaching assistant for Brown's introductory Computer Science course, developing course materials and teaching new students core computer science concepts. Tim has previous experience as a full-stack developer at Brown-funded startups. In his spare time, he enjoys working on personal projects, and has recently started his senior year capstone on game development.

Edaqa was previously a freelance programmer specializing in complex technical systems. His recent work was on financial platforms as well as graphics and animation. He is an active online teacher and writer.

Evghenii completed his Bachelor’s degree and is doing his Master’s degree in CS at the Technical University of Munich. As a working student at fortiss, he built NLP and statistical models to generate task-dependent technology toolstacks. At university, he worked on projects related to VR, robotics and game theory. Currently, he is also involved in research in the field of Juris-Informatics in partnership with the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo.

Brendan Le is a current student at Brown University, concentrating in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. Brendan has done research in human-computer interaction on a project that analyzed designers' sketching behavior, as well as research in explainable AI and deep reinforcement learning. He has experience with modern web app development and also enjoys working on game development projects in his spare time.

Yakov Kutsovsky is the CEO of MateriaX, an advisory firm enabling development and commercialization of new materials. He is also Senior Advisor at Uncountable and an Expert-in-Residence at Harvard University. Over the last 15 years, Yakov was the CTO and CSO of Cabot Corporation, a global specialty chemicals company. Yakov led the development of multiple products and manufacturing innovations. Yakov advanced Cabot-wide technology platforms including elastomeric composites, materials for next generation tires, adhesives and batteries. Yakov holds PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. Yakov has published 20 papers and was granted 17 patents covering a broad range of technical areas.