Our Team

OWAL is a team of Google and Fortune 500 company vets that share a passion for making a difference through innovative technology.

We bring a wealth of senior experience, leadership, and ability to deliver and scale technology from our past roles in the software, Machine Learning, hardware, and operations fields. ​

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Chaim Fried

Founder and Product Vision
Creator of Google Hangouts for
Enterprises & Chromebox for Meetings

April Erickson

Director of Operations 
18+ years in engineering leadership and large-scale operations                                   

Albert Schweitzer

Frontend Engineer
10+ years of enterprise software experience as a developer​ and through public relations

Yakov Okshtein

Machine Learning Engineer
Specializing in algorithms and
​embedded systems for over 16 years

Satya Vadlamani

Machine Learning Engineer

Moshe Berman

Mobile & Frontend Engineer

John Ioannidis

Systems Engineer
30+ yrs in scaling engineering,
PhD in CS from Columbia University

Vince Traylor

Director of Partnerships
20+ years in sales & marketing, SaaS,
​ mobile, and network hardware

Lee Nussbaum

20+ years experience, most recently
IT Security Engineer at Morgan Stanley

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