About Us
About Us
How we started
MindStand began with a long-standing goal to foster healthier online communities. This goal began at BitCamp 2018. With the initial prototype, MindStand placed second for the Bloomberg Best Philanthropic Hack Award. With acclamation from the industry and a working prototype, MindStand formed as an LLC later, in 2018. Since then, MindStand has partnered with Microsoft for Startups, reformed as a C-Corp, and iterated on this turnkey solution for universities, small businesses, and enterprises alike to foster a healthy online community, one post at a time.
Today, as more people turn to online platforms to share their message and collaborate, it is essential to have a system that STANDS for their opinions, for their individuality, and for their MINDS.
Our Team
Michael Ogunsanya
Co-Founder and CEO
Michael leads MindStand’s vision by ensuring that our philanthropic mission and business strategies are shared with organizations around the world.
⚡ Superpower: Empathy. Meeting people where they are.
Eric Solender
Co-Founder and CTO
Eric leads technical development at MindStand, in addition to head of programming on the backend. His main area of focus is backend data processing and storage, but also take hands on ML and UI dev.
⚡ Superpower: Ability to drink infinite cups of coffee.
Nikita Wootten
Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist
Nikita leads the ML development at MindStand. Although his main area of focus is on machine learning and analysis, he also works on the backend and UI.
⚡ Superpower: Same as Eric, but in various teas.
