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.
Taylor Odenath
Graphic Designer
Taylor creates flyers for events like pitch competitions as well as the MindStand logos and color schemes for webpage displays.
⚡ Superpower: Intelligence. Because knowledge is power.
Sam Reynolds
Software Engineer
Sam is part of the backend team where he works on data pipeline development in addition to deployments and maintenance.
⚡ Superpower: Moral support.
Alaire Jameson
Director of Business Development
Alaire is responsible for strategic Business Development, Sales, and Operations Planning for MindStand AI.
⚡ Superpower: A strong foresight.
Steve Byerly
Software Engineer
Steve works on designing and implementing the machine learning models used in our AI engine.
⚡ Superpower: Moral support.
Chintan Jani
Product Lead
Chintan leads the User Interface and User Experience processes for the creation of MindStand AI products.
⚡ Superpower: Problem solving and psychoanalysis.
Jordan Troutman
Software Engineer
Jordan is responsible for developing and validating MindStand’s AI practices.
⚡ Superpower: Quick Learner.
Our Advisers
Francine Parham
Human Capital and Outreach Advisor
President and Founder of Francine Parham & Co
Genevieve Patterson
Product and GTM Advisor
Exited Entrepreneur; Head of Applied Research at VSCO
Tim Oates, PhD
AI and Data Advisor
Chief Data Scientist of Synaptiq
