With over 11 years of experience in software development and machine learning, I am passionate about creating innovative solutions that enhance productivity and efficiency for SaaS companies. As the cofounder and CEO of Velma, an artificially intelligent project manager, I lead a team that shares my vision of building a smart assistant that can handle complex workflows, automate tasks, and optimize resources, ultimately allowing humans to spend more time doing the interesting work. Before founding Velma, I worked as a Machine Learning Manager at ASAPP, a leading AI platform that transforms customer experience and agent performance. There, I applied my skills to design, implement, and deploy scalable and robust machine learning models and pipelines that improved natural language processing and understanding, speech recognition, and conversational AI. I also contributed to multiple patents, including one that processes incomplete messages with a neural network to generate suggested responses.