Company builders. Engineers. Product leaders. Between us, we've done this at every stage — from first customer to scale.
3-time founder who has taken companies from zero to venture-backed — through fundraising, Series A, and growth. Before building, he spent years in national security law and government service. He brings the strategic vision and operator instincts that turn a well-defined problem into a business that can actually scale.
linkedin.com/in/christophersimkins
25 years building and scaling engineering teams — from the first hire to 150+. He has co-founded and exited a machine learning data platform, and spent years shipping SaaS products that handle real data at scale. He also teaches product and engineering at the university level. Joey built the architecture that makes Shouldrs fast, trustworthy, and model-agnostic.
linkedin.com/in/joeymccord
A founder who ran her own business for 14 years — managing P&L, hiring, and operations firsthand. She then spent 20+ years in senior product leadership across digital media and SaaS, consistently turning complex products into ones customers actually adopt and stick with. She understands our customer because she has been one.
linkedin.com/in/karenjacobs2