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Paul English
PARTNER
Paul cofounded Kayak, Lola, GetHuman, Moonbeam, Xiangqi.com, Intermute, Boston Light and Speed Games.
Paul also cofounded the nonprofits Institute for Applied AI, Embrace Boston, Summits Education, the Winter Walk for Homelessness, and the Bipolar Social Club.
See also paulenglish.com
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Michael Burke
CTO
Michael is a data science, distributed systems, and decentralized technology solutions expert with over a decade of experience in operationalizing data science initiatives.
He earned an MBA from Boston University and previously held management roles across a range of verticals.
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Sam Cohen
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT AND DESIGN
Sam is a product strategist and designer with a passion for creating magical user experiences by bridging the gap between aesthetic appeal and functional utility.
He graduated from NYU’s Stern School of Business and previously worked as a financial analyst at Oberon Securities and Crestline Investors.
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Eliza Bladon
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Eliza is a jack of all trades. Her background is in operations, HR and event planning.
She has previously worked at Boston based companies such as Lola, Wayfair, and care.com.
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Paul Schwenk
PARTNER
Paul is developing new consumer software products, getting back to his engineering roots.
Previously Paul worked in various management positions at Lola.com, KAYAK, and Intuit.
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Kate Tyshchenko
ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE
Kate is a problem solver and data enthusiast with extensive experience working across the entire product pipeline.
Kate earned an MS in Engineering and Management from MIT, where she started Moshion, a healthcare device startup. She also serves as a board member for Cash for Refugees, an organization dedicated to assisting displaced Ukrainian families.
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Bakhtawar Bilal
PRODUCT MANAGER
Bakhtawar is a product manager focused on advocating for user experience through carefully tracked product metrics and usability studies.
She earned an MBA from Lahore School of Economics and currently leads a Research and Design lab at Arbisoft.
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John Bullock
CORP DEV
John was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Windspeed Ventures, where he was the main interface and board member for numerous start-up investments. His other responsibilities included managing multiple portfolios.
Before this, he was an early (pre-revenue) Wellfleet Communications/Bay Networks member and a senior development engineer at Motorola Corp.
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Ada Richard
AI ASSISTANT
Ada is a passionate and results-oriented AI assistant at Boston Venture Studio
Advisory Board
In addition to the above team at BVS, we also have an exceptional team of advisors.