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Our Team

Experienced tech entrepreneurs filled with unmatched ambition and a desire to be at the forefront of innovation.

Management

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Sem Gabelko, Founder & CEO

Sem is a visionary leader with experience in enterprise software, business process digitalization and machine learning. After seeing first hand how many companies have very inefficient and costly recruitment processes, he decided to take on the challenge to transform the way recruitment is done and make it AI-enabled. He holds a Master's degree in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp and was awarded a lifetime membership in the prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma honor society for his academic excellence. Furthermore, he has professional experience in software development and machine learning, making him an all-rounded entrepreneur with both the technical expertise to build the software and the business knowledge to grow the company.

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Hector Franco, Founder & Chief Science Officer

Hector is the brains behind the core AI engine we are developing. Having held positions as a data scientist and AI engineer in many startups and enterprises, he is an expert when it comes to developing new groundbreaking AI systems and algorithms. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the prestigious Trinity College Dublin and has a proven track record in diverse AI fields, including human genome analysis, semantic analysis and behavioral modelling. Having written many academic papers and created patents, he has also received multiple awards including for the best scientific paper. With a strong passion for behavioral intelligence, his ambition is to re-invent the way hiring works and to make applicant assessments objective and science-backed.

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Owais Shaikh, Founder & COO

With decades of experience in business and entrepreneurship, Owais is an operational mastermind. Software engineer by trade, he has been a catalyst for transformation in banking and financial services. Additionally, he led many businesses and even his own startups into growth. Being confronted with the problems and challenges associated with recruitment he now has the goal to accelerate AI adoption in the recruitment industry because of its fundamentally huge potential. He holds a Master's degree in Software Engineering and has been building products and businesses for the last two decades.

Advisory Board

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Rukhsana Asghar

Rukhsana is a veteran in the recruitment industry, having more than a decade of hiring experience at Citi Group and two decades of spearheading her own recruitment firm Fulcrum. She has built strong connections and reputation, opening doors for strategic partnerships.