
Made by locals in 12 Countries.
Meet Our Team
Small, Dedicated, Mission Driven.
Meet the contributors and supporters working on Cobbbles from around the world. Our collective experience ranges from public and private sector, technology, nonprofits and NGOs.

Mark Slater
Founder and CEO
Mark’s local passions are focused on youth programs for kids. He along with 3 other parents recently set up a youth soccer program called CItyKids FC for 500 children in his home community of South Boston, MA.
Mark has authored the following Patents: #10205685, 10205687
BA, BS Boston University.

John Ludes
Co-Founder and COO
John comes from a financial services technology background and has successfully exited from a previous start-up. He stays busy with his wife and 4 children in Rhode Island where they
enjoy any time they can get on the water.
John graduated from the University of Vermont
and received his MBA from Providence College.

Co-Founder and CCO
John has spent his entire career in the design and branding industry in London, UK which he calls home with his wife Lucy and their 3 children.
Like his brother, John loves to spend time coaching his son’s rugby team.
Johns home community is
University of Oxford.
John Slater

Claudia Marsh
Product Marketing

Gwinyai Nyatsoka
Engineering Lead

Kaiko Daidutta
Back-End Lead

Vlad Volkov
Camera Engineer

Carlos Brana
Design and UX

Li Yin
Front-End and Full Stack Engineer

Ruturaj Raghal
Data and Analytics Engineer

Nicolas Morga
Web Applications Engineer

Chen Sun
Front-End and Full Stack Engineer

Scott Johnson
Board Member, Investor.
After graduating from MIT, Scott has spent his career in venture capital, leading investments in ground-breaking software companies. Scott supports mark and the team as a board member and investor. His latest venture, Blitzscaling Ventures counts Reid Hoffman as its principal LP.
BA Cornell University.
MBA MIT Sloan School of Management.

Dan Cornwell
Advisor, Investor.
Over 25 years of experience helping companies innovate, build and grow disruptive businesses based on strategic thinking, Big Data and technology
Dan Graduated from Yale and Wharton and supports the team with strategic matters inluding partnerships, and strategic product decisions. Dan is an investor in the company
BA, Yale University.
MBA Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Chris John
Advisor, Investor.
Chris is a successful entrepreneur actively involved in the formation, administration, and sale of a number of early-stage enterprises.
After selling his company Bonaire to Broadridge in 2017, Chris founded his latest venture - Syndic8.
BA, Providence College.
MBA Babson College.
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