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The Team Behind HeyDonto

Serial entrepreneurs who've built and exited companies. A PhD researcher with peer-reviewed publications in Elsevier, Frontiers, and submissions to Nature. Engineers across four continents building production-grade semantic intelligence for healthcare.

Leadership

Rivers Morrell
Rivers Morrell
Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Serial entrepreneur with three profitable exits and over 15 years of experience building and scaling technology companies. Founded CloudRetriever (intelligent VOIP platform — two successful exits by 2023), Vet Marketing Pro, and Veterinary Dashboards. UC San Diego alumnus. At HeyDonto, Rivers leads the strategic vision for Axiomera, driving enterprise partnerships with healthcare data aggregators, global dental distributors, and analytics platforms.

3 ExitsUC San Diego15+ Years
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Reza Nehzati, PhD
Reza Nehzati, PhD
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

PhD in AI and Machine Learning with a prolific research record across deep learning, evolutionary neural networks, federated systems, and semantic intelligence. Author of 12+ peer-reviewed papers published in Elsevier/ScienceDirect, Frontiers in AI, and under review at Nature Machine Intelligence and Nature Digital Medicine. Reza architected the six substrate bases that power Axiomera and holds multiple patent-pending inventions filed through Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

PhD AI/ML12+ Papers11 Patents Pending
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Thomas Kopetsch
Thomas Kopetsch
VP of Engineering

Seasoned engineering leader with deep experience building and shipping production-grade ML platforms across fintech, healthcare, automotive, energy, and aerospace. His expertise spans Python-based microservices, multi-cloud architectures across AWS, GCP, and Azure, Infrastructure as Code with the HashiCorp stack, and building scalable, reliable, and observable AI systems. At Axiomera, Thomas leads the engineering organization responsible for the platform's core infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and production deployment operations.

ML PlatformsMulti-Cloud5 Industries
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Raz Flieshman
Raz Flieshman
Head of AI

Engineering leader with deep expertise in applied AI, medical device systems, and production-grade platform development. Has built and deployed machine learning pipelines, generative AI systems (LLMs, RAG, knowledge graphs), and computer vision solutions in regulated healthcare and industrial environments. At Axiomera, he focuses on delivering scalable, reliable, and trustworthy AI systems powering next-generation healthcare technology.

Applied AIMedical DevicesMDR / ISO 13485
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Javi Diaz
Javi Diaz
Chief Operating Officer

Experienced technology executive with a track record of building and scaling product organizations through high-growth and acquisition cycles. As SVP of Technology at WhiskerCloud, Javi led the team through a successful acquisition by Petvisor, a billion-dollar unicorn. At Axiomera, Javi oversees operations, delivery, and the organizational infrastructure that enables a globally distributed engineering team to ship production-grade healthcare intelligence systems.

Unicorn ExitProduct GrowthOperations
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Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Jones
Chief Commercial Officer

Seasoned commercial leader with a proven track record in sales strategy, demand generation, and customer acquisition for technology companies. Co-founded CloudRetriever alongside Rivers Morrell, successfully scaling and exiting the company. At Axiomera, Jeffrey drives the go-to-market engine — leading enterprise sales, partnership development, and revenue operations across healthcare data aggregators, analytics platforms, and health system customers.

Co-Founder ExitEnterprise SalesGTM Strategy
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Youssef Hanine
Youssef Hanine
Chief AI Officer

Founder of Topscale AI (acquired by HeyDonto) and former Managing Partner at Finance IT Forward, where he spent 3+ years building fintech solutions with AI-driven operational systems. Board member at Leap Year Learning, focused on ethical AI education. At Axiomera, Youssef leads AI strategy and applied intelligence — bridging the gap between research-level innovation and production-grade deployment of semantic classification, mapping, and harmonization algorithms.

Founder (Acquired)Ethical AIFintech → Healthcare
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Courtney Killgo
Courtney Killgo
Senior Product Manager, UX

Product leader with multiple exits and a global reputation in communications infrastructure. Served as Head of Product for Petvisor (billion-dollar unicorn), driving product excellence at scale. Former CTO at CloudRetriever and Kontak, leading both companies to successful acquisitions. At Axiomera, Courtney owns the product experience — translating complex semantic intelligence capabilities into intuitive interfaces for enterprise healthcare customers.

2 Exits as CTOUnicorn Product LeadUX
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Eric Neyhart
Eric Neyhart
Director of Customer Success

Customer success and implementation leader responsible for ensuring enterprise customers realize the full value of Axiomera's semantic intelligence platform. Eric manages onboarding, integration support, and ongoing engagement with healthcare data aggregators, analytics platforms, and enterprise customers — bridging the gap between technical deployment and business outcomes.

ImplementationEnterprise CSOnboarding
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Engineering

Distributed across four continents — Poland, Ukraine, Mexico, the U.S., and beyond.

Arash Aghajani
Arash Aghajani
Principal Software Engineer

Shapes technical strategy, guides distributed architecture decisions, and establishes engineering standards balancing scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

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Gabriel Hinojoza Velarde
Gabriel Hinojoza Velarde
Principal Software Engineer

Software architecture, scalable system design, and engineering leadership across Axiomera's core healthcare and AI-driven platforms.

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Basheer Badaha
Basheer Badaha
Staff Engineer

Quality architecture, test automation, and scalable engineering practices across Axiomera's reliable, high-performance healthcare and AI-driven platforms.

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Sergey Zhyltsov
Sergey Zhyltsov
Tech Lead

10+ years leading API architecture, system integration, and scalable web applications. Expert in backend architecture, system migrations, and performance-critical services.

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Shahin Hemmati
Shahin Hemmati
DevOps Engineer

Cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform reliability across Axiomera's scalable healthcare and AI-driven systems.

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Jorge Ivan Jimenez Reyes
Jorge Ivan Jimenez Reyes
Data Engineer

Data pipeline architecture and engineering for Axiomera's ingestion, transformation, and harmonization workflows.

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Alberto Espinosa
Alberto Espinosa
Software Engineer

University of Colorado Boulder CS graduate. Backend systems, AI development, and full-stack applications. Builds scalable tools supporting Axiomera's automation and data integration layers. Python, Flask, and ML.

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Luis Carlos Leyva Garcia
Luis Carlos Leyva Garcia
Software Engineer

Data engineering, analytics, and full-stack development. Master's in Business Analytics with ML focus. Builds and maintains data-driven systems for Axiomera's platform reliability and automation.

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Basset Sadok
Basset Sadok
Full Stack Engineer

Full-stack development across Axiomera's web applications, platform services, and internal tooling.

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Hector Miranda Garcia
Hector Miranda Garcia
Full Stack Engineer

Full-stack contributor to Axiomera's platform interfaces, API services, and dashboard systems.

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Jorge Macías
Jorge Macías
Full Stack Engineer

B.S. Computer Science from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Builds scalable, user-focused web applications with a focus on performance, reliability, and clean design. NestJS, React, and PostgreSQL specialist.

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Jose Sanchez Gonzalez
Jose Sanchez Gonzalez
Full Stack Engineer

Full-stack development across Axiomera's web applications, platform services, and internal tooling.

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Luis Daniel Mora Carbajal
Luis Daniel Mora Carbajal
Full Stack Engineer

Full-stack contributor to Axiomera's platform services and customer-facing applications.

Carlos Hernandez Zapien
Carlos Hernandez Zapien
Sr. QA Automation Engineer

Senior quality assurance automation specialist ensuring end-to-end test coverage across Axiomera's platform services and API layer.

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Misha Ryndin
Misha Ryndin
QA Engineer

Manual and automated testing across large-scale platforms. MS in Computer Science. Ensures Axiomera's semantic classification, mapping, and harmonization engines meet production quality standards.

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Maria Fernanda Quezada
Maria Fernanda Quezada
Talent Acquisition Manager

Seasoned IT talent acquisition specialist with extensive recruitment experience across LATAM, the U.S., and Canada. Builds the high-performing engineering teams that power Axiomera.

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Strategic & Clinical Advisors

Ryan S. Lee, DDS, MPH, MHA
Ryan S. Lee, DDS, MPH, MHA
Strategic Advisor · Oral-Systemic Health Initiatives

Federal EHR Modernization Office (FEHRM) Dental Subject Matter Expert via Boston Consulting Group. Memorial Sloan Kettering-trained dental oncologist; former CVS Aetna Dental Director. Advises Conduit on federal health policy and medical-dental referral infrastructure.

Brett Erreca, CFA
Brett Erreca, CFA
Strategic Advisor

Chartered Financial Analyst. Capital markets and investment strategy advisor supporting Axiomera's fundraising and financial positioning.

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Brian A. Colao
Brian A. Colao
Strategic Advisor

Healthcare industry executive advising on regulatory landscape, compliance strategy, and enterprise healthcare partnerships.

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Dr. Sheldon Seidman, DDS
Dr. Sheldon Seidman, DDS
Clinical Advisor

Leading expert in cosmetic and restorative dentistry. Clinical instructor at Northwestern University and Roseman University. Brings clinical workflow expertise to Axiomera's dental data intelligence.

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Kyla Swearingen, DDS, MS
Kyla Swearingen, DDS, MS
Clinical Advisor

Board-certified practicing orthodontist and researcher at UT Health Science Center. Background in biochemistry, exercise physiology, and neuroscience from WVU. Brings research rigor to Axiomera's clinical data models.

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