About

Meet the team

Vooma is built by a world-class team of operators and technologists.

Our Team

The people making it happen

Jesse Buckingham

Jesse Buckingham

Co-Founder

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Jesse studied Law and Economics at University of Sydney and received his MBA from Stanford. Prior to Vooma, he was CEO of ASG LogisTech and worked as a consultant at Bain.

Mike Carter

Mike Carter

Co-Founder

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Mike studied Biomechanical Engineering at Stanford. Prior to Vooma, he was a founding engineer at Kodiak Robotics building self-driving trucks, and worked at Uber ATG & Otto.

Jacob Deery

Jacob Deery

Software Engineer

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Jacob studied Mechatronics at Waterloo and received his Masters in Robotics and AI from Toronto. Prior to Vooma, he built self-driving trucks at Kodiak Robotics.

Michael Parlato

Michael Parlato

Software Engineer

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Michael received his Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins. Prior to Vooma, he co-founded Glyscend and worked at Local Kitchens, Segment, and Clover Health.

Martin Alonso

Martin Alonso

Software Engineer

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Martin studied Design and HCI, receiving his Masters from Stanford. Prior to Vooma, he worked at Shopify, Flexport and Monte Carlo.

Jonathan Berger

Jonathan Berger

Software Engineer

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Jonathan studied Computer Science, receiving his BS and MS from Stanford. Prior to Vooma, he founded three companies (YC W09) and was a PM at Google and Box.

Farzaan Kaiyom

Farzaan Kaiyom

Software Engineer

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Farzaan studied Computer Science, receiving his BS and MS from Stanford. Prior to Vooma, he founded two companies (YC W21) and worked at Stanford HELM and PayJoy.

Amelia Woodward

Amelia Woodward

Business Operations

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Amelia studied Math and Computer Science at Stanford, receiving her BS and MS. Before Vooma, she focused on AI strategy and software investing at Bain, and applied AI at Stanford and Planet Labs.

Luke Walquist

Luke Walquist

Sales

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Luke studied Business Administration at UC Berkeley, Haas. Prior to Vooma, he led sales and customer success at a final mile TMS.

Jason Conlow

Jason Conlow

Sales

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Jason Conlow studied Business at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, where he earned his degree in Business Administration and Packaging. Before joining Vooma, he worked at Flock Freight and Kular.

Tenzin Rose

Tenzin Rose

Growth

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Tenzin was an early GTM employee at Fastly ($FSLY), helping scale the company through its 2019 IPO and launching offices in NYC and Sydney. He previously founded a GTM tools company focused on integrating AI into modern sales workflows.

Dev Mehta

Dev Mehta

Software Engineer

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Dev studied Economics at UC Berkeley and is a self-taught engineer. Prior to Vooma, he worked at numerous early-stage startups in the Bay Area.

Nurina Ayyoub

Nurina Ayyoub

Operations

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Nurina studied Business Administration at Oregon State University. Before joining Vooma, she managed data collection operations at Tesla, and later worked in customer operations on enterprise projects at Scale AI.

Bryn Hughes

Bryn Hughes

Software Engineer

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Bryn studied Computer Science, receiving his BS from Stanford. Prior to Vooma, he founded a search startup, Webhound (YC S23).

Andrew Gao

Andrew Gao

Software Engineer

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Andrew comes from Carnegie Mellon with a Master’s and Bachelor’s in Electrical & Computer Engineering. Prior to Vooma, he did CS research and worked on/for software startups.

Rohan Dalvi

Rohan Dalvi

Deployment Strategist

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Rohan studied economics and applied mathematics at Brown University. Before joining Vooma, he spent four years at McKinsey & Company, where he served clients on strategy, investment diligence, and operational improvement.

Our Experience

Deep experience in logistics and technology

Our Investors

Backed by world class investors

Craft
Index Ventures
Y Combinator

Careers

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Our Values

How we operate

Tag, you're it

We take ownership and run with the ball, like entrepreneurial builders.

Full force, sharp arrow

We push ourselves to prioritize ruthlessly and execute with focus.

Embrace candor

We speak our minds with care, embrace feedback, and seek truth.

Make it awesome

We continually level up our ambition and keep an exceptionally high bar for speed and quality of output.

Long term games, long term people

We believe in the value of deep relationships with customers and our team.

Float like a butterfly

Sting like a bee. We take our work seriously, but don't take ourselves too seriously.

Get your hands dirty

We lead from the front and make things happen.

Bias to action

We move quickly, deliver with speed, and iterate as we get data.