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
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
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
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
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
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.

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.

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
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
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.
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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).

Jesse Taylor
Sales
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Jesse brings deep freight tech experience and industry expertise, coming from Convoy and Parade. A consultative seller, he thinks deeply about brokers' key business problems and root causes. He's originally from Seattle and spent three years working and studying in Brazil.

Chi Pham
Operations
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Chi studied Product Design and Translation Studies at Stanford. Before joining Vooma, she gained experience across product and accessible design in academic, fintech, and creative settings.

Cara Ma
Software Engineer
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Cara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from UC Berkeley and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Vooma, she worked as a Process Engineer at Amyris.

Cyrus Kilburn
Sales
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Cyrus partners with companies to win more freight and drive operational efficiency. Laser-focused on delivering transformational business outcomes, he brings deep transportation and logistics expertise from four years at Samsara ($IOT), where he supported Fortune 1000 carriers.

Eric Dratva
Deployment Strategist
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Eric studied business administration and economics at Berkeley Haas. Before joining Vooma, he spent 3 years at Bain & Company, where he advised investors on software and AI strategy as part of diligence processes.
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Daniel Rue
Product
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Daniel studied Economics, Computer Science, and Business at UNC Chapel Hill. Prior to Vooma, he was a Product Manager at Stripe, where he built payments products. Daniel previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Our Experience
Deep experience in logistics and technology
Our Investors
Backed by world class investors


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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.

















