Nino is an operations expert specialised in talent acquisition and development. His career focuses on lean workforce management with effective AI augmentation. He studied psychology and holds human resources certifications.

Noella is a business expansion leader specialised in the application of new technology to Africa’s public sector. Her career started in the telecom industry and led to Irembo, the e-government platform of Rwanda, where she ran growth and partnerships. She studied information technology at Mount Kenya University and computer science at the University of Rwanda.

Andy is a fullstack software engineer specialised in enterprise security and agentic team management. His career is featuring the balanced integration of AI-based tools for design, development, and quality assurance processes to increase product velocity. He studied statistics at the University of Toronto, with a focus on data science and machine learning.

Erik is a fullstack growth leader specialised in web design and SaaS user experience. His career focuses on AI tools for product-led growth and established enterprise sales processes. He studied business analytics at the Higher School of Economics.

Weiying is a natural language processing expert leading Proto’s low-resource language research team and implementing AI deployments for enterprises and governments. Her career started at MIMOS, Malaysia’s applied research and development centre for socio-economic growth, following studies in cognitive science at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.

Curtis is a founder dedicated to deploying AI in underserved markets. He served in Canada’s armed forces, graduated in political science at the Royal Military College of Canada, and studied Chinese at the National Taiwan University. He leads Proto’s social impact work with a focus on AI-based public policy feedback loops from his studies at the United Nation’s International Labour Organisation in Turin.

Margarita is a customer experience and prompt engineering specialist at Proto, focused on AI effectiveness for multilingual contact centres. Her career spans BPO operations and customer success for companies such as Concentrix and Zenleads. She studied in hospitality at St. Scholastica’s College Manila.