Matthew Bernardini

Matthew Bernardini
President and CEO

Matt leads the vision for Zenapse and oversees the evolution of our unique AI foundation model into category leading products.

Matt has experience as a product marketer, data strategist and technologist. He is a 4x exit entrepreneur and also has experience working at large global corporations such as JPMorganChase, Omnicom and Capgemini.

Throughout his career Matt has been a student of AI, psychology, consumer behavior, game theory and statistics.

Godfrey Baker

Godfrey Baker
Chief Technology Officer

Godfrey is responsible for architecting, building and scaling the Zenapse technology platform, driving technology strategy and leading our software engineering and data science teams.

Godfrey has experience in AI, technology innovation, product and application development across industries including retail, financial services, telecom, entertainment and digital marketing services.

He has served as CTO, CIO and other key technologist roles at companies such as Capgemini, Steve Madden and Organic — working with marquee brands such as Fidelity, Macy's, Tommy Hilfiger, Reebok, Williams-Sonoma and US Airways.

Janis Nakano Spivack

Janis Nakano Spivack
Chief Experience Officer

Janis leads the team that captures our understanding of human behavior and emotional intelligence in the Zenapse platform.

An award-winning CX executive with experience in digital marketing, media and advertising, serving as a creative and product leader working with companies such as Nike, McDonald's, Samsung, Coca-Cola and Daimler Chrysler.

Janis' expertise is focused on consumer adoption of emerging innovation, along with the psychographics of change-behavior, neuroscience, cognition and belief within consumer-friendly experiences.

Christer Manning

Christer Manning
Chief Creative Officer

Christer leads the creative team and design direction for the Zenapse platform brand and client engagements.

Christer has a background in product design, advertising, marketing and direct response — helping clients acquire, engage and retain customers through innovative digital experiences.

Christer's expertise spans from traditional advertising, beginning his career at Y&R, to startups such as ActiveBuddy, which pioneered interactive chatbots. Over his career, he’s delivered creative solutions for clients including American Express, Godiva, Unilever, Warner Bros. and Sony Music.

Keith Chu

Keith Chu
Chief Information Officer

Keith is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and manages all areas of the company's information systems, security, privacy and risk management — including corporate operating practices, technology and information systems that deliver the Zenapse platform to our customers.

Over the past 25+ years, Keith has led teams that evaluate and implement technical and operational policies and processes focusing on security configuration, operations and audit for both Fortune 50 companies and startups.

Steve Kandetzke

Steve Kandetzke
Chief Operating Officer

Steve brings over 35+ years of technology, product development and operations experience to Zenapse.

Steve leads the company's day to day operations and direct key company product initiatives to turn Zenapse's strategic vision into company-wide executable strategies.

Aarai Myers

Aarai Myers
VP, UI Development

Aarai manages the development and deployment of the Zenapse platform and Zenapse Experiences client engagements.

Previously a Senior Manager at Capgemini Invent, Aarai has over a decade of experience managing full stack development teams and delivering engaging marketing landing pages and customer experiences for a wide range of clients, including Chase, Wells Fargo, and Unilever.

Aarai honed his skills as a full stack developer at Omnicom, as well as experience at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners and Digitas Health.

Maggie Evans

Maggie Evans
VP, Zenapse Experiences

As our engagement leader, Maggie partners with our clients leveraging the Zenapse Experiences platform, provide strategy consulting, UI/UX consulting, creative services, campaign execution, reporting, analysis and program management.

Maggie brings deep member acquisition expertise from her work as a marketing leader at JPMorgan Chase, where she spent 10+ years – most recently as Executive Director of new customer acquisition efforts for the lending and wealth management businesses.

Previously, Maggie worked on affiliate programs dedicated to high volume growth for Chase partners, included Marriott, Southwest Airlines, Disney, British Airways, Hyatt, IHG, Starbucks, and Amazon.

Gary Shaferman

Gary Shaferman
VP, Technology

As our VP of Data, Gary is responsible for architecting, developing, and maintaining Zenapse database applications and systems using Microsoft technologies, Neo4j graph modeling platform, and Google Cloud SQL.

An information technology professional with 25+ years of experience in complex application development projects, Gary is a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) with a focus on data integrity, enterprise architecture, operational efficiency and disaster recovery.

Previously, Gary led the DBA team at Capgemini Digital Marketing group to provide clients innovative custom developed solutions using industry-leading database platform tools.

His versatile capabilities and expert knowledge in database performance tuning, configuration, integration and implementation, mobile strategy and cloud computing has enabled Gary to deliver successful projects for clients including Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Lincoln Financial, BB&T, Unilever, Fidelity and March Of Dimes throughout his career.