Our Leadership Team

Gershon is an accomplished technologist and entrepreneur. Gershon led the engineering group at Webdialogs, a provider of online meeting and communication solutions acquired by IBM. Following the acquisition Gershon acted as Chief Software Architect in the Lotus group of IBM, delivering LotusLive (now known as IBM SmartCloud) – a cloud-based collaboration suite. After leaving IBM he got involved in a number of different ventures but decided to focus on Cangrade’s mission of leveling the playing field for job seekers. Gershon loves cycling and thinks that the bicycle is the best form of transportation. Gershon holds degrees in CS and Management of Information Systems from Ben Gurion University of Negev, Israel.

Jen graduated from Bentley University with a degree in Managerial Economics and joined an early-stage workforce optimization company SurveyTelligence, developing, deploying, and analyzing employee assessments to help companies identify cultural, managerial, or strategic inefficiencies. In this role, Jen worked directly with clients to ensure maximum value from their employee assessments and survey analytics. Jen has joined the Cangrade team as Director of Customer Success where she works to ensure Cangrade’s clients optimize their value from the Cangrade tools and process. Her main focus is ensuring that Cangrade tools and analytics drive a positive impact on hiring success.

Sarah is a marketing leader who combines data and creativity to solve customers’ problems and grow market share. A storyteller at heart, Sarah previously led content marketing at ezCater and content services at Skyword. She holds her B.S. in Mass Communications from Boston University.

Sarah has led marketing for companies and agencies in a variety of verticals building marketing programs that address customers’ pain points and drive results. She joins the Cangrade team as the Chief Marketing Officer, where she’s focused on growing the adoption of Cangrade and bias-free hiring practices.

Kat received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Florida State University. She is a research scientist interested in the intersection between cognitive science and artificial intelligence. During her Ph.D. program, she worked for IBM and investigated how to use speech samples to predict dementia status in older adults. As Kat neared the end of her doctoral program, she realized she wanted to continue scaling her abilities to impact the world positively. Kat met Cangrade, and the rest is, as they say, history. She loves distance running, Dungeons and Dragons, and the occasional woodworking project in her free time.

Vinisha graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. Vinisha enjoys challenges, solving problems, and learning new technologies. She joins the Cangrade team as a Software Developer where she will focus on maintaining and enhancing highly complex software for machine learning and data analytics for data-driven, bias-free hiring. Outside of work, she likes to spend time with her family, watch TV shows and games of Cricket.

Kaylie is a Customer Success Administrator who has over 10 years of customer service experience. She is passionate about building strong relationships, driving brand loyalty, and increasing customer engagement. She has always been eager to help people. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her dog, cook up something tasty in the kitchen, and read a good book.

Nick is a dedicated customer service professional with an analytical focus on technical troubleshooting and problem resolution. As a student of Computer Information Systems, he brings a strong academic foundation to his hands-on expertise. With multiple years of experience in customer service and leadership, he uses Cangrade as an opportunity to focus on what he loves: putting people first, fostering bias-free work environments, and building relationships with Cangrade’s clients.

Steve is an Associate in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. In his academic work, he combines survey instruments with cognitive response time tasks designed to capture unconscious cognition to address issues at the intersection of psychology and business. He believes that Cangrade can be used as a forum to help employers and job-candidates make more objective selection decisions while furthering the study of psychological science. Prior to his current work, Steve was a professional tournament poker player and entrepreneur. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Nevada- Las Vegas and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University.

Yang’s research interests include applied game theory, structural econometrics, and empirical IO. The substantive focus of his current research projects include managerial forecasting and decision making, competitive dynamic pricing, role of consumer reviews on risk aversion, and competitive incentive structures of firms with shared sales agents. Yang is currently a doctoral candidate in marketing at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. Prior to pursuing a Ph.D., Yang worked as a revenue management and resort services analyst at the Las Vegas Sands.