Shanif Dhanani is the co-founder & CEO of Apteo. Prior to Apteo, Shanif was the lead engineer and head of analytics at TapCommerce, a NYC-based ad tech startup which was acquired by Twitter.

Most recently, he was a data scientist and software engineer at Twitter, where he worked on a variety of projects across advertising, analytics, and machine learning. Prior to TapCommerce, Shanif was a software consultant at Booz Allen. He has earned a BS in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Manan Shah is the co-founder & COO of Apteo. Prior to Apteo, Manan spent over a decade as an investor across public equity, private equity,  and distressed credit markets.

Most recently, he was a Portfolio Manager at Point72 Asset Management, where he oversaw a U.S. focused equities portfolio. Prior to Point72, Manan spent time in public market investing as a Research Analyst at Coatue Management, and private market investing as a Principal & Associate at Centerbridge Partners. Manan began his career as an Analyst in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley. He earned a BS in Finance with Honors from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Mo Syed is the co-founder and CTO of Apteo.

Prior to Apteo, Mo spent several years as a software and machine learning engineer, working on large scale backend projects, the Moments team, and the Cortex team. During his time at Twitter, he built infrastructure that enabled the company to deliver machine learning services at scale. He earned a BS in Computer Science from Oberlin University.

James Uzzalino is the Head of Partnerships and Sales at Apteo, where he is responsible for engaging with customers and partners to deliver value and grow our user base.

James brings a deep background in alternative data, where he spent the past several years in sales and research. Most recently, he was a Managing Director at Thinknum, where he provided web data expertise to the largest quantitative and discretionary investors globally. Prior to that, he worked in Institutional Sales at Enterprise Technology Research, positioning the firm's proprietary spending intentions data and research to the largest TMT investors in the US. James earned a BS in Finance from the University of Louisville. He is always happy to chat, so feel free to drop him a line.

Josh Pindjak is the Head of Design at Apteo where he leads all efforts related to the Apteo product and brand design.

Prior to Apteo, Josh worked in-house for startups such as Datadog, Fetcher, Vimeo and Twitter. He holds a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.