Our team

Co-founders

  • Co-Founder / CEO / Product Manager

    Mike has always been a builder - whether building houses during his years as a carpenter or building the relationships necessary to provide humanitarian assistance in Iraq and Gaza. More recently, he built digital services for humanitarian legal aid and housing programs, taking them from early ideation through MVP development and launch.

    Mike is a big picture, outside-of-the-box thinker, and a problem solver with a passion for finding scalable solutions to problems faced by disadvantaged populations in housing markets. Mike holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Sociology from CUNY Queens College.

  • Co-Founder / CMO / Community Engagement Lead

    For over a decade, Alex has been dedicated to improving people's relationships with land and housing. He is an expert at connecting individuals and groups with shared goals and strengthening the institutions that govern land and housing. Alex's insatiable hunger for knowledge drives him to constantly read, talk to people, and learn about how complex systems function. He is committed to finding ways to make systems work better for people.

    Alex's passion for this work has taken him across the world, from Amman to Timbuktu, Nairobi to Montreal. He holds a Master's Degree in Geography from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Our advisors

  • Paula Gil Baizan

    Independent Director

    Founder of Something Meaningful Consulting

  • Christof Klaja

    Senior Technology Advisor - Product

    Co-Founder and CTO of storrie

  • Maanasa Reddy

    Community Engagement Lead

    Specialist on Housing in Humanitarian Settings