Our team
We're a dynamic group of individuals who are passionate about what we do and dedicated to delivering the best results for our clients.
Management & Advisors
Damon Feldman
President
Damon Feldman is the President of Advocara, He has a background as an engineering leader, specializing in AI and LLM use. He also led various sub-teams for HealthCare.gov, and various state Medicaid transformation projects. After a successful career in the commercial sector, Damon now focuses on giving back to the community by supporting Advocara.
Toan Do
Advisor
Toan is a seasoned technology executive, with a personal knowledge about navigating the healthcare system.
Robert Im
Advisor
Robert is an experienced lawyer and organizational leader. He has been focused on technology company leagal support and has a broad independent practice as well.
Chris Matheus
Advisor
Christopher has over thirty years experience in the areas of AI, Machine Learning (ML), application development and technology strategy. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and has led AI/ML R&D efforts at Bell Labs, GTE Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Labs as well as at a number of startups.. He is the author of over eighty publications about semantic technologies, machine learning and related technologies.
Donald Schwarz
Advisor
Donald is a healthcare and non-profit executive with a passion for helping people, as well as an MBA.
Staff
Sahil Dhakate
Member of Technical Staff
Sahil works on backend AI and data processing pipeline elements.
Pranav Srivatsa
Member of Technical Staff
Pranav is completing his last course for an M.Eng. in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in Alexandria, VA. He is a full stack developer working across frontend and backend components.
Aadyant Khatri
Member of Technical Staff
Aadyant is wrapping up his Ph.D. in AI and Computer Science at Virginia Tech in Alexandria, VA. He works as a designer and advisor on all things AI, as well as the core AI engine and agents.
AJ McCrory
Member of Technical Staff
AJ works on the core AI engine as well as web interface.
Anurag Sharma
Member of Technical Staff
Anurag works on data processing and cloud infrastructure.
Davood Sedaghatfar
Project Manager and outreach
Davood keeps the team on track, and manages our relationships with partner non-profits and other organizations.
Ilan Barr
Member of Technical Staff
Ilan works on the AI-based document processing pipeline as well as the web interface. He holds a MS in computer science with a focus on machine learning.
Sophia Feldman
Operations intern
Sophia manages our internal operational tools, such as AWS mail, Vercel hosting accounts, slack and more.
William Xie
Member of Technical Staff
William works on data analytics as well as DevOps for the Advocara platform.