Meet Our Team
Cristina Ramirez
Founder & CEO
Cristina is the Chief Empowerment Officer at DashStrom. She began her career at Merrill Lynch Latin America and then moved to Silicon Valley at 3Com Latin America. After a stint with 3Com in Chile, Cristina returned to the US and became a preschool teacher when her boys were born becoming obsessed with child development. Yes, she went from Wall Street to Sesame Street. Cristina developed the DashStrom curriculum, is a best-selling author, Ironman triathlete, and National Silver Medalist in snowboarding (just don’t ask how many women in her age group!)
Dr. Ketaki Desai
Founder & COO
Ketaki is the CFO & COO at DashStrom. She is a 3X founder with wide-ranging experience in operations, technology and teams. She was the VP of Business Development at the Ontario Center of Innovation managing an investment portfolio of over $200M, Head of Strategy for a $1B Life Sciences fund at UPMC and Product Owner for a $1B Common Core-based Education technology platform for the LAUSD. Ketaki has been working with early stage companies for over a decade. She is an avid hiker (Kilimanjaro, O-circuit, TMB) and a black belt in karate.
Lou Biancianello
CTO
Lou is our fractional CTO and works with several startups in the Pittsburgh region. He is a seasoned technology leader including pivotal roles at Google, CGI, Summa Consulting, startups and global consultancies. Lou is a CMU alumnus with expertise in mobile app development, spatial computing and cloud architecture. These experiences equipped him with the skills and vision to make a meaningful impact in the tech world, fueling his commitment to enabling and accelerating early-stage ventures. Lou is a proud hockey coach of 20+ years.
Angelita Capadocia
Junior Developer
Angelita is a software maverick playing a pivotal role in back-end operations and a wide range of development tasks.
Her expertise includes digital marketing, CRM management and software integration. She enjoys traveling and playing online games.
Scott Harrer
CDO
Scott is our fractional CDO and works with startups and mid-sized consultancies to help them maximize revenue growth & valuation. He’s a dynamic, creative leader with over 20 years of experience across varying roles. Previously he was the Human-Centered Design (HCD) & Strategic Consulting practice lead in a global consultancy where he built a 150 person, high margin business with 12x revenue growth. A former college athlete and lifelong design practitioner, he’s passionate about investing in people and continues to serve in varying coaching & mentorship roles.
Advisors
Eric Duehring
Advisor
Ex Global CMO at Blizzard Entertainment with three decades of experience in marketing and global brand management.
Girish Chavan
Advisor
CTO, Astrata Healthcare Analytics startup with two decades of experience in engineering and product.
Jacqueline Bennett
Advisor
CoFounder/Managing Partner, Highlands Venture Partners - seasoned banker, investor and operator with two decades of experience in finance.
Bhavin Pandya
Advisor
CEO, Games24x7 - India’s largest online gaming platform with 100 million users.