Our Team
The Roam Team is composed exclusively of individuals who have demonstrated an S-Tier Achievement in their respective category or domain.
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Name
Howard Lerman
Job Title
Founder, CEO, and Board Member
Bio
Howard served as Founder & CEO of Yext (NYSE: YEXT) from 2006 until 2022, pioneering the both pay-per-call and business listings markets, leading the company from inception to IPO and beyond.
From 2014 until 2021 Howard served as Founder & Chairman of Confide, a confidential messenger used by millions and sold to IAC in 2021. In 2002, Howard served as Founder & COO of Intwine until its sale in 2005. While in college, Howard founded and sold JustATip.com.
Howard holds a degree in history from Duke University and attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, along with Tom and Sean.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- Founded Justatip.com (Exited 2000)
- Founded Intwine (Exited 2005)
- Founded Yext (IPO 2017)
- Founded Confide (Exited 2020)
- Founded Roam
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Name
Tom Dixon
Job Title
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Board Member
Bio
Tom served as Yext’s CTO, supervising engineering and development of the company’s product portfolio. Prior to joining Yext, Tom founded JustATip.com and co-founded Intwine with Howard. He also served as CIO of Datran Media during its acquisition of Intwine. Tom holds a degree in philosophy from Princeton University.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- Princeton Philosophy BA, summa cum laude
- Founded Justatip.com (Exited 2000)
- Founded Intwine (Exited 2005)
- Former CTO, Yext (IPO 2017)
- Founded Confide (Exited 2020)
- Founded Roam
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Name
Sean MacIsaac
Job Title
Co-Founder and EVP, Engineering
Bio
Sean served as CTO and later CIO of Yext (NYSE: YEXT) from 2009 until 2020. In 2002, Sean served as Founder & CTO of Intwine until its sale in 2005. While in college, Sean founded and sold JustATip.com. Sean holds a degree in computer science from Princeton University and attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, along with Howard and Tom.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- USACO Finalist 1996, 1997, and 1998
- Founded Justatip.com (Exited 2000)
- Founded Intwine (Exited 2005)
- Former CTO, CIO Yext (IPO 2017)
- Founded Roam
- Numerous technical patents
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Name
Jon Brod
Job Title
Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer
Bio
Jon is a four-time entrepreneur with 20+ years experience as a senior executive with media and technology companies, both at the start-up and Fortune 500 levels. He was Co-Founder & President of Confide prior to its sale to IAC and Co-Founder & CEO of Patch prior to its sale to AOL. Jon has also held executive roles at the NBA, IAC, and AOL. Jon graduated cum laude from Bowdoin College with a degree in history and government.
S-Tier Achievements
- Played in a professional ska band at the age of 15 that hit the charts in England
- Launched the WNBA, NBA Canada, and the Raptors and Grizzlies NBA expansion franchises
- Founded iWon.com (Exited 2004)
- Founded Patch (Exited 2009)
- Founded Confide (Exited 2020)
- Founded Roam
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Name
Grace Sutherland
Job Title
Co-Founder and Chief People Officer
Bio
Grace was Chief of Staff at Yext and had a former career as a middle school teacher with Teach For America and Achievement First. Grace graduated cum laude with a degree in psychology from Princeton University and holds a masters in teaching.
S-Tier Achievements
- Teach For America
- Founded Roam
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Name
Lexi Bohonnon
Job Title
Chief Revenue Officer
Bio
Lexi started her career at IBM and then joined Yext in 2014. Throughout her ten year tenure at Yext, she founded the Sales Engineering Department, led the Global Customer Success, Services and Support organizations, as well as Enterprise Sales - helping the company scale to over $400M in revenue. Lexi graduated cum laude from Colby College with a degree in sociology and attended Choate Rosemary Hall for high school.
S-Tier Achievements
- Went from IC to Exec at Yext (IPO 2017)
- 5x 140.6 Ironman (Lake Placid 2015, Boulder 2017, Wisconsin 2019, Maryland 2021, Lake Placid 2022)
- 5x President Clubs
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Name
Aaron Wadhwa
Job Title
Entrepreneur
Bio
Aaron joins Roam from EY Parthenon’s Software Strategy Diligence group where he evaluated GTM strategies for private equity clients. He previously worked as a data scientist at Class Valuation. He holds a BE in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech and is a TJHSST alumnus.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- Merit Full Ride to Virginia Tech
- Best Male Dancer on North American Collegiate Bhangra Circuit (2022)
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Name
Arnav Bansal
Job Title
Entrepreneur
Bio
Arnav joins Roam after graduating from Harvard College with a degree in Government and Computer Science. He previously worked for a Y Combinator startup, Oaktree Capital, Schmidt Futures, and Harvard Law School and is an alumnus of TJHSST.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- Harvard A.B. Government and Computer Science
- Competition Math / CS Awards: 1st Place Internationally in ACSL (American Computer Science League), 2nd Place National team in ARML (American Regions Mathematics League)
- Published Computational Biology Research, 5x
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Name
Derek Cicerone
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
Derek began his career contributing to one of Microsoft’s earliest open source projects, the WiX Toolset. He then joined Palantir, where he advanced from a developer to lead architect and eventually became a Development Group Lead of the Foundry team.
S-Tier Achievements
- CMU SCS 2002
- Managed development team for Palantir Foundry
- Flying Trapeze Instructor at Trapeze School New York
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Name
Garima Kewlani
Job Title
Entrepreneur
Bio
Garima is a USC Biomedical Engineering graduate with a background in early-stage SaaS and healthtech. She led go-to-market efforts at Digit, developed a red light therapy wearable for eczema prevention, and completed an entrepreneurship apprenticeship at Pegasus Angel Accelerator.
S-Tier Achievements
- National & international champion @ UCMAS Abacus Math Competition
- USC, Biomedical Engineering
- Built a red light therapy wearable for eczema prevention
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Name
Jack Duvall
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
Jack is a recent college grad just starting their software engineering career at Roam. They graduated from TJHSST in 2019, participating in the Student Sysadmins program while they were there, and from CMU in 2023, with a Computer Science major and Math minor. While at CMU, they co-created the Intro to Rust Programming course that’s still being taught today.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- CMU SCS 2023
- Co-created the Intro to Rust Programming course at CMU
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Name
Jane Lu
Job Title
Founding !nventor
Bio
Jane is a backend and full-stack engineer with over a decade of industry experience. At Google, she worked on Google Spreadsheets. At Yext and later at Square, she was both an individual contributor and a team lead. More recently, as head engineer at the AI startup ASAPP, she helped scale the company from 10 to 50 employees. Jane also brings a creative perspective from her stint as a pastry chef in New York.
S-Tier Achievements
- Director of Engineering at ASAPP
- Key founding engineer of the Square New York office
- BS in Computer Science, MIT
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Name
Jeff Grossman
Job Title
Founding !nventor
Bio
Jeff was Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Confide before it was sold to IAC. Prior to that, he worked at Yext, Apple, and built the Flixster iPhone app, which generated over 25 million downloads. Jeff graduated with honors from Carnegie Mellon with a degree in computer science.
S-Tier Achievements
- CMU SCS with Honors
- Founded Flixster iPhone App
- Founded Currency App
- Founded Confide (Exited 2020)
- Founded Roam
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Name
Joe Woodward
Job Title
Founding Designer
Bio
Joe has held design positions at companies including Snap, Microsoft, Disney, SwiftKey, and DoorDash. Additionally, he possesses a degree in Architecture.
S-Tier Achievements
- BA (Hons) Architecture
- Competed in elite division of Swiss youth football
- Part of SwiftKey Team (Acquired 2016 by Microsoft)
- Patent Holder, Remote and Local Predictions
- Founding Designer, Roam
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Name
John Beutner
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
John graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in 2020. While there, he helped maintain technology services for the school as a Student System Administrator. He graduated with a degree in computer science from Virginia Tech.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- Lead Sysadmin at TJHSST
- Eagle Scout
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Name
John Huffsmith
Job Title
Founding !nventor
Bio
John built business management software for the boutique fitness industry; first as the VP of Engineering for Flywheel Sport and later as Co-Founder and CTO of Mariana Tek, which was acquired by Advent International in 2019. John studied computer science at Duke University.
S-Tier Achievements
- IC to VP Technology at Flywheel sports (Acquired 2014)
- Founder, CTO at Mariana Tek (Acquired 2019)
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Name
John Moffa
Job Title
Roamgineer
Bio
John has held a variety of technology-focused roles over the years. Before Roam, he served as Head of IT Operations at Yext, where he spent 8 years leading critical initiatives and driving operational excellence. John earned his MBA from Baruch College in New York City, where he dual majored in Computer Information Systems and Marketing. He also holds a BBA in Business Administration and Management from James Madison University.
S-Tier Achievements
- Founded Imagine Events (2009)
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Name
Keegan Lanzillotta
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
Keegan graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern University's class of 2025 with a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. During college, he co-oped at Crane Currency, Roam, and Notch Technologies, developing hardware and software solutions. He was a lead sysadmin in the student sysadmin program while at TJHSST.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- Lead Sysadmin at TJHSST
- National Merit Scholar
- Ran Baystate Half Marathon without training
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Name
Kevin Caffrey
Job Title
Founding !nventor
Bio
Kevin is an alumnus of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, where he first discovered his love for computers. He started his career at Microsoft and then decided to join Howard on a new startup in NYC, which eventually became Yext. Kevin graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in computer science.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- USACO Finalist
- SCS degree with honors, CMU
- Numerous technical patents
- Patent for a voice-controlled MP3 player for a car, later sold to Ford
- First engineer hire at Yext (IPO 2017)
- Founded Roam
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Name
Klas Leino
Job Title
Founding !nventor
Bio
Klas has held software engineering and research positions at Bosch, Dynascore, Google, Microsoft, TruEra, and Yext. He graduated with a BS in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University, and prior to founding Roam, earned his PhD in computer science at CMU with a focus on artificial intelligence and security for machine learning.
S-Tier Achievements
- CMU SCS with Honors
- CMU PhD in computer science
- Authored numerous academic papers, including 9 that were published in the world’s top machine learning and computer security conferences
- Numerous technical patents
- Founding contributor to the TruLens open source project
- Founded Roam
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Name
Mattias Leino
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
Mattias joins Roam from SAS Institute where he spent four years as a software developer working on frontend and infrastructure. He earned a BS in Computer Science from University of Colorado, Boulder and has a second degree in music. Before becoming a software engineer, he did work with students with disabilities and was the lead guitarist of a metal band.
S-Tier Achievements
- Finalist in Essentially Ellington competition
- Degree in jazz saxophone performance
- Lead guitar in touring metal band
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Name
Max Golden
Job Title
Founding Director of Systems
Bio
Max has had a diverse career path, having previously spent nine years at Yext in a variety of roles across Demand Generation, Business Applications, Marketing Operations, FP&A, and more. Max studied mathematics at Duke University.
S-Tier Achievements
- National Merit Scholar
- BS in Mathematics, Duke University
- Early employee at Yext
- Founded Roam
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Name
Michael Miller
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
Michael joined Roam as an experienced engineer, after having first worked with the team at Yext and a stint at Meta, where he was the connectivity tech lead for Meta’s AR devices. Michael has a B.S in Electrical Engineering and M.S in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.
S-Tier Achievements
- Co-Founded Semester.ly at Johns Hopkins University
- Built out multiple teams at Meta Reality Labs
- Johns Hopkins B.S. in Electrical Engineering
- Johns Hopkins M.S. in Computer Science
- Eagle Scout
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Name
Michael Walrath
Job Title
Entrepreneur
Bio
Michael recently graduated University of Miami Herbert Business School with a degree in Entrepreneurial Studies and Management Studies. His background draws from a variety of different industries such as SaaS, Healthcare, Marine Services, and Logistics. During college, Michael interned at Roam, assisting the GTM team.
S-Tier Achievements
- Co-Founded Montauk Marine Services (2024)
- Co-Founded Barnyard Bagel Co. (2024)
- Co-Founded PharMe (2024)
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Name
Peter Lerman
Job Title
Co-Founder & Chief Roamgineer
Bio
Peter was previously co-Inventor and Chief Composer of the Dynascore AI Music Engine. He is also an award-winning writer and composer for theater and television and a graduate of Columbia University with a degree in music.
S-Tier Achievements
- Piano Grandmaster
- Award Winning Composer: Jonathan Larson Award (2010)
- Composed Off-Broadway Musical (Brooklynite, 2015)
- Founder, Dynascore (2021)
- Founder, Roam (2022)
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Name
Rob Figueiredo
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
Rob joins us from Yext, where he was CTO after having served in various product development roles since 2009. Prior to that, he was a software engineer at Google. Rob graduated with B.S. degrees in EECS (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science) and Physics from M.I.T., where he also earned an M.S. in computer engineering.
S-Tier Achievements
- Three degrees from MIT in 5 years
- Early IC to CTO at Yext
- Gold in an international rowing competition (2k time of 6:23.0, Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, LW8)
- Achieved a Top 256 world ranking in Quake 3
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Name
Theo Ouzhinski
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
Theo was previously Infrastructure Lead of the Computer Systems Research Lab at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology where he oversaw the maintenance and development of the school’s computing services. He received his computer science degree from Virginia Tech and is an alumnus of TJHSST.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- Lead Sysadmin at TJHSST
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Name
Thomas Grapperon
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
Thomas is a self-taught Software Engineer working on the iOS app at Roam. He has spent more than 15 years developing successful indie apps. He studied Mathematical Physics at the Aix Marseille University.
S-Tier Achievements
- PhD in Theoretical Physics
- Published scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals
- Wrote multiple mobile apps that were featured by Google and Apple
- Contributed to many high-profile open-source projects
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Name
Vincent Le
Job Title
Founding !nventor
Bio
Vincent was an engineering tech lead and manager at Yext, primarily handling billing systems. Vincent graduated from MIT with with math and computer science degrees.
S-Tier Achievements
- MIT B.S. Math and Computer Science
- USAMO Qualifier
- Founded Roam
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Name
Will Hou
Job Title
!nventor
Bio
Will is a software engineer known for his Android development and design experience, crafting apps featured in Google keynotes and the Play Store since 2008. His work can be seen in Microsoft, Sunrise Calendar, Foursquare and DoorDash. Will has a BMATH CS degree from University of Waterloo.
S-Tier Achievements
- Founding team of Outlook Android, helped scale the team from 4 to 50, and grew the MAU to 100M+
- Initiated the Microsoft Fluent design system mobile library, now adopted by all company mobile apps
- Early member of Sunrise (Acquired 2015 by Microsoft)
- Founder of Ezi Studio, driving apps with over 1.8M MAU
- Patent holder for mobile interaction design
Board of Directors & Observers
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Name
Brent Saunders
Job Title
Chairman of the Board, Roam
CEO, Bausch + Lomb
Bio
Brent Saunders is Chairman of the Board of Roam and CEO and Chairman of Bausch + Lomb. which delivers innovative solutions to protect and enhance the gift of sight for millions of individuals worldwide.
He was the driving force behind Allergan plc.’s $63 billion acquisition by Abbvie Inc, Forest Laboratories Inc.’s $25 billion merger with Actavis plc, and Actavis’ $66 billion acquisition of Allergan.
Brent currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of The Beauty Health Company, a director of ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Arena AI, and as a board advisor to Nextech. He is also on the Executive Committee of Mt. Sinai Medical Center.
S-Tier Achievements
- Chairman & CEO, Bausch & Lomb
- Former Chairman & CEO, Allergan Health (Acquired by Abbvie for $63B)
- Commercialized BOTOX
- Federal Reserve Advisory Board
- Founder & Chairman HydraFacial ($SKIN)
- Chairman, Roam
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Name
Howard Lerman
Job Title
Founder, CEO, and Board Member, Roam
Bio
Howard served as Founder & CEO of Yext (NYSE: YEXT) from 2006 until 2022, pioneering the both pay-per-call and business listings markets, leading the company from inception to IPO and beyond.
From 2014 until 2021 Howard served as Founder & Chairman of Confide, a confidential messenger used by millions and sold to IAC in 2021. In 2002, Howard served as Founder & COO of Intwine until its sale in 2005. While in college, Howard founded and sold JustATip.com.
Howard holds a degree in history from Duke University and attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, along with Tom and Sean.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- Founded Justatip.com (Exited 2000)
- Founded Intwine (Exited 2005)
- Founded Yext (IPO 2017)
- Founded Confide (Exited 2020)
- Founded Roam
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Name
Jules Maltz
Job Title
Board Member, Roam
Venture Partner, IVP
Bio
Jules Maltz helps founders build and scale the world’s most essential companies, including Dropbox, Slack, Grammarly, Yext, Hims & Hers and Wise, from early traction to industry-defining public companies. As a Venture Partner at IVP and a Lecturer at both Berkeley Haas and Stanford GSB, Jules mentors the next generation of entrepreneurs and investors, drawing on his two decades of experience as one of the world’s top 100 venture capitalists.
S-Tier Achievements
- Midas List
- IPOs: Dropbox, Slack, Hims & Hers, Wise, Yext
- Lecturer at Berkeley & Stanford GSB
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Name
Tom Dixon
Job Title
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Board Member, Roam
Bio
Tom served as Yext’s CTO, supervising engineering and development of the company’s product portfolio. Prior to joining Yext, Tom founded JustATip.com and co-founded Intwine with Howard. He also served as CIO of Datran Media during its acquisition of Intwine. Tom holds a degree in philosophy from Princeton University.
S-Tier Achievements
- Admission to TJHSST
- Princeton Philosophy BA, summa cum laude
- Founded Justatip.com (Exited 2000)
- Founded Intwine (Exited 2005)
- Former CTO, Yext (IPO 2017)
- Founded Confide (Exited 2020)
- Founded Roam
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Name
Harry Moseley
Job Title
Board Observer, Roam
Bio
Harry D. Moseley is a (Senior) Advisor to the Deutsche Börse, Replicant, Schelllman, Security Scorecard, Stripes and Journey, a Board Advisor to Arrangr, Bite Investments and Roam, a Board Member of Rewards Network, and a member of Baypine’s Digital Advisory Board.
He has almost five decades of experience in technology, having held several senior leadership positions: Global CIO for Zoom Video Communications; CIO for KPMG US; CIO and Partner at Blackstone; CIO of Global Investment Banking/Co-CIO for Credit Suisse First Boston, and CTO for UBS Americas.
He is originally from Dublin, Ireland, and is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin with degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics.
S-Tier Achievements
- Former CIO, Zoom
- Former CIO, Blackstone
- Trinity College Mathematics, Engineering & Computer Science
Our Investors
Roam is backed by $40m of investment capital led by IVP, Protagonist, Correlation Ventures, GTM Fund, and 50 S-Tier founders and executives including Brent Saunders (Chairman), Anthony Pompliano, Scott Belsky, Anton Levy, Anu Hariharan, Jon Oringer, Julie Richardson, Jack Abraham, Michael Walrath, Amish Jani, Geoff Woo, Jake Paul, John Borthwick, Kyle Porter, David Cummings, Andy Sheehan, Mike Arrington, and Jes Lipson.