Our Team

We are a team of experts across technology, psychology, game design and art, linguistics, and authorship. We are passionate about building an AI enabled mental health care system in partnership with therapists.

Founding Team

Andrew Leker
President / CTO

Award-winning Silicon Valley game development studio head for 20+ years. Developed tech for Fuzzle, first collectable AI for mobile in NFT form. Launched first OpenAI approved unbounded conversational AI.

Dr. Jay Skelton, PhD
Lead Psychologist

Renowned clinical psychologist with a PhD in Rules Theory As Applied To Family Assessment. On top of his work with Bambu AI, Dr. Skelton is still an active Clinical Psychologist with his own practice in Marin County, CA.

Dr. Jonathan Schwartz, PhD
Advisor

Founder | CEO of Psych Central, Board Member for International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression, Cofounder of Help & Heal Mental Health Fund

Jenny Zhao
EVP / CPO

Previously Sr. Director of Engineering at Google for 12 years, responsible for products and technology in Search, Maps, GPay, and then leading Google Beijing, before becoming CTO of EdTech unicorn GoGuardian.

Zack Lamb
CEO

3x founder. Previously a Fellow at Lightspeed Ventures. Member of Firefly’s founding team - responsible for onboarding first paying customer through partnerships with Adidas, Salesforce, Sam’s Club, etc.

Andrew Leker

President / CTO

Award-winning Silicon Valley game development studio head for 20+ years. Developed tech for Fuzzle, first collectable AI for mobile in NFT form. Launched first OpenAI approved unbounded conversational AI.

Dr. Jay Skelton, PhD

Lead Psychologist

Renowned clinical psychologist with a PhD in Rules Theory As Applied To Family Assessment. On top of his work with Bambu AI, Dr. Skelton is still an active Clinical Psychologist with his own practice in Marin County, CA.

Jenny Zhao

EVP / CPO

Previously Sr. Director of Engineering at Google for 12 years, responsible for products and technology in Search, Maps, GPay, and then leading Google Beijing, before becoming CTO of EdTech unicorn GoGuardian.

Zack Lamb

CEO

3x founder. Previously a Fellow at Lightspeed Ventures. Member of Firefly’s founding team - responsible for onboarding first paying customer through partnerships with Adidas, Salesforce, Sam’s Club, etc.

Psychology Advisors

Dr. Jonathan Schwartz, PhD

Advisor

Dean & Grad. Psychology Professor at the University of Houston: Lifetime Achievement Recipient from American Psychological Association: Division President of the American Psychological Association.

Dr. John Grohol, PsyD

Advisor

Founder & CEO of Psych Central: Board Member of the International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression; Cofounder of Help & Heal Mental Health Fund.

Dr. David Cooper, PsyD

Advisor

Strategy Director, Global Mental Health at Teladoc; On the Mental Health Tech Advisory Committee at the American Psychological Association; Strategic Advisor for Therapists in Tech .

Dr. Scott Ransom, MD

Advisor

Fellow at The Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University; Chairman of the Board at CoreSensum; Partner, Health & Life Sciences at Oliver Wyman.
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