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

      Legal

      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.

            • Ambar Rizvi

              Member of Technical Staff

              Ambar is a backend AI developer with experience in LLMs, python, and frameworks.

              • Siddhi Kasera

                Member of Technical Staff

                Siddhi is a full-stack developer who also supports our DevOps infrastructure.

                • Sophia Feldman

                  Operations intern

                  Sophia manages our internal operational tools, such as AWS mail, Vercel hosting accounts, slack and more.