About Us

Sandra Nam is a mother, sister, and first-generation Korean American daughter of immigrant parents who raised her by owning a Hallmark store selling newspapers, candy, gifts, and cards in the Bronx. After graduating from The University of Chicago, Sandra began her career as a marketing manager in NYC’s beauty and fragrance industry, and then received a master’s degree in landscape architecture. Her experience designing world-class, award winning public parks & gardens has taught her that families and local businesses are the heart & soul of every community.

Lucas Cioffi is an Iraq War Veteran and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and US Army Ranger School. As CTO at Qiqo, Lucas leads the software engineering team and is responsible for product development. Lucas is based in Westchester County, NY and co-founded the Westchester Youth Congress to help high school students synchronize service projects across school districts. He coaches his children’s little league baseball and softball teams, which provide an endless supply of interesting moments and life lessons.

Chielo Zimmerman is an expert at integrating various complex systems together.  At Qiqo, he has developed key features and back-end API integrations over the past four years.  With his deep expertise in cloud platforms, he has also helped to design, build, and maintain key aspects of our cloud infrastructure to keep up with growing demand.

Dev Tandon is a serial entrepreneur who has built software startups including Trunkt (acquired by Etsy), Boxbee (acquired by Iron Mountain) and JPG (acquired by Viewbug).  He also advises software startups including Modalyst (acquired by Wix) and Storehouse (acquired by Square). Dev resides in Westchester County, NY with his wife and two amazing teenage daughters.

Ayesha Ahmad is an experienced e-commerce and marketing executive with decades of experience building direct-to-consumer brands in the fashion, food, home and media space.  She is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of WNYC radio in New York City. Ayesha resides in Westchester County with her husband and two wonderful daughters.

Ushir Shah is co-founder, CFO & CTO of Known Holdings, with over two decades of experience in start-ups and high-growth industries such as FinTech, EdTech, and blockchain. Ushir is founder of fintech startup, Namu. He is a NYC native and loves rebuilding antique cars. Ushir resides in Montclair, NJ with his wife and three awesome boys.

Alex White is co-founder & CEO of Subcity. His first music data company, Next Big Sound, was acquired by Pandora in 2015. Alex spent 5 years at Pandora, ultimately running all content and personalization across music, comedy, and podcasts and reporting to SiriusXM’s Chief Content Officer. Alex lives in Westchester County, NY with two beautiful daughters.

Ash Kalsekar mentors the Qiqo team with over 15 years of experience in M&A, investment banking, and corporate finance. He has a proven track record of delivering successful outcomes in complex and competitive situations. Ash and his wife live in Westchester County.