Co-founder and the innovative “heart and soul” at Ivani, Matt specializes in creating quick turnaround solutions to real problems using systems engineering. Both an engineer and entrepreneur at heart, he has an ever-growing list of granted and pending patents. He holds his ASEP certification from INCOSE, Associate TRIZ certification from the Altshuller Institute, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, and MBA from Walden University.

One of the managing co-founders of Ivani, Justin has excelled in multiple executive roles over the years at a variety of companies. He enjoys the business development process as well as seeing innovative concepts through to market adoption. With a broad understanding of IP portfolio management, he also has MBA from Washington University in St Louis.

As co-founder and investor at Ivani, Herb is a proven innovator, executive, and investor. Skilled in sales, innovation, marketing, and business strategy, Herb has excelled in corporate life and in his entrepreneurial endeavors. As part of the Ivani co-founder team, Herb offers a wealth of experience to help navigate the Internet of Things space.

John is an experienced, degreed, technical leader, with many years in corporate America as a senior executive. At heart, his passion is as a practicing, hands on innovative engineer, committed to finding innovative solutions to real-world problems. John has many issued patents in a variety of genres and was recognized as Missouri Inventor of the Year for 1999.

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.” Boris is an unreasonable man using his talents at an unreasonable company. He’s a born engineer who officialized his profession at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Boris is at home herding electrons, championing documentation, questioning everything, and routinely re-engineering the engineering processes.

Travis believes in keeping it simple and enjoys finding simple solutions to difficult problems. However, when simple doesn’t cut it, he has 9 years of experience designing real-time control algorithms backed by a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology to find a path forward that works. An advocate of “know thyself,” Travis enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, playing basketball, and over complicating simple home projects.

Driving innovation through the creative application of software, collaboration, and puns, Matt believes that any obstacle can be overcome through genuine engagement of inspired people. A creative from an early age, Matt forged his way into engineering with a background in robotics from the Olin College of Engineering. These days, as an Engineering Manager, he serves as a force multiplier, striving to ensure that our output is greater than the sum of our parts.

Saarth strives to continuously expand his knowledge and solve real world problems through the intersection of technology and people. He has continuously pushed the technical achievements of Ivani by contributing individually, leading the firmware team, working closely with our partners, and driving the engineering team to produce their best work in his latest role as an Engineering Manager. Saarth Mehrotra completed his B.S. from the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, earning a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering.