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Meet The Team

Sōsh is changing the way people discover and share things to do. It was founded by former Google and Slide employees and is backed by some of the world’s best investors.

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THE TEAM
Rishi Mandal

Rishi was previously a Product Manager at Google and Slide. He loves food, sports, and Jeopardy, and has a Physics degree from Stanford.

Rod Begbie

Rod led development teams at Google and Slide, and used to build online music prototypes for Bose. He loves basset hounds, burritos, and alliteration.

Vivek Patel

Vivek was a Biz Dev Manager at Google, Slide and Weatherbill. He's big on rock climbing these days, and is a reformed management consultant.

Salil Apte

Salil previously co-founded Hopscotch. Before that, he built video games for publishers like Sony and Disney. He loves music and is quite the guitarist.

Danyal Anik

Danyal previously co-founded Hopscotch. Prior to that, he was an engineer at EMI Music and Google. He listens to an obscene amount of music.

Sarah Loaiza

Sarah has worked in finance and for a Bay Area non-profit. She loves coffee, wine, music, and San Francisco.

JessicaKate Ogungbadero

JK was previously a Product Manager at Google/YouTube, Slide, and Playdom. She loves food, brunch cocktails, PBS, Boston sports, and the Harvard comma.

Katrina Kurnit

Katrina previously worked in Communications at Google. She loves Sriracha, hiking, Sundays in the Outer Sunset, Lucky Peach, and anything with red sauce.

Felix Yuan

Felix was previously an engineer at Slide, Google, and YouTube. He prefers his steak with a side of (neck) ties.

Blake Rachowin

Blake previously worked in sales and partnerships at Google. He is addicted to live music, farm-to-table cuisine, and Wes Anderson movies.

Elaine Yoo

Elaine led Content and Pop-up Events at Bloomspot. She loves dirty martinis, cheesy snacks, Hawaii, and high heels.

Drew Domm

Drew previously led design at SeatMe. He's also designed pharmaceutical ads and fashion mags. Drew loves music almost as much as he loves chicharrones.

Josh Phillips

Before Sōsh, Josh was the Program Manager behind the Windows Phone Start Screen. Josh loves playing fetch with his dog, Ender, and jumping out of planes.

OUR INVESTORS
PRESS
7x7 Magazine - "Sōsh has been helping San Franciscans discover unique experiences and events that they otherwise would have likely missed."
PandoDaily - "Sōsh is your social concierge."
Forbes - "Sōsh doesn’t recommend venues, it suggests specific activities -- a special menu night at a restaurant, a special music night at a lounge..."
SF Chronicle - "Sosh.com filters fun for you."
TechCrunch - "Sōsh for iPhone gives you cool socializing ideas on the go."
CONTACT US
Interested in what we're working on? Introduce yourself with a tweet or at hello@sosh.com