Our Team

Isy Goldwasser

CEO

Isy Goldwasser co-founded Thync to advance a frontier and create a consumer category that will impact billions of people. Prior to founding Thync, Isy was CEO of Symyx Technologies, where he was the company's first employee. In addition to his 16 years at Symyx, Isy was Khosla Ventures' Entrepreneur-in-Residence in 2010. Isy is a named inventor on more than 30 US, European and Canadian patents and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the California Institute for Biomedical Research. Isy holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from MIT and a MS degree in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.

Sumon Pal Ph.D.

CSO

Dr. Sumon Pal has more than 16 years of research experience in neurobiology. Sumon's academic background includes a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Harvard University. It was at Harvard where Sumon researched extensively on brain circuit plasticity and function, carbon nanotube arrays for detecting electrical activity in brain tissue and cortical circuitry involved in sensory information processing. Sumon draws on his experience with electrophysiology, imaging, and analytical techniques to lead the development of Thync’s proprietary neurosignaling platform as well as the Thync Vibes.

Anil Thakur

CTO

Prior to joining Thync as Chief Software Technology Officer, Anil was Senior VP and Officer of R&D and Support at Accelrys. It was there that he led the company's technology architecture and software development strategy and played an integral role in M&A strategy and integration. Previously, Anil spent 12 years at Oracle serving as a Vice President in their Server Technology organization, Vice President of Service Engineering and Senior Director of Oracle Cloud Services. Anil has also established and led global teams at Auspex Systems and VeriFone.

Doug Jeffery

Vice President, Consumer Product Operations

Doug Jeffery joined Thync to use his expertise in electrodes, electrochemistry, manufacturing processes and product design. Prior to Thync, Mr. Jeffery was Director of North American sales at Axelgaard Manufacturing, a Class II Medical Electrode and Hydrogel adhesive supplier. While at Axelgaard, Mr. Jeffery was also Director of Materials Research, leading a team of five chemists to develop new medical adhesives. He holds an MS in Engineering from UC Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.