Meet the team

Voice-technology veterans and researchers building the human insights engine.

Leadership

Adam Hocek

Adam Hocek

Founder & CEO

Serial entrepreneur and voice-AI pioneer with over 25 years building voice technology — CTO/CIO/CEO across six startups, with one exit.

  • Inventor of the first portable reading system for the blind
  • Built early consumer voice-recognition products in the 1980s
  • Co-author of the definitive book on VoiceXML
Lawrence Sweet

Lawrence Sweet

Chief Product Officer

Machine-learning and product leader shaping how Aecho turns voice into insight — translating research into products people can trust.

  • Machine-learning background
  • Pending patent in generative AI
Rudraneel Bhattacharya

Rudraneel Bhattacharya

Chief Technology Officer

Leads Aecho's engineering and applied-AI work — from speech models to the platform our products run on.

  • B.Tech in Electronics Engineering
  • Senior Advisor at GNX
  • Leads Aecho's engineering team

Advisors

Industry leaders and researchers guiding our work.

Jason Chad

Jason Chad

Recruiting Advisor

  • Talent & HR-tech advisor
  • IBM · TalentRx
  • Advisor to multiple startups
Scott Nguyen

Scott Nguyen

Recruiting Strategy

  • Recruiting strategy leader
  • Two successful exits
  • Scripps · ABM · Edison
Ben Gold, PhD

Ben Gold, PhD

Research Advisor

  • PhD in Neuroscience, McGill University
  • Postdoctoral research at Vanderbilt
  • Fulbright awardee
Andrea Aicardi

Andrea Aicardi

Investment Advisor

  • Go-to-market & investment advisor
  • Played a role in SquareTrade's $1.4B exit
  • And iCracked's acquisition by Allstate