Since founding Keeper in 2022, Jake has driven the company’s vision, product, and growth, drawing on eight years experience launching early-stage startups and over a decade immersed in the science and psychology of modern relationships.
Owns finances, people ops, brand voice, and imagery. Former U.S. Army captain who left Wharton’s MBA program to build Keeper.
Leads matchmaking operations and partnerships while steering algorithm R&D. Applies 10+ years of data-driven dating optimization to raise client success rates and turn process into predictable outcomes.
Leads AI, ML, and data science. Combines 8+ years in applied ML with a Penn PhD focused on marriage-market economics to turn data into better matches.
Owns the end-to-end web stack. Brings 10+ years of full-stack mastery so every feature ships fast, secure, and smooth.
Runs the daily rhythm. Draws on two years in professional matchmaking to translate big-picture plans into crisp execution across teams.
Stanford PhD and tenured professor at the University of New Mexico. Author of The Mating Mind and other landmark works grounding Keeper’s science-first approach to matching.
Associate professor at Stanford GSB and leading computational psychologist. Pioneered inferring traits from digital footprints. Advises Keeper on psychometric modeling, validation, and data ethics.
Designs elegant, beautiful user experiences. Brings 25+ years of experience across agencies, startups, major tech brands, and his own studio.
Builds core AI infrastructure and ML models. Applies 5+ years of production-scale AI/ML experience to speed up innovation.
Develops AI/ML matching algorithms, focusing on RAG and machine-learning techniques to improve automated recommendation and matching.
Expands Keeper’s features across web and AI. Blends 7+ years of full-stack experience with ML know-how to ship quickly and effectively.
Builds high-performance, secure features front to back, drawing on 20 years of full-stack expertise.
Ships end-to-end experiences that stay fast at scale, leveraging 10+ years of full-stack experience.
Turns ideas into reliable web experiences. Uses 8+ years of engineering experience to ship clean, maintainable code.
Safeguards every release. With 14 years in engineering and QA, nothing ships until it’s seamless.