Team
Core Group
Robert Pineda
Cofounder, CEO
Robert is passionate about building teams that deliver products and services that challenge norms. He is also passionate in making sure that every piece of the complex clockwork is working strictly according to specifications. Robert believes that humans are bequeathed with the purpose of being stewards of this earth prearranged to us by a greater power. Bestowed with talent to advance the solutions that will improve the betterment of humanity. Identifying tribulations that affect humanity while providing solutions to one quandary at a time. Robert’s lifelong goal is to improve the quality of life by sharing with us his unique creativity and technical strategies, honed through many years of broad experience. Skill set and expertise: Robert has almost three decades of experience in operations and management. One of them was managing the late Ray Charles, ensuring that everything from running the enterprise to closing deals went smoothly.
Rommel Martínez
Cofounder, CTO
Rom is passionate about building systems that are of great utility to people, to facilitate in broadening what humans can discover, whether this concerns life on Earth now, or elsewhere. Rom’s lifelong goal is to gain a better understanding of knowledge, reasoning, and intelligence. He believes that in order to gain a better grasp of the cosmos, we need to gain deeper comprehension of how our minds work, since the universe that we know is a compounded product of how we perceive it plus other factors that we don’t know, yet. Rom has decades of experience in software engineering, system administration, and programming language theory. He is proficient in at least a dozen programming languages. He is knowledgeable with the inner workings of modern operating systems.
Adrian Villareal
Engineer
Adi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, specializing in Data Science from Adamson University in the Philippines. He is a Junior Engineer at Valmiz, Inc. After he graduated, he decided to switch to the vast field of Artificial Intelligence. With a passion for innovation, Adrian is focusing into a diverse skill set such as system administration, web development and Lisp programming—the second-oldest high-level programming language still in use after Fortran. He believes that the true mark of greatness is not only found in the achievement or accolades one gathers, but also in how they manage the responsibilities that come with that success.
Charlie Mabaquiao
Consultant
Charlie is an experienced executive in operations. He has led large to small size teams and has improved operations at every stop. He has also founded tech startups in the US and the Philippines and has also successfully obtained funding for each company. Charlie is also an experienced leader and has mentored many individuals in his time who in their own right became successful leads. Charlie has won various awards at all his stops. Charlie’s focus is on driving business operations for the companies that he advises and helping in streamlining operations.
Dawn M. K. Zoldi
Consultant
Experienced 28-year Air Force veteran (Colonel, USAF, Retired) – licensed attorney – Part 107 certified drone pilot – prior TS/SCI Clearance – 25 active duty/3 federal civil service – and internationally recognized subject matter expert in UAS/UAV/UAM/UTM/AAM/eVTOL/sTOL – law, policy and regulation. Possesses deep military and civilian expertise and experience. Record of success leading organizational change, including developing organizational vision and implementing the policies and procedures required to achieve that vision, within available resources and in a continuously changing environment.
Carlo Poblete
Consultant
With 11 years of experience, Carlo, a technologist, specializes in crafting solutions for diverse sectors, ranging from academia, private industries, to the government. His focus lies in security analytics and competitive intelligence. Driving software development and product visibility for Competitive Industries, Government Agencies and non-for-profit organizations. Result Driven, Dedicated and Highly Adaptive transforming goals into actionable plan, seeking a challenging role in a reputed organization.
Timeline
Rom begins his exploration to AI.
Rom begins work on the key modules.
Rom collaborates with other engineers to work on distributed reflective systems.
Rom collaborates with other engineers to work on a logical reasoning engine.
Rom colaborates with other engineers to work on a knowledge graph system.
Rom begins working on an extensible dynamic database system.
Robert is introduced to Rommel.
The Valmiz whitepaper is released to the public.
Valmiz, Inc. is formed.
Valmiz pre-alpha is introduced at AI Asia Expo, Manila, Philippines.
Adi joins the team.