SmartMat Founders

Futuristic technology that learns about your body and your habits

About Founders

Sam Marks

Sam Marks
( Hardware Guru )

with an extensive, 12 years experience as a tech and consumer product entrepreneur, Sam is providing excellence in hardware development, manufacturing protocols, and logistics to create a comprehensive SmartMat experience. Sam's previous Startup successes include Founding SKYCIG, acquired by Lorillard for $100M(NYSE: LO) in 2013, and Bookt, which was acquired by RealPage (Nasdaq: RP) earlier this year. Sam fined-tuned his product development skills while pioneering the modern e-cigarette and creating distribution for the patented technology across Europe. He maintains ample production assets including co-owning a 50,000 sq/foot manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China

Maziar Sadri

Maziar Sadri
( Software Guru )

Combining an MBA with years of Executive level Product & Marketing experience at Yahoo!, Mazi led 3 products to leadership positions in their category including Answers, Messenger, and the Yahoo! Homepage. Previously he worked in Strategy & Analysis for Dow Jones, honing his craft by covering many venture-backed companies. Since Yahoo!, He has gone on to develop a leading app platform generating 70 million + downloads for it's users. Mazi is responsible for scaling and development of the software brains that will make up the feedback loop between SmartMat and the user.

Neyma Jahan

Neyma Jahan
( Chief Yogi )

with 20 years of industry experience, and SmartMat's resident yogi, Neyma is providing company vision, leadership, and the secret sauce of a marriage between electronics and exercise science in order to accurately represent and determine the Perfect Pose.