Who is Sam Silverlake?
We are a dedicated team of voice-first application creators.
We believe a great voice application has to add functional value and have a personality you can develop a relationship to. Sam Silverlake is our archetype character and a guiding spirit in creating a voice-driven application that will make you feel something.
Karile Klug
B.Sc. Business Management, M.Sc. Sociology
I am the founder of Sam Silverlake. I oversee discovery, product, VUI and project management functions, in addition to the general management tasks.
With 10+ years of experience in innovation management roles in tech companies (incl. TomTom BV, XING SE) I have discovered voice-first AI platforms like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant and sparks started flying. As a sociologist by education, I am fascinated by the first authentic conversations between humans and machines, and the potential of relationships between us.
karile@samsilverlake.com
Yuen Fang
B.Sc. Artificial Intelligence, M.Sc. Cognitive Neuroscience
With Sam Silverlake, I'm responsible for the technical development.
In the past I had the good fortune to work with big data and cutting-edge technology at various research institutes (Donders Institute, UC Berkeley, Institute for Artificial Intelligence Bremen). In recent years AI technology has transitioned from a mostly academic endeavor to making a difference in the real world. My goal is to make user-friendly products that work like magic.
zyfang@samsilverlake.com
Olexandr Zagaria
B.Sc. Physics & Electronics, M.Sc. Computer Engineering
With Sam Silverlake, I'm a DevOps/Software Engineer. My strengths are databases, CI/CD, NodeJS, .NET, C#, Python.
Voice control will be one of the key technologies in our lifetime. I can't wait to experience a universal voice assistant equal to Jarvis from Iron Man. While it will still take a while for currently available platforms to get there, I am excited to participate
Andrii Romanenko
B.Sc. Physics & Electronics, M.Sc. Physics
With Sam Silverlake I am a firmware/software engineer.
I am passionate about new unusual ways of using technology. I love hardware hacking as much as I love snowboarding, and tend to push boundaries and break things while experimenting with both. I like working with VOICE, as the most natural way to interact with computers (before Elon Musk launches the neuralink anyway :) ).