Our team

Together, we’ve built and scaled products in environments where reliability, security, and trust weren’t optional. That experience is exactly what Popins AI is built on.

Patrice Khawam

Co-Founder / Engineering

Former VP of Apps Engineering, Patrice led mobile and web apps (video, messaging, voice) from zero to 500,000+ business customers worldwide. Previously built consumer and developer platforms adopted by millions, including a Wikipedia mobile app with 500K+ downloads and a text-to-speech service deployed across 1M+ blogs

Engineering leader who turns bottlenecks into systems. Philip built automated testing infrastructure that cut hardware QA cycles from weeks to days and became company standard. Led cross-platform video products used by thousands of companies and later built decentralized, encrypted messaging platforms combining Web3 and crypto wallets.

Co-Founder / Engineering

Philip Zhiqiang Wang

Paul Tran

Co-Founder / Sales

Go-to-market and product leader focused on translating technical capability into revenue and adoption. Paul has a deep experience aligning product strategy, customer needs, and sales execution to drive early traction and scalable growth.

Serial founder with 6 ventures across creative media, AI, and SaaS, Thomas operates at the intersection of brand, systems, storytelling, and execution. Known for turning clarity into momentum building positioning and growth engines without hype.

Co-Founder / Growth

Thomas Gassoul

Girija Bhomawat

Co-Founder / Design UX & UI

Built and led design for AI-first communication products powering a $2B+ business. Known for turning UX into measurable growth, cutting churn 3×, deflecting millions in support costs, and transforming design from a service function into a strategic lever.

AI and platform engineer behind large-scale systems including LLM-powered feedback analysis tools that saved thousands of engineering hours and an AI receptionist platform enabling businesses to deploy virtual assistants. Specialist in applied AI, automation, and scalable product architecture.

Co-Founder / Engineering