About + Team

Rook is a Fintech company focused relentlessly on helping families move into homes, helping homeowners easily access their stored equity, and connecting both with investors, who partner with them.  We leverage the power of Decentralized Finance to bring the latest innovation to help solve the access and affordability problems in the US housing market. 

Founding Team

Our team is creating innovative homeownership financial solutions for a new generation.

We’re serial entrepreneurs, technologists, finance nerds, designers, and data scientists who balance the frustration of how things are today with optimism for the future and the next generation.

Ed Messman
Co-Founder, CEO

Kevin Cawley
‍Co-Founder, CTO

Our Team

Nothing excites the Rook team more than building communities, serving homeowners, home-seekers, and home-investors, and pursuing our vision every day.

Matthew Teskey,
Partnerships

Aimee Reiss,
Business Development

Tammi McCoy,
Legal, Operations

Shrutika Troup,
Data Science

Hannah Garner,
Product Management

Matthias Eder,
Platform Engineer

Katy Jeremko,
Lead Designer

Nico Valencia,
Lead Architect

Zishan Budhwani,
‍Product Designer

Megan Berame,
‍Marketing

Becca Schepps,
Brand Strategy

George Hristov,
Community Manager

Advisors

Mike Delprete

Real Estate Tech Strategist

University of Colorado Boulder

Ross Cowan

SVP Retail Growth

Loan Depot

David Rusaw

Managing Broker

Keller Williams

Romi Mahajan

President

The KKM Group

Andrew Murray

Managing Director

Mill Creek Capital

Mary Gessner

Senior Data Scientist

Shelf Engine

Manny Puentes

CTO

Logiq, Inc.

Jon ShapeShift

COO

ShapeShift DAO

Patrick Amato

Defi Strategy & Engineering

P3K

Investors