Leaders in Pioneering Actionable Emotion Detection Insights
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About Us
At MoodMe, we enable developers and organizations to create insights and personalization through Emotion Detection AI—all while prioritizing privacy through edge processing. Our mission is to lead the digital shift toward The Emotion Economy, providing advanced face analytics and elevating experiences from engaging to profoundly insightful.
Our Story
Originating from Luxembourg Technoport, MoodMe has expanded its horizons by joining the prestigious Plug & Play incubation program in Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley, securing seed funding from angel investors across Europe, as well as funding from Qatar Development Bank. MoodMe was one of the first Face AI companies to sell AR face filters before massified by Snapchat with the acquisition of Looksery in 2015. Digging deeper into facial understanding, we expanded into advanced insights such as emotion and demographics detection.
Our international growth has been supported by significant grants from Luxembourg, France, and a substantial Walloon R&D grant through the Win2Wal program in collaboration with the Université de Mons in Belgium. Committed to developing commercial Emotion Detection AI with ethics and privacy, we’ve partnered with Texas A&M University for research cooperation, setting the stage for understanding and enhancing customer experiences.
Meet Our Team
Chandra De Keyser
Chairman of The Board
Chandra De Keyser is a pioneer in the U.S. tech industry, founding one of the first PDA startups in the 1980s, which ultimately exited to Palm. He later launched a successful dot-com venture in Brazil, held leadership roles with Northrop Grumman and Software AG, and is the original founder of MoodMe. He leads MoodMe and also serves as CEO of Voicera, advancing innovation in sincerity AI and voice analytics.
Daniel Neff
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Neff is a global marketing leader with expertise in digital strategy, growth, and performance marketing across B2B and B2C markets. He has led multimillion-dollar campaigns at Apple, Dayforce, Shure Incorporated, SiriusXM, and Pandora across North America, Europe, and Asia. He also advises organizations through his agency with a focus on building teams, optimizing MarTech stacks, and delivering measurable results.
Cassandra Carey
Chief Technology Officer
Cassandra Carey is an engineering leader with expertise in system architecture, full-stack development, and machine learning infrastructure. She has held senior roles at NexHealth, Datafold, and Ultraleap, and spent nearly a decade driving innovation and platform development at Leap Motion. She also contributed to major projects at OnLive, Bandai Namco, Electronic Arts, and Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Brian Keller
Chief Human Resources Officer
Brian Keller is Managing Director, Human Resources at Fairstead, where he leads the People and Talent function and partners with executives on scalable people strategy. Previously, he led People & Culture at VidMob through growth and change, after beginning his career in real estate finance at Colonnade Properties before transitioning into HR in 2014. He is passionate about unlocking potential and building high-trust cultures, and has helped organizations earn Best Place to Work recognition.
Amit Kumar
Chief Product Officer
Amit Kumar is a technology leader and former Co-Founder and Head of Technology at Nojoto, where he led platform innovation and scalable product development in the digital storytelling space. He helped grow Nojoto to over 10 million users, empowering more than 2 million creators through features such as live streaming, creator monetization, and personalized content. With a strong technical foundation and entrepreneurial mindset, he focuses on building consumer-centric products and high-impact technology at scale.
Dr. Cheryl Krouse
Chief Wellbeing Officer
Dr. Cheryl Krouse is a strategic leader with experience in health, wellbeing, education, and technology. She has held leadership roles at Northwestern Health Sciences University, Trocaire College, and Niagara County Department of Mental Health, and was previously CEO of Samana Salt Spa. She also advises healthcare, behavioral health, and AI startups, guiding product development, operations, and buyouts.
Jeff Vlahovich
VP of Marketing
Jeff Vlahovich is a marketing intelligence and insights leader with expertise in consumer research, analytics, and market strategy across tech and financial services. He spent eight years at Meta (Facebook) in regional and global roles leading APAC and global research programs, shaping go-to-market, campaign effectiveness, and platform strategy. Prior to Meta, he held leadership roles at Standard Chartered and Commonwealth Bank, driving segmentation, customer insights, and analytics across financial services.
Andre Esteves
VP of Engineering
Andre Esteves is a senior mobile engineer based in Portugal with expertise across Android, iOS, and cross-platform development. He has built fintech, media, and AR applications, specializing in Kotlin, Swift, Flutter, React Native, and CI/CD pipelines. Andre holds a Master’s in Computer Science from Universidade da Beira Interior and brings strong experience in mobile architecture, cloud integration, and shipping secure, high-performance apps.
Patrick Olson
Senior Software Engineer
Patrick Olson is a game developer specializing in Unity and Unreal Engine, with expertise in C#, Swift, and HTML and growing proficiency in C++. He has built accessibility-focused tools, including an adaptive controller in Unreal Engine, and has delivered measurable results at MoodMe by optimizing Unity assets to improve conversion and engagement. He also develops immersive experiences integrating body tracking and AI models using MediaPipe and Stable Diffusion.
Michal Zamulinski
Strategic Advisor
Michael Zamulinski is a strategy and transformation leader with experience spanning Fortune 500 consulting and high-growth startups. Previously at Deloitte, he led complex engagements for executive teams across organizations including Disney, Fox, Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, and Mitsubishi. In the startup space, he advised the founding team at Ion Fuel LLC on strategic growth and execution, supporting the company through scale to an 8-figure exit in the ~$50M range. Known for pairing a 30,000-foot strategic view with rigorous analytics, he leads with a people-first, empathetic approach while driving results.
Fernando Centurione
Strategic Advisor
Fernando Centurione is a senior technology and strategy leader with extensive experience across banking, research, and public-sector innovation. He began his career in Banking IT before transitioning to the European Institutions, where he served as Head of IT for DG Research and later for Development Aid, overseeing large-scale digital programs and infrastructure modernization. He most recently held the role of Head of Strategy at the EU Publication Office, guiding digital transformation, governance, and long-term strategic planning across the institution.
Emotion Insights with Ethical AI
Why Leading Companies Partner with Us
Emotion Detection AI for Everyone and Built Without Bias
Developed with the University of Mons in Belgium, our models are trained on diverse global datasets to recognize emotions across cultures, ages, and genders. By prioritizing inclusivity at the core, our technology ensures ethical, unbiased insights that work for every face.
No Faces Are Ever Sent to the Cloud, Our AI Detects Emotions in Real-Time
Built by MoodMe for The Emotion Economy, our Emotion AI SDK runs entirely on-device, analyzing faces in real time without sending images to cloud. Privacy-first by design, it works offline, securely delivers millisecond latency.
On Mobile, Desktop, and Web, Our Emotion AI SDKs Works Anywhere
MoodMe’s Emotion AI and complementary AI models run seamlessly across all platforms — iOS, Android, Web, Unity3D, Windows, and MacOS. For any operating system, our core AI models are ported to the platform format with an API delivered in the native programming language, ensuring effortless integration into your applications.
Chosen by 160+ Global Brands, Institutions, and Innovators
From FIFA and Gucci to Stanford and Qatar Airways, over 160 organizations worldwide have used MoodMe’s Emotion AI to deliver secure, real-time insights and personalized experiences at scale. From virtual eyewear try-ons to emotion and demographic analytics, our solutions span industries from automotive to retail to sports.
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