Zenus, Inc.

Panos Moutafis, Ph.D. has nine (9) years of experience in facial analysis and he is the co-founder and CEO of Zenus. He received his B.Sc. in Statistics from the Athens University of Economics & Business in Greece, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Houston. He has published 10 research papers in leading journals and conferences which have been cited over 80 times, co-authored a book chapter in Face Recognition Across the Imaging Spectrum, and granted one US patent with one more pending. His distinctions include the IEEE Homeland Security Conference Biometrics, Forensics, and Physical Security best paper award. He serves on the advisory board at the Lone Star College, enjoys mentoring early stage founders, and offers talks to schools and universities about careers in science and technology.

Rakshak Talwar is the co-founder and CTO of Zenus. He earned his B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Houston and has a decade of startup experience, ranging from robotics to artificial intelligence. His areas of expertise include deep learning, machine intelligence, computer vision, and electronics engineering. He is a co-inventor for one pending US patent.

Kaleb is a Full-Stack Engineer at Zenus and holds a Bachelors in Computer Science from Mississippi State University. He has diverse experience in multiple areas including hardware test engineering, network penetration testing, front-end, and back-end software development, and DevOps.

Mary earned her B.S. in Hotel & Restaurant Management and a minor in Marketing. At Zenus, she manages the company's social media, develops case studies and creates infographics. She also designs and maintains the company's website. Her work experience ranges from hospitality operations, technical support, B2B sales, and training development.

Rahul Bijlani, along with his partner, Michael Yu, joined CBRE in the firm's Houston offices in February 2016 to lead CBRE Hotels South Central United States. His team has transacted $1+ Billion of hospitality real estate, and uniquely serves both private clients and institutional investors. Rahul’s team has executed all over the United States, with a specialization in Texas assets. In the tech startup world, he is an active Angel and Series A investor, serves as an advisor to Apto – the leading commercial real estate CRM – and co-founded YBIntel, which seeks to improve competitive tracking analytics for the hotel and beverage industry in Texas. Rahul also serves on the board of Zenus, which is using facial analytics to disrupt the events industry. Prior to joining CBRE Hotels, Rahul and Michael led the #1 National Hospitality Group team at Marcus & Millichap nationwide where they completed over 70% of all hotel sales by Marcus & Millichap in Texas and Louisiana. Rahul graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Rochester in New York, with degrees in Economics and Computer Science, and worked in Los Angeles at a bioinformatics startup prior to joining Marcus & Millichap in Houston in 2005.​