Meet The Team

Michael Vardzel

President/Founder

Mr. Vardzel is a former Division 1 football coach and player. He was a University of Pittsburgh Football Letterman as a slot receiver and was named to the prestigious Hampshire Honor Society by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame. Mr. Vardzel graduated from Pitt Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in finance. During his time at Pitt, Mr. Vardzel was elected to represent the Pitt football team on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the ACC and also was on the ACC Academic All-Conference Honor Roll for four years. After he graduated, he spent two seasons coaching at Wofford College. During his time there, he was the assistant Quarterbacks and Wide Receivers Coach and coached Tight Ends.

Dennis Loevlie

Lead Data Scientist / Software Engineer

Mr. Loevlie has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and graduated as a Presidential Scholar from West Virginia University's Honors College. Here, he conducted independent computational research, modeling and optimizing chemical processes. This research was awarded second place at the 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers national conference. In 2020, Dennis earned a Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. At CMU he was able to take several courses on subjects such as machine learning, deep learning, and large-scale optimization. He was also able to compete in several hackathons where he implemented different machine learning algorithms to solve real world problems. Dennis was as a Student-Athlete.

Mike Young

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Young has over 20 years of experience in financial and accounting operations, financial management and reporting, as well as budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning. Mr. Young has extensive experience in the healthcare, logistics, energy, retail, and software industries, including several startups including companies that have experienced high growth periods. Mr. Young currently serves as the Director of Finance for a startup software development company and previously served as the Vice President of Finance for Helomics Corporation. Mr. Young holds a Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting from Niagara University as well as a Masters of Business Administration degree from LeMoyne College.