About Us
We help people and companies thrive through the intentional practice of Kindness.
Daniel Lozano shared a single act of Kindness with a stranger. In that moment, he felt the most powerful force that he had ever experienced. That single experience changed his life trajectory and inspired KindWorks.
Values + Promises
Our team shares a passion for spreading and living Kindness and a commitment to our values and promises.
Kindness
Being Kind is being empathetic, generous, appreciative, and sincere.
Trust
Being Kind is acting with integrity, prioritizing confidentiality and protection of data in all that we do.
Transparency
Being Kind is being open and honest with positive intent.
Inclusion
Being Kind is embracing differences and providing equal opportunities.
Commitment
Being Kind is managing expectations and following through on our word.
Excellence
Being Kind is going above and beyond in effort and performance.
Collaboration
Being Kind is delivering as a community.
Innovation
Being Kind is consistently improving with changing needs.
Kindness is like a muscle, it can be trained and grown.
Our Team
Daniel Lozano
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel is experienced in designing, developing, and launching enterprise and consumer AI products that are used today by thousands of enterprise companies and millions of people. His experience includes Amazon Alexa, Cisco AI, and Credicorp Capital (formerly Serfinco) and his education includes MS in Software Engineering (Oxford), MBA (University of Chicago Booth), and an MS and BA in Economics (Uniandes). During his time at Oxford, he served as President of the AI Society at the University of Oxford (OxAI) and he currently continues to serve on the OxAI board.
Read Daniel’s Story
Nicole Yelsey
COO/CMO
Nicole has led and grown teams, products, and businesses from conception to scale. She brings 20 years of experience in marketing, brand, and business development, working on both the client and agency sides for large Fortune 100 companies and early-stage startups. She is a solution-focused leader who understands how to design a big-picture vision and to efficiently and effectively operationalize it.
Timothy Seabrook
CTO/CISO
Michael Kurt
Finance Executive
Michael Kurt is a finance executive with over 13 years of experience in both media & entertainment and tech. He began his career with The Walt Disney Company during his freshman year of college at Texas A&M University as a character performer at Walt Disney World, most commonly “friends with Tigger”. After graduation, Michael returned to Disney in a finance role for the next four years, where he supported financial & strategic business planning for the Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Downtown Disney, Water Parks, and ESPN Wide World of Sports, including pro forma development for multiple growth projects at these parks.
Arif Cam
Investment Team, Thiel Macro
Yu-Ting Kuo
Former Corporate VP, Microsoft Professor, MIT
Quincy Castro
CISO, Redis Former US Department of Defence
Susan Lucia Annunzio
President and CEO, Center for High Performance
Linda Ginzel
Professor, Chicago Booth
Linda specializes in negotiation skills, managerial psychology, leadership and executive development. The new edition of her best-selling book, Choosing Leadership, includes Leadership Modules that demonstrate how to use the book to teach and learn with a group while developing what she terms Leadership Capital: the courage, wisdom and capacity to decide when to manage and when to lead.
Press
For press inquiries please contact press@kindworks.ai
Speaking Opportunities
We have inspired thousands of people and teams through our thought leadership, research, and tools around the strength and power of Kindness at the workplace and beyond.
The Kindness Effect
Discover the research behind Kindness, how it improves business results and how to bring Kindness into every element of the workplace, such as onboarding, management, teamwork and difficult conversations
From Code to Compassion
We envision and explore how to harness the power of AI to build a better future, and how algorithms designed for Kindness will pave the way to building better workplaces.
Custom Talks
Contact us to bring a speaker, workshop, or series to your company and we’ll work with you based on the needs of your team and office.
Careers
Are you passionate about Kindness? Are you motivated by working with a highly agile and engaged team in a fast-paced, global startup?