Nick Handel is Transform's CEO and Co-Founder. Before Transform, Nick was Head of Data at Branch International in the micro-lending space. Before Branch, Nick held a variety of roles at Airbnb, both as a Data Scientist & Product Manager. He was on the Growth team that founded the Experiences product and the Data Platform team. His work includes launching Airbnb's ML platform, Zipline, building the company's data science team, helping with the company's initial international expansion, and leading the data science team that launched Airbnb's Trips product. Before joining Airbnb, Nick was a research economist at BlackRock. He is an avid trail runner, climber, skier, and adventurer, much of the time with his dog Huckleberry.