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Rownd

Simple, dynamic, adaptive mobile and web app authentication

Rownd helps companies register and retain more users through frictionless sign-in across all of their websites or apps, with a single simple code snippet. We let our customers change how and where authentication happens, killing the static login page forever. Increase your conversions by 50% within weeks!

Rownd
Founded:2021
Team Size:7
Location:Raleigh, NC

Active Founders

Robert Thelen

Rob Thelen is the CEO and co-founder of Rownd. Prior to Rownd, he was a Product-lead for IBM's API Connect, a $200M a year API management platform where he was responsible for all aspects of the product, dev prioritization to sales strategy. Robert is an Air Force veteran, where he led hundreds on the flight line, led a diverse combat advisor team in Afghanistan for a year, and was responsible for $1.2B in gov acquisitions. He received an MBA from Dartmouth and calls Durham, NC home.

Robert Thelen
Robert Thelen
Rownd

Matt Hamann

Matt is a co-founder and the CTO of Rownd. He has over a decade of experience building enterprise-scale cloud applications at IBM. Matt earned a bachelor's degree in Information Systems Management from Bob Jones University and a master's degree in the same field from Carnegie Mellon University. He loves solving challenging, painful problems for customers large and small. In his spare time, he contributes to open-source and is the primary maintainer for https://www.npmjs.com/package/nconf.

Matt Hamann
Matt Hamann
Rownd

Rachel Orrino

Rachel (Radulovich) Orrino is a Co-founder and the Head of Design at Rownd. While at IBM, Rachel was responsible for user experience and design for Blockchain for Identity and other SaaS products. Her unique perspective and a blend of B2B SaaS and B2C design experiences allow her to create highly interactive and intuitive designs. She loves collecting and analyzing user feedback to create inform product enhancements and features.

Rachel Orrino
Rachel Orrino
Rownd