Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Zach Silverman
Founder and CEO
Zach grew up in Denver, Colorado eventually going to the University of Colorado at Boulder and receiving a degree in Political Science. He spent his first year after college working in local and state politics, eventually serving as Chief of Staff for the Speaker Pro Tempore Rhonda Fields in 2014 and Campaign Manager for Nancy Cronk in the 2014 election cycle. Afterwards, Zach got his first opportunity in the startup space by working as a Utility Player for Education Funding Partners, a certified B-Corporation. There he learned and honed some of his skills in Microsoft Excel, Google AdWords, Digital Marketing Strategy, Corporate Sales Pitches, Account Management, and what it means to work for a bootstrapped company. Zach moved to Austin, Texas in 2015 where eventually found a job working at Texas Hillel Foundation, a non-profit focused on Jewish student engagement. His main responsibility was to recruit Jewish students to attend Birthright Israel through the campus sponsored trip, staff the trip, and keep the participants engaged in Jewish life on campus upon their return. Here, he learned the importance and power of building and cultivating meaningful and authentic relationships. Zach started working on Deshyo in December of 2016, and in May of 2018 moved to Los Angeles to work on the startup full time.