Our Team

Feras Alfuqaha

Co-founder, CEO

Feras is a film producer with over a decade of experience spanning development, production management, and accounting. He holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Producing from the American Film Institute and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Animation from DePaul University.

Sammy Hajomar

Co-founder, CTO

Sammy is a technical expert specializing in software development and machine learning, bringing a wealth of expertise to his role as CTO. He earned a Master's degree in Computational Data Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Advisors

Ross Novie

Advisor, 1st AD

Ross Novie is a 30-year veteran of the entertainment industry who has produced, directed, and assistant-directed hundreds of projects ranging from internet shorts to films and television shows. His credits include The Office, Arrested Development, Superstore, and The Muppets. Mr. Novie has always been a champion of technological innovation within the industry - in 2003 he created the film scheduling program CompanyMOV (later rebranded as Showbiz Scheduling) which sold copies all over the world as well as in Apple Stores nationwide. As an advisor to Shamel, he is excited to help producers and assistant-directors everywhere do their jobs better and faster with state-of-the-art technology.