Waleed Hamada Founder & CEO

Waleed Hamada is a dynamic entrepreneur and visionary leader with over 15 years of experience driving operational excellence, business growth, and innovation across multiple industries including legal tech, healthcare, and nonprofits. With a passion for transforming ideas into scalable solutions, Waleed specializes in launching and scaling startups, leading cross-functional teams, and developing strategies that bridge technology and real-world impact.

As the Founder and CEO of Legal Chain, Waleed is on a mission to revolutionize legal document analysis and creation through advanced AI technologies. Under his leadership, Legal Chain empowers professionals, businesses, and startups with cutting-edge tools for contract drafting, compliance validation, and risk assessment—democratizing accuracy and efficiency in legal workflows.

Beyond his entrepreneurial pursuits, he is also a children’s author, dedicated to storytelling that inspires and connects.

At Legal Chain, Waleed leads end-to-end operations, fundraising, and go-to-market strategy—driving the company’s vision to bring trustworthy, AI-powered solutions to the legal industry.

Ramy Rahman CISO

As a cybersecurity strategist with a deep-rooted passion for building resilient systems, Ramy brings over a decade of experience securing critical infrastructure across enterprise, government, and startup environments. His work has always centered on proactive threat prevention, scalable security architecture, and enabling innovation without compromising trust.

As Chief Information Security Officer at Legal Chain, Ramy is focused on safeguarding the integrity of AI-powered legal operations. From secure data handling and AI model governance to compliance automation and incident response, I lead the charge in protecting our users, partners, and technology. At Legal Chain, I ensure our mission to democratize legal access through AI is built on a foundation of transparency, security, and privacy-by-design.

Miheer Dharwadkar Lead AI Software Engineer

Miheer is our AI Software Engineer extraordinaire here at Legal Chain,

While completing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at Virginia Tech (VT), Miheer joined Legal Chain’s founding engineering team. In his role, he contributes to core AI-driven functionality, including smart clause extraction, risk scoring pipelines, legal document generation (e.g. NDAs), and motorizing compliance workflows—all designed to automate contract review and reduce manual legal workload. His work accelerates document understanding and enhances Legal Chain’s mission to democratize access to affordable, high‑quality legal assistance.

Miheer is passionate about programming and AI, bringing strong technical foundations from VT and hands-on product delivery experience at a company rebuilding how legal services are delivered. His contributions reflect his dedication to building real‑world AI systems that reduce inefficiency, increase accuracy, and make legal support more accessible.

Advisory Board Members

Sharif El-Badawi

As a visionary venture builder, investor, and global tech ecosystem leader, Sharif El-Badawi brings decades of strategic insight, cross-border expertise, and startup acceleration experience to Legal Chain’s advisory board. With a track record of empowering entrepreneurs and scaling innovation-driven companies, his mission aligns seamlessly with Legal Chain’s pursuit of redefining the legal landscape through AI.

Sharif is the Founding Managing Partner of Plus Venture Capital (+VC), one of the most active early-stage venture capital firms across the Middle East and North Africa. His leadership spans previous roles at Techstars, the Dubai Future Accelerators, and Google, where he supported thousands of startups and ecosystem partners in building, growing, and accessing capital.

At Legal Chain, Sharif advises on fundraising strategy, international market entry, and ecosystem development—infusing our growth journey with bold perspective and deep expertise in frontier technologies, AI innovation, and scalable startup infrastructure.

Abhi Bapna

As a seasoned intellectual property and trial attorney with over 15 years of experience, Abhi Bapna brings deep expertise at the intersection of law, technology, and innovation. He has practiced extensively before U.S. federal courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including handling post-grant proceedings and high-stakes litigation.

Abhi’s legal career spans a wide array of industries—from medical devices and pharmaceuticals to consumer electronics, vehicular safety, multimedia systems, and telematics. He is a Registered Patent Attorney and a Certified Blockchain & Law Professional, with a unique ability to bridge emerging technologies with sound legal strategies.

Currently serving as Special Counsel in the Patent Group at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Abhi advises clients on complex IP matters with a forward-looking approach. His previous roles include senior positions at top firms such as Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, and Quinn Emanuel.

Abhi holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he served as an editor for the Science & Technology Law Review, and a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University, graduating cum laude.

At Legal Chain, Abhi serves on the Advisory Board, where he helps shape the platform’s mission to eliminate hallucinations in AI-driven legal tools and ensure that legal professionals, startups, and enterprises can rely on fact-based, verifiable legal AI.

Aleassa Schambers

Aleassa is a marketing powerhouse known for turning strategy into momentum and brands into movements. With a sharp eye for storytelling and a sixth sense for market resonance, she brings decades of experience leading high-impact marketing initiatives across SaaS, emerging tech, and professional services.

Aleassa provides fractional marketing services and advisory at North10Feet. Prior to that, she served as Chief Marketing Officer at Seerist, where she redefined brand positioning in the risk intelligence space, driving global awareness, improving pipeline performance, and aligning teams around a unified vision. Her career is built on bold rebrands, breakthrough B2B campaigns, and a consistent ability to move the needle where it matters most.

Aleassa is the founder of North10Feet, where she provides fractional marketing services and strategic advisory to help companies clarify their positioning, accelerate growth, and build sustainable marketing engines. Previously, she served as Chief Marketing Officer at Seerist, where she redefined brand positioning in the risk and security intelligence space, driving global awareness, improving pipeline performance, and aligning teams around a unified vision.

A proven builder of high-performance teams and a trusted partner to the C-suite, Aleassa bridges vision with execution, aligning demand generation, brand, and product marketing with real business outcomes.

Aleassa holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Michigan

At Legal Chain, Aleassa advises on go-to-market strategy, brand development, and demand generation helping redefine how individuals, SMBs, attorneys, and enterprises engage with legal technology.

Interns

Engineering
Shuhan Chen

We’re excited to highlight Shuhan Chen, a key member of our team and a passionate expert in data science and analytics. Shuhan is currently pursuing a Master of Financial Engineering at USC, graduating in 2026, which complements their strong background in data science and analysis.

Shuhan excels at transforming complex datasets into actionable insights, with hands-on experience in predictive modeling, machine learning, and business intelligence from internships at firms like Haitong Securities, KPMG, and Grant Thornton, as well as impactful research projects. Shuhan thrives on making data work, whether it’s optimizing energy predictions, detecting credit card fraud, or identifying market opportunities.

Sweta Das

We’re excited to introduce Sweta Das, a talented intern joining us from Virginia Tech. Sweta is currently pursuing a Computer Science degree with minors in Human-Computer Interaction and Mathematics. She’s already gained impressive hands-on experience in full-stack development, working with various programming languages and frameworks during her internships at the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.

Giriraj Patel

We’re excited to introduce Giriraj Patel, joining us from Virginia Tech. Giriraj is currently pursuing a Computer Science degree with concentrations in Economics and Mathematics. He brings a strong foundation in backend development and AI-assisted tools, with hands-on experience building full stack applications and contributing to research at Virginia Tech. Giriraj has worked on projects involving technologies such as Node.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, and LangChain. His recent work includes backend development for a smart learning catalog and evaluating LLM-generated code for security vulnerabilities. We’re excited to have Giriraj with us as he deepens his engineering skills and contributes to Legal Chain’s mission.

Aditya Rasal

We’re thrilled to introduce Aditya Rasal, our newest intern who has joined our team! Aditya comes to us from Virginia Tech, a true powerhouse in the computer science field.

Aditya brings a wealth of experience to Legal Chain, including expertise in Software Development, Swift (Programming Language), IT Project & Program Management, Networking, and SQL.

Beyond his impressive technical skills, Aditya has hands-on experience resolving hardware and software issues on both iOS and Android devices. He’s also worked with major internet providers like Verizon and AT&T, and has a strong background in customer service and sales for various technology products, including home protection systems.

Hammad Qureshi

We’re excited to introduce Hammad Qureshi to the Legal Chain team as our newest Engineering Intern. Hammad brings a strong foundation in software engineering, mobile development, and backend technologies, with a proven ability to deliver high-impact features in complex technical environments.

Hammad is currently pursuing his Master’s in Computer Science at Georgia Tech, specializing in Machine Learning. He previously worked as an Android Developer at Tata Consultancy Services, where he played a key role in enhancing the Safeway mobile app—improving post-order modules, boosting testing efficiency, and elevating user experience across several grocery brands.

His contributions helped increase positive app reviews by 7% and order placements by 23%, all while leading roadmap presentations and optimizing CI/CD workflows. Hammad also holds a Meta Android Developer certification and has additional experience in web development, QA, and UI design through internships at the City of Brea.

At Legal Chain, Hammad will be contributing to both frontend and backend engineering initiatives, bringing a thoughtful, user-focused approach to our product development. We’re thrilled to have him on board as we build AI-powered tools that simplify and strengthen legal protection for everyone.

Law
Sahar Tariq

We’re excited to introduce Sahar Tariq to the Legal Chain team as our newest Legal Intern. Sahar brings a strong foundation in legal research, regulatory compliance, and customer-focused problem solving, with a keen interest in blockchain, AI, and cryptocurrency regulation.

Sahar is currently pursuing her J.D. at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, DC. She previously interned with Steptoe’s Blockchain and Cryptocurrency practice group, where she developed her expertise in blockchain, stablecoin, and AI regulatory frameworks. Alongside her legal training, Sahar has a background in customer service and sales, equipping her with excellent communication skills and a practical, solutions-oriented approach.

At Legal Chain, Sahar will support our legal and compliance initiatives, contributing to research, policy development, and the advancement of AI-powered legal solutions. We’re thrilled to have her on board as we continue building tools that simplify and strengthen legal protection for everyone.

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