Our Team

Danny Stoller, ceo + co founder

A serial entrepreneur with one partial exit under his belt, Danny has eighteen years of experience split between restaurants, food technology and start ups. Most recently a co-founder and CEO of Square Pie Guys, a four unit restaurant group in the San Francisco Bay Area, he saw firsthand both how technology can improve restaurant operations and how much opportunity remains for automation in the restaurant space. In addition to serving on the board of Square Pie Guys, Danny is a member of the Raydiant Customer Advisory Board, and co-hosts Digestible Technology, a long form podcast featuring the most interesting people at the intersection of food and tech.

Ali Kadhim, cto + co founder

As the leader of toro’s technical and product functions, Ali brings over a decade of experience in software consultancy, machine learning, product leadership. His career began at the Department of Defense, where he deployed and scaled mission-critical systems, including using AI to optimize satellite imagery for surveillance and nuclear defense. He also designed and built the Air Force AI Lab, created medical devices, and specializes in Generative AI and MLOps. Before co-founding Toro, Ali was a founding engineer at AI Makerspace and consulted with Fortune 500 companies to advance their AI initiatives. As a published thought leader, Ali regularly shares insights on GenAI and MLOps techniques.