Wesam Manassra is a skilled software engineer with extensive experience in various technology companies. Currently, Wesam serves as a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since July 2023. Previously, Wesam was a Founding Software Engineer at Pastel, focusing on enhancing omni-channel customer support for small and medium businesses from February 2022 to June 2023. Wesam's career includes roles as a Staff Software Engineer at Foursquare following its acquisition of Unfolded, where Wesam contributed to the development of Unfolded Studio, and a Senior Software Engineer at Uber, specializing in data visualization projects. Wesam's earlier experience includes software engineering positions at Microsoft, MIT Media Lab, and internships at leading companies like Facebook. Wesam holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, complemented by an International Baccalaureate from UWC-USA.