Founding Team
We're a team that's worked across ML, silicon, product, and hardware design. Now building the future of PCB design.
Jeff Allo
Co-Founder
Hardware, Systems Engineering
jeff@buildwithtrace.comBuilt an FPGA-based LLM accelerator. Previously: ASIC Verification Engineer at NVIDIA. Fmr. President of IEEE at Howard University. Started the first officially credited PCB course (HOPE) at Howard. Leads core technical architecture at Trace.
Olu Afolabi
Co-Founder
Hardware, Supply Chain
olu@buildwithtrace.comBackground in semiconductors, FPGAs, and hardware design languages. Previously: Research at Howard on inverse kinematics for embedded systems. Embedded C/C++ for ARM microcontrollers. Leads manufacturer partnerships and supply chain integrations at Trace.