Meet The Team

  • Scott Robinson

    Founder and CEO

    Scott has spent his career in technology, analytics and risk management having been a Partner at McKinsey & Company and Oliver Wyman. He is also an expert level road racing enthusiast and has been a coach for over a decade. What could be better than combining analytics and racing skills to one of the greatest sports… MotoGP™. He started his passion for motorcycles and racing growing up in Northern California. Aside from riding dirt bikes every day possible, he frequented road racing and flat track events at places like Laguna Seca and the San Jose Mile. In fact, his first track day was at Laguna Seca and he never looked back, now teaching road racing on the east coast. He still loves dirt bikes so when he can’t make a track day, he cross trains on his four mile grass track at the farm.

  • Julia Walk

    Co-Founder and COO

    Julia received her BA in Geography from the University of California Santa Barbara where her studies focused on environmental sustainability, meteorology and the application of data to spatial modeling. Growing up with a road racing coach as a father, Julia was introduced to the motorcycle world at a young age and developed a passion for studying rider and bike performance, specifically in MotoGP™. Julia oversees operations across both technical and creative teams and works closely with the motorsports analytics platforms. In her free time she can be found doing just about anything outside including mountain biking, skiing, hiking with her dogs or participating in equestrian sports.

  • Brian Leitner

    Operations and Technology

    Brian has served at the executive level in IT for much of his career, following years of delivering excellence as a consultant and government contractor. He is a passionate technologist and detail-oriented problem solver, but working in fast-paced downtown Washington DC has not hindered his love for two wheels. From expert road and mountain biking, to road and track-day motorcycling at the advanced level, Brian brings a passion for action sports to back up his subject matter expertise. A Florida native, Brian enjoys home in Virginia, biking with family and friends whenever possible. He finds excitement in helping build a superlative product experience for clients in the supporting sports industries.

  • Zheng Jing

    Data Science

    Zheng obtained his BS in Mathematics at the University of California - Santa Barbara. He is currently pursuing his master’s in Applied Statistics at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, with a focus on data analysis and statistical inference. Additionally, he is also a research assistant at the Department of Computational Medicine at the University of Michigan, where he studies patient survival prediction using deep-learning models. Zheng has participated in an on-going internship program with Apex146 starting during his undergrad at UC Santa Barbara and continuing on through his masters in Michigan. Outside of school and work, Zheng is a big fan of sports, specifically basketball and table tennis.

  • Prayasha Chaudhary

    Software Engineering

    Prayasha graduated Smith College with a BA in Computer Science and Economics, where she specialized in Economics of Future Technology and Unsupervised Machine Learning. She is passionate about being part of new technological movements and learning the forefronts of cloud engineering. In her pastime, she likes to dance, hike, and ride motorcycles. She is new to the world of MotoGP™, but does not miss a race. With her love for cloud technology, and coding, she has been able to find her place within Apex146.

  • Henry Pendleton

    Software Engineering

    Henry graduated from St. Lawrence University with a BA in Economics and Business. Post-graduation he went to work in the marine industry building sailboats and working as a Yacht Salesman. He has always had a passion for creating and problem-solving and found Web Development a perfect outlet. Henry earned his diploma from the Flatiron School Software Engineering Program where he honed his self-taught web development skills and developed the tools to put his problem-solving skills to use.  When he is not creating new and exciting user experiences, he can be found outside hiking, biking, or on the golf course. 

  • Abby Buggeln

    Unity Game Development

    Abby received her degree in Computer Science from San Diego State University in May of 2022. During her senior year, she discovered her passion for developing with Unity and began creating hobby games outside of her college classes. While finishing up her education, she also pursued additional knowledge as a firmware engineering intern and a programming instructor, but ultimately followed her passion and began her work as a Unity Developer at Apex146. She was born and raised in Southern California, where she continues to live today. In her free time, she takes advantage of her local sunny weather by frequenting the San Diego beaches, hiking trails and coffee shops. She continues to pursue her love of technology and game engine knowledge through her work at Apex146.

  • Connor Walk

    Marketing and Graphic Design

    Connor earned his BA in Marketing from Antioch University, Santa Barbara where he pursued his passion of applying art and creativity to business development. Born in Southern California, Connor was raised on two wheels as he grew up immersed in the bicycle industry. His love for sports only grew stronger and has expanded to just about anything involving a board or two wheels. With his two worlds colliding – marketing and sports domain expertise – Connor brings a unique edge to the business development and branding side of Apex146.

  • Amanda Issac

    Data Science

    Amanda graduated with her Bachelors in Computer Science, and recently completed her Masters in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Georgia. As a Graduate Research Assistant, she cultivated expertise in Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Computer Vision, particularly in the context of Robust Plant Phenotyping Pipelines. Committed to constant personal and professional development, Amanda embraces the challenge of new and evolving technologies. In her leisure time, Amanda finds joy in dancing, traveling, spending time with family and friends, and likes to think she can rollerblade!

  • Sachin Khadka

    Software Engineering

    Sachin received his Bachelors in Software Engineering from the University of Bedfordshire, England. He has a passion for building scalable, web-based applications and continues to expand his knowledge working across a diverse set of industries. In his free time, Sachin enjoys reading and exploring the great outdoors with family and friends.

  • Antonio Samaniego

    Software Engineering

    Avid skier, surfer, tech and finance enthusiast, Antonio received his BE in Telecommunications Technology Engineering from the University of Granada, Spain. Passionate about sports, he developed his athletic career as an alpine skier, becoming a Spanish champion and getting top five results at the European level. As an engineer/data scientist Antonio finished his studies in Amsterdam to then pursue his career in the fields of tech and supply chain. Whenever he’s not surfing or skiing, he’s jamming to John Mayer or some funkier vibes from Nile Rodgers. The dream is to make music with artists like that and rip some motorcycles with Marc Marquez.

  • Student Internship Program

    Apex146 has an ongoing internship program with universities across the country and has worked with students from the engineering, geography, computer science and mathematics departments. Students in this program have had the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects and apply their studies to real world solutions. Apex146 now offers student internships to both undergraduate as well as graduate students. Universities that have been included in the program include but are not limited to UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, University of Michigan, University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Vermont.