6 people. 1 mission.

The Team Behind
SmartLink Pilot

We're a diverse team of engineers, designers, and marketers united by a single mission: making link management smarter, faster, and more accessible for everyone.

Team Members

Mclean Mbaga

Mclean Mbaga

Founder & CEO

Visionary full-stack engineer and serial entrepreneur based in Arusha, Tanzania. Mclean built SmartLink Pilot after years of working with marketing teams who needed better link intelligence tools. He leads product strategy, engineering architecture, and business development.

Expertise

Full-Stack EngineeringSaaS ArchitectureProduct StrategyBusiness Development

Fun fact: Built the first SmartLink prototype in a single weekend.

Aisha Wanjiru

Aisha Wanjiru

Head of Product

Product strategist with 8+ years of experience shipping delightful user experiences at scale across FinTech, EdTech, and SaaS companies. Aisha owns the product roadmap and ensures every feature we ship solves a real user problem — not just a cool engineering challenge.

Expertise

Product ManagementUser ResearchData AnalysisRoadmap Strategy

Fun fact: Reduced user churn by 40% by redesigning the onboarding flow.

Wei Chen

Wei Chen

Lead Engineer

Systems architect with deep expertise in high-performance distributed systems, real-time data pipelines, and edge computing. Wei designed SmartLink Pilot's sub-100ms redirect infrastructure and oversees all backend engineering.

Expertise

Distributed SystemsEdge ComputingReal-Time AnalyticsDatabase Architecture

Fun fact: Reduced average redirect latency from 250ms to under 47ms.

Fatima Al-Rashid

Fatima Al-Rashid

Head of Design

Award-winning product designer creating beautiful, accessible interfaces that users genuinely love. Fatima leads all UX/UI decisions — from the information architecture of our dashboard to the micro-animations that make interactions feel alive.

Expertise

UX/UI DesignDesign SystemsAccessibilityMotion Design

Fun fact: Our design system has reduced new feature dev time by 35%.

Carlos Rivera

Carlos Rivera

DevOps & Infrastructure Lead

Infrastructure expert with a decade of experience maintaining 99.99%+ uptime for high-traffic web applications. Carlos manages our global edge network, CI/CD pipelines, security monitoring, and disaster recovery systems.

Expertise

Cloud InfrastructureKubernetesSecurity OperationsPerformance Monitoring

Fun fact: Set up our alerting system that catches issues before users notice.

Emma Lindström

Emma Lindström

Marketing Director

Growth specialist and data-driven marketer who has scaled SaaS products from zero to tens of thousands of users. Emma leads all growth experiments, content strategy, SEO, and partnership development for SmartLink Pilot.

Expertise

Growth MarketingSEO & ContentPaid AcquisitionPartnership Development

Fun fact: Grew organic traffic 380% in 6 months through content strategy.

Want to join the team?

We're a small, ambitious team that moves fast and ships quality. If you love building things that matter, we'd love to hear from you.

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