Henry Michaelson

Henry Michaelson is Co-Founder, President and CTO of Halla, a taste intelligence company that enables retailers to predict the personal preferences of their shoppers, all in real time.

While studying computer science at UC Berkeley, Henry co-founded Halla. He is responsible for constantly improving Halla’s machine learning algorithm and for internal leadership, especially with respect to technology. Henry’s previous projects include machine learning based classification of supernovae in the UC Berkeley Astrophysics department, a speaking role in the Warner Brothers blockbuster comedy Project X, a three year stint as lead guitarist for Joe Banks, and a patented algorithm that has distributed over $7M in awards to mobile gamers.