Meet the team of obsessives behind your skincare
Jackie Kim
Co-Founder, CEO & Owner
As a mom and co-founder, Jackie understands the need for skincare that actually works without causing irritation. She leads Maelove with one clear idea in mind: create gentle yet powerful formulas you can trust. Her experience as a former lawyer and business advisor helps her make smart decisions for the brand. Jackie is a graduate of Hamilton College and Cardozo School of Law.
Brad Yim
Head of Formulation, Co-founder
Brad is the co-founder who carries out Jackie's vision and makes our skincare formulas come to life. Working closely with experts and labs around the world, he ensures every Maelove product is both highly effective and rigorously tested for safety. Before starting Maelove with Jackie, Brad's career spanned finance and the pharmaceutical industry. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia, MIT, and the Wharton School of Business.
Douglas Jardine
Head of Business Operations
Doug makes sure Maelove runs like a well-oiled machine. He designs the processes behind the scenes so all the different functions fit and flow seamlessly. Doug hones his operational skill set at Samsung and Amazon, and his expertise allows us to stay nimble, efficient and focused on creating great products for you. He is a graduate of MIT and Tufts University.
Sunbin Song, PhD
Senior Scientist
Dr.Song, a neuroscientist, brings invaluable scientific rigor to our team and ensures our product development is rooted in actual science. Before joining Maelove, Dr. Song led neuroscience research teams at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and in the pharmaceutical industry. She is an alumna of MIT and Georgetown University.
Rishi Khaitan
Head of Technology
Rishi builds and maintains the technological backbone that powers every aspect of our digital-first business.From our online store to the data that guides our decisions, he ensures our technology is smart, secure, and built to grow. His work provides a smooth, reliable foundation for our entire team to do their best work. Before Maelove, Rishi led product teams at Google and other major tech companies. He is an alumnus of MIT and UC Berkeley.
Rob Poitras
Chief Happiness Officer
Rob champions a simple but powerful idea at Maelove: our customers' trust is everything. He makes sure this customer-first mindset guides every team and every decision, because we believe doing right by you is the best way to build a lasting brand. His approach was shaped by his previous work as a consultant for customer-focused brands like Amazon, Shopbop, Nordstrom, and Thrive Market.
Gongjoo
Team Mascot
Gongjoo (means "princess" in Korean), our resident maltipoo, is the furry heart of our cruelty-free promise. She doesn't attend meetings or answer emails, but her job is simple yet important: to remind us every day why we are passionately committed to never testing on animals.
How we began
It began with a shared vision. Jackie and Brad wanted to bring to life Jackie’s idea of creating great products that she would love using herself, and that she could proudly recommend to her family and friends. This sparked a partnership (and later, a marriage).
To turn this vision into reality, Brad brought together a trusted inner circle of a close-knit group of experts from medicine, science, and business. This ensured the brand was built on a foundation of real knowledge and obsessive attention to detail from the very beginning.
Jackie and Brad built Maelove the same way they wanted to run their home: thoughtfully and without waste. By cutting out the expensive middlemen and lavish marketing, they found a way to put every possible dollar back into the formula.
Woman-owned since 2017
And today, we're deeply grateful to be part of the skincare routines of over 500,000 people.
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