Brandon Nguyen
Brandon built and ran automated trading systems at investment firms and high-frequency trading desks in New York City — algorithms that had to ingest live market data, make decisions, execute automatically, and adapt under pressure with real capital on the line. That’s the engineering discipline he brought to software: not just building tools, but building systems that analyze, decide, execute, and evolve. At Deeper Apps, he applies the same loop to client businesses — regardless of industry. Whether a company is facing an operational bottleneck, launching a new product, or sitting on data they’ve never fully leveraged, Brandon’s instinct is to find the system behind the problem and build the mechanism that runs it.
Interests: Travel, Fitness, Pickleball, Golf, Board Games, Comedy, Fashion, Food, Content Creation
Nicholas Mockus
Prior to Deeper Apps LLC, Nick has helped generate several million dollars in collective revenue across businesses ranging from local trades, individual-client service businesses, and hospitality companies to larger Silicon Valley-backed AI companies. He specializes in deep industry research and identifying the precise bottlenecks and pitfalls that prevent a business from reaching its next level of growth, often unlocking meaningful gains in annual recurring revenue.
Interests: Travel, Hockey, Running, Fitness, Psychology, Reading
Lucas Hsu
Lucas brings strong experience in algorithm development and data analytics across a wide range of projects and competitions. His background includes quantitative research through Harvard's Undergraduate Ventures program, building prediction market algorithms, and earning high rankings in numerous algorithm competitions and hackathons sponsored by leading trading firms and hedge funds including Jane Street, Susquehanna, and Jump, most recently finishing 5th in the Full House Hackathon international championship out of 500+ participants from the world's top universities.
Interests: AI, Taekwondo, Fitness, Finance, Anime, Poker