About

Open Paws is a nonprofit community of passionate members who advance animal welfare and liberation. Want to get involved? Help us build what's next.

The people behind Open Paws

  • Nicole Jendro

    Nicole Jendro

    Executive Director

    Nicole Jendro is Executive Director of Open Paws and has spent a decade leading software teams building products for worldwide audiences. Nicole has been active in the animal advocacy movement since 2021: volunteering, fundraising, building websites, serving on a board (and even editing a cookbook), before joining Open Paws to build AI tools for the movement.

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  • Christoph Krüger

    Christoph Krüger

    Technical Lead

    Christoph Krüger connects Open Paws' technical work to what animal welfare actually requires. Previously a Food System Researcher at the Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency, he worked on the research and engineering behind integrating animal welfare and pesticides into the IMAGE Integrated Assessment Model.

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  • Kailash Sharma

    Kailash Sharma

    AI Software Engineer

    Kailash Sharma is a builder working at the intersection of AI and community. At Open Paws, he builds the AI tools the movement runs on. Outside work, he loves to talk (to a lot of people) and leads two of Mumbai's biggest developer communities, Google Developer Groups and n8n. What drives him is simple: getting real people to actually use what gets built & create impact :D

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  • Abid Khan

    Abid Khan

    AI Software Engineer

    Abid Khan brings engineering depth to Open Paws' technical work, building AI tools for the movement's resources. A Computer Engineering student and Rapid Impact Developer at Open Paws, he also serves as a creator of Open Permit, a civic AI platform for permit monitoring.

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