Meet the Team
At Social Brick we’re igniting an architectural renaissance: a fusion of bold vision, hands-on craft, and cutting-edge tech. Meet the renegade leaders driving this mission forward, each bringing human insight and high-impact expertise to every project.
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Brian Cruz, CEO
Brian is our visionary architect-activist. He cut his teeth designing a cultural center for an Indigenous community in Honduras, turning his thesis project into a platform for social change. That real-world project became the seed of Social Brick – a platform that now matches homeowners with architects over shared style, values, and purpose.
For Brian, every design is about amplifying unheard voices and serving humanity – proving that thoughtful architecture can build hope and change lives.
Wendy Sanchez, COO
Wendy is the craft and culture champion keeping everything running smoothly. A fourth-generation carpenter and Stanford-trained product designer, she literally inherited a technicolor lens on design from her family’s woodworking heritage. Wendy now teaches vernacular architecture to the next generation, blending soulful tradition with modern precision in every project.
At Social Brick, her unique mix of heritage-inspired creativity and operational rigor keeps our platform and projects finely tuned.
Pran Sarin, CTO
Pran is the tech wizard powering our platform. A software developer with a background in SaaS, finance (JP Morgan Chase), and emerging tech, he builds the cloud infrastructure and scalable systems that make our matchmaking smart and robust. In his free time he geeks out by coding his own AI experiments – training convolutional neural nets and even a Connect-4 game AI out of Lego blocks.
In short, Pran marries rigorous engineering with playful curiosity, ensuring Social Brick’s architecture is as innovative and reliable as its vision.