Our Team
Kelley Winship, PhD
Kelley is the President and Founder of Animal Computerized Enrichment (ACE), a company dedicated to enhancing animal welfare and cognitive engagement through interactive technology. Her work focuses on creating games and technology that give animals choice, control, and opportunities to learn.
Kelley’s career began with marine mammals, where she spent years working directly with dolphins and sea lions to study learning, problem-solving, and animal welfare. These experiences inspired her to create ACE, combining her love of science, animals, and video games to make computerized enrichment accessible to animals and those who care for them.
Chuck Winship
Chuck is a former restaurateur and current head of a home medical company serving pediatric respiratory and enteral patients. He is a Director of ACE assisting with the company’s mission.
Chuck is an avid outdoorsman, hiker, skier, and nature lover, and supports the goal of enriching animals’ lives through the use of rapidly changing technology.
Andrew English
Andrew serves as ACE’s Vice President of Engineering, where he combines his background in software engineering and engineering management with a long-standing interest in animals and technology. He brings together a passion for software, 3D design, and machining with extensive experience designing and building greenfield applications, from early concept to high-volume usage. At ACE, his work spans microcontroller design, web architecture, and hardware prototyping, creating systems that enhance animal welfare and support ACE’s research in animal cognition.
Andrew’s fascination with animals and marine life drives his contributions at ACE. Outside of his software and hardware projects, he spends his time surfing, snorkeling, and exploring the ocean—his second home.
Maximilian Du
Maximilian Du is a Ph.D. student in computer science at Stanford, working on making artificial robot intelligence that learns from reinforcement and adapts to changing conditions as quickly as humans and animals. Max has worked with bottlenose dolphins as an intern, assisting with research studies focused on learning and enrichment.
At ACE, Max creates the camera sensing and control software that reads animal motions and converts them into gameplay.