Company
Pomcor is the registered trade name of Pomian & Corella, LLC. We conduct research in mobile and Web technology, currently focusing on applications of cryptography and biometrics to identity proofing and user authentication. Our mission is to identify shortcomings of current technology and provide innovative solutions that advance the state of the art.
Pomcor was founded by Karen Lewison and Francisco Corella. Karen Lewison passed away while she was CEO of Pomcor.
Key personnel
Francisco Corella, CEO, has a PhD in computer science from the University of Cambridge, a MS in computer engineering from Stanford University, and an engineering degree from the Ecole des Mines de Paris. He co-founded Pomcor and served as CEO in its early stages. Prior to Pomcor he worked as a manager at Symantec, as a researcher at Schlumberger Palo Alto Research and the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, and as an engineer-scientist at the Unix laboratories of HP. He is an inventor with seventeen patents granted and several pending, a majority of them related to cryptography and cybersecurity.
Advisors
Pema Selden is a UX/UI designer based in Toronto with a Master of Information in User Experience Design from the University of Toronto and three years of experience designing across early-stage startups and government. As lead designer at Bhutan NDI, she designed Bhutan's first decentralized digital identity wallet, which onboarded more than 500,000 citizens. She has also explored agentic AI in practice, leading early concepts, and continues to follow how emerging AI tools are shaping product design.