Drake Hougo is co-founder and COO of ReMatter, a start-up creating modern dispatch, sales, and purchasing start-up for the recycling industry. The company started in March 2020 out of a class project at Stanford University. Hougo and his co-founders, Wyatt Pontius and Sean O'Bannon, spent significant time at recycling facilities in the Bay Area and routinely heard about the need for a modern software solution in the industry. Since starting the company, Hougo also serves on ISRI's Young Executives Communications sub-committee as co-chair.