Domain experts who build technology. Not the other way around.
THE TEAM
Zanda Pemba, Ph.D.
CEO & Co-Founder
Ph.D. Chemistry (UF) · 2 US Patents · Intel · HelloFresh · D6 Inc.
Zanda spent a decade on factory floors, in audit rooms, and across time zones - making sure the systems behind the products actually work. He built one of only ten US N95 manufacturing sites during COVID, led quality over $250M in annual production, and drove $2.5M+ in savings through engineering rigor. Then he built MATANGA - and built the technology stack himself. Every tool, every integration, every line of code.
Tyrone L. Green
COO & Co-Founder
SQF Practitioner · Ocean Spray · Coca-Cola · Burger King · 14 yrs plant floor
Tyrone spent 14 years on plant floors and in director's chairs at operations supplying Ocean Spray, Coca-Cola, and Burger King. He led Ocean Spray to their first-ever SQF certification. He co-founded MATANGA because he knows what QA directors are up against, and he knows what training actually sticks. The COO title is accurate; 'the person who's been in your shoes' is more useful.
Duma Mtungwa
CTO
15+ yrs enterprise systems · Nedbank · Standard Bank · Absa · Rand Merchant Bank
Duma built secure transaction systems for South Africa's largest banks - Nedbank, Standard Bank, Absa, Rand Merchant Bank - and engineered open-source health information systems at Jembi. He brings that same rigor to MATANGA: reliable architecture, structured systems thinking, and infrastructure that holds under pressure.
OUR STORY
MATANGA Research builds compliance infrastructure for small and mid-size food manufacturers - the 97% of the industry that enterprise platforms ignore.
We started because we saw the same pattern everywhere: quality teams doing critical work with paper binders, disconnected spreadsheets, and systems held together by one person's institutional knowledge. When that person leaves, the system collapses. When the auditor arrives, everyone scrambles.
We give lean QA teams AI tools and hands-on training so they can handle traceability and audit prep without six-figure software or extra headcount. We meet you where you are and build toward audit readiness, site by site.
Black-owned. Founded 2025. Philadelphia, PA.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
People first, then infrastructure, then AI.
Your team runs the systems daily; we design them together.
Co-creation over consultation.
We build with you, not for you. Your team knows the floor; we know the standards.
Start small, scale up.
No rip-and-replace. No big-bang deployments. Prove value at one site, then extend.
Trust but verify.
Every AI output gets a human check. We are rigorous about this.
Your data stays yours.
We build on your infrastructure so you own what we build. When we step away, your systems keep running.
THE NETWORK
Advised by professionals from Wharton, KPMG, EY, HelloFresh, Hain Celestial, Daimler, Oregon Health Authority, and Gensler - spanning every level from plant floor to boardroom, with a combined track record in quality system design, organizational transformation, and regulatory strategy across healthcare, food manufacturing, and infrastructure.
10+
years avg. experience
3
continents
2
US patents
$2.5M+
documented savings
Ready to build?
MATANGA Research LLC. Enterprise-grade compliance systems for food safety teams. Philadelphia, PA.
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