Meet the Team
We asked everyone "What's one thing about you everyone should know?"
Jay Walker
CO-FOUNDER & CHAIRMANAccording to Yonker’s NY, I am an official Yonker’s Legend.
Scott Case
CO-FOUNDER & CEOI’ve been a sneakerhead since 1989.
Jon Ellenthal
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICERI once presented on stage at The Kennedy Center with acupuncture needles in my head and face...Oddly, my talk was not about acupuncture.
Tim Brier
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERI’m involved in a vineyard supply business in my spare time.
Jen Moyer
CHIEF OPERATING & FINANCIAL OFFICERI ride a Vespa to work.
Cristyn Girolami
CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICERI once managed a horseback riding business in St. Lucia.
Jason Wynn
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICERI lived in Iran.
Adam Holmes
CHIEF DATA SCIENTISTI once sailed by the island from Cast Away. We were unable to locate Wilson.
Emily Dresner
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICERI am fluent in Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
Adrian Coffey
MANAGER, TALENT ACQUISITIONI once jumped off the top of a catamaran in Costa Rica....directly onto a coral reef.
Allison Rosen
PARTNERSHIP MARKETING DIRECTORI always have at least one pint of ice cream in my fridge, and half the time it's homemade.
Andrew Gu
FULL STACK ENGINEERI somehow have an ongoing collection of water bottles and Gundam models.
Andrew Nitz
FULL STACK ENGINEERI once played a couple down the aisle at their wedding on banjo.
Andrew Schmadel
PRINCIPAL ENGINEERI am left-handed, and can type 100 words per minute.
Andrew Swe
FULL STACK ENGINEERI find baking very enjoyable and therapeutic.
Angie Marable
TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGERI’ve recently traveled to 10 countries in one year (mostly solo)!
Ania Hoffmeier
QUALITY ENGINEERDespite never having ridden a mountain bike, I recently did a 4 day mountain bike trip in the Canyonlands.
Anson Felder
FULL STACK ENGINEERI was born in London and lived in Japan for two years while my dad was deployed by the Marines.
Ashley Jager
MARKETING DESIGNERI have an Instagram account dedicated to shaming those who use the Papyrus font (thank Ryan Gosling’s SNL sketch).
Benjamin Sun
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERI speak three languages.
Beshad Talayeminaei
FULL STACK ENGINEERI am fluent in Farsi.
Betsy Harrison
ASSISTANT CONTROLLERI used to train horses in Ireland.
Birin Padam
PRODUCT MANAGERI’m a health nut and personal trainer!
Boyang Huang
SENIOR PYTHON ENGINEERI enjoy swimming and playing the violin.
Brian Butler
DIRECTOR, CLIENT ACQUISITIONI’ve skied (snow) in the Austrian Alps in August and in the Middle East next to a desert.
Brian Mahoney
SENIOR MANAGER, MID/BACK OFFICEI’ve flown in the cockpit of a commercial airline as the guest of the captain.
Brooks Lawrence
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEI swam with Great White Sharks in South Africa.
Casey Robinson
SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEERMy favorite method of transportation is an electric skateboard.
Catherine Guarnieri
DIRECTOR, MARKETINGI've been in three different TV commercials (in the background at least!).
Catherine Jones
GENERAL COUNSELI clerked on the Supreme Court of Argentina.
Chanel Butler
LEAD QUALITY ENGINEERI performed in a choreographed lip sync battle in front of over 500 people!
Chiamaka Okoroha
SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEERI used to sew and sell self-tie bow ties.
Chris Blackburn
FULL STACK ENGINEERI won my wife over on our first date with inappropriate stories and a rousing rendition Vanilla Ice's "Having a Roni".
Chris Poirier
VP, DATA SCIENCEOnce ate at 15 barbecue restaurants in 51 hours.
Christopher Rung
SENIOR SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERI lived in Denmark for a year when I was younger.
Dan Riggs
SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEERI’ve played Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center (sounds fancy but they really weren’t very prestigious groups...)
Daniel Curaca Malito
LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEERI participated in a competitive karaoke league for several seasons.
David Coleman
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGERWhen I was young and my parents wanted alone time, they would leave an open book upstairs and send me to get something from my room.
David Hiltner
VICE PRESIDENT, CLIENT ACQUISITION MARKETINGMy great grandfather and his brother were trapeze artists in England prior to coming to America in the early 1900's.
David Lee
SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEERI made my own smoker while living in Texas and love to smoke meat.
David Little
LEAD FULL STACK ENGINEERI have managed to convince the Netflix algorithm that 'Gritty British TV cop procedurals' is a section that should exist.
Elizabeth Bruce
TECHNICAL ARCHITECTI have a huge weakness for terrible movies - The Room and Troll 2 are two of my favorites.
Elizabeth Harp
UX WRITERI rode the Hogwarts Express.
Elizabeth Lang
DATA SCIENCE BUSINESS ANALYSTI had two pet ducks as a kid named Donald and Daffy. My brother taught them tricks and charged the neighbors $1 to come to the “Duck Show".
Elliot Frost
FULL STACK ENGINEERI have been to 11 countries and counting. I love to travel.
Emily Chen
FULL STACK ENGINEERI have a black belt in taekwondo and trained in kung fu with Shaolin monks.
Emma Giberson
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGERI've waited over 3 hours in line for a hot dog.
Erica Snider
FULL STACK ENGINEERI rode an air-cooled, kickstart-only motorcycle across the country.
Frank Abissi
DATA SCIENTIST, CORE PRODUCTI plan to hike all of the State High Pointers (highest point in every US state). I'm not close.
Genevieve Rafla
DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONSI have received a voicemail from Kanye West.
Gilbert Watson
SNR DATA SCIENTIST, DECISION SCIENCE AND PRICINGI'm a member of the Faster Bastards Baltimore City Running Club.
Graham Holley
SALES DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVEMy brother plays professional basketball in Europe.
Henri Blancke
DATA ENGINEERI never had Mexican food before I came to the US. My first experience was a “mission burrito” in San Francisco. It blew my mind.
Hillary Yale
DIRECTOR, SUPPLIER RELATIONSI participated in a flashmob in Vegas.
Hung Do
ANDROID ENGINEER"For about 8 months I played Pokémon Go full-time, went to grad school part-time, did zero work and still got paid. Ask me about it."
Ian Cassidy
SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST, MACHINE LEARNINGI have done at least one standing backflip per year for the past 20 years.
Isra Elmahdi
PRODUCT MANAGERI drove a car in Saudi Arabia before it was legal.
Jabari Long
LEAD DATA ENGINEERI am an avid music lover and for years I worked as an audio recording engineer.
Jacob Duell
LEAD FULL STACK ENGINEERI was planning on going to art school at VCU before I decided to become a software engineer.
Jami Schell
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTI was mistaken for Monica Lewinski on a college trip to Israel. My trip leader was offered 200 camels and 2 Mercedes to leave me.
Jamie Sawyer
PRODUCT MANAGERIn college, I played in three Final Fours for soccer, and lost each time...to the same team.
Jay Gorrell
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER ARCHITECTI grew up in a town with one traffic light.
Jeremy Deppen
INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION ENGINEERMy buddies and I got pickpocketed twice in a half hour while speed walking across Venice.
Jessica Pavone
PRODUCT DESIGNERI was once an apprentice pastry chef at high-end restaurant.
John Reed
CONTROLLERI share a birthday with another Upside employee.
Jordan Birnbaum
OPERATIONS MANAGERI used to teach tequila classes for LivingSocial complete with full tasting and cocktail lesson so AMA (we'll see if I remember any of it 🙂
Julie Gelb
SENIOR DIGITAL MARKETING ASSOCIATEI was on my high school’s wrestling team.
Kris French
DIRECTOR, SECURITYI have really broad musical tastes - I have both an orchestral Final Fantasy soundtrack and Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) on vinyl.
Kristen Hannon
SENIOR DESIGN ARCHITECTI won 1st place in the only bake off I’ve ever entered—it was the first (and last) time in my life that I made my Mom’s pumpkin bread.
Laura Carollo
PRODUCT DESIGN LEADI was chased by an elephant while on a safari in Tanzania!
Lauren Flickinger
DIRECTOR, PRODUCTI’ve never eaten mayonnaise.
LC Cunningham
SALES DEVELOPER MANAGERI was almost cast on the Real World in 2010, but my mom convinced me it was a bad idea. I think she was right.
Liz Healy
FULL STACK ENGINEERI love exploring new restaurants and cuisines. I will try anything once and am not a picky eater. Also, I can get rid of your hiccups.
Maggie Skinner
SENIOR MANAGER, CLIENT SUCCESSI met Michelle Obama (and Bo!) on a White House tour, and the footage was on NBC.
Matt Harrison
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORI can make a good batch of guacamole. I'll regularly bring guacamole into work.
Mic Vachon
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEI am obsessed with tech and want the smartest smart home of all time with a garage to park my future Tesla in that I aspire to get one day.
Michael Bellerose
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, PLATFORMI was a manager for the University of Maryland Football team while in college. Go Terps!
Michael Burkman
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERI played in the backing band to a college production of Oedipus: The Rock Opera.
Michele Cardoso
QUALITY ENGINEERI started eating salads only after moving to the US, the country of burgers! (I’m still improving on that).
Michelle Morley
DESIGN DIRECTORI am a twin and also have twins.
Mike Debnam
VP, ENGINEERINGI’ve developed a love for traveling recently and have been to Germany (during Oktoberfest!), Prague, Sydney, Hong Kong to name a few.
Mike Street
FULL STACK ENGINEER"In my free time I memorize the lyrics to Portuguese rap songs. Current favorite: “Na Hora” by Sango.
Mollie Bates
PRODUCT DESIGN LEADI grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The city's marketing slogan is "Yes, there really is a Kalamazoo!"
Monica Bacican
SALES OPERATIONS MANAGERI recently learned how to roll sushi!
Nate Smith
DIRECTOR, CLOUD ENGINEERINGMy one ride in a helicopter was when I had to be rescued from the mountains.
Onya Hayward
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEI have a goal of going to every NFL stadium (tailgating is a plus). I’ve been to 11 so far.
Patrick Gilday
LEAD FULL STACK ENGINEERI play water polo.
Phil Boothe
SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEERMy dog's nametag was co-authored by a Forbes' "30 Under 30" alum.
Phillip Armour
DIRECTOR, SYSTEM ARCHITECTUREI did a “Chinese fire drill” in a rental car on a major freeway in Italy.
Pietro Rea
TECHNICAL TEAM LEADI've incorporated 3 failed businesses in Virginia. One of them used to sell replica medieval swords online.
Rachael Weinberger
OPERATIONS & FORECASTING ANALYSTI lived in Australia for six months.
Riley Bauer
FULL STACK ENGINEERI ride an electric unicycle. it's like a segway with one wheel and no handlebars. It also hits speeds of around 23 mph.
Robert Gardner
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERI once spent my entire layover in Memphis looking for the cardboard cutout of Tony Allen that welcomes travelers to the Memphis Airport.
Robert Hitt
FULL STACK ENGINEERI have shared BBQ with Stephen Colbert.
Robert Townley
SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEERI've played a nearly-perfect game on the minigolf course I used to manage, with 15/18 holes in one.
Roxanne O’Driscoll
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGERI've dressed up as a functioning box of wine, more than once.
Ryan Kahle
FULL STACK ENGINEERI played basketball in college.
Sabrina Ritacco
PRODUCT DESIGNERI’ve been dancing Argentine tango for 4+ years.
Sandra Smothers
DATA WAREHOUSE ENGINEERI'm a skincare aficionado.
Scott Fiore
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEI can juggle.
Sean Bolak
SENIOR TECHNICAL TEAM LEADI'm extremely interested in augmented reality and I've been hacking on the Microsoft Hololens.
Seth Taylor
LEAD FULL STACK ENGINEERI played baseball in college.
Stacey Williams
CLIENT SUCCESS MANAGERI like trying new sports activities and last year won my first Stand Up Paddle Board race!
Stephen Furlani
IOS ENGINEERI have over 1200 hours logged on Civilization 5.
Stuart Dotson
FULL STACK ENGINEERI played in a Metallica cover band in high school.
Tara Guthrie
SENIOR DIGITAL MARKETING ASSOCIATEMy side hustle is I’m a Lifestyle Blogger and Pure Barre Instructor.
Tiffany Harrison
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEI make and sell handmade greeting cards on Etsy!
Tiffany Wilson
DATA SCIENTISTEvery zip code I’ve lived in has had a consecutive repeating digit (20011 has two).
Tracy Taylor
VP, PRODUCTI visited all 48 contiguous US states on two cross-country trips with my family.
Warren Zentz
SENIOR MANAGER, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCEI have sung the National Anthem over 30 times for the University of Maryland's Men's Basketball Team.
Yesem Kebede
QUALITY ENGINEERI worked as a Sunday school teacher when I was in college.
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