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-FOUNDERI once presented on stage at The Kennedy Center with acupuncture needles in my head and face...Oddly, my talk was not about acupuncture.
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.
Adrian Coffey
SENIOR MANAGER, TALENT & CULTUREI once jumped off the top of a catamaran in Costa Rica....directly onto a coral reef.
Alex Samaha
FULL STACK ENGINEERI created a small bottle-flip iPhone app with a friend that was somewhat popular.
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 Swe
FULL STACK ENGINEERI find baking very enjoyable and therapeutic.
Angie Marable
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERINGI’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.
Benjamin Sun
LEAD FULL STACK ENGINEERI speak three languages.
Beshad Talayeminaei
SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEERI am fluent in Farsi.
Birin Padam
PRODUCT MANAGERI’m a health nut and personal trainer!
Boyang Huang
SENIOR PYTHON ENGINEERI enjoy swimming and playing the violin.
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.
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
SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEERI won my wife over on our first date with inappropriate stories and a rousing rendition Vanilla Ice's "Having a Roni".
Christopher Rung
SENIOR SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERI lived in Denmark for a year when I was younger.
Daniel Curaca Malito
LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEERI participated in a competitive karaoke league for several seasons.
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 Harp
UX WRITERI rode the Hogwarts Express.
Elliot Frost
SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEERI have been to 11 countries and counting. I love to travel.
Emily Gumbulevich
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGERI published a book about the changes needed in the rent-seeking music industry.
Erica Snider
FULL STACK ENGINEERI rode an air-cooled, kickstart-only motorcycle across the country.
Erik Mangor
SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEERMy wife and I sold everything we had and moved to Denmark with 4 suitcases and two cats.
Francesca Dapiran
ACCOUNT MANAGER, TRAVELI traveled to over 30 countries before I was 30
Genevieve Rafla
DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONSI have received a voicemail from Kanye West.
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, TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS & 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."
Indira Mason
IT SPECIALISTI love musicals, there are only two musicals that I can actually sit and sing from start to finish and those are
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.
James Opperman
SENIOR SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERI want to raise turkeys.
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.
Jay Gorrell
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER ARCHITECTI grew up in a town with one traffic light.
Jeffrey Moore
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNERI’m an esports nerd. I watch competitive Overwatch like other people watch football. Go Philly Fusion!!
Jeremy Deppen
SITE RELIABILITY 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.
Kathryn Rhoads
FULL STACK ENGINEERI once worked in a bat lab and got to name a bat after my favorite Battlestar Galactica character--Starbuck.
Kathy Yu
FULL STACK ENGINEERI have been playing finger-style guitar for 15+ years. My dream is to see my favorite guitarist, Sungha Jung, in concert.
Khayla Sill
TALENT & CULTURE SPECIALISTI qualified for the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:33.
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.
LC Cunningham
ASSOCIATE PRODUCT 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
DIRECTOR, CLIENT EXPERIENCEI met Michelle Obama (and Bo!) on a White House tour, and the footage was on NBC.
Mariam Farrukh
FULL STACK ENGINEERI’m one of the top 125 Heimerdinger players in NA based on mastery points.
Marius Mogyorosi
SENIOR SECURITY ENGINEERI enjoy mythology.
Matt Harrison
SECURITY ANALYSTI can make a good batch of guacamole. I'll regularly bring guacamole into work.
Matthew Suhay
SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEERI have never been stung by a bee/wasp/yellow jacket in my entire life.
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
SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEERI started eating salads only after moving to the US, the country of burgers! (I’m still improving on that).
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.
Monica Bacican
SENIOR MANAGER, SALES OPERATIONSI’m a food blogger! My favorite thing to photograph (and eat) is pasta.
Patrick Gilday
LEAD FULL STACK ENGINEERI play water polo.
Phil Boothe
LEAD FULL STACK ENGINEERMy dog's name tag was co-written by a best-selling author.
Rachael Weinberger
ASSOCIATE PRODUCT MANAGERI 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
SENIOR 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.
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.
Stacey Williams
SENIOR MANAGER, CLIENT ACQUISITIONI like trying new sports activities and last year won my first Stand Up Paddle Board race!
Stephen Furlani
SENIOR MOBILE 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
MANAGER, DEMAND GENERATIONMy side hustle is I’m a Lifestyle Blogger and Pure Barre Instructor.
Tara Stigall
IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS MANAGERI was a key witness in an attempted kidnapping investigation.
Tracy Taylor
VP, PRODUCTI visited all 48 contiguous US states on two cross-country trips with my family.
Warren Zentz
DIRECTOR, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE & OPERATIONSI have sung the National Anthem over 30 times for the University of Maryland's Men's Basketball Team.
Will Ley
FULL STACK ENGINEERI got to play the Madhatter in Alice and Wonderland in High School and it became the inspiration for my own website (https:madhatt
Yesem Kebede
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERI worked as a Sunday school teacher when I was in college.
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