Ken Cheney | President

Ken Cheney enjoys bringing innovative ideas to market and creating winning businesses. He has 20 years experience building high performance sales, marketing, and product teams with world-class companies such as Likewise Software (acquired by EMC), Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP), and Network Associates.
Tags: disruption, geek, adventure, travel, health_fitness, family
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Mahir Lupinacci | COO Co-Founder

Mahir Lupinacci oversees business operations, including HR and finance. He has a passion for getting things done and aspires to be master of his domain.
Tags: process, communication, trail_running, paleo, culture
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Paul Midgen | VP of Product Management

Paul Midgen put his love for communications and networking technology to great use on the front lines of Microsoft’s forays into TCP/IP, VPN and most importantly – the browser wars. After a few years (10) working in OS and Enterprise security, he joined Hotmail to run their anti-spam and email delivery programs, rediscovering his old love – SMTP.
Tags: ninjas, winning!, ma_gastronomie
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Additional Co-Founders
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Nick Wilder
Nick Wilder (CPO) has 15 years of experience building large scale web properties and profitable businesses.
Tags: kiteboarding, indian_food, webshots, mountain_project
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Ted Knudsen
Ted Knudsen has been developing enterprise scale applications for more than 10 years.
Tags: performance, reliability, climbing, ultrarunning
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Steve Mays
Steve Mays has over 20 years experience building large scale systems for the film/FX, video gaming, internet and advertising industries.
Tags: fx, running, rowing, video_games, supercomputing
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Ian Moore
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Dan Levinson
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Kripabindu Barilla
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Zachary Ogren
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Ian Seabock
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Ian Moore has been building and managing large scale enterprise software products for 20 years. Tags: java, gaming, martial_arts, uber_geek
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Dan Levinson has 9 years of experience in digital media planning, campaign execution and client servicing. He has worked with companies including Oracle, Symantec, Sony, Napster and others. Tags: relationships, dad, mill_valley
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Kripabindu Barilla has 5 years of IT support and managmement experience. He survived an avalanche on Mt. Everest in 2005. Tags: help_desk, climbing
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Zachary Ogren has been designing and developing web based software applications since the mid-1990s. Aside from computers, he has a background in math and physics.
Tags: java, physics, math, photography
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Ian Seabock has built and managed the internet, rather internet projects for a decade. He peddles his way to work on two wheels, tries not to spin them needlessly and leaves, if he can, feeling a little bit smarter every day.
Tags: health, parenting, art, music_production, tuffest_mudder_ever
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Daniel Riedel
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Samantha Billington
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Carlo Latasa
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Greg Durham
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Robert Koch
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Daniel Riedel is a technologist with over 15 years experience, coding, building and managing tech and media projects. While he isn’t behind a computer he enjoys his passions in photography and the arts.
Tags: photography, arts, technology, oddstuff
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Samantha Billington has over 10 years experience in software engineering and database architecture.
Tags: data, scaling, dj, burningman, thunderdome
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Carlo Latasa has over 15 years of software development experience and a background in Materials and Electronics. He loves problem solving, building things and getting stuff done.
Tags: music, biking, running, electronics, math, travel
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Greg Durham is a systems engineer from the banking industry. He has 7 years of experience in the IT industry and enjoys troubleshooting and problem solving.
Tags: problem_solving, linux, gamer
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Robert Koch has been designing, developing and managing enterprise applications for over 11 years.
Tags: building_stuff, the_great_outdoors, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
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Ron Petty
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Va Ha
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Roger Warner
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Kathleen Stahl
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Tim Moore
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Ron Petty has been solving complex IT and operations issues for over 10 years.
Tags: teamwork, technology, networking, sailing
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Va Ha has years of experience building infrastructures for digital studios. He strives for knowledge, knowledge, and more knowledge.
Tags: technology, green technology, mixed martial arts, gaming
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Roger Warner’s experience ranges from Unix kernel programming to web startups. When not teasing clean solutions out of messy problems he paints with acrylics, studies philosophy, mountain bikes, and enjoys a fine cigar.
Tags: problem_solving, 80s, gary_fisher, plato
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Kathleen has performed accounting and finance functions for start-ups over the past 12 years. Start-ups provide an energy and excitement where business creativity has no boundaries. It is the yin and yang of her professional career.
Tags: calculate, detail, focus, hiking, yoga, the_arts
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Tim Moore has 7 years of email industry experience. In his free time, he enjoys the Colorado outdoors.
Tags: compliance, email, dogs, hiking
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Brooke Watts
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Liz Todd
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Len Shneyder
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Juliet Levinson
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Andy Buecker
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Brooke Watts, Director of Marketing, has over 8 years experience planning, executing and optimizing marketing strategies for enterprise software companies.
Tags: demand_generation, web_marketing, road_trips
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Liz Todd, Executive Admin, with over 10 years experience in project management, relationship management, and detail oriented positions. She’s a schedule and travel calendar “juggler” focused on our company success.
Tags: family, home_vineyard, cycling, ASPCA, details
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Len’s been assassinating the English language for years. Every now and again he stops his drivel and writes something compelling and memorable. Len’s a marketer with a background in ops who has been swimming in the vast ocean of email deliverability long enough to grow gills.
Tags: tasty_meats, high_balls, neologisms, 35mm, cccp
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Juliet Levinson loves providing healthy, fun, and creative meals for everyone in her life. She has worked in various aspects of event production for the last 15 years. She is so pleased to bring her passion for cooking to the Message bus team. Tags: organic, sustainability, travel
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Andy Buecker spent the last 15 years building pipelines and digital characters for the visual effects industry. He began deploying cloud servers for offloading computation while co-proprietor of his company and continues to search for more ways to utilize the technology.
Tags: carpentry, hiking, math, the_unexpected, profit
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Jason Reinstedler
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Kevin Alkire
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Ujjwal Sarin
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Eric Weise
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Ilana Rothman
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Jason Reinstedler has been making technology hum for over 10 years. He’s a pied piper who’s most recently sang his tune in the offices of GE Global Research as a systems engineer and sys admin.
Tags: information, tech, thirst_4_knowledge
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Kevin Alkire has pitched everything from burritos to buildings. When he’s not moving the needle, he is finding an excuse to get outside and go fast with no brakes. Tags: uphill, downhill everything_in_between
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Ujjwal Sarin has been designing, developing and building software applications for over 9 years.
Tags: backend_systems, software_design, being_upside_down
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Eric Weise has been building software applications and managing them since the 1990s.
Tags: biking, hiking, parenting, bass_guitar
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Ilana rothman has over 10 years of experience in video production, communications and marketing. She brings an unquenchable curiosity, editorial eye and knack for problem solving to any and all endeavors. Tags: SF_Giants, snowboarding, film, cats, DIY
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Chuck Swenberg
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Tim Draegen
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Eric Snyder
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Misha Robinson
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Adam Fuchs
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Chuck Swenberg has been leading and building sales and business teams for the past 17 years predominantly in digital messaging, media and unstructured data management. Tags: health and fitness, baseball, family, labradors
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Tim Draegen can’t help but fix things. 18 years of high tech dev and low brow humor, Tim wants to leave behind a world where email just works. When not working, he’s farming. Tags: old_volvos, farming, beer, lacanian_psychoanalysis
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Eric Snyder sold Unix-based email accounts in 1995 and has been working with customers and partners in the Internet space ever since. He brings over 12 years of enterprise sales and business development in cloud-based messaging and security to the team, and aims to grow our message volume to the kabillions per day. Tags: family, growth, functional_movement, sfgiants
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Misha Robinson has over 10 years experience in network and systems administration with most of his work focused in the custom AV integration and banking industries. Outside of work he has numerous hobbies including Abalone diving, hunting, fishing, welding, and extreme offroad vehicle fabrication and design. Of course, all this is second to spending time with his family. Tags: technology, networking, go_fast, go_slow_offroad, jack_of_all_trades
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Adam Fuchs has over 15 years of database experience in dynamic production environments. A recovered archaeologist, he enjoys digging through data, riding dirt, road, or cyclocross, and a properly pulled ristretto. Tags: database, sql, cycling, espresso
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