Meetup Team
Meet the Meetup Team and the people that helped us along the way.
Team Meetup
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Camille Alexander, Operations Manager
Camille maintains Meetup HQ by ensuring a comfortable, and functional work environment. She also manages to assist the CEO with his day to day business activities.
She's a member of Manhattan Swing Dance Meetup and NY Tech Meetup.
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Douglas Atkin, Chief Community Officer
Douglas is Chief Community Officer and is responsible for making the online and offline experience the best it can be, and to grow Meetup to so that there is a Meetup Everywhere about Most Everything.
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Jurate Baubliene, Senior Accountant
Jurate closes the books, keeps the accounts in order, and prepares the reporting that keeps everyone informed about the financial position of the company.
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Tammy Birdsley, Meetup Support Associate
Tammy helps members find the right topic for their Meetup and with navigating the site to make their Meetups successful.
She's the Organizer for Women's Social of Olathe Kansas.
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Richard Boenigk, UI Engineer
Rick helps build and maintain the parts of the Meetup site that you can see.
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Gary Burns, VP, Software Engineering
Gary schedules the development of new features then rolls up his sleeves to help implement them on time.
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Will Carlough, Software Engineer
Will codes new features and makes sure the old ones keep working too.
He's the Organizer of 8-bit 4-life Meetup. Will's personal site is Diogenes Club.
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Justin Cataldo, UI Engineer
Justin helps develop and maintain the front-end features of the site.
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Keith Corwin, Lead Software Engineer
Keith codes new features and tools to make Meetup better.
He's the Organizer of The NYC Cyclist/Foodie Meetup Group.
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Brian Dalessandro, Senior Manager - Analytics
Brian inputs data and outputs knowledge — knowledge that will some day lead to Meetups Everywhere About Most Everything.
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Matthew Daly, Meetup Support Manager
Matthew works to ensure Meetup's members get great customer service.
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Erin Dertouzos, HR Partner-in-Crime
Erin helps out with recruitment, and other Human Resources related issues. She is also the Assistant Organizer for the Working@Meetup Meetup.
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Tim Favorite, Software Engineer
Tim works behind the scenes of the site, adding and maintaining features, to make sure Meetup provides the best possible experience for members.
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Aaron Gardner, Lead Software Engineer
Aaron is working on building a brand new product for Meetup called Meetup Marketplace.
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Andres Glusman, VP, Strategy
Andres develops insight-informed strategies that help set the company's direction.
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Angela Groninger, Meetup Support Associate
Angela maintains our venue database and assists Organizers in finding the perfect place to Meetup. She also has a hand in selecting and interviewing the Meetup Organizer of the Week.
You can find Angela's Fotolog at fotolog.com/angelissima/.
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Mark Hanna, Email Manager
Mark is responsible for all email and other communications from Meetup.com. He is also the Organizer of the Pittsburgh Sports Fans in NYC Meetup Group.
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Scott Heiferman, Co-Founder, CEO
Scott focuses the team on our goal of a Meetup Everywhere About Most Everything.
He's the Organizer of NY Tech Meetup. You can find Scott's blog at scott.heiferman.com.
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Gary Helmling, Lead Software Engineer
Gary codes up new features for Meetup and helps make the existing ones better.
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Will Howard, UI Engineer
Will helps build and maintain Meetup's front-end features.
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Rich Hsieh, Software Engineer
Rich works on the back-end of the site, coding new features and maintaining existing ones. He is a member of the NY Tech Meetup.
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Adaam Hukins, Operations Coordinator
Adaam assists with accounting, with revenue, and with HR and is the voice you hear when calling Meetup HQ.
He's a member of the New York City Scrabble Meetup & NYC Screenwriters Meetup.
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Steven Huynh, Meetup Support Associate
Steven takes care of any questions or problems that Meetup members have. He's working on starting Morrisey Meetups everywhere!
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Yoonie Kim, Sr. Tech Recruiter
Yoonie searches high and low, near and far for the best tech talent to join the growing Meetup Team.
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Wendy Knox, Senior QA Engineer
Wendy makes sure that new features and tweaks are working correctly so that Meetups everywhere can keep happening.
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Emeline Lavender, Meetup Support Associate
Emeline answers phone calls and emails from Meetup members to help them navigate site and make their Meetups successful.
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Malcolm McFarland, UI Engineer
Malcolm turns the crank on the side of his Front End Code machine to help produce the part of the site that users interact with.
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Brendan McGovern, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Brendan oversees the money coming in and the money going out, keeps the investors informed, and manages all the legal and administrative complexities that go along with a new business.
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Matt Meeker, Co-founder & Advisor
Matt is one of the Co-founders of Meetup.com and now acts as an advisor to the company. In the first five years of Meetup, Matt focused on marketing, operations, the user experience, and revenue strategies.
He's the Organizer of the Search Marketing Meetup and an active member of The New York Boggle Meetup and NY Tech Meetup.
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Christopher Munns, Systems Administrator
Chris helps keep the site up and running and helps support the Meetup staff. He is also a member of the NY Tech Meetup and several other technology-related Meetups.
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Andrea Murphy, Meetup Support Associate
Andrea dishes out delicious customer service to our loyal members.
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Derek Odegard, UI Engineering Manager
Derek helps build new features and tools while also keeping the website looking pretty.
He's the Organizer of NYC Web Coders. You can find Derek's personal site at odegards.com/derek.
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Antonio Ortiz, Meetup Support Associate
Antonio answers phone calls and emails from Meetup members to help them navigate the site and make their Meetups successful.
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Linda Paul, Director of Human Resource Development
Linda recruits talented folks to join the Meetup team and is dedicated to making it the best small tech company to work for in New York.
Linda is the Organizer of Working@Meetup.
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Dominic Preuss, VP of Marketplace
Dominic is looking after our advertising initiatives, bringing Advertisers, Sponsors and Meetups together in a way that is mutually beneficial.
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Lenny Pridatko, Community Team Assistant
Lenny is the resident fixer-upper decorator-photographer. He photographs events transpiring here at Meetup HQ, and assists the Operations Manager in making the office run smoothly.
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Jesse Richards, Experience Manager
Jesse plans features that help new visitors to Meetup find their perfect Meetup Groups. Jesse organizes the Central Park Sketch Group. You can visit his web site at www.jesserichards.com.
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Katie Saddlemire, Assistant Meetup Support Manager
Katie answers phone calls and emails from Meetup members to help them navigate site and make their Meetups successful.
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Karina van Schaardenburg, Research Analyst
Karina takes care of research needs as they come up and generally helps out around the strategy team.
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Qing Shou, System Administrator
Qing keeps the servers running smoothly and handles tech support for our staff.
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Mary Telesco, Director of Account Management
Mary is focused on managing relationships with partners to provide resources that support and grow great Meetups.
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Viviane Valvezan, Experience Manager
Viviane plans new features and tools that helps organizers and members promote their Meetups.
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Maya Voskoboynikov, Group Experience Manager
Maya makes sure organizers and members have a fun and easy-to-use online Meetup experience.
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Teresa Wall, QA
Teresa makes sure new and existing Meetup features are running smoothly.
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Greg Whalin, Chief Techie Officer
Greg leads the dev team, ensuring that they are focused on building a scalable, robust, and reliable product with an eye towards the future.
He is also the Organizer of the Explore New York Urban Cycling Meetup Group and is a regular bike commuter. His personal site can be seen at www.whalin.com.
Board of Directors
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Senator William W. Bradley
- Allen & Company LLC
Senator Bradley is a Managing Director of Allen & Company LLC. Senator Bradley served in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997 representing the state of New Jersey. In 2000, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Prior to serving in the Senate, he was an Olympic gold medalist and a New York Knick, winning 2 NBA championships. He has authored five books on American politics, culture and economy.
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Esther Dyson
Esther Dyson is editor of Release 1.0 (a CNET Networks property) and serves as court jester to the online world, as loving critic, angel investor, long-sighted analyst and enthusiastic participant.
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Scott Heiferman
- Meetup
Scott co-founded Meetup in 2002. Previously, he founded Fotolog (the leading photo blog service) and i-traffic (the first online ad agency). Scott was named MIT Technology Review's "Innovator of the Year" for 2004. He graduated from The University of Iowa, he is the Organizer of the NY Tech Meetup and has posted a daily photo on his Fotolog since early 2001.
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Pierre Omidyar
- Omidyar Network
- Founder and Chairman | eBay
Inspired by the social value created through eBay and Meetup, Pierre established Omidyar Network with his wife Pam in 2004. Omidyar Network is a mission-based organization committed to unleashing human potential on a global scale. Omidyar Network funds businesses and nonprofit organizations that promote equal access to information, tools and opportunities; connections around shared interests; and a sense of ownership for participants.
Photo credit: Allison V. Smith
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Andreas Stavropoulos
Andreas is a venture capitalist and Managing Director at DFJ, where he serves on the Boards of a number of cool companies, including Meetup. Andreas focuses primarily on software investments (enterprise infrastructure and consumer/Internet), wireless networking, and technology-enabled services.
Advisory Boards:
The Extended Meetup Family
Alain Bankier, Andrew Beebe, Jim Cashel, Eric Costello, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Jason Fried, Yair Goldfinger, Peter Kamali (Co-Founder, 5-year CTO), Steven Berlin Johnson, Ken Lerer, Alex Lynch, Adam Dinow, Ryan McGinness, Kevin O'Connor, Robert Putnam, Ira Rosen, Jon Rubin, Douglas Rushkoff, Tony Schmitz, Andrew Shapiro, Clay Shirky, Charles Sommer, Brian Sroub, Jeff Stewart, Peter Sulick, Rashad Wareh, Myles Weissleder.
Special Thanks for All the Help Along the Way
Vadim Akselrod, Jen Bekman, Lizzie Blades, John Borthwick, Bryan Collins, Katrina Costello, Drew Curtis, Ed Dintrone, Di-Ann Eisnor, Liza Ezbiansky, Peter F, Brad Fitzpatrick, Seth Godin, Rufus Griscom, Gogi Gupta, The Chicago Heifermans, Cory Hubert, Mark Hurst, Louis Kanganis, Chris Kramer, Danielle Manello, James Marciano, Cindy McBennett, Peter Meluso, Bill & Arlys Meeker, Pedro Mendelbaum, Michael Montero, Robin Neustein, Shimon Neustein, Michael Pancheri, Ashish Pant, Judy Parsons, Nalin Patel, Scott Reents, Michael Schrage, Genevieve Shuler, Dave Skwarczek, Nadia Svorak, Scott Upton, Michael Weiksner, Alex Weittrich, Jason Wilson, Jeff & Heidi Zinsli, the communities behind Linux, Java, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, Postfix, Tux, Bugzilla, Blogger and Moveable Type.