Meet the team. We’re making stuff that makes stuff.

Dan made holograms in high school and laser shows in college. He's built drones, furniture, and four companies, give or take. He's the inventor of Robot Turtles, the best-selling board game that teaches programming to preschoolers, and author of Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook. There's only one thing he enjoys more than creating with his Glowforge: playing games at home with his wife Leslie their twelve year old twins.

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Mark did the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, firmware, and v1 software at the past two companies he founded. His last startup sold for $112M. He built a combination plasma torch, 3D printer, laser, & milling machine in his garage. For fun.

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Renuka is passionate about discovering the story behind the numbers. She has over 25 years of operational finance experience in public and private companies, in a variety of industries. She is from Singapore but has spent all her tax paying years in the US, and recently relocated from Orange County, CA. Renuka likes to plan exotic vacations with her husband and 2 daughters but is equally satisfied with a good book and lots of chocolate.

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Michael has made Terminators and T-Rexes for ILM. He’s worked on set-top boxes, early 3D for the web, and Adobe After Effects. Before Glowforge, he was the founding CTO of ChefSteps and led the software development teams for the Joule sous vide tool. He also wrote a cookbook that was nominated for a James Beard award.

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Aussie-native Therese ventured to the US a decade ago for graduate business school and has been helping incredible teams commercialize game-changing products ever since. She has a PhD in Biochemistry where her scientific claim to fame is a drug candidate for hard-to-treat immune disorders currently in clinical trials. On breezy days, she can be found with her partner and beagle sailing Puget Sound.

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Megan joins Glowforge with a wide variety of in-house legal experience ranging from Fortune 500 international companies, to national finance organizations, to fast-paced tech start-ups. She has led best in class legal teams and has been recognized for her leadership in the legal community by SimpleLegal, Leaders in Tech, and Women, Influence & Power in Law. She loves to bring legal to the table to partner with stakeholders to find business solutions -- and to show lawyers can be fun too :) Outside of work she loves to travel and try new restaurants with her husband and daughter.

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Mark has been working in the startup world for many years. A few of his adventures include Flip Video (bought by Cisco), Dropcam (bought by Google) and most recently Vimeo (an IAC subsidiary). When not traveling around the country / world helping grow businesses, Mark enjoys spending time with his family golfing, skiing, and cooking on his Big Green Egg!

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Dale is a consumer tech marketer who has built brands and businesses in new categories including August smart locks, Logitech Harmony remotes and Cricut electronic cutting machines. Dale now lives in the SF Bay Area with his wife Aulaire and their four teenagers. He enjoys mountain biking, cycling and skiing. Dale loves jam bands but sticks to playing Chopin and Beethoven on the piano.

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Jim has spent his finance career with tech companies of all sizes, helping them to make better decisions and achieve their business objectives. A long-time resident of San Diego, he spends his free time at the beach with his family stand-up-paddleboarding and eating fish tacos.

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Jay has a background in accounting and a passion for building the financial picture of a company and driving thoughtful analysis and insights. He’s been through two successful tech company exits, and Glowforge will be his 3rd startup. He’s an avid reader and can’t seem to escape the sci-fi genre, as much as he tries. He’s also an outdoor enthusiast and quite obsessed with his young, four legged, goofball pup.

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Tjaard brings experiences from various industries, with industrialization, creation and transformation of supply chains and procurement functions – from startups to multi-billion high volume electronics and medical device manufacturers. Tjaard was born and raised in the Netherlands, holds a mechanical engineering degree, and has worked and lived in Europe, Asia and the USA. He is a proud dad of two grown daughters and a grandson, who he likes to take on motorbike rides. You can run into Tjaard on bike, hike and ski-tour trails, together with his wife Gabi. Tjaard is passionate about personal transformation and practicing Authentic Power.

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Dean was the lead developer at BoingBoing for the past five years and consulted with clients like IDEO and Reddit. He published his great-grandfather’s photo album on Kickstarter where it became a bestseller and was featured in the Carnegie Museum of Art.

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Matt is a maker, tinkerer, and veteran of Apple and Evernote. His work has earned an Apple Design Award and two Maker Faire Editor’s Choice Awards. He is also a world-ranked competitive pinball player.

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Bailey drove Disneyland submarines, sold cupcakes, and landed national media hits at a PR agency before joining the startup world via fitness tech company EveryMove. She’s a major dog person, a craft beer enthusiast, and has a half-dozen half-marathons under her belt.

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Jason has spent his life building hardware products spanning from agricultural equipment to aerospace; kitchen gadgets to electric motorcycles. When not building Glowforge, he enjoys snowboarding, mountain biking and spending time with his family.

Scott spent over a decade shipping software at various Seattle startups before doing a 4 year tour at Google. He still finds time to go to all his kids’ soccer games, despite not really understanding the rules.

Kevin has contributed code to projects as diverse as Amazon Underground and the Mars rover Curiosity. His tinkering nearly got him expelled from high-school when he started his own country – he later gave a TEDx talk about it and the UN never wrote him back.

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Rachael has shipped software in fields as diverse as online retail, credit card processing, and mobile messaging services, most recently at Amazon. She enjoys the befuddling things her toddler says, cooking, running (half marathon finally!) and getting distracted by new things.

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Nick has spent the last 12 years completing hundreds of projects including custom headphones, bespoke bicycles, desktop furniture, and lighting. Before joining Glowforge, Nick spent 5 years at Apple and ran his own company making artisanal leather goods.

Jonathan has been building UI for web applications going on a decade, and has a passion for making great user experiences. When he isn’t making lives better with code, he cooks, and plays games, with family, and friends.

Daniel helped build HoloLens from the early prototypes to the final ID. He worked on Bing Maps and Photosynth. Daniel has a PhD in computer vision. He loves anything outdoors, especially trail running and backpacking.

While Stephanie’s background is in managing classrooms as an elementary school teacher, she is now applying those skills to help manage the fast-paced office environment at Glowforge. She loves backpacking and camping with her husband and two dogs, cooking new vegan dishes at home, and living downtown and taking in all Seattle has to offer.

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Aisha kicked off a career in software engineering after taking an intro CS class on whim (realizing programming made her happy), and the Chicago tech community catalyzed the rest. She likes coffee and watching television with her cat.

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Emily’s passion is creating intuitive and polished User Interfaces. She did a 6 year stint at Amazon as a full stack developer but was always happiest working on the front end. Outside of work she loves to cook, walk around Seattle and cuddle with her dog Pixel. Oh and her husband of course!

Bill enjoys traveling the takenroad. He’s a husband, father of 2, engineer, recumbent biker, idea guy, raconteur. Bill has pedaled enough miles to circle the globe, and thinks that ‘bent is the only way to ride. A glass of iced tea and a good book make him happy.

Avishek thinks two colliding galaxies he once photographed look calm. Besides creating abstract art pieces influenced by elegant realities as such, his experience includes research on 3D printed metals. He enjoys hiking and canoeing with friends.

Jaz was born and raised in Honolulu, HI. Her background is in mechanical engineering. She loves sewing, drawing, and helping people feel empowered through technology. In her spare time, she is either curled up with a good book and a cup of coffee or prototyping an affordable epinephrine auto-injector.

Jenny has worked in the New Product Introduction (NPI), business for 20 years. As a senior program manager at Microsoft, she led major Surface program launches. One of Jenny's biggest hobbies is photography, she invites adventure and traveling while admiring nature's beauty.

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Jae is passionate about helping people and fixing things. She writes frequently about tech, leadership, and customer success. Her articles can be found on Forbes, Inc, and Time, among other sites. At home, she and her wife juggle three cats, two dogs, and craft projects galore.

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Miriam is a Texas native (hook ‘em!) who has lived in London, Washington, D.C., Brooklyn, Seattle and Santa Barbara. Wherever she has lived, she has a passion for building communnity and connecting people.

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Vee lives for the challenges of creative innovation and is dedicated to bridging the gaps between new tech and its users. In their free time, they can be found dancing, putting their opera training to use by singing, and working on their next novel… at least, whenever one of their two cats aren’t sitting on the keyboard.

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Cindy has been doing Configuration Management for as long as she can remember. She’s helped document everything from semi-conductor capital equipment to data centers to retail consumer electronics. Being a part of Glowforge in the PNW lets Cindy combine her love of the outdoors with her love of crafting.

Doug is a Mechanical Engineer who has been working in the robotics field in one form or another for more than 10 years. He’s designed and built 3D printing robotic arms, soccer playing humanoids, and a line of sophisticated robotic toys. Doug is an avid skier and hiker, and loves getting into the mountains with his family.

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Andrea is an avid maker and electronics tinkerer. Most evenings she can be found at her workbench repairing family and friend's electronics or taking them apart further to create new and interesting creations. On weekends she enjoys exploring the mountains of the PNW with her boyfriend.

Minerva is an Industrial Engineer who has spent more than 7 years working in the manufacturing industry and continuous improvement projects. She loves to go to the beach, watch movies and spend time with her husband.

Nicodemus is passionate about creating sustainable, durable, and accessible systems, making and fixing things, and building tools. In the wild he loves backpacking, climbing, and road trips. In cozy places he enjoys computer, board, and table-top gaming, plus reading sci- and non-fiction.

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Ryan has a passion for creativity that fueled an unparalleled customer experience on his previous team, which influenced acquisitions from Universal Music Group and Nordstrom. When he’s not creating a positive experience for others, he seeks inspiration from nature and the pacific northwest’s diverse music culture.

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Stuart is someone who is curious about just about everything: people, places, things, and how these shape each other. For better or worse, this means he loves to try out all the things to understand them and the people involved with them better. As examples, he is a novice Flamenco dancer and fairly good cook. He personally believes he may have a cookbook problem, but since one of his mottos is “feed friends!”, none of his friends or family seem willing to kick off an intervention. He was drawn to Glowforge because of how it enables artists to do cooler things in their own mediums. He hopes to be continually surprised and inspired by the way folk express themselves using our product!

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Will is a West coast native and new to Seattle. He's a software engineer who strives to make the web a better place through accessible UI and intuitive UX. Outside of the office he can be found riding a skateboard or bike, swaying to music, or on an adventure.

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Emma's passion for engineering was borne of her obsession with the question "why?" and has grown into a lifelong quest for learning. When not at work, Emma enjoys reading fantasy novels, hiking, watching documentaries, and loving her dog.

Mike is a San Francisco transplant and he values meeting new people and sharing new experiences. Mike has years of experience driving user growth at small and large companies alike. Before marketing, he spent 2 years in Japan teaching English. When not mucking about in marketing data, Mike likes playing sports, table top games, photography, and spending time outdoors. He considers himself a connoisseur of dad jokes.

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Having lived most of her life on the West Coast, Averly enjoys the Seattle sunshine and Southern California drizzle. She is a writer with works seen in local publications. Her hobbies include meeting cute pups and trying new recipes in the kitchen!

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Dustin is a PNW native, who has worked as an accountant throughout Portland and Seattle in industries such as retail, manufacturing, and advertising. You can often find him working on his 1920's craftsman in West Seattle, watching basketball or backpacking in the mountains

Ellen is a fashion influencer with over 200,000 followers. She is a Seattle native and graduated from the University of Washington. She's always looking for the next chance to travel, eat and take the perfect photo!

Stu is originally from the UK but he has worked around Europe and the West Coast before finding the perfect latitude (again) in Seattle. His favourite sound is his daughter’s laugh and his favourite sight is her smile.

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Ivan is an artist & engineer with a background in musical composition, immersive reality, open-source prosthetics, mechanical sculpture, mechanical special effects & a general love of making and learning. He loves to split downtime between family & art.

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Justine loves surprises (the fun kind, not the scary kind) and is known for pulling off epic celebrations with Fort Knox-level secrecy. Justine uses her passion for “surprise and delight” to build thoughtful marketing campaigns that connect consumers with products and experiences they’ll love. Justine is happiest spending time with her husband, incredibly loud family, and dog nephew, Torta.

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Marc is excited to join the Glowforge team. He has specialized in providing advanced technical support in the most human way possible for Apple devices, all the way to Deep Learning systems for organic chemistry departments at popular universities. He is married to the love of his life with 4 beautiful kids, enjoys playing competitive eSports for a local Pacific Northwest organization, and spends a little bit too much time reading about String Theory and Quantum Gravity.

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Jack loves dreaming up and delivering products that are new to the world and has spent the last 10+ years creating products at startups large and small - from Ed-tech platforms to consumer electronics. He believes one of the most rewarding ways to learn is a trial by fire and loves jumping feet first into new ideas. While not behind his computer, he enjoys discovering new activities with his wife, son, and their white Labrador.

Justin has been immersed in web technology since he taught himself to program on WebTV in 1998. Before coming to Glowforge he honed his skills building websites, apps, and infrastructure for UCSB's Graduate School of Education and a series of Santa Barbara startups. He loves playing and making video games, space, his cats, and trying to learn everything about everything.

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Matthew is a Seattle born mechanical engineer with a passion for product development and working on awesome new technology. He is an avid outdoor enthusiast (camping, skiing, diving, sailing, you name it) and is always looking for a new skill to learn, or a new adventure to join.

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Naomi is a hands on supply chain professional with a curious mindset and passion for problem solving, and is very excited to help grow the supply chain at Glowforge. She is always eager to learn and enjoys reading about culture, music and history. Naomi is a German-native, and when she gets a chance, she loves to go back to visit family and eat her favorite foods! She loves to explore and travel to new cities and places. But on the day to day, she enjoys getting crafty in the kitchen, going on hikes, having a beer with friends and watching horror movies.

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Glitter, raffia and ricrac make the world go round in Teresa’s eyes! She brings 20 years of retail marketing experience and has launched products like Xbox and Surface in retailers and distributors across the country. Lighting up the customer shopping journey and having the chance to do this at Glowforge has her doing cartwheels. She loves sunshine, traveling the world with her husband and daughter and losing track of time crafting and creating homemade treasures.

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Jason has bounced up and down the West Coast and, in his past life, spent several years building and breaking electric skateboards at Boosted in San Francisco. Outside of work, Jason spends most of his time social dancing (mostly west coast swing) or playing very nerdy games.

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Alex was born and raised in Mexico, he is a mechatronic engineer who found Supply Chain was his true passion. He´s been working the past 7 years on most of the chain links, from component distribution to CM´s and OEM´s. As a fun fact, Alex was involved with Glowforge since his past job, the same week the very 1st Glowforge was shipped to a customer, he joined the project and he fell in love with it. He loves a good pun, a great beer and a nice book with the appropriate background music (most likely rock). We he´s not bugging suppliers, his major joy is spending time and cooking for his artist wife Celeste and his 2 pug-schnauzers beasts, Cleto and Trufa. He’s a huge Star Wars fan that always wishes that The Force be with all of us.

Melissa has spent the last 12 years working with students and administrators adopting and implementing edTech both in Higher Education and K-12 environments. Most recently with robots at Sphero, learning management system with Instructure and in an online college, there's so many opportunities for learning with technology! In the mountains fly fishing, camping or backpacking with family is where you'll find Melissa on her spare time.

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Andy has spent the last few years helping to bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world. Favorite film is Star Wars (original trilogy), Favorite ice cream - Peppermint, Favorite drink - London Fog.

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Ryuhei has always enjoyed the intersection between technology and design, and for the past 10 years has tackled a wide range of projects for established companies and emerging startups doing just that. He enjoys traveling, cooking, working on his project car, and taking long walks with his wife and their weird dog Momo.

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Ara’s degrees in conflict resolution and moral philosophy give her a unique outlook on customer success. She lives in a cooperative household in the Mile High City with her wife, brother, and other chosen family. Favorite types of artistic expression include cosplay, paper craft, and writing speculative fiction.

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Jeremy loves empowering small business owners through technology and it’s one of the reasons he’s a Glowfolk! With a background in Architecture, he loves to tinker with design programs and is a big fan of minimalism. Originally a New Yorker who spent some time in San Diego, he now calls Denver Home. Outside of work hours, you can find Jeremy skiing, climbing, mountain biking, trail running, or hanging out with his dog Moana!

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Nick is a great enthusiast of new technologies. As an engineer, he is always looking for ways to solve problems using great design. As a people manager, he always strives to empower his team and work collaboratively on projects. In his spare time, he enjoys working on outdoor projects involving woodwork, reading widely, and travelling.

Melissa is a front end developer who loves creating delightful user interfaces. While she prefers the front end, she’s spent time creating games and android apps as well! When she’s not coding, you can find her playing DnD with her friends.

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Brett has an extensive background in tech and sales. He has always found great personal enjoyment helping others discover and leverage top technology. He loves spending outdoors time with his family. Baseball and biking have had to make room recently for drone flying, fishing, and metal detecting!

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Rebecca is an avid explorer, never willing to settle for doing one thing at a time. In her career she has jumped through immigration law, healthcare, and landed in tech. She spent 2 years at Textio educating people and companies on the importance of every word you use and helping them use software to communicate better. Rebecca is a lifelong maker, creator, and hobbyist. Outside of her day job, she is a professional latin dancer, teacher, studio co-founder, and performance team director. In the wild, Rebecca can be found knitting sweaters for her 2 tiny chihuahuas, making beeswax candles for everyone on her christmas list, and cruising on the water in a foldable kayak.

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I'm a software engineer who loves to collaborate with great teams to build quality products. As a LA native, I often hike or go to beaches, but I do look forward to snowboarding or just having a warm cup of coffee in Seattle's rain. I also enjoy traveling, playing games, and cooking delicious Korean food

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Derrick is for all intents and purposes a Washington native (an army brat whose family settled here when he was a kid). He's been in the tech field for his entire career specializing in customer success and support, with a tiny sprinkle of Development and Engineering. He is, what's called in the industry, "Customer Obsessed" and is always searching for dynamic methods of keeping clients completely satisfied. In his off time, he's either wakesurfing/wakeboarding (always need more ballast, erm... I mean looking for folks that would love to learn to surf), building an RC car/aircraft, tinkering on a vehicle to make it faster/more durable, or on his tractor tilling up the land for that next farming or garden adventure.

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David is a Seattle native. He has been working with technology since he was little, build my first computer in high school. Been in the tech field my whole career mostly in tech support and IT support. In His free time, he collects coins, enjoys going on hike around the Seattle area, playing video games, and traveling he has been to 15 countries so far.

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Shea is proud to call herself a Colorado Native. After studying Agricultural Business Management and spending time in various retail positions, Shea found a knack for Customer Support in Denver’s tech scene. This and a love for creating led Shea to Glowforge. Outside of work she enjoys spending time outdoors with her family and is always in pursuit of the next best Pinterest DIY.

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Maile is from Hawaii, Los Angeles and is now living in Colorado. With a background in international development, her passion to learn from different cultures as well as giving back to people and the planet has led her around the world with just one continent left to visit. In her spare time you can find her enjoying the great outdoors, in the yoga studio, or trying out the best restaurants in town!

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Adrian is a tinkerer and maker at heart, be it at a computer playing with user experience designs, at the table saw banging together a piece of furniture, at the bike bench increasing carrying capacity just one tiny bit more, or at a digital fabrication device figuring out a fun and elaborate way of solving a problem that didn't really need solving. Prior to Glowforge, he spent 14 years working on a variety of internal and external products at Amazon.

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Nathan has lived on board a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. He’s backpacked through various countries and enjoys troubleshooting electrical circuits. He used to bring high reliability power electronics to market for customers like NASA and JHUAPL and looks forward to new adventures with his companion and spouse, Vicky.

Melissa is a California native, living in Santa Barbara. She is currently working on getting her degree in Sociology from ASU. In her free time, she loves oil painting, learning new recipes (next up: tamales), and hanging out with her two cats Leonard and Frankie.

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Barry is an award-winning digital content creator. His work has screened around the world from the Venice Film Festival to Davos. He has produced content across all 7 continents for the United Nations, Discovery Channel, Google, and many other top-tier organizations. He is a fierce optimist, a passionate creator, and a proud husband and father.

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Hui is a great enthusiast of exploring the story behind the numbers. She always welcomes challenges and embraces changes. She has experience managing the global supply chain (demand forecasting, logistic, and inventory management) for hypergrowth industries before and during a global pandemic. Outside of work, you will find Hui doing puzzles with her family or handstand practice for meditation.

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Emma is a proud Seattle native who loves building interactive and enjoyable experiences. She is excited to leave the big company life behind and join Glowforge. In her spare time, she can be found hiking, reading lots of sci-fi/fantasy, and solving any puzzle she can get her hands on.

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Jordyn is a life-long maker with a background in kids’ STEM content. She’s excited to connect with future Glowforge owners about their sparks of creative and educational inspiration. As a Hoosier turned LA-resident, she loves an adventure. On the weekends you can find Jordyn at the dog park with her pup Indy or at the pottery studio making all sorts of ceramic goodies!

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Katharine is a Seattle transplant with strong ties to Pittsburgh, Austin, and Southern California. She’s passionate about developing solutions and designing processes to combat inefficiencies related to inventory management, operations, and logistics. In her spare time, she enjoys baking cheesecakes, rooting for the Penguins, stand up paddle boarding, and spoiling her goofy 85lb pup, Dodger.

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Katie comes to Glowforge with 10 years of sales experience, including 4 years with Apple and 2 years as a General Manager for a Colorado wedding venue. As the daughter of an English teacher, Katie loves working with educators to help integrate Glowforge into their classrooms and school programs. When not working, Katie and her husband are found frequenting their favorite dog park with their two pups, making exciting projects on her Glowforge, or cheering on the Denver Broncos.

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Corinne started her career in radio, helping to build out the national sales operations team at iHeartRadio for the past 6 years. A Chicago native, she graduated from University of Iowa (Go Hawks!) and then moved to NYC for an internship in Talent Management before returning to Chicago and joining iHeartRadio. She has a passion for iced coffee, fantasy football (3-time League Champ), and politics, and her favorite place in the world is Door County, Wisconsin. Outside of work, Corinne loves to golf, paddle board, and spend time with family – being the youngest of four, she cannot wait to FINALLY become an Aunt this spring!

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Jonathan is a lifelong innovator with a passion for ideas and new adventures. As the seventh employee at Sonos, Jonathan played a critical role in its growth from an early-stage startup in 2003 to the industry leader it is today. Jonathan has held roles ranging from technical management to IP strategy to architecting the transition of manufacturing from onshore to high-volume offshore. Jonathan enjoys surfing, snowboarding, traveling, baking, and brewing beer. But most of all, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends.

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Forrest is a Washington native who wouldn’t call any other place home. Coming from a background in industrial gold mining, scrap metal, PCB recycling, and aggregate processing equipment before joining the Glowforge team. He’s passionate about making sure everyone has the best possible tools to be successful in their business ventures and personal lives. In his free time, you’ll most likely catch him sailing in the summer, skiing in the winter, and exploring new micro-breweries or cider house’s in the greater PNW.

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Coming from a family of makers, with experience in the hospitality industry and the fine art field, Kyla is delighted to find herself at this nexus of creativity and innovation. A native Seattleite, she loves to celebrate everything the Pacific Northwest has to offer, whether it be by backpacking in the mountains or cooking eclectic dishes with local ingredients.

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James is a Kentucky native who's passionate about helping folks connect with technology. From volunteering with One Laptop Per Child, to later leading a wireless sales team focused on underserved communities, his experiences have taught him that people will do amazing things when they have access to the right tools. Now, he’s thankful for the opportunity to help people transform their lives with the Glowforge 3D Laser Printer.

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Morgan is a TX native, that spent 20 years living in Seattle, and is now trying to grow roots in Colorado. She has spent her career supporting systems and the people using them. She has a passion for making tech friendly, understandable, and attainable for everyone. When she's not slinging tech-knowledge, you may find her at home long enough to tend her garden, but more often she'll be out on the trail, riding her motorcycle, watching live music, hitting a local brewery, or traveling the world.

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Francis sketches a data viz every morning as a daily reminder of how stories told through data can inspire and educate, which he's done so most recently in Seattle's healthcare tech scene. However, not all his experience has been behind a computer. Francis was once a wilderness ranger in Colorado, studied insects in the Bay Area, and taught sailing when he first arrived in Seattle. Like he did growing up in Chicago, he spends his spare time with lettering and typography.

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Oksana is an energetic innovator who is passionate about quality in our life. She spent 15 years in the challenging Electronics industry and made million steps on manufacturing floors auditing suppliers. She is also known as a technology and fashion enthusiast.

Born in Ukraine Oksana is a Global citizen, her curiosity brought her to over 25 countries and she even held permanent residency in four of them. Seattle’s been her home for the last five years.

Oksana’s most favorite things to do are reading novels on the beach, looking for the best travel deals, bringing her kids to a raspberry u-pick farm, and cooking fresh catch her husband brought from a fishing trip.

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Angie is a Colorado resident who thrives in creative environments. Her passions include philosophical conversations about many aspects of life's wonders, as well as learning about the different ways that communication can enhance connections. Angie enjoys spending time in the sunshine, listening to music, and getting creative with her Glowforge! Her favorite food is tapas. She also has an adorable corgi named Murphy.

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Cheryl is a wannabe (better) crafter, an avid reader, a decent cook and a lover of many fandoms. She has been happily settled in Colorado for 5 years, having moved from the east coast after being raised in Texas. She is married to her best friend Larry and is the proud mom to an awesome daughter, Megan as well as a couple of fur babies.

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Brandon is a Bay Area native that moved to Seattle back in 2003. His idols growing up were the Hamburglar, Encyclopedia Brown, Golda Meir, and Jessica Fletcher. Joining Glowforge has allowed him to level up his maker skills, previously honed through paper modeling and paper-crafts. He brings years of customer-centric roles, as well as video and game production, to his current work at Glowforge. When he is not working, he can be found nursing a bad case of Hulkamania by watching the last WWE PPV events, caring for his pug named Buckley, reading comic books, or solving mysteries.

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Shruti grew up in India before moving to the US in 2016. She has a background in finance, investing and accounting. Her curiosity inspires her to keep learning new skills. She is passionate about writing, organizing, traveling and eating healthy food. When not working, she can be found researching startups to invest in! Shruti enjoys hiking. She has hiked in 4 continents and is excited about what Seattle has to offer! On weekends she enjoys exploring new restaurants and coffee shops with her partner.

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Kay is originally from CA, but is making the leap to Seattle in the pursuit of exploration and personal development. She is excited to be a part of Glowforge, a company that is similarly in a fast-paced stage of growth. Kay loves to stay active whether it be lifting weights, bike riding, swimming/snorkeling, or going on a hike with her boyfriend. She is also a self-proclaimed “foodie” with a penchant for Asian cuisine.

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From studying engineering and philosophy in college to managing business systems today, Darryle loves applying logic to provide solutions. As a native California resident who’s recently made a move to Utah, he’s excited to see all that his new state has to offer and really dig into some of his favorite hobbies (skiing, camping, off-roading).

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Joshua has worked on Cloud Storage at Google for a while. For a few years before that, he has worked at Amazon on the mobile shopping app backend. When he's not working he likes to play video games and when possible and he likes to get outside and fall down snowy hills on long sticks. His family and him also spend a fair amount of time in their RV trailer over the summer.

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Jen has been part of customer care for most of her life, in roles from customer care representative to change management to senior leadership. She has a passion for transforming employee and customer experiences by creating a feedback enriched culture. Her goal is to inspire and empower her team to create exceptional customer connections.

When she is not at work, she enjoys spending time with her family; being inspired by her two amazing children or out on the lake in a kayak with her husband. She also enjoys nature and hiking and is always looking for her next bird sighting (retirement goal is doing a Big Year!!). Jen also loves anything crafty, give her some crafts and a glue gun and she’s all set!

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Shane's a seasoned eCommerce leader who loves building systems that blend the best elements of automation and human creativity to deliver an amazing customer experience.

A lifelong learner, he started his college career as a philosophy major before meandering through literary criticism and art history to finally land in cognitive science. Luckily the field of ecommerce came along just when he needed to get a real job and provided an interdisciplinary way to make a living. When he's not focused on work, you'll usually find him travelling, tinkering, watching a documentary on literally anything or discovering new taco shops.

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Chanel is from the UK until her love for the aviation industry brought her to Dallas before being able to call Oklahoma her home away from home. There is nothing she loves more than traveling, creating and exploring National parks with her pups whilst using the outdoors to inspire her latest crafting project.

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Crystal was born and raised in Michigan, but has been in Seattle since 2016. She has several years of experience in public accounting across a variety of industries and is excited to bring her insights to Glowforge! When not working, she enjoys traveling, eating, binge watching reality TV, and spending time with her boyfriend and cat.

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Lorenzo comes from a background in Big 4 public accounting (Deloitte), where he had experience leading multiple teams in the financial services & manufacturing industries.

He spends his time traveling to new places, keeping active with basketball / tennis, or learning to play new instruments (Currently on number 6!).

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Logan is a passionate engineer with a love for circuit design, signal processing, software and audio. His experience includes developing hardware for satellites, communication systems, and audio interfaces. In his free time he’s usually mixing music and playing guitar.

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Krishna was born in Bangalore and moved to Los Angeles for his schooling. He holds an electrical engineering degree and 14 years of experience working in finance and accounting, with a passion for operational excellence. He currently serves as the Chair of Board of Regents for Institute of Management Accountants, a global finance and accounting professional association. He holds a private pilot’s license and looks forward to teaching his young daughter the magic of flight. He and his wife enjoy traveling with their daughter.

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Natalie is a life-long maker with a background in educational fundraising and small business management. She is all about making personal connections and helping others succeed. In her spare time, she loves to be with her family, read, paint, bake, and tinker around in the garage.

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Brian is a Midwest transplant who has called Seattle home for the last 15 years. He has spent his career in customer-facing technical engineering and support roles; from elevators to ATMs (ask him about traveling to Antarctica) and his last stint was at a startup in the drone industry. When not working you can find Brian in his studio making music, building/repairing synthesizers and drum machines, traveling the world, as well as hiking and camping across the PacNW.

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Leslie’s legal background includes the startup, government, and law firm worlds. She believes that lawyering offers most value when paired with vision and empathy. Having first worked in urban planning, she finds the fun in statistics. She has a lifelong love of running and hopes it loves her back forever.

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William is a born Washingtonian who loves rain and the crisp smell of pine trees. He views data as the tool to help customers delight in the products they didn’t know they wanted. In his free moments, William likes to spend time with his family, listen to podcasts with a glass of peaty Scotch, and tackle home improvement projects.

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Nick enjoys building and supporting products that make people smile. In the past he’s built handheld 3D scanners, developed educational health software, and owned web platform engineering at Amazon. Outside of his professional life he likes practicing landscape photography, trying out new bread recipes, and wandering his way through the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

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Amanda loves working with people and has been in sales most of her adult life, which led her to complete a master's in Sociology! She loves using what she's learned to connect with customers and sharing her excitement about all the amazing things Glowforge can do. When she isn’t working, you’ll find her baking for friends, checking out new restaurants, knitting, sewing, or working on pottery!

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Over 10 years ago Chris fell in love with digital fabrication tech like 3D printers and laser cutters in order to solve problems and create art. He's followed Glowforge since 2015 and joins the sales team with a wide skillset honed by years of hypergrowth in prior startup roles. Outside of work he loves rapidly prototyping ideas with his life partner, walking with her and the dogs to explore nature and managing grassroots DIY projects that solve real-world problems.

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Danielle moved to Denver for college and stuck around for the mountains. Although she calls Colorado home, always curious, she tries to spend as much time as possible traveling in search of new adventures. When home, you can find her skiing, rafting, or relaxing in a hammock.

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Scott is an engineer passionate about data. He has worked in a variety of industries from nuclear power to data visualization and has been in software for over a decade. Originally from Michigan, he spends his free time playing DnD and video games. He has a wife and 2 kids and enjoys running, juggling and science fiction/fantasy.

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Nathan loves making meaningful connections and has managed partnerships with A-listers and nano-influencers alike. He was a Glowforge artist first and he's elated to empower others to unlock their own creativity! He is a non-profit founder, having raised six-figures for STEM Education accessibility. In the wild, Nathan can be found building out art installations, robots, or his next travel itineraries.

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Conor is a musician at heart and lover of all things outdoors. A percussionist by nature and training,these days he mostly noodles away on his guitar and can often be found careening (usually under control) down the mountainside on his bike or skis. Above all, he enjoys time well spent with family, friends, and his yellow lab Molly.

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Mary is a maker of things - rugs, tie-dye, Ikea flat packs, and great graphic design work - you name it, she’s probably interested in how it was made in the first place and already thinking about how she can make something like it, too. Not a surprise for someone that grew up in a family of creators covering everything from navel architecture to structural engineering and photography to mosaics. A recent returnee to the Pacific Northwest, Mary is enjoying discovering all the changes she missed in the last couple decades and rediscovering with her husband and two girls all the things she loved about growing up here - namely the grey days (really!) and drinking all the coffee.

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Satya is a service-oriented problem solver who enjoys identifying the underlying causes of pain and dysfunction - whether in the body, a process or any aspect of life – and finding meaningful solutions. Her background includes many years of customer service and technical support as well as a beloved career in massage therapy.

A Seattle transplant from Alabama, she’s a ‘Southern girl, Pacific Northwest woman’.

Her life is made rich by her relationship with her husband and their feline fur-babies. Music, movies, books and a host of other interests keep her inspired.

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Linda believes simple solutions are almost always the best solutions. Rain or sun, she embraces the great PNW outdoors with her black lab. Wintry days you may find her skiing with her family or cooking and baking with them at home. Fun fact: Linda worked as a licensed massage therapist to help finance her detour through chiropractic college.

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Michelle comes to Glowforge with more than two decades of experience as a litigation paralegal. She's a certified mediator and values solution-oriented and relationship-focused approaches to legal practice. Outside of work, Michelle is an author, a foodie, a yogi, a live music enthusiast, and an incorrigible hoarder of houseplants, books, and memes.

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Eva returns to Glowforge with deep experience in full-stack hardware engineering and innovation across many industries. She lives for adventure and exploration, feeling most at home traversing the glaciers and rugged peaks of the North Cascades.

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Originally from the UK, Nick has been designing electronics for over 15 years for products including military data loggers, industrial process equipment, wheeled and bipedal robots and 3D laser printers. When not blowing up prototypes he can be found exploring Seattle's sites with his wife and son.

Josh is a gadget geek who got into 3D printing over ten years ago, building his first machine and becoming obsessed with the ability to create anything he needed. Now he is sharing that same passion with people looking to start or grow their businesses. Outside of work, Josh loves to play Fortnite with his kids, take pictures with his Nikon, and hunt estate sale deals.

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Mike is a Texan who has called Denver home since 2014. Before Glowforge, Mike came from a background in Oil & Gas contract negotiation. Having a family full of entrepreneurs, Mike is passionate about connecting with people of all walks of life and sharing what a Glowforge can do for them. In his free time, you can find him playing golf, hockey, and exploring Colorado’s backcountry for lines to ski and rivers to fish.

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Karina is a proud Tacoma native who has a passion for connecting with people and relationship building. Naturally curious, she came to Glowforge through her desire to purchase one which led her to the careers page. Pre-glowforge, she sold cars and ran a finance department. Outside of work, you will almost always catch her adventuring with her four -legged sidekick Pretty, devouring a book, or catching up on news about neuroscience/ coyotes/ space/ whatever other new topic she is enamored with. Karina's mantra is: "everything is always working out for me, especially when it feels like it isn't."

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Mandy has a diverse background having worked in live events, aviation, customer service, IT, project management and am a recent graduate with a BA in Marketing with a minor in Business Management. Mandy is a Oklahoma native with an incurable sense of wanderlust with a fondness for ocean air. When not traveling the world she can be found leading the circus of chaos with her boyfriend, Jonathan, and our combined six kiddos fondly named The Gaggle. As every circus needs animals they have three dogs, a fluffy lab mix named Yogi Bear, and two smaller mixed breeds, Brick and Parrot.

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Josh is an experienced software engineering leader who is passionate about empowering other creators. A musician, author, and self-described “creativity addict,” Josh is also a family guy who lives in Texas with his wife and four daughters.

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Emilia is an East-Coast transplant with Scottish roots, a background in art, and passion for words. When she's not drafting copy she might be practicing French, solving crosswords, ranking Seattle's best pastries, or day-hiking in the Cascades.

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Jenna is an attorney who built her career with one unifying theme - take care of people. Jenna is passionate about helping growth-focused businesses delight their customers. Prior to joining Glowforge, Jenna worked in litigation, with a focus on product liability and safety. Originally from Michigan, Jenna spends her free time exploring different playgrounds with her daughter and trying new restaurants with her husband. She enjoys reading, cooking, and traveling to new places.

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Sara was born and raised in Honolulu, HI. She spent the previous three years in Spokane, WA while she attended Gonzaga University School of Law. During that time, Sara worked in-house and also dabbled in constitutional law, family law, estate planning, and elder law. She recently moved to Seattle and is excited to explore the city with her boyfriend, Josh.

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Suzelle is a digital marketer who loves collaborating across teams to create data driven strategies. Outside of work she’s a huge foodie, cat mom and avid traveler. She has been on a wonderful journey living in Philippines, Australia, Hawaii and has a found a home in Seattle.

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Ira holds Manufacturing and Electronic Engineering degrees and has worked in the global Supply Chain where he managed Supplier manufacturing and quality within consumer products & healthcare industries. He is a proud dad of two grown daughters and a grandson. Ira loves gardening and landscaping. Recently he is back to biking together with his wife Maryam. Ira and his wife are passionate about supporting nonprofit organizations and arts communities.

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For her, it’s the full customer “Experience”! She has a passion for leading great teams and creating a seamless experience for customers at every turn. With over 15 years of customer support and training experience, She has had the honor to serve in leadership for the last 10! Over the past few years She has used her passion for change to drive company initiatives by creating and leading ERGs (Employee resource groups), and partnering in various capacities to take initiative and action in all areas of D&I especially for BIPOC.

When She isn't slaying metric driven dragons she enjoys crafting (no limit here) and spending time with her 2 children, husband, and dog traveling! She is excited to be the first Glowforger on the eastern coast, located in the DMV (DC, Maryland,Virginia) She loves all things seafood, particularly Maryland style blue crabs.

Micah spent years in academia studying materials science. He received a PhD at UT Austin and worked at the University of Washington as a staff scientist managing a lab for materials characterization. He fell in love with the mountains of Washington where he spends much of his free time climbing and running through Cascades.

Geoffrey is a midwestern born transplant to the PNW. He is traditionally trained in Industrial Design, but is a Maker at heart, enjoying every process from handmade to digitally fabricated. Whether he is working in wood, leather, metal, plastic, or a combination thereof, he enjoys seeing the assembly he’s picturing come together in the real physical world. He wants to use and share his skills, and creativity to aid in product efficiencies and change the way we design and create products. When not in the shop making, Geoffrey likes to go on camping and adventure trips with his wife, dog, and cat! As well as riding motorcycles, offroading, and mountain biking.

Born and raised in Napa Valley, Karen traded in California Cabs for Washington Syrahs in the mid aughts. With a diverse supply and logistics background and based in Seattle, Karen spends her free time playing board games with her husband, petting every dog possible, and training for her next half marathon.

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Sora is a WA native and has spent over a decade living in Seattle. She found her passion for all things data while obtaining her Psychology degree, and it has carried her through a variety of roles in analytics. Outside of work, you can find Sora exploring around the city for great food and drinks. However, her true happy place is at home with a good cup of coffee, watching good (and bad) movies or shows.

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Beatriz was born in Argentina, lived all over the US west coast and settled near Denver, CO. She has a husband, two kids, and two spoiled dogs. She loves spending her free time pursuing photography and other creative hobbies.

While Jacob’s professional career has been forged in aerospace, art has always been a large part of his life. Currently developing his woodworking skills, Jacob has explored many mediums for his artistic expression. By merging creativity with a technical background, there is no limit to what can be accomplished.

Anthony is a Kentuckian with a passion for problem solving and supply chain. He attended the University of Kentucky (Go Cats!) in Lexington where he would grow his career through many Inventory Planning and Supply Chain roles. He is an avid collector of rare Kentucky bourbons and vintage musical instruments. Outside of work you will find him renovating and flipping homes with his realtor wife, or trying to keep up with his two Chihuahuas, Millie and Otie.

Patrick was born in Germany and raised in the beautiful state of Colorado. He enjoys building computers (built his first computer at the age of 10), playing video games, disc golfing, and weather permitting, he loves to go camping, kayaking, and paddleboarding. Patrick is a problem solver by trade and has an extensive background in delighting customers!

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Oscar has worked in the Customer service field for 10+ years, working for various different companies where he helped with the customer and team support. Texas-born, Oscar was raised by his grandparents in Mexico where he spent the majority of his childhood, giving him a unique outlook on life. Hobbies include; Collecting pokemon, and traveling back home to see my family in Nebraska!

Mercedes is an Upstate New York native who traveled all the way to California before deciding to settle down in Washington. They have over 9 years of customer and technical service support. After graduating college with a degree in 3d Game design, decided to change career paths and move down the technical career path. They are always looking to learn more and currently they are learning Bash and Javascript on the side. In the rest of their free time, you can usually find them creating new illustrations or animations.

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Patricia is a Houstonian born and raised in Texas, living in the outskirts of Northeast Houston. She has six years in accounts payable experience. On the weekends, she enjoys spending time with family, creating items, biking, gardening, and spending time with Marvel and DC (her pups).

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Bob joins Glowforge with 8 years of recruiting experience. He is currently located in San Diego and has an MA in I/O Psychology and is pursuing a PhD. He and his Partner,Cassie, are getting married in August, they have four children aged, 9, 10, 11, 12. He’s a huge Boston sports fan and has a diehard obsession with hockey. In his free time, he likes to go to spin class with Cassie and officiates ice hockey.

Danielle is passionate about creating lasting, engaging, and positive relationships with customers through the power of data. She brings to Glowforge her years of experience in web analytics, digital merchandising, and testing & optimization, as well as her enthusiasm for turning data into actionable insights and “aha!” moments. She is excited to apply all she’s learned in her retail and telecom background to the world of Glowforge and its incredible community of creators!

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Kate is a Washington native who has spent the past decade living in Seattle. She found her enthusiasm for people operations through her love of connection and working with people to achieve their goals. Outside of work, Kate enjoys attending live events such as comedy shows, live music and sporting events.

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Jeremy is an analyst from Ohio. He has always been insatiably curious; exploring mountains of data is a delightful detour from everyday life. When he's not deep into a new hobby, he loves adventure, the absurd, and spending plenty of time chasing whims!

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Shannon is a PNW native, born and raised in Oregon, Shannon moved to Washington when she married her husband but has stood loyal to her favorite college football team, the Oregon Ducks. During the rainy and cold winters, you can find Shannon planning trips to warmer climates. Shannon also likes to spend her free time exploring the beautiful coastal regions of the northwest with her husband and her sheepadoodle, Roland. Having a natural knack for networking, she is delighted to be on the Glowforge team as a recruiter.

A certified Six Sigma Back belt, Satish brings supply chain, service, and procurement experiences from medical devices and consumer electronics industries. Satish grew up in Chennai, South India, and immigrated to the US to acquire a Master's in mechanical engineering from Michigan Tech and an MBA from Booth School of Business. Satish led several leadership positions at GE Healthcare and Philips, including leading the Americas Mechanical Supplier Base and, most recently, as a Procurement Head for the Emergency Care Business. Happily married to Deepa, he has two kids, a son- Pranav, and a daughter- Prakruthi. He likes to read, run, lift weights and specialize in Inner engineering techniques like yoga & meditation.

Lex has lived in Washington her entire life and only briefly lived in Oregon when she attended George Fox University. She comes with several years of accounting experience both in bookkeeping and public accounting. She also recently got engaged to her high school sweetheart, Reagan, and they will be getting married in August 2022. In her free time she enjoys tackling home DIY projects with her fiance, creating personalized gifts on her cricut and taking their chocolate lab on adventures.

Cat comes to Glowforge with a decade of Inventory Control experience in the healthcare, industrial, and retail sectors. She has done everything from cycle counts to shipping & receiving, but most enjoys digging into inventory data looking for solutions. Outside of work she runs an anime convention, plays D&D every week, and takes too many photos of her cat.