Meet the team

Aaron Lasseigne

Senior Software Engineer

Aaron is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. He’s worked on frontend and backend code for a variety of companies both as an employee and as a freelancer. He enjoys movies, books, podcasts, and learning in general.

Abdul Yosuf

Staff Accountant

Abdul is a Staff Accountant at Mode. Previously, he worked in Finance and Accounting for consulting and government services firms. He enjoys exercising, traveling, and attending live sporting events.

Ailin Fang

Senior Data Scientist

Ailin is a Senior Data Scientist at Mode, working at the intersection of data and human behavior. She's previously worked at Yammer and BuzzFeed. In her free time, you can catch her watching reality television, throwing pottery, or hanging out with her dog Max.

Alex Truong

Employee Enablement Associate

Alex is the Employee Enablement Associate at Mode. With previous experience in office operations and support, she is passionate about enabling employees to do their best work! Alex is a self-proclaimed Pho connoisseur and enjoys getting creative in the kitchen during her free time.

Alfredo Santoyo

Customer Support Analyst

Alfredo is a Customer Support Analyst at Mode. Before joining Mode, he studied Computer Science and tutored at the university level. He also worked on several software projects to learn about emerging technologies. For recreation, you may find him cheering on his favorite soccer team, getting lost in a fantasy game, or attempting to identify the chord progression in the newest song on his playlist.

Alicia Rezendes-Planter

Enterprise Customer Success Manager

Alicia has worked in client-facing roles for the past 10 years with both big and small SaaS firms, where she has gotten to experience true post sales client lifecycle. She has been fortunate in getting to experience roles in various capacities across Implementation, Training & Development and Customer Success. Within all these roles, she's learned her passion lies in Customer Success, since she gets to mix her need for great service with full creativity in how she builds relationships with her clients. Outside of work, Alicia is usually with her family, subjecting them to weird recipes she finds online. They love her enough to at least try it and pretend its good!

Alli Cernoch

Senior Software Engineer

Alli is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. She began her career on the data analytics team at Burson-Marsteller. In 2014 she moved to San Francisco and learned to code. Before joining the team at Mode she worked as a full-stack engineer at BabyList. Her work playlist of choice is a comprehensive collection of Disney songs, and she holds both Martha Stewart and Rihanna as personal heroes.

Ally Buchberg

Business Development Representative

Ally is a Corporate Business Development Representative from Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Kansas (Rock Chalk) and am working on her Masters. Previously, Ally worked at a tele-health company. She is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle. Outside of the remote office, Ally enjoys spending time with her dog, Bear, fitness, fashion, design, and attempting to craft.

Amber Zeise

Senior Recruiter

Amber is a Senior Recruiter at Mode. Before joining the People Team, she worked at UC Berkeley, contributing to several Sexual Violence Prevention teams and striving to create a campus free of harassment and harm. Outside of the office, Amber can be found dancing her way around the city with her friends.

Amir Rajan

Senior Software Engineer

Amir is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. His development experience spans web, mobile, compiler, and game/engine construction. In his free time, Amir doodles, hacks on LLVM, and makes futile attempts to get through his Steam library.

Anaya Mason

Corporate Business Development Representative

Anaya is a Corporate Business Development Representative, based in Dallas, Texas. Prior to working at Mode, she was a high school teacher guiding the future minds of America. When she's not working, she loves having an assortment of fun such as modeling, doing makeup, trying new foods, skating, dancing, reading, working out, and so much more!

Andrea Culver

Enterprise Customer Success Manager

Andrea is an Enterprise Customer Success Manager with Mode, where she enjoys combining product knowledge with relationship building to ensure her customers are delighted at every interaction. Prior to joining Mode, Andrea honed her Customer Success skills in EdTech, which she came to after teaching high school English. When not working, she enjoys making musical mayhem on obscure instruments, cheering on her beloved Houston Astros, and exploring museums and hiking trails.

Andrew Cha

Financial Analyst

Andrew is a Financial Analyst at Mode. Before joining the team, he worked for SaaS, marketplace, and microfinance startups. Outside of work, Andrew enjoys playing soccer, golf, and traveling.

Andrew Jaswa

Senior Manager, Security and Compliance

Andrew is Mode's Security Compliance Manager. Before joining Mode, he worked to establish and promote Security and Compliance programs at other startups. Before moving into the security space, Andrew worked as a software engineer with a passion for accessibility.

Andrey Kobzar

Marketing Engineer

Andrey is a Marketing Engineer at Mode. Prior to his career in software engineering, Andrey had various pursuits ranging from bicycle mechanic, to bicycle frame builder, to professional bicycle racer. These days, when he's not riding bikes, Andrey enjoys oil painting and seeing as many modern art shows as he can manage.

Andy Nguyen

Senior Software Engineer

Andy is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Before Mode, Andy spent many years at Oracle working with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure and shipping financial software for a small investment firm. Outside of work, he tries to keep his mind sharp solving chess puzzles and has a fitness goal of maintaining as much natural body function in his retirement years. To help achieve this fitness goal, he has been working out daily with CrossFit since 2013.

Angel Catalan

Senior Business Development Representative

Angel is a Senior Studio Business Development Representative at Mode. He comes to Mode with a background in Business Development, specializing in Public Safety Software as well as FinTech solutions. When he's not working, you'll find Angel at the gym, soaking up the sun at the beach, or hanging around the house with his cat.

Angela Wu Li

Executive Assistant

Angela is the Executive Assistant to Mode's CEO. She’s enthusiastic about ideas and people, and how they come together with technology. After graduating with a degree in rocks and maps (geology and geography), she began her career traveling the world for Apple before being captivated by the startup world. She enjoys exploring music and food, and writing about everything. This manifests in hobbies like authoring a music newsletter for friends and occasionally writing haikus on Yelp.

Anirudh Velamuri

Customer Success Associate

Anirudh is a Customer Success Associate at Mode. Prior to Mode, Anirudh spent a few years working in business development at a couple of startups. Outside of work, he likes to spend time with his husky, read, and root for his beloved Bay Area sports teams.

Anthony Simone

Senior Software Engineer

Anthony is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. He has previously worked to create digital marketing solutions at Elevated Third and loves to work with component-based design patterns. Away from the computer he enjoys yoga, bouldering problems that are just out of reach, and coffee with absolutely any kind of baked good.

Asha Hill

Senior Manager, Customer Support and Success Operations

Asha is the Senior Manager, Customer Support and Success Operations, at Mode, where she oversees operations for the Support and Success teams. Before joining the Mode family, Asha worked in academia as an Assistant Mathematics professor. When not on the frontline providing support for customers, she is out traveling the world, hitting the gym, or attempting to become the next big DJ.

Austin Bell

Senior Account Executive

Austin is a Senior Account Executive at Mode. Prior to joining, he worked at Sentieo, a financial technology company in San Francisco. A Bay Area Native, Austin is a passionate fisherman and also enjoys spending time with his pet reptiles and dog.

Bailey Douglass

VP of People and Places

Bailey leads the People Operations team at Mode. Previously, she built teams at companies including Affirm, Ripple, and Airware. When she’s not helping Mode’s people team ensure that Mode's employee experience is best in class, she is an active member of the Spinsters of San Francisco and volunteers for a variety of philanthropic organizations. Bailey is commissioner (and current defending champion) of Mode's fantasy football league.

Ben Myerson

Engineering Manager

Ben is an Engineering Manager at Mode. For the last two decades, he's been making web apps and sites all over the map (geographically, professionally, and technologically), most recently with Bodybuilding.com. When not working, he likes to play disc golf, go hiking with his wife, hang out and talk to his dogs (who only occasionally talk back).

Benn Stancil

Chief Analytics Officer

Benn is the co-founder and Chief Analytics Officer of Mode. Prior to Mode, Benn was an analyst at Microsoft and Yammer, where he helped lead product analytics. Benn also worked as an economic analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.

Brett Bergin

Senior Security Engineer

Brett is currently a Senior Security Engineer at Mode. Previously, Brett worked as a Systems Security Manager for Amazon Web Services. Brett has spent the last 8 years working in a variety of Information Security roles and has a strong passion for the Python programming language. Outside of Mode, Brett spends time with his family, friends, and lovable dog Panda.

Brianna Evans

Recruiting Coordinator

Bree is a Recruiting Coordinator at Mode. Before joining the Mode team, she worked as a Client Relations Specialist at a local law firm that focused on pharmaceutical lawsuits. In her free time, she is quite a social butterfly. She loves spending time with friends, planning events, and keeping up with local politics.

Brittany Cates

Senior Recruiter

Brittany is a Senior Recruiter at Mode. She has over six years of recruiting experience, with the last three focused on helping scale engineering and product organizations at hyper-growth startups. Brittany graduated from The University of Texas and has been in Austin, Texas, ever since. In her free time, you can find her traveling or attending a nearby live music festival.

Brittany Miller

Senior Software Engineer

Brittany is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. She previously worked for two universities focused on making college affordable. She hails from Minnesota and perpetually rejoices in the Bay Area’s lack of snow & ice. She loves theater, cooperative board games, learning to surf, and is basically obsessed with escape rooms.

Brynn Gitt

Senior Software Engineer

Brynn is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Previously she worked at Academia.edu. When she's not working, she enjoys running, playing field hockey, and reading.

Carey Straetz

Head of Demand Generation

Carey is Head of Demand Generation at Mode. She is a demand generation marketing leader with substantial experience creating full funnel demand generation strategies for both B2B and B2C organizations. When she's not at Mode, she can be found geocaching, gardening, walking her doggo, or cooking up a storm!

Carlos Ballesteros

Account Executive

Carlos is an Account Executive at Mode. He brings his experience from working at startups like Databricks and Qubole where he partnered with organizations to assist in their data journey. When not working, you can find him playing soccer, attempting to cook, or chasing a DJ show in a different corner of the world.

Carlos Hernandez

Enterprise Customer Success Manager

Carlos is an Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Mode. He has extensive experience managing clients from all industries (tech, marketing & advertising, consulting, etc.). In a previous life, Carlos worked as a fixed income sales trader at Morgan Stanley. Fun fact, he left the NYC finance life behind to travel through Central and South America for 9 months.

Catherine Rolland

Recruiter

Catherine is a Recruiter at Mode. Before joining the team, she spent the last 3 years of her career doing campus recruiting in the finance and marketing industries. Outside of work, you can find Catherine cheering on the Clemson Tigers, taking cycling classes, and listening to true crime podcasts!

Chioma Dunkley

Technical Content Writer

Chioma is a Technical Content Writer at Mode. Prior to joining Mode, she was a Data Science Fellow at The Knowledge House. A creative at heart with a background in African American studies, she’s always interested in bringing storytelling TO data and equity THROUGH data. Outside of Mode, you can find her writing daily, laughing wholeheartedly, listening deeply, cooking slowly, imagining expansively, and growing intentionally. She absolutely loves the sun!

Chris Davis

Enterprise Customer Success Manager

Chris is an Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Mode. He was the first salesperson at Mode and previously worked at Yammer in a sales function. He is comfortable with silence and dreams of being a retired racecar driver.

Chris Haught

Senior Software Engineer

Chris is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Before joining the team, he worked on apps and sites all over the web. In his free time, Chris likes to hang out with his family, play table top games, play video games, and lots of other things he doesn't have enough time for!

Christine Zhao

Technical Program Manager

Christine is a Technical Program Manager at Mode. Previously, she was building reporting and analytics tools in the financial services industry. In her free time, she enjoys playing ukulele, creating DIY home decor, and cooking.

Christopher Chavers

Corporate Business Development Representative

Chris is a Corporate BDR for Mode. He used to be a Sales Advisor Remote Site Lead for Intersectionality@Tesla ERG. A fun fact about Chris is that he codes custom Blockchain Apps and builds Etheruem mining rigs, and was an early adopter of $AMC $GME & $NIO. Here is a picture of Chris at the Million Man March in Washington, D.C.

Claire Bahl

Employee Experience Manager

Claire is the Employee Experience Manager at Mode. Having a background in HR and office management in her hometown of London, she relocated to San Francisco 4 years ago to experience the famous start-up life first hand. Claire loves organizing events and volunteering experiences, and is an amateur food photographer in her spare time.

Clare Tolan

Recruiter

Clare is a Recruiter at Mode. She previously worked in the legal field in Washington, DC, coordinating recruiting and onboarding of new hires and overseeing a litigation support team. A Maine native and University of Vermont graduate, in her free time she enjoys unwinding with yoga and watching the Food Network.

Dan Quine

SVP - Product & Engineering

Dan leads Product and Engineering at Mode. Previous to Mode, he led Product and Engineering at Lever and Altschool.

Daniel Leventhal

Senior Director of Engineering

Dan builds tools for curious people to answer questions. Dan's been building data visualization tools for almost two decades. It's a perfect combination of his interests in computer graphics and human-computer interaction. Before Mode, Dan was an engineering leader at Tableau.

Danielle Davis

Engineering Manager

Danielle is a Software Engineering Manager at Mode. She enjoys solving problems and did so as a Software Engineer for many years before realizing her passion for bringing out the best in fellow engineers by serving as their manager. She began her career working at software start-ups in Cambridge, MA, returning there for her previous post as Engineering Manager at EverQuote. When not nurturing growing engineers, you’ll find Danielle soaking up family time, gardening, walking, biking or boating off the coast of Massachusetts & Maine.

David Goldberg

Senior Director, Solutions Engineering

David leads Mode's Solution Engineering team, developing innovative approaches to harnessing data to help his customers on their transformation journeys. He started his career over 20 years ago as a mainframe security analyst and worked his way through the Y2K crisis and the dot-com boom and bust. Through his time at Xerox, Computer Associates, HP, Tableau, Salesforce and now Mode, his focus has always been on transformation through technology. Currently, David lives outside Boston where he enjoys boating and biking. His passion for life, humor, and simplification is what drives him. If you ask him, David will tell you he’s just hitting his stride and surfing the wave of data proliferation.

David Karwoski

Business Development Representative

David is a Business Development Representative at Mode. He learned the value of aligning business needs and technology at Northern Illinois University while earning his Master's degree in Management Information Systems. Exposure to relevant technology and best practices has given David an understanding of data usage and its significance in today’s world. He is a Midwest product, currently calling the Chicago suburbs home, but with a westward move on the horizon. In his free time, you can catch David trying to split a fairway, hook into the next record bass, or planning his next adventure in the mountains.

Deborah Tillman

Recruiting Coordinator

Deborah is a Recruiting Coordinator at Mode. She has been in the HR/Recruiting space for about 5 years and has worked at tech and non profit organizations. Outside of work, you can find Deborah talking nonstop about CrossFit, tiny houses, and fashion and beauty! In 2019, she started a hobby of taking solo trips to unique tiny houses around Texas. She recently moved to Georgia and plans to continue this hobby. Deborah loves to read and is not ashamed of her love for The Real Housewives franchise.

Derek Steer

CEO

Derek Steer is the CEO and co-founder of Mode. Prior to co-founding Mode in 2013, Derek was an early member of Yammer's Analytics team. There, he led sales and monetization analytics, drawing upon his experience on the monetization analytics team at Facebook and his background in antitrust economics. Derek's passion is training the next generation of analysts. He is the author of SQL School and a mentor at Insight Data Science. Outside the office, you can find him biking up Mt. Tam, checking out the latest exhibit at SFMOMA, or stuffing his face at the local taqueria.

Derick Lai

Customer Support Analyst

Derick is a Customer Support Analyst at Mode, supporting customers as they use the product. Before joining Mode, he worked as a CRM Customer Success Agent for an advertising and marketing based company designed to help Destination Marketing Organizations. In his free time, Derick is passionate about music as a pianist and as a martial artist trains Muay Thai.

Divinity Sebag

Studio Business Development Representative

Divinity (Div) is a Business Development Representative at Mode. Prior to joining the team, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Business Administration and focus in Entrepreneurship. He loves learning new things, especially his recent obsession: day, swing, and long term trading strategies. He also loves MMA, so every Saturday night, you can find him watching the latest UFC card.

Divya Ramachandran

Senior Engineering Manager

Divya is a Senior Engineering Manager at Mode. Before Mode, she worked at Yahoo/Verizon Media. Divya likes to spend her free time reading books and playing board games with family.

Eddie Tejeda

Senior Director of Engineering

Eddie is a Director of Engineering at Mode. Previously, he worked at Code for America, 18F, and Cloud.gov.

Erin Roehl

Business Development Representative

Erin is a Corporate Business Development Representative at Mode. She comes to Mode with a background in business development in both the EdTech and FinTech industries. Outside of the virtual office, you’ll find Erin listening to a true crime podcast, cheering on the Dallas Mavericks, or spending time with her dog, Wrigley.

Ethan Alter

Product Marketing Manager

Ethan is a Product Marketing Manager at Mode. He had the great good fortune to begin his career at Salesforce, where he learned from amazing leaders across Customer Success and Marketing. Post-Salesforce and pre-Mode, he earned an MBA from MIT Sloan. Learning, teaching, writing, coaching, and tennis are all activities that spark joy for Ethan. He is the author of this bio but generally refers to himself in the first person.

Faye Roske

Senior Software Engineer

Faye is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Prior to Mode, she engineered in various domains, including youth sports, legal, application security, and product analytics. In her free time, Faye enjoys hula hooping, roller skating, and dangling things in front of her cats.

Fei Jiang

Senior Data Scientist

Fei works as a Senior Data Scientist at Mode. Prior to joining Mode, Fei spent a few years doing analytics work in tech, retail, and advertising. Fei loves to rock climb, snowboard, build LEGOs, read sci-fi, and brush Fei's cats.

Fernando Maldonado Lopez

Senior Software Engineer

Fernando a Senior Software Engineer who previously worked at SiriusXM and Capital One. Fernando loves to eat, so in order to stay healthy he plays sports involving racquets (he owns almost one racquet for each sport there is). He also likes to cook and read fantasy books, going on hikes, and enjoying nature.

Franklin Clark

Senior Software Engineer

Franklin is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Previously he built web-based applications at Prosper Marketplace and SF Station. He is interested in raw vegan food and finds that Mediterranean food translates well to the raw diet.

Grant Miller

Team Lead, Corporate Account Executive

Grant is an Team Lead, Corporate Account Executive, at Mode. He hails from Chicago and graduated from Santa Clara University with degrees in Economics and Political Science. When not at Mode, he is usually enjoying the outdoors, playing sports, or working towards his pilot's license.

Halli DiLullo

Business Development Representative

Halli is a Corporate Business Development Representative at Mode, living in Huntsville, AL. Her previous work experience ranges from working for Radio Disney to working as a Flight Attendant. Outside of the remote office, you can find her weight lifting, practicing yoga and inversions, exploring new coffee shops, walking her German Shepherd/Husky, and trying to learn French.

Haneen Rafati

Recruiting Coordinator

Haneen is a Recruiting Coordinator at Mode. Previously, she worked in the Social Work field in Indiana and then took a role in the Administrative field after moving to Illinois. Haneen is currently pursuing her MBA, specializing in Human Resources. She enjoys spending time with her husband by watching movies, trying new foods, and preparing for the arrival of their first child later this year. In her free time, you can find Haneen cooking new foods, baking cookies, talking about makeup, and listening to music.

Heman Robinson

Senior Visualization Systems Engineer

Heman is a Senior Visualization Systems Engineer at Mode, specializing in data visualization and user experience. He learned software engineering at the University of North Carolina and the University of Southern California, and he loves the wilderness in both states.

Hunter Henninger

Account Executive

Hunter is an Account Executive at Mode. He is a native of Portland, OR, and recently graduated from Colorado College after playing varsity lacrosse and studying mathematical economics. When not working hard at Mode, he enjoys sports, music, video games, and eating food.

J.R. Garcia

Staff Engineer

J.R. works as a Staff Engineer at Mode. For the past two decades he's worked in varied roles in a plethora of technologies. Most recently, he worked on distributed systems, programming languages, developer experience, and security at VMware. In his spare time, he likes to spend time with his family, make music, drink coffee, and learn new things.

Jada Wilson

Business Development Representative

Jada is a Business Development Representative at Mode. With a background in communications and media, Jada spent time in corporate sales and finally took the leap into the tech start-up world. Outside of Mode, she loves nature, traveling and trying new recipes to cook any chance that she gets.

Jasmin Granke

Administrative Assistant

Jasmin is an Administrative Assistant on the People Team at Mode. She previously worked in the healthcare industry, where she was a patient care coordinator, focused on revamping mental health initiatives nationwide. As a UC Santa Cruz Alumni (Go Banana Slugs!), she loves spending time at the beach or anywhere outdoors. She'll most likely let you know her one true love is ice cream, so you'll be sure to catch her trying every new dessert place that pops up in town.

Jason Young

Staff Engineer

Jason is a Staff Engineer at Mode, building infrastructure and helping to make the lives of software engineers a little easier. He previously worked as an SRE at Oscar Health Insurance and Squarespace. Jason tries to keep his laptop closed when not at work, and instead enjoys the expansive natural beauty of the North Bay and organizes for health and housing justice.

Jefferson Leard

Senior Software Engineer

Jefferson is a Backend Engineer at Mode. He worked previously at Fandor and is always looking for ways to help those around him. When not at work he can be found playing with his pug Hobbes, having brunch, or if its a particularly good day, cheering on his favorite basketball team.

Jeffrey Prothro

BDR & Growth Team Lead

Jeffrey is a Team Lead on the BDR team at Mode. His experience involves providing cloud solutions in all industries (Manufacturing, ISV, Financial Services, Health Care, etc.). Jeffrey is passionate about helping others tackle business problems and finding the most efficient ways to accomplish goals. In his free time you will find him working out, anticipating the next Lakers/Cowboys game or memorizing Drake's latest single.

Jessica Baier

Account Executive

Jessica is an Account Executive at Mode. She has specialized in the Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, and Retail industries with Business Development and Partnerships roles. When not in the virtual office, she is consuming new podcasts and audiobooks, jewelry making, or planning her next adventure.

Jessica Schimm

Content Marketing Manager

Jessica is Mode’s Content Marketing Manager. Previously she led content at Reelio (an influencer platform acquired by Fullscreen) and prior to that, helped strengthen the community of female founders as an editorial assistant at Women 2.0. When not immersed in research, Jessica can be found running in SF, FaceTiming her friends in NYC, or scoping new reads at her local book store.

Jeuel Wilkerson

Senior Software Engineer

Jeuel is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Before joining, he worked on teams that built out web-apps to help users discover insights from data science. In his free time, Jeuel likes to read, play video games, or perform music at sleepy cafes in the Richmond District on San Francisco!

Joechelle Gemino

Senior Financial Analyst

Joechelle is a Senior Financial Analyst at Mode. Prior to Mode, she worked for SaaS companies. She enjoys hiking, diving, and traveling.

John Coppola

Senior Software Engineer

John is a Senior Front-End Engineer at Mode. Previously, he worked as a developer at a few small start-ups and digital agencies and also taught English in Spain before discovering programming. When not tinkering with code, he enjoys board games, rock climbing, salsa dancing, traveling, and exploring the NYC pizza scene.

John Hyun

CFO

John Hyun is Mode's CFO. Before coming to Mode, he was VP of Finance at Rocket Lawyer and YuMe. He lives in Montana with his wife and kids.

Johnny Kelley

Customer Success Engineer

Johnny is on the Customer Success team at Mode. Previously, he worked in analytics at Viacom. When he isn't analyzing data, you can find him in your local coffee shop playing the guitar, piano, or attempting to sing.

Jonathan Rosario

White Label Embed Specialist

Jon is a White Label Embed Specialist at Mode. Prior to joining the team he worked at Getaround, a peer-to-peer car sharing platform, as an Operations Coordinator. When he's not looking at or working on code you can find him hiking, playing pickup at a local park, learning piano (hopefully by the time you read this he has figured it out) or trying to learn a new skill.

Josee Smith

People Operations Business Partner

Josee is the People Operations Business Partner at Mode, where she spends her days building out people programs and empowering managers to be as effective as possible. Her focus at work is on creating an environment of collaboration, consistent feedback, and transparency. Before coming to Mode, she spent some time exploring the legal world as a paralegal at an employment law firm. In her free time, she enjoys reading and taking pictures of her cat.

Josh Ferguson

Chief Architect

Josh is a co-founder and Chief Architect at Mode. Previously, he built and managed the data engineering team at Yammer. Before that he spent about 10 years building web applications at a variety of companies. When he's not obsessing about data and visualizations you can probably find him taking a sip from a scorpion bowl or wandering around Disneyland with a corndog.

Juliette Maymin

Support Engineer

Juliette is excited to be helping data people access and visualize their data in a more enjoyable environment as a Support Engineer at Mode. Prior to coding, she worked in the hospitality industry at a luxury NYC hotel. She enjoys traveling, painting, hiking with her dog Leroy Jenkins, and is most happiest catching a nice sunrise or sunset view!

Kaitlin Hart

Senior Account Executive

Kaitlin is a Senior Account Executive at Mode. Kaitlin has built her career by focusing on customers needs and delivering solutions that solve problems. Prior to joining Mode, she worked at a variety of startups and has moved throughout the country. When not working, she’s taking photos of her pup Kallie (Khaleesi) and spending time with her husband exploring the PNW.

Katie Bruun

Customer Success Manager

Katie is a Customer Success Manager from the small island of Alameda, California. She brings over 5 years of experience bringing customer success to clients in software and security. Outside of work, Katie has three boys that keep her busy, but when she has a free moment she enjoys knitting, reading, and watching bad television while curled up with the cat.

Katie Paxson Flynn

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Katie is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Mode. Through a unique path of social work, program management, and soccer coaching, she made her way to the Bay Area to work in tech. Most recently, she was at Andela, a NYC-based startup where she held (almost) every marketing role before moving into product marketing. In her free time, Katie can be found running long distances, hiking with her two pups, perusing thrift stores, doing crossword puzzles, and baking sourdough bread.

Kayode Dagbo

Senior Software Engineer

Kayode is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. He first grew interested in technology through his love of video games in his teens. He started programming at 15, when he developed DOS games using C++ and x86 based assembly language for fun and also built basic games on graphing calculators. He has worked across the stack within a diverse set of industries from Ad Tech, Pharma, Entertainment, Broadcasting, and Government Agencies. He is passionate about problem solving and building great products. His hobbies outside of tech are fitness, martial arts, studying languages, animation, and art. He has practiced Go Ju Ryu Karate, Capoeira and BJJ.

Kevin Gay

Senior Software Engineer

Kevin is a Senior Software Engineer with Mode. In past lives he's worked in e-commerce as a front-end engineer, a heavy equipment operator / recovery expert for a land management project, and manager of a vintage clothing store out of Portland, Oregon. His current activities include but are not limited to: road trips, food, music, and continued learning on all fronts.

Kian Zanganeh

Business Development Representative

Kian is a Business Development Representative at Mode. He waited tables for a few years while completing his degree at Sacramento State University, and eventually found a calling in software. When he's not in the office, Kian can be found watching soccer, playing soccer, or biking around Lake Michigan. Much like Simran Brar, he takes pride in his Sacramento roots.

Kylie Libby

Studio Business Development Representative

Kylie is a Studio Business Development Representative based in Florida. She is a former collegiate basketball player and coach and has recently earned her second master's degree in organizational leadership. When out of the remote office, she loves to play golf, travel, cook, and play with her pitbull pup, Maverick.

Latish Sehgal

Senior Software Engineer

Latish is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Before joining Mode, he's worked as a consultant with clients like Google and Thomson Reuters. In his free time, he loves to read and code on side projects. He is always looking for ways to optimize and level up, both in code and in real life.

Lauren Lawson

Senior Recruiter

Lauren is a Senior Recruiter at Mode. She started her recruiting career at Aerotek and transitioned to start-ups/internal recruiting about 4 years ago. She grew up in Newport Beach, CA, but has spent the past decade in San Francisco and says she will never leave California. When she's not busy at work, you can find her eating sushi, visiting family, hanging with friends, or at the Rodeo - always leaving her cell phone behind whenever possible.

Lauren Petersen

Manager, Corporate Customer Success

Lauren is the Manager of Mode's Corporate Customer Success team. She brings over 9 years of experience in the Customer Success world and her top priority each day is to make sure the team and customers have what they need to be successful. She enjoys finding new hiking and biking trails in the PNW, traveling via campervan, and she dislikes long emails.

Lia Skevofilax

Recruiter

Lia is a Recruiter at Mode. With a degree in hospitality from the University of Houston (go coogs!), she worked in sales at a small boutique hotel in her hometown of Austin, TX, before joining Mode. She spends her days listening to Celine Dion and trying to convince her close friends and family that the hot dog is indeed a sandwich.

Lilia Swift

Studio Business Development Representative

Lilia is a Studio Business Development Representative at Mode, living in Chicago, IL. She recently graduated from Miami University with a degree in Political Science, emphasizing world culture and social relations. Outside of work, Lilia enjoys running, painting, and binging the latest Netflix documentary.

Lindsay Hertz

Senior Software Engineer

Lindsay is a Senior Software Engineer on the front-end team. Prior to joining Mode, she built web apps at Salesforce and Yerdle. Before that, she worked as a cheesemonger, and still loves sharing cheese knowledge with others. When she isn't coding, you'll likely find her halfway through a crafting project wondering if she should start another.

Liz Pedota

Director, Enterprise Customer Success

Liz is the Director of Mode's Enterprise Customer Success team based out of the Chicagoland area. Prior to joining Mode, Liz led an Enterprise CS team at a large tech company working with global brands and helping them better understand their data through a measurement analytics platform. Outside of Mode, you can find her spending time with her family, trying new restaurants and working on DIY projects around the house!

Lizz Harrell

VP Customer Success

Lizz leads Customer Success at Mode. A customer champion and growth-driver, she brings go-to-market and leadership experience to the team from fast growing companies like Marqeta, Adyen, Bolt, and Cvent. Outside of her professional mission, she is a passionate Razorback football fan, global explorer, and proud mom of two dachshund mixes.

Marco Rogers

Senior Director of Engineering

Marco leads the Application Engineering Team at Mode. He is a leader with a history at companies like Yammer, Microsoft, Lever and Clover Health. His experience building web applications has taken him through many parts of the stack, from frontend to infrastructure. He enjoys being active in the community on everything from technical topics to diversity, equity, and inclusion. He also tweets occasionally.

Marian Mosley

Senior Software Engineer

Marian is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode, based just outside of New York City. Previously, she worked at several startups and did time in the financial and defense industries, with a stint as a New York City high school math teacher in between. Marian loves reading, doing pilates, listening to live music, and running around with her big, crazy hound dog.

Marla Zeschin

Senior Software Engineer

Marla is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. She loves thorny scaling and refactoring problems and also enjoys exploring what makes software teams tick. Prior to joining Mode, she held various jobs in consulting, civic technology, and financial services. When she's not at work, she can be found speaking at or helping to organize technical conferences. When she's really not at work, you'll probably find her crocheting, playing with her dog, or spending time in Colorado's beautiful mountains.

Mateo Barragan

Studio Business Development Representative

Mateo is a Studio Business Development Representative at Mode. Prior to joining, he graduated from Regent’s University London with a degree in International Business. When he is not in the office, he enjoys being outdoors, traveling, and spending time with his dog.

Matt Knopp

Senior Director of Engineering, Infrastructure

Matt leads the Infrastructure Engineering Team at Mode. Previously he ran Infrastructure Engineering at Yammer/Microsoft. Outside of Mode, Matt spends his time raising two Tamaskan dogs, racing cars, cooking, and learning to draw.

Matt Zugenbuehler

Customer Success Manager

Matt is a Customer Success Manager at Mode. Prior to Mode, Matt’s background is split between the start-up space & a Fortune 10 organization. His expertise was based on white glove clientele HR solutions & engagement. Outside of work, Matt enjoys retro gaming, running, and adventures around the Bay Area.

Maura Ginty

CMO

Maura Ginty is a marketing executive with deep expertise in content strategy, product marketing, and demand generation. Previously, she ran her own marketing consulting agency at Bridge & Maeve Consulting, working with a variety of B2B SaaS companies like Cisco, Splunk and BrowserStack, and was the CMO at One2Team.

McKinsey Fish

Revenue Operations Analyst

McKinsey is the Salesforce Administrator and Revenue Operations Analyst at Mode. Prior to Mode, she worked at Salesforce in Enablement Ops for the Bootcamp and Fast Ramp programs. McKinsey began her career in sales and account management and is a graduate of CSU, Chico. When not looking for new ways to optimize our instance and provide a great experience for our Mode team, McKinsey is gardening, planning a Disneyland trip, running two tiny dogs, building Legos, and doing puzzles with her family.

Megan Hogan

Director of Talent

Megan is the Director of Talent at Mode. In her previous position, she helped Metaswitch grow their international sales and engineering teams. Along with a budding interest in floral design, she enjoys strength training in the gym and walking her dog through the streets of San Francisco.

Megan Kard

Senior Product Designer

Megan is a pragmatist on the design team at Mode. Most recently she was working end-to-end with start-up clients and acting as ScrumMaster for product teams at Tradecraft. Passionate about UX strategy and novel user interactions, Megan can be found dissecting design structures and disappearing down research rabbit holes. When not at the office, she's playing instruments, frolicking in parks and going on photoshoots.

Meng Shi

Senior Product Designer

Meng is a Senior Product Designer at Mode, creating useful and meaningful experiences. She has previously worked at Flexport and Opendoor. Away from her computer, you can find her breathing in the sun, swimming in the bay, or planting veggies in her mini garden.

Mia Muench

Customer Support Analyst

Mia is a Customer Support Analyst at Mode. Before joining Mode, she worked in the finance industry as a Service Manager for Wells Fargo. Mia is currently pursuing a B.S. in Software Development and one day hopes to work as a software engineer. When Mia isn't studying or practicing coding, she loves spending time with her other half and snuggling her two cats. Relaxing is her favorite thing, and Mia is is always ready for a good Netflix/Hulu binge or a journey to the weird side of YouTube.

Michael McGinley

Director of Sales

Michael is Mode's Director of Sales. Previously, he led sales teams at Pure Storage and Cisco Meraki, where he gained domain expertise in software defined networking and data center technologies. When not at work, you can find him spending time with his wife and son, watching NHL hockey, and reading books on personal finance and investing.

Mike De Carlo

Head of EPD Operations

Mike is Head of EPD Operations at Mode, and his coworkers call him 'MDC.' Mike spends his days shaping how the product should work, greasing the wheels of Product Design and Engineering, and ushering projects from conception to delivery, while the plant on his desk somehow manages to stay alive through all of it. Before Mode, Mike worked on multiple Operations teams at Facebook. While away from his keyboard, you can find him trying out different pasta sauce recipes, brewing beer, or exploring the incredible state of California.

Mike Yoon

Staff Engineer

Mike works as a Staff Engineer at Mode, coding in Typescript. Previously, he has worked up and down the stack at companies including Airware, ScoreBig, and RazorFish.

Mona Pinjani

Engineering Manager, DevOps

Mona is an Engineering Manager at Mode based out of Dallas. Before joining Mode, she worked with companies like VMware and Yahoo Inc!, where she built cloud platform engineering and DevOps practice. She has experience in building engineering teams in a variety of fields like infrastructure, internet, telecom, finance and travel. She loves all things DevOps, Cloud, Analytics and golden doodles! She spends most of her free time with her husband, teenage girls and spoiling her golden doodle puppy.

Myk Bilokonsky

Senior Software Engineer

By day, Myk writes code with the aim of bringing delight to his coworkers and users. By night, he's engaged in ongoing outreach work around ADHD and Autism; he's an armchair philosopher with Opinions About Things; he likes to tinker with software, automation and quantified self; and lately is dabbling in arts and crafts, trying to integrate a somatic component into his creative life.

Nascif Abousalh-Neto

Senior Engineering Manager

Nascif is a Senior Engineering Manager on the Visualization team at Mode. Previously he worked on network management, analytical solutions, business intelligence, exploratory data analysis and statistical discovery applications at Nortel Networks and SAS. Outside of work, Nascif enjoys playing and designing strategy games, cooking, reading, as well as hiking and paddling the mountains and lakes of North Carolina.

Nathan Vos

Senior Data Engineer

Nathan is a Senior Data Engineer at Mode. Prior to joining Mode, he worked as both a Data Scientist and Engineer for a couple different companies in the Bay Area. When he's not with his laptop, you can probably find him at a park, beach, or trying to convince his friends to go out for trivia or karaoke.

Neha Hystad

Product Manager

Neha is a Product Manager at Mode, where she brings her experience building tools for marketers to the team. When she's not at work or trying to keep her garden alive, Neha enjoys hiking with her dog and indulging in sci-fi novels and TV shows.

Nick Banas

Customer Success Manager

Nick is a Customer Success Manager at Mode. He lives in Chicago and graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in Communications. Before joining the team, he worked in digital advertising. When not in the office, Nick can be found on his bike, watching movies, or exploring the world.

Nicole Rankin

Account Executive

Nicole is an Account Executive at Mode. Previously, she was on the Recruiting team at an indoor vertical farming company called Plenty. In her free time, she loves hanging out with friends & family, exploring the outdoors, and eating pizza.

Nicole Yee

Software Engineer

Nicole is a Software Engineer at Mode. In her free time, she's most likely to be found atop a snowcapped Sierra riding a snowboard.

Nicolette Ramirez

IT Assistant

Nicolette Ramirez is the IT Assistant at Mode. A newly IT graduate, she is passionate about helping others with tech-related issues. She enjoys the problem-solving around tech. She is a mother of a four year old, she loves raising him. In her free time, she loves to hike, walk on the beach, and enjoy nature. She's very into her spiritual practice and meditating.

Nnenna Nwogwugwu

Customer Support Analyst

Nnenna is a Customer Support Analyst at Mode. Before joining the team, she was a Customer Success Representative for an EHR software where she would teach clinicians, billers, and other admins how to use the software. She loves teaching others (especially in tech) and has a strong passion for data because it uncovers a story that has been waiting to be written. In her free time, you can find her at a park with her speakers in a jam skate session or reading a book.

Oliver Sanford

Staff Engineer

Oliver is a Staff Engineer at Mode. A lifelong coder, he's been writing Ruby and JavaScript since 2007 for everyone from startups and agencies to Fortune 100 companies. When he's not at work, you can find him cycling on the back roads of Marin or caring for an oversized collection of houseplants.

Omar Gonzalez

Senior Software Engineer

Omar is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Previously, he worked as a Software Engineer at Infor, Linio and Univision, to name a few. Born and raised in Puerto Rico and currently living in South Florida, he likes going to the beach and camping with his family and dog Rocky. Omar also enjoys reading books or watching a good series.

Patricio Medina

Studio Business Development Representative

Patricio is a Studio Business Development Representative at Mode. He comes to Mode with a degree in Finance from Temple University. Patricio is a proud resident of Philadelphia, but spends most of his time in the summer on the NJ coast. When not working, Patricio can be found in the ocean, exercising, going to trendy restaurants, or wandering aimlessly through the city. He is also highly skilled at finding homes on Zillow that he cannot afford.

Paul Thurlow

Staff Engineer

Paul is a Staff Engineer Mode. His engineering career has woven through the likes of Microsoft, Yammer, and Yahoo to bring him here. His top life achievements include being a quarter finalist in an office Street Fighter tournament, finding a parking spot right under his apartment, and remembering to brush his teeth this morning.

Paul Vezzetti

Senior Visualization Systems Engineer

Paul is a Senior Visualization Systems Engineer at Mode. He has spent the last 15+ years working on various exploratory data analysis and visualization products. When he’s not working on code, he is probably out running, walking with his family or fixing something around the house.

Paula Lin

Data Scientist

Paula is a Data Scientist at Mode. Prior to working at Mode, she wrangled data and helped lead the Data team at a software company in Los Angeles. In her free time, you might run into her hiking the Marin headlands, in her kitchen baking bread, or reading SciFi and Fantasy novels.

Rafae Bhatti

Director, Security and Compliance

Rafae is the Director of Security and Compliance at Mode. He has previously set up and managed security compliance programs at startups, first at New Relic (pre-IPO), and then at HealthTap. Prior to that, he has worked at larger companies (IBM, Oracle, Accenture, PwC) in technical and advisory roles. When he is not thinking about managing security and compliance risks, he is working toward a law degree, helping college students learn real world security concepts as a part-time educator, or planning the next travel destination to go explore with his family (most recently hiked the Great Wall of China).

Randi Levine

Senior Account Executive

Randi is an Account Executive at Mode. Originally from California, she now splits her time between New York City and the Hamptons. When she’s not hunting for new business deals, she’s following the tide reports and looking for any opportunity to be on her surfboard.

Reina Brenke

Studio Business Development Representative

Reina is a Studio Business Development Representative at Mode. She comes to Mode after creating an eCommerce business while studying Economics at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec. Always looking for creative solutions, she is an artist and innovator at heart. Outside of work, you'll find her reading books, writing, or singing her favorite songs.

Rommy Ghaly

Director of Data Science

Rommy Ghaly is the Director of Data Science at Mode. Prior to joining Mode, he spent sixteen years wrangling data and making sense of it across many product, commercial, and tech organizations, including , ebay, EA, and Microsoft, among others. In his spare time, he enjoys shooting film photography, listening to vinyl, writing with a pen on paper, and dancing like no one is watching.

Ryan Kennedy

Staff Engineer

Ryan is a Staff Engineer at Mode. Born in the Silicon Valley, Ryan left town for college before returning to spend 18 years wandering the Silicon Valley. Ryan has shipped software at places like Excite@Home, Yahoo!, Netflix, Yammer, Microsoft, and YouTube, with roles in frontend, backend, and infrastructure teams. Outside of Mode, Ryan spends time with his family and jogs the Sawyer Camp Trail in hope of rediscovering the long distance running mediocrity of his youth.

Sam Weick

Director of Growth

Sam is a Director of Growth at Mode. In a prior life, he was a bicycle salesman by day and a chemist by night. Sam hails from Southern California and studied at San Francisco State. When he's not at Mode, Sam can be found in a yoga class, tinkering with bikes, or at a local brewery.

Samantha Farmer

Senior Software Engineer

Samantha is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. She has previously worked to create time series visualizations and query language tools for InfluxDB. She enjoys solving complex user interactions with simple solutions. Outside of the daily grind, she enjoys playing indie video games and reading graphic novels.

Samantha Novak

Lead Product Designer

Sam works on the Product Team helping both technical analysts and business users answer the most impactful and complex questions for their businesses. Previously, she designed mobile and cloud solutions at TechSmith. She is determined to make analyzing data more approachable and collaborative for everyone, and to use design thinking to empower others. When she isn’t whipping up punny empty state illustrations, she’s likely cooking and eating cheesy concoctions or dressing up for impromptu nights of karaoke.

Samera Wlue

Marketing Coordinator

Samera is a Marketing Coordinator at Mode. With a degree in journalism from North Carolina A&T University (AGGIE PRIDE!!), she worked as the Communications Manager for The World Fair in Liberia, West Africa, before joining Mode. Along with her love for travel, she is addicted to praline crunch ice cream, has a passion for social development, and loves to paint.

Sara Vredevoogd

Director of Product

Sara runs the Product team at Mode. She’s worked in product and analytics across the disparate industries of politics, telecom, health and wellness, and restaurants. She loves learning new things and solving problems in collaboration with others. Sara also enjoys training her large & neurotic dog, backpacking with friends, and tending an unreasonable number of houseplants.

Sarah Collison

Senior DevOps Engineer

Sarah is a Senior DevOps Engineer at Mode. Coming from the Kansas City area, she has worked for Bay Area companies developing infrastructure and ensuring reliability. When not at work, she likes to spend time with friends and family or can be found volunteering for various non-profits. Rock Chalk.

Shamika Shah

Customer Success Manager

Shamika is a Customer Success Manager at Mode. She loves to deep dive into products so that she may provide the best value to her customers. Prior to Mode, she worked for SaaS startups and advertising agencies in areas of customer success and account management. In her spare time, you may find her devouring a best seller, exploring a brand new travel destination, doodling something funny, or checking off a New York City restaurant from her go-to list.

Simran Brar

BDR Manager

Simran is the BDR Manager at Mode. Prior to joining, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Business Administration. When not in the office, he's out exploring the world and/or keeping up with his many interests. He also takes great pride in being from Sacramento.

Stephen Rivas Jr.

Engineering Manager

Stephen is an Engineering Manager at Mode. Before analytics, he worked in consulting and streaming video. He's worked on various parts of the tech stack over the years, with a slight preference for UI / web applications. He's a firm believer that software is the easy part - people & processes are the tough ones. He enjoys supporting teams to reach their best, together, and is continuing to learn & focus on how DEI impacts how far we go and how much we accomplish.

Swasthi Malladi

Business Development Representative

Swasthi is a Business Development Representative at Mode. She is a native of the South Bay, and recently graduated from the University of California San Diego with a degree in Political Science. In her free time, Swasthi enjoys being outdoors, cooking, and reading a good book.

Talia Trilling

Senior Software Engineer

Talia is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Prior to Mode, she worked as an engineer at a food tech startup as well as at a large enterprise company, and in another life, as a tutor and teaching assistant for Psychology classes. When not at work, she likes playing video games, taking on new crafting projects, and having strong opinions about fictional characters.

Teo Evanick

Controller

Teo is Mode's Controller. Previously she worked at Officengine, which provides back office support for various start-ups in the Bay Area and around the country. Before that she was a Controller for a law firm in Naples, FL. She is originally from Bulgaria. When she is not doing debits and credits, she loves to take road trips (domestically and internationally), garden, hike, and watch all available reality shows on Bravo.

Terry Brooks

Solutions Onboarding Specialist

Terry is a Solutions Onboarding Specialist at Mode. Terry started his professional journey as a social worker in the Southside of Chicago and grew his initial passion for social empowerment to a dedication to delivering an elevated and enlightened customer experience. Terry comes to Mode from Olo, the most prominent digital ordering provider in the US, where he supported enterprise and mid-market restaurant chains in implementing digital ordering programs. When not obsessing over how to deliver a phenomenal onboarding and user adoption experience, you can find Terry baking, singing while hoping he didn't forget to turn the Zoom camera off, or volunteering at 2 AM as a remote suicide prevention crisis counselor at Crisis Text Line.

Tiana Jones

Customer Success Associate

Tiana is a Customer Success Associate at Mode. She previously worked as a supervisor in a public library. She also worked at a really trendy boutique ice cream shop. She's a huge Harry Potter nerd (Ravenclaw House!) who enjoys all things Supernatural, true crime podcasts, and shopping for literally anything. You can usually find Tiana traveling, at the gym, trying a new restaurant, or virtually touring new homes and apartments.

Tim Maguire

Enterprise Customer Success Manager

Tim is an Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Mode. After several years working in financial services, Tim has gained considerable skills and experience over the past 10 years working in customer success for global SaaS companies. He's been recognized for helping large enterprises and mid-sized businesses achieve their key business goals by leveraging data and cloud technology. Outside of work Tim enjoys spending time with his family, as well as hiking, golfing, attending concerts, and following his favorite sports teams.

Todd Perumal

Senior Product Manager

Todd is a Senior Product Manager on the Workflow team. Prior to joining Mode, he worked at Sephora where he helped launch Sephora + Kohl’s which “democratized” beauty through stores outside urban centers. Before that, he was at Dictionary.com where he helped onboard the mobile team who completely rebuilt mobile apps including launching the game “Word Puzzle.” Outside of work, you can find Todd in the kitchen cooking from a latest cookbook, streaming a film from Criterion, or nature-bathing at the beach or on a hike.

Tomas Kollar

Customer Support Analyst

Tom is a Customer Support Analyst at Mode. He has always been involved with technology in some sense throughout his career. Tom loves helping users make sense of it all, no matter how complex! Fun fact: Tom speaks 4 languages and is a fly fishing fanatic.

Trisha Lizarraga

Sales & Customer Success Coordinator

Trisha is the Sales and Customer Success Coordinator at Mode. She worked in Sales and Customer Service at Enterprise Rent-A-Car before joining Mode. She likes to travel, spend time with her family, and take walks along the Embarcadero. She is currently in the process of learning French and skateboarding.

Victoria Roszkowski

Corporate Business Development Representative

Victoria is a Business Development Representative at Mode. She is a Seattle native but studied at San Diego State University, where she double majored in Political Science and Spanish. Some hobbies of hers include cross country running, hiking and traveling. She also speaks 3 languages: English, Polish and Spanish (when she gets the chance to brush up on it).

Wendy Chin

Senior Director, Go-To-Market Strategy and Ops

Wendy leads Revenue Operations at Mode. She is passionate about optimizing Go-To-Market and scaling organizations for growth. Her work ethic and DNA were developed at Silicon Graphics, Scient and Mercury Interactive. She loves to bake and dreams of opening her own bakery one day.

Wes Heavner

VP Sales

Wes is Mode's VP of Sales. Previously, he led sales teams at Radius Intelligence. A UT-Austin grad, he's made his home in Austin and spends a lot of his free time playing golf.

Xavon Peart

Studio Business Development Representative

Xavon is a Studio Business Development Representative at Mode. He recently completed his degree in Integrated Business at the University of Central Florida, and during his time there was able to gain experience in a variety of industries, with an emphasis in Commercial Real Estate, Business Brokerage, and Venture Capital, particularly Angel Investing. When he is not in the virtual office, he can be found working out in the gym or out traveling to satiate his ever-growing wanderlust.

Ying Luo

Product Manager

Ying is on the Product team at Mode. Prior, she was the first product analyst at a fintech startup and was actually the one who led the market research and onboarding of Mode there! She wants to leverage her experience to help companies become data savvy and improve analysts' lives. Outside of work, you can most likely find her running along the Embarcadero, playing with her Westie pup, or jet-setting to another country.

Zac Farrell

Senior Software Engineer

Zac is a Senior Software Engineer at Mode. Prior to Mode, he built technology for retail/ecommerce (eBay & Magento) and aerospace (Blue Origin). Zac has spanned the full stack, but settled on the back-end. Outside of software, he likes to create things in the physical works - hobbies such as cooking, woodworking, and gardening. He also loves spending time with his wife, son, and two dogs.