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About

Livefyre is changing the way people interact with publisher content. Designed for the social web, Livefyre replaces static comment sections with dynamic, real-time conversations that empower users and help build hyper-active communities.

We're a bunch of friendly people and a dog named Mac. Together we make up a company that is two years young and determined to change the way people have conversations online.

We’ve got cupcake bakers, motorcycle riders, college dropouts, extreme athletes, maple syrup connoisseurs, beard wearers, waffle makers, data nerds, Tennessee whiskey enthusiasts, Scottish accent hurlers, aspiring deejays, Marina fist pumpers and one Texas A&M; diehard. Go ahead, look below and check us out!

Our Investors

  • Greycroft
  • HillsVen Group
  • ff Asset Management
  • Cue Ball
  • Zelkova Ventures
  • Jarl Mohn
  • Travis Kalanick
  • Paige Craig

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Meet the Team

  • Jordan Kretchmer

    Founder & CEO

    Started his first company at 16. Livefyre commander, designer by trade, product guy at night, lover of squirrels and fine whiskey.

  • Nate Underwood

    CTO

    Obsessed with team efficiency, biz/tech convergence, engagement, and productivity. Can play the accordion and fly an airplane—but not at the same time.

  • David J Rodriguez

    Senior Vice President

    Livefyre investor turned operator. Engineer at heart who loves solving problems and building things. Focused on ops, finance, and strategy at Livefyre.

  • Nino Walker

    VP of Engineering

    Runs engineering; an expert in N-tiered Architecture, Analytics, Big Data and Design. Loves urban architecture, optimization, and board-sports.

  • Scot Gensler

    VP, Business Development

    Drives revenue, distribution & business operations by day. Herds toddlers by night. Loves media, music, yoga & Michigan football (Go Blue!).

  • Jenna Langer

    Director of Strategy

    Bay Area born, geek from the start. Passionate about connecting through technology. Happy checking email from the chairlift and sending tweets from the bike.

  • Robb Miller

    Director of Sales

    Improves the lives of our clients and their fans through thoughtful use of technology. Recent convert to crossfit. Other favorite habits: eating local food & winemaking.

  • Sally Mitchell

    Senior Project Manager

    Organized, detail-oriented and customer-focused, delivers on time and within budget. Avid runner and cyclist, and zen-inducing Livefyre yoga teacher.

  • Amelia Mendez

    Project Manager

    Georgia Tech Architecture alum with a love for all things industrial. Proud sci-fi geek & bike lover with a passion for dark french philosophy. Enjoys skiing and napping in parks.

  • Chris Becker

    Lead Engineer

    An experienced web programmer & server management/scalability expert. Has spent time in both corporate America and as an independent contractor.

  • Teo Lisitza

    Systems Engineer

    Dedicated father, husband, engineer, & waffle maker.

  • Mark Doten

    Senior Engineer

    Wicked Red Sox and Bruins fan. Maple syrup connoisseur. Metalhead. \m/

  • Benjamin Goering

    Product Manager

    He left school in Kansas to join Livefyre. He hacks, talks product, & tries to stay on top of the latest in open source technology, web standards, & startup-fu.

  • Dave Khor

    Lead Architect

    Seasoned search engineer, focusing on social interest discovery on social media sites. Enjoys camping and traveling with family.

  • Paul Schooss

    Systems Engineer

    A UC Santa Cruz alumni who can always enjoy the beauty of nature but is a technology junkie at heart. Seeking information overload. Just upgraded my head to 160 GB.

  • Matthew Roberson

    Software Engineer

    Recent transplant from Arizona. Enjoys coding, live music, and French existentialism. Doesn't go anywhere without his beatle boots.

  • Ross Pfahler

    Software Engineer

    Self-taught engineer with a fondness for camping, hockey, publishing, and 90s lofi. Doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up.

  • Greg Perkins

    Senior Front-End Developer

    Programmer, photographer, and painter. Enjoys ambient electronic music, science fiction, transhumanism, and sunshine.

  • Jonathan Klassen

    Senior Software Engineer

    Loves elegant solutions to big problems, especially if they have unit tests. Runner, builder, beer brewer and Tottenham Hotspur supporter.

  • Derek Chinn

    Integration Engineer

    Car lovin', rock climbin', snowboard ridin', frisbee throwin', code writin', native bay-area denizen and nerd.

  • Ryan Blair

    QA Engineer

    Transplanted southerner who loves Unix, Vim, and working at startups. Also a deadhead and big lover of the vibraphone and Hammond B3 organ.

  • Melissa Sautter

    Senior Account Manager

    New Media Manager by day, DJ by night. Vices: music, wine, & hot sauce. Warning: energy may be contagious.

  • Erica Schoonmaker

    Senior Visual Designer

    Creative-Type. Native NYer now considered “Bicoastal.” Lover of Letterpress, Postcards, Baking Cupcakes, Prog Rock Music, & iPhoneography.

  • Jake Moore

    Visual Designer

    Self-taught pixel pusher from good ol' Mississippi with a passion for elegant design. Ace photographer and twitter junkie with a dapper style.

  • Rickie Sherman

    Visual Designer

    Graphic designer and professional nap-taker from South Carolina. Enjoys making music, painting, and skateboarding.

  • Ian Miller

    Visual Designer

    Fights gravity 24/7 and knocks out design every second in between. A bay area native with a passion for Dutch bicycles, snowboards, & raw cookie dough.

  • Sarah Haskell

    HR & Recruiting Director

    Background in talent acquisition and crafting HR policies & procedures. Loves festivals, traveling to new and exotic places and the playa.

  • Max Zuckerman

    Business Dev Manager

    Passions: techno-gadgets, insanely good drumming, and Italian motorcycles. California smitten ever since attending Stanford Business School.

  • Hannah Tecott

    Office Manager

    SF Native, Writer, Runner, Sarcasm Dabbler, aspiring Turntable.fm DJ with unbridled love for music festivals, Larry David, hashtags & Deadmau5.

  • Joe Bertino

    Marketing Manager

    Native New Yorker, reformed ad guy, sneaker junkie and wannabe foodie. Sometimes he wears a beard.

  • Jeremy Hicks

    Head of Community

    Proud Texan. Die-hard Texas A&M Aggie, San Antonio Spurs, & Dallas Cowboys fan. Christian. Husband. Gamer. Also a wannabe Air Force pilot, Autobot, & politician.

  • Dhara Mistry

    Community Manager

    Engineer turned Community Manager, simply in love with tech, dance and chocolates!

  • Mac

    Office Canine

    From Spokane, Washington. Son of French Vanilla & Hocus Pocus. Graduate of SF Puppy Prep & member of DogBoyz dog pack. Accomplished runner & fetcher.