We’ll admit it: Without Hakeem to wish us “Happy Monday” or “Happy Thursday” during our standups, we’d have absolutely no idea what day of the week it is. As our resident social media and advertising guru, Hakeem stays on top of the latest trends, sniffing out potential competitors and suggesting new and creative ways of sharing out our content. A recent UT Austin graduate, he has his own wedding photography business called ExpressiveSpace. Did we mention that this man single-handedly runs our Twitter account? Thanks, Hakeem!

It’s rare to find a developer who also has an instinct for good design and UI, and Zär’a checks both these boxes with ease. He puts both skills to good use on Take@Vote, a voting app that lets you and your friends create polls and finalize group decisions. The app, which will be released soon, makes planning group meetups simpler and a lot less stressful. Zär’a is also a seasoned educator, with over 4 years of experience teaching Bermudians of all ages how to code at ConnecTech Coding.

Besides being one of the brilliant minds behind the @dude app (coming soon), Colin also helped invent the @protocol, which is, you know, kind of essential to what we do here at The @ Company. His 30+ years of technical expertise are a godsend, especially when we’re trying to resolve pesky bugs and get our servers working properly. But don’t let Colin’s title as Chief Technical Officer fool you. He’s been known to casually drop pithy one-liners like, “Data is the new oil, and we’re all being mined.” Also, the man is an untapped fountain of knowledge. Seriously. Ask him all about London coffeehouses if you ever get the chance.

Without Jory to keep our priorities straight, we suspect that we’d be running around like headless chickens. As Chief Marketing Officer, she sets the company’s long-term goals, using her expert insight to filter through an endless barrage of new projects and to-dos and keep our marketing team focused. Others have praised her as “a Wonder Woman in business” and “a compelling storyteller,” and we couldn’t agree more. She also writes a killer LinkedIn newsletter — we especially love the story about her $500 run-in with Roblox.

Though her @sign suggests otherwise, Esther is far from silent. As our lead writer, she’s responsible for our company’s “voice,” coming up with playful (but still coherent) copy, translating technical jargon into comprehensible, consumer-friendly language, and gathering noteworthy stories for @news, our Internet Optimist newsletter (which you should definitely subscribe to). She’s been known to lend her actual voice on occasion, providing voice-overs for our videos and even dropping a jingle or two.

A UC Berkeley student pursuing a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Tyler (aka “Tyler M”) is the brains behind our demo apps, including the Hello World app, and the “Getting Started” videos on our dev site. His sharp intuition and deep understanding of how developers think come in handy when planning developer events like our appathon. As one of the two Tylers, our ever-reliable developer relations duo (yes, they’re both really named Tyler), Tyler hosts Demo Days twice a month and helps developers get started on the @protocol.

We love hearing what Kevin has to say… when he’s not accidentally muted on Zoom. (Sorry Kevin, we love you.) But once we can hear him properly, we’re always thankful for his invaluable and informed perspective, the product of decades of leadership experience in tech. Kevin is the other brilliant mind behind the @dude app and the @protocol, and he works tirelessly behind the scenes doing Kevin stuff. Some of Kevin’s favorite words: trust, polymorphic, and fun.

We swear that the gears in Anthony’s head never stop turning  — he’s constantly proposing improvements to our current processes and discovering new avenues through which we can expand our reach. And by forging an invaluable connection with the Flutter community, he’s gotten us insider access to global Flutter events like FlutterVikings or Flutter Engage. When he’s not busy talking to partners, clients or the developer community around the world, you can find Anthony (@a.n.t.m.a.n) interacting with developers via our Discord.

Jen is the main project lead behind a lot of our programs, including the Early Access and @dev Programs, and always knows the necessary groundwork required for these programs to succeed. She’s constantly chiming in with helpful suggestions during meetings and catching embarrassing typos on our website and social media. Followers of our Facebook page will also know that Jen is wickedly funny, with the much sought-after ability to bust out guffaw-worthy memes that are both relevant and on-trend.

If there was a contest for “Most Browser Tabs Open At A Time,” Barbara would definitely take home the grand prize. We have no idea how our mighty CEO finds the time to impress investors, come up with fantastic pitches, and search through a truly appalling mass of browser tabs, but Barbara pulls it off with aplomb. Despite being locked in meetings all day, she still helps out by hand-coding our dev site and running our daily standups. Oh, and if you haven’t checked out her dogs’ @persona page, you’re missing out.

Rocky is kind of like The @ Company’s personal stylist, picking out key fonts and colors that emphasize our playful spirit and People-centric approach to the Internet. As the mastermind behind our website and branding, he provides a much-needed polish to our visual identity. (You can spot his handiwork on the logos for @persona and @mosphere.) As if being our primary designer wasn’t enough, Rocky’s also our go-to guy for elegant and simple user flows — a good example is the drastically simplified and way more intuitive Get An @sign process.

Forming the other half of the Tylers, Tyler (aka “Tyler T”) works alongside Tyler M and the rest of our developer relations team to host Demo Days, offers assistance to developers building apps on the @protocol, and is always inexplicably calm. Majoring in Computer Science and Data Science at Ontario Tech University, Tyler acts as a peer mentor to participants in our appathon. He also handles our various Discord bots, including MEE6, Zira, Statbot, and Dyno.

Perhaps a more accurate job title for Kim would be “The Tamer of the Trello Wasteland.” She ventures where no one else dares to go, wading through a barren field of greyed-out Trello tasks, politely pinging us to ask if we’ve finished our assignments…yet. She’s a Master of Product Pipeline Funnels. Kim, if you’re reading this, thank you for systematically color-coding our Trello, taking comprehensive notes during our developer team meetings, and in general helping us minimize organizational chaos and operate at maximum efficiency.

With her effervescent spirit and upbeat nature, Juliette was an essential source of inspiration when we were first starting out. For example, when our People Support system was still in its fledgling stages, she drew upon her customer service expertise to help us troubleshoot issues that arose, and also mentored a couple of our college interns. She gave us the idea for an app (which is still in the works) that provides a secure, standardized way for executives to share confidential information with their administrative assistants. In addition to her job, she enjoys writing poetry, and acting as a Member for the City of Milpitas Economic Dev. & Trade Commission.

When the company first started out, we knew that we wanted a feedback loop with a bonafide influencer. Rachel is our Influencer-in-Residence, a travel and lifestyle expert currently based in Bermuda (there could be far worse places to be stuck in during a pandemic). Rachel brings a consumer lifestyle perspective to what we do at The @ Company, making suggestions for the Creator set. (Follow her on Instagram at @rachelsawden!) She often takes Zoom calls while walking all over the house, dizzying us with her zigzagging background and creative ideas.

Don has been an essential player in the telecommunications space for over 40 years, so we were thrilled when he took such an interest in what we were doing. As an informal advisor, Don has been our connector and champion, featuring us on his tech news podcast at Telecom Reseller (listen to Part 1 and Part 2). He’s a regular among the investors and industry experts at our biweekly Demo Days, and his feedback has helped us refine our pitches, messaging, and marketing goals. Very lucky us.