Who we are:

The Team

AIDAN

Aidan was born and raised in the wilds of Australia and is now Ad Hoc Labs’ Frontend Developer. He spent his 20s playing guitar for Aussie rock band Wolfmother, touring the world before making the exciting switch to tech. He is honored to have joined the Ad Hoc Labs team.

ALISON

Alison is the Senior Product Manager at Ad Hoc Labs. She’s spent her career launching betas, running pilots, and scaling winning digital experiences in the private and public sectors. She’s a graduate of Barnard College, where she studied Chinese and studio Architecture. When she’s not working on digital flows, she’s building something analog.

ALYSSA

Alyssa is a Southern California native (#unicorn) who came to us from the world of coffee, previously specializing in enlightened hospitality. She’s since turned her expertise to QA, the ultimate customer advocacy. If you ask the office, they would say her super power is destroying ambiguity; solving problems before they happen. She fancies puzzles, binging anime and sci-fi shows, and hanging out with her two sleepertons (doggos) in her spare time.

ANTHONY

Anthony is a developer on the iOS team. In a past life, he masquareded as a server-side dev as well as Windows and Android dev client-side. As a developer, he has worked in variety of industries such as defense, retail, hospitality and on-demand mobile space. Outside of development, he enjoys sketching, roasting coffee and traveling.

BRAD

Brad is the team's Lead Android Engineer. In the past, he has been a team lead on many prominent and high-quality Android app teams, including Spotify, Disney+, and ESPN. Brad also has extensive server-side experience at these companies, rounding out his expertise. He is a passionate advocate for his platform and enjoys experimenting with new technologies.

COLIN

Colin is a Senior iOS Engineer at Ad Hoc Labs. He has worked in a variety of industries including music, consumer electronics, real estate, and e-commerce. He has most recently worked for companies including Zillow Group, Grindr, and GOAT Group. He is a lifelong musician and enjoys playing guitar and writing music whenever possible. He enjoys spending his free time discovering new bands, trying the endless variety of restaurants in LA, and hanging out with his two dogs Cornelius and Darla.

DAVE

David is a Lead Platform Engineer at Burner. David has previously built out microservices from the ground up at Bluebeam Inc. and spearheaded 3rd-party integrations for a variety of companies. He has a B.A. in Psychology from UCLA and a Masters in Computer Science from CSUN.

DIMITRI

When Dimitri isn’t busy automating all the problems away you can find him with his pup, on his motorcycle, or camping. His hobbies include hacking, music, and snowboarding among many other things.

DWIGHT

Dwight is the Director of Engineering at Ad Hoc Labs, where he spends his time working as the engineers #1 advocate. He has spent his career at LA startups, including Laurel & Wolf, Radpad, Kumu, & GOOD. You can find him camping in the great outdoors on the weekend.

ELIZABETH

Elizabeth is Ad Hoc Labs’ Office Manager. She helps keep the ship running by keeping the bills paid and the lights on, in addition to anything and everything else that comes up in the startup environment. When not in the office, Elizabeth also wears many hats while working with various theater and film companies around the city.

EMILY

Emily is the Support Manager and started at Burner in September 2017. She couldn't be happier about working in a customer-facing role where she can interact with the people who use our app, learn more about them and help solve their issues. When she's not managing the support team, Emily performs improv and sketch comedy!

GABE

Gabe is a Platform Engineer, maintaining and adding features to the back end systems that power the Burner app. Gabe was previously a software engineer at Bluebeam, working on the back end for the cloud and licensing teams. Outside the office (and sometimes inside the office), he is an avid ultimate frisbee player who dabbles in chess and music.

KYLE

Kyle is Director of DevOps and Cloud at Burner. His focus is on service reliability, reducing developer roadblocks, and architecting cloud solutions. Kyle is passionate about open source culture and volunteers as a member of SCaLE’s core Tech Team. When he’s not hacking on a computer, you can find him trying to keep up with his highly active wife and kids, playing board games, or backpacking through the Sierras.

MATT

Matt is Ad Hoc Labs' Lead iOS Developer. A long-time Apple fan and specialist, he has developed apps on the mobile platform over the past seven years for various companies, including Vizio and Grindr. When not coding, Matt enjoys playing guitar, challenging a friend or coworker to a game of chess, and camping.

XAVIER

Xavier is Burner's resident Growth Geek and Innovation Broker. He doesn’t have problems, he has solutions. Once upon a time he graduated from UCSB with a BA in Political Science where he lived with and got his start managing the band IRATION. With a background of digital marketing in the music, touring, and festival world he brings a unique perspective to Ad Hoc Labs and Burner. He doesn’t own a car yet somehow lives in Los Angeles riding a bicycle. To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

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