New York has always been known as a hotbed for design and business, and now it is a center for technology and entrepreneurship. We’ve taken advantage of that melting pot to create an amazing, cross-functional product innovation team.
Giff Constable
Managing Director
An entrepreneurial and innovation specialist with cross-functional expertise, Giff has been creating new software products for over 16 years. He has worked across consumer apps, games, and enterprise software, and created digital experiences for companies like Procter & Gamble, IBM, SonyBMG, and American Express. He co-organizes the Lean Startup Meetup in NYC.
Jeff Gothelf
Managing Director
Jeff Gothelf is a designer & Agile practitioner. He is a leading voice on the topics of Agile UX & Lean UX and a highly sought-after international speaker. In addition, Jeff is the author of the upcoming O'Reilly book (2013), Lean UX: Applying lean principles to improve user experience. Jeff has led teams at TheLadders, Publicis Modem, WebTrends, Fidelity, & AOL.
Anil Podduturi
Managing Director
Anil Podduturi is a seasoned product management executive with 12 years of experience spanning technology firms (Microsoft), media firms (MTV Networks, NBC Universal), and startups (Daylife, AtomFilms). He specializes in digital media and has led teams building consumer applications and enterprise software services across emerging platforms. Anil focuses on innovation management, intrapreneurship, and applying lean/agile principles to cross-functional organizational design and traditional R&D.
Josh Seiden
Managing Director
Josh has been creating great technology products for more than 20 years. A UX design leader, Josh has worked in hardware and software, consumer and enterprise, mobile, web, and desktop. He was head of product design at Wall Street innovator Liquidnet, and lead pioneering interaction design teams at Cooper. He is a founder and past President of the Interaction Design Association.
Ben Burton
Software Engineer
Ben is a software engineer with experience in Java, Scala, Ruby, and Javascript. In his free time he has a cat.
Alex Kim
UX Designer
Alex is a UX Designer with a strong visual design background. Outside of design, he enjoys being a pass-first point guard, above-average gamer, and below-average musician.
Jono Mallanyk
Senior Designer
Product designer, early adopter, Knicks fan, Australian.