ROLE

Nate’s job is maintain OccasionGenius’s position as the world’s leading event intelligence provider. Nate directs the team’s efforts in producing unparalleled event discovery technology that allows OccasionGenius’ clients to deploy groundbreaking features for a unique and incredible experience.

PREVIOUSLY

Previously, Nate founded a private event marketplace connecting people planning corporate and milestone private events to the local businesses that can host them. Nate sold the private event marketplace and created OccasionGenius.

PASSION

Nate is passionate about making it easy to discover and plug in to the sensational experiences that are happening all around us.

EVENTS

Nate is passionate about out-of-the-box events ranging from ComicCon to culinary classes.

ROLE

Brian's job at OccasionGenius is to put together a fully functional, scalable platform that handles OccasionGenius’ potential explosive growth this year. My team includes great engineers like Elijah, David and Jordan.

PREVIOUSLY

Previously, Brian has worked with such clients such as Nasdaq, Tickets to Buy, and LePrix.

PASSION

Brian is passionate about what it takes in the backend to make things work, and getting interconnecting systems to talk to one another gracefully.

EVENTS

Brian gets excited about outdoor sports and golfing.

ROLE

John’s job is to craft novel solutions that drive OccasionGenius’ event intelligence forward. He and his team work to understand events better than the people who are putting them on do, arranging events in a matrix of millions of events. With this event data, OccasionGenius can deliver the right events to the right people at the right time.

PREVIOUSLY

Previously, John led data teams at Markel and Computer Sciences Corporation working on algorithms that process up to 1.7 trillion data points.

PASSION

John is passionate about solving complex mathematical problems, especially those that relate to data optimization - for example, matching users to events.

EVENTS

John gets excited about outdoor sports and bluegrass shows.

ROLE

Jennifer’s job is to discover untapped opportunities for our enterprise clients that they can unlock with our event discovery technology, with the aim of helping brands increase customer loyalty and engagement.

PREVIOUSLY

Jennifer has spent the last 10 years working with travel and hospitality brands as well brands in dating apps, babysitting apps and credit cards. Previously, Jennifer was directing brands and their digital marketing strategy for targeting the next batch of consumers in the United States: Gen-Z’s and Milennials. Jennifer spent the last 10 years in New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. as a senior leader within high growth technology and consulting firms servicing for-profit clients. She has held the position of Chief Revenue Officer at three startups and has worked to scale sales and customer success efforts. Jennifer’s consistent performance has enabled industry and regional recognition including leading her firms to the top of Washingtonian’s Fastest Growing Companies list three years in a row.

PASSION

Jennifer is passionate about helping brands discover meaningful solutions to their customers’ challenges and needs.

EVENTS

Jennifer gets excited about food and wine festivals.

ROLE

Bradley’s job at OccasionGenius is to make sure that our technological offerings are in line with the goals and high standards of our clients. Bradley directs strategy to make sure that solutions scale and are forward-thinking in terms of what clients will want next.

PREVIOUSLY

Previously, Bradley has been a product manager in the digital space for more than a decade on multiple award-winning projects. For example, Bradley helped AOL revamp and renew a brand project and helped Bonfire set month over month growth records. His work at past companies has helped them to break down desires and determine and meet goals by establishing concrete milestones and seeing them through.

PASSION

Bradley is passionate about solving complex problems.

EVENTS

Bradley gets excited about live music events in intimate settings.

ROLE

Liz’s job at OccasionGenius is to ensure timely and informative financial reporting; manage the cap table and prepare the company for later funding.

PREVIOUSLY

Previously Liz was a director at NRV (New Richmond Ventures) helping manage their $55 million angel portfolio and their $33m Series A fund.

PASSION

Liz is passionate about working with great companies and helping them scale and grow their business.

EVENTS

Liz gets excited about outdoor music events.

ROLE

Sasha’s job is to design, develop and implement OccasionGenius’ backend infrastructure which automates and sustains content import and quality. Sasha oversees the team that is responsible for addressing content objectives.

PREVIOUSLY

Previously, Sasha was an automation specialist at Markel Corporation and then oversaw diverse projects including backend integrations and server administration. Along the way, Sasha won several Hackathon awards along the East Coast.

PASSION

Sasha is passionate about tackling new problems and expanding our company’s technical breadth.

EVENTS

Sasha gets excited about live music.

ROLE

Elijah's job at OccasionGenius is to manage the front and end back end functionality and weave together the systems that support OccasionGenius' product offerings.

PREVIOUSLY

Previously, Elijah has built APIs for startups and is an active mentor to aspiring developers.

PASSION

Elijah is passionate about clean, manageable code and future-proofing products.

EVENTS

Elijah gets excited about intimate concerts and tech meetups.

ROLE

Kyle's role at OccasionGenius is to maintain and update the look and feel of the website. Kyle often works together alongside Nate to help bring the vision of OccasionGenius to those seeking it.

PREVIOUSLY

Kyle has over six years of experience in design at Ameronix where he has created websites, pitch decks, apps, and logos for a wide variety of clientele.

PASSION

Kyle is passionate about deconstructing visuals and finding ways to make things look better.

EVENTS

Kyle gets excited about arcade tournaments.

ROLE

Jordan's job at OccasionGenius is to manage the company's backend framework and make sure that event data flows into and out of our database correctly. Jordan's work ultimately enables OccasionGenius' clients to integrate its premium event data into their own systems.

PREVIOUSLY

Jordan relies heavily on his original training as a civil engineer, has taught him to improvise because nothing is ever simple or how it's supposed to be.

PASSION

Jordan is passionate about being told to "figure something out."

EVENTS

Jordan gets excited about outdoor beer events, and watching baseball, soccer and hockey games.

ROLE

David's job at OccasionGenius is to oversee event deduping and data parsing processes . David runs these to ensure that OccasionGenius provides the highest quality data about upcoming events.

PASSION

David is passionate about tackling unusual problems and coming up with unique solutions.

EVENTS

David gets excited about food and wine tastings, as well as indie music concerts.

ROLE

Robyn's job at OccasionGenius is to manage the large team of manual event sourcers and event enhancers to ensure 100% accuracy in our content and the highest quality user experience.

PREVIOUSLY

For the last 15 years, Robyn has worked in marketing specifically for the travel/hospitality industry and for the real estate sector. Robyn earned a bachelor's degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management from a top-5 U.S. hospitality program.

PASSION

Robyn is passionate about exceeding customers' expectations and fostering experiences that transform them into happy and repeat customers.

EVENTS

Robyn gets excited about live music and outdoor concerts.

ROLE

Beau’s job is to build content solutions and manage the backend infrastructure that acquires content for OccasionGenius. Beau performs quality assurance such as unit testing to ensure that OccasionGenius’ content is of the highest quality.

PREVIOUSLY

Previously, Beau worked as a smart contract developer on the Ethereum blockchain, contributed to the MakerDao codebase, and helped ICO’s navigate SEC compliance.

PASSION

Beau is passionate about fostering connections between people and systems.

EVENTS

Beau gets excited about live comedy as well as EDM and underground hip hop live music.

ROLE

Abigail’s job is to build content solutions and manage the backend infrastructure that acquires content for OccasionGenius. Abigail performs quality assurance such as unit testing to ensure that OccasionGenius’ content is of the highest quality.

PREVIOUSLY

Previously, Abigail oversaw a team of up to 25 brokers, and developed a prediction model comparing cap rates and interest rates to see how rates would perform against historical stock market trends.

PASSION

Abigail is passionate about using new technology to make life easier.

EVENTS

Abigail gets excited about beer festivals.