Chris enjoys solving problems.

Prior to coming to Lab Zero, Chris was Director of Engineering at Betawave (formerly GoFish Corporation), Chris steered the technology strategy supporting ad targeting, content syndication, and partner integration. Before joining GoFish, he defined and led the quality program for Donnerwood Media's launch of Meez.com, a 3D avatar site that scaled to handle over a million members within 1 year. Prior to Donnerwood, Chris was the Sr. QA Manager at Kodak Gallery, where he hired, trained, and managed onsite and offshore QA teams responsible for Kodakgallery's services in US, EU, and China. Chris earned his degree from Boston University.

Dean enjoys bringing together talented engineers, product strategists, writers and designers to create delightful experiences. He currently focuses on design thinking and strategy.

Prior to Lab Zero, Dean's work included leading development for DNA Ancestry, managing front-end development for Kodakgallery's mobile and premium services in the US and EU, and designing and developing enterprise apps for BroadVision. Dean earned his degree from UC Santa Barbara.

Matt is an enthused agile developer, architect, and consultant. He enjoys building elegant web services in Ruby. He believes that high-fives are underrated and measures the success of his day by how many he's seen.

Prior to joining Lab Zero, Matt's work history includes: Co-founder/Architect at Earfl.com, Architect at Kodak Gallery, Developer at Westwave Communications, Engineer at Motorola, and Developer at Coldwell Banker.

Ned has a passion for development be it web, iOS, kiosk or microcontroller. When he's not at the pier, he enjoys backcountry backpacking, making blinking things and fly fishing.

Prior to joining Lab Zero, Ned was a published chemist, led development for Wondermill Webworks and worked at a custom crush winery. He holds a degree in Chemistry from Reed College.

Shiun has over 12 years of software development experience.  His current passion is iOS development and mobile development in general. He is a strong advocate for balance between design and function. In his free time, he enjoys traveling and experiencing new cultures, learning to cook newly discovered recipes, and being a weekend warrior playing softball.

Prior to joining Lab Zero, he worked at Spirent Communications as a Protocol Engineer developing web traffic generators for testing appliances. He also worked at Blue Coat Systems as a Proxy Engineer. He has multiple applications published in the Apple App Store. He also has a Bachelors and Master of Science Degree from UCLA. 

Throughout his career, Jim has witnessed the transformative power good design has on small and large organizations, individuals and cultures. While technology and trends continue to evolve, the classic elements of type, form, color, image, and the written word have combined with his curiosity about history and culture for a constant source of inspiration and growth.

Jim's experience includes brand identity, corporate communications, strategic marketing, web, mobile and UI design, large scale business and publishing systems, print management and production.

Michael is a software engineer with over 10 years of experience in full-stack web development. Prior to Lab Zero, Michael has been involved in the direct development at multiple startup environments, where he was responsible for planning, implementation, and operations management.

In his spare time, Michael enjoys photography and is an avid cyclist. You can typically find him doing both somewhere in the hills along the peninsula.

Abe is a Financial Analyst and Senior Manager of Operations with over 15 years of experience in small to medium sized companies.

From the land of camel milk, baobab honey, and non-profit international development, Nyka has found a soft landing in the Bay Area and Lab Zero as she explores how high tech clouds can complement low connectivity desert sands to solve solutions towards employment innovation, youth empowerment, and sustainability for the Sahel region. She puts her detail-oriented DNA to use to manage smooth operations for Lab Zero, championing rockstardom for team members' success.

And, if the cradle of modern music as we know it interests you, Nyka can connect you to some of the most bad-arse musicians who luckily pass through the Bay Area.

Annah is a digital designer who loves the equally important challenges of creating logical information structures and beautiful front-end designs. After 5 years in Hong Kong working with clients like Cathay Pacific, thyssenkrupp, and smaller ethical start-ups, she’s since returned to the US to see what this ‘tech scene’ in San Francisco is all about.

When not out scouring the Bay Area for good Hong Kong restaurants, Annah can be found doing some illustration, playing (or occasionally working on her own) indie games, or spending time with her world-traveling rabbits Mochi and Joey.