Don Brown

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Don is the most successful serial software entrepreneur in the Midwest. His first company was acquired by EDS in 1986. He founded Software Artistry in 1988 which became the first software company in Indiana ever to go public and was later acquired by IBM for $200 million. Don then founded and served as CEO of Interactive Intelligence which went public in 1999 and was acquired by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories in 2016 for $1.4 billion.

He is also an active technology and business advisor, investor, and philanthropist. In 2016, Don donated $30 million for the establishment of the Brown Immunotherapy Center at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Don received a bachelor’s in physics from Indiana University in 1978, a master’s in computer science from IU in 1982, an MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1985, and a master’s in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University in 2017.

Don is an avid outdoorsman who loves hiking, rock climbing, skiing, and snowshoeing with his eight children – especially in and around Park City, Utah. He was named Sagamore of the Wabash by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels in 2012.

David Fuller

Co-Founder & VP Market/Business Development

David started out developing clinical laboratory software at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center pathology lab in 1986. He co-developed the first commercially available electronic search reference for CLIA ’88. After 11 years in development, IT and operations management roles in the environmental science and tech industries, he joined Interactive Intelligence in 1998 as product marketing director.

In 2005 David became ININ’s senior strategic consulting director where he advised some of the nation’s largest health systems on patient engagement and clinical support service and delivery strategies. David is an active tech investor and advisor in addition to serving on the Utah State University MIS Advisory Council for the last 7 years. He received a bachelor’s in computer science from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1988 and an MBA from the University of Phoenix in 1992.

Jeff Swartz

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Jeff kicked off his software development coding career at Software Artistry and joined Interactive Intelligence as employee #9 and software architect. In 2012 Jeff left ININ to found OrgSpan, which was focused on enterprise social media.

As COO he led day-to-day operations, recruiting, and product development until OrgSpan was acquired by Interactive Intelligence in 2014. He next led the Interactive Intelligence PureCloud development effort and then served as VP of Innovation, leading their strategic partnership and M&A efforts. Jeff earned a bachelor’s in computer science from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology in 1994.

Tom Barber

Chief Scientific Officer

Tom has over 25 years of experience studying genetic causes of human diseases such as cancer, deafness, myotonic dystrophy, and other inherited diseases. During his postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Tom’s discoveries contributed to the first exome studies of cancer. He began his industry career at Eli Lilly in 2006 as an oncology drug hunter and biomarker developer.

In 2010, Tom created and led the Next Generation Sequencing platform at Eli Lilly which identified preclinical and clinical models for personalized medicine in oncology, diabetes, neuroscience, and cardiovascular disease. In 2014, Tom became the genomics leader at Beckman Coulter developing solutions for NGS sample preparation. Tom has studied human molecular genetics throughout his career, earning a BS in Zoology-Genetics from Michigan State University in 1993, a MS in Human and Molecular Genetics from Baylor College of Medicine in 1995, and a PhD in Genetics from Michigan State University in 2000.

Chris Hemp

Director of Development

Chris started coding in high school and built web pages for a local web hosting firm. While Chris was studying at North Carolina State University he joined IBM’s Tivoli Security group as a software engineer, and he continued working at IBM after earning a BS in Computer Science from NCSU in 2003. Chris then moved on to more challenging software development roles at SAS and RSA Security (part of EMC).

In 2013 Chris joined OrgSpan and owned the web client experience. When OrgSpan was acquired by Interactive Intelligence, Chris forged small independent teams and leveraged WebRTC at the core of ININ’s PureCloud initiative. Chris champions software development process improvements that decrease defects and improve update cycles. Chris lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife and three sons.

Phil Gates-Idem

Software Architect

Phil’s passion for development began in middle school when he taught himself to code; he went on to earn bachelor’s (2004) and master’s (2005) degrees in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, and he’s worked in software development ever since. Phil’s résumé includes experience with companies representing diverse industries including finance, security, storage, collaboration, and customer engagement, and he thrives at innovative companies willing to make bold changes.

Phil is an active contributor to open source software projects such as Marko.js and Lasso.js. He also enjoys mentoring, teaching, and advancing the art of software development. When not coding, his pursuits include soccer, bodybuilding, traveling, and scuba diving.

Matt Lavin

Software Architect

Matt has known he was going to be a software engineer for as long as he can remember. He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from North Carolina State University in 2001 and immediately joined a small company called OTI. OTI was soon acquired by IBM and Matt stayed for the next 12 years building software development tools and providing a foundation for IBM’s SaaS cloud offerings.

Looking for a return to a small company, Matt joined OrgSpan in 2014 just before it was acquired by Interactive Intelligence, and he re-engineered PureCloud’s chat services to scale from tens of users to thousands in multiple regions. He also has a special place in his heart for automating software tests and deployments. Matt is active in the local DevOps and Node.js Meetups, has created and contributed to numerous open source projects and is thinking about computers almost all the time. He keeps a balance in his life by staying active and is usually training for a half or full marathon.

Mark Schroering

Software Architect

Mark started his career at Boeing in St. Louis working on embedded real-time software systems for military aircraft simulators. After spending the early part of his career in the defense world, Mark transitioned to FujiFilm’s Healthcare IT R&D team as a software developer on cardiovascular information system solutions.

In 2008, Mark joined Interactive Intelligence and eventually serving as a software architect on the PureCloud platform. He led a small development team focused on PureCloud’s cloud based contact center solution core services and deployed to Amazon Web Services. Mark received a bachelor’s in computer science from the University of Evansville in 1999, and a master’s in computer science from Washington University, St. Louis in 2003.

Swee Seong Wong

NGS Bioinformatics Director

Swee Seong thrives on computation in applied research. He started out coding image processing algorithms and developing tools for clinical decision modeling. He soon moved on to apply string search algorithms to genomic sequences, earning both a master’s (1999) and PhD (2007) in computer science from National University of Singapore. Swee Seong joined Eli Lilly Singapore in 2007 as a scientist leading various omics data integration and analysis projects.

In 2011 he was relocated to Indianapolis with Eli Lilly to lead computational effect and downstream analysis in the company’s DNA sequencing efforts. He excels at leveraging collective knowledge of genetic information from various sources to help unravel the links to biomarkers, phenotypes and diseases in clinical and pre-clinical settings. Swee Seong is passionate about building knowledgebase and related omics data tools to better understand diseases and improve patient care.

Steve Bray

Principal Scientist

In over 15 years of research experience Steve has gained broad expertise in applying genomics to better understand disease. Steve received a BS in biochemistry from Brigham Young University in 2000 and a PhD in genetics from Duke University in 2006. His doctoral research at Duke University and subsequent post-doctoral training at Emory University focused on the genetic control of neurological function including studies of chemosensory function, fragile X syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.

Additionally, his population genetic analyses uncovered unique genetic characteristics of founder populations. In 2011, Steve joined Eli Lilly and Company as a genetics research scientist utilizing DNA sequencing of tumor samples to better understand the genomic landscape of cancer and associated drug response. In these efforts he helped uncover cancer mutations that predict positive treatment responses or resistance to therapies.

Casey Herman

IT Manager

Casey comes to LifeOmic with a heavy background in Virtualization, Application Layering, and VDI systems. He has a big passion for technology and is a “no task is too large”-oriented solutions expert. When asked what he does with computers, he’ll say, “I take something that doesn’t exist and make it available globally.”

Casey has loved both technology and airplane grease in his professional career. He’s gone from being a general aviation mechanic to being the rare cable-guy that people actually love. Next Casey took on progressively larger roles in IT and network/datacom management and eventually ran enterprise desktop virtualization server farms and became a senior IT consultant. Casey’s also an avid R/C aircraft enthusiast and designer. He’s looking to compete in his first drone racing competition soon.

Erkang Zhang

Chief Information Security Officer

Erkang is an experienced leader in cybersecurity and brings 15 years of experience in all its domains from identity and access, penetration testing and incident response, to data, application and cloud security. Erkang is passionate about combining innovation and execution to deliver practical solutions that address cybersecurity challenges at their root cause.

Prior to joining LifeOmic Erkang built the software security architecture and assurance practice for Personal Investing at Fidelity Investments that serviced over 12 million customer accounts. He also led a team of engineers working on customer protection solutions as well as patent-pending security research and products. Before Fidelity Erkang held key roles at IBM Security and at a number of tech startups. Erkang earned both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from NC State University and holds several industry certifications such as CISSP. Outside of work Erkang enjoys deep-sea fishing, skiing, and fast cars.

Krisanna Bohall

Facility Manager

Krisanna has over 10 years of experience in the facility management field and is an active member of the International Facility Management Association. Prior to joining LifeOmic she served as Physical Security and MAC Manager for Interactive Intelligence and excelled at providing a safe and secure environment as well as delivering excellent customer service. Krisanna also enjoys spending time outside and exploring new places.

Jeff Jagoda

Software Architect

Jeff has always loved learning how complex systems work and finding technical solutions to problems. His early work experience included building profilers for the Linux kernel at Red Hat and for the JVM at IBM. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor’s degree in computer science in 2007, Jeff joined IBM full-time to work on projects ranging from web collaboration tools to cloud computing platforms.

In 2014 Jeff left IBM to prototype new Internet-based communication solutions at Bandwidth. Before coming to LifeOmic, Jeff rejoined IBM to use a combination of big data analytics and automated systems to understand and influence developer behaviors inside the company.

Chad Jarreau

Software Engineer

Chad has a deep interest in the intersection of life sciences and technology. He received a master’s degree in bioengineering in 2010 and bachelor’s degree in Computer Science in 2015 from Louisiana State University. During his undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Chad interned at OrgSpan working on the quality assurance team. Upon graduation, he was hired as a software developer on the Purecloud search team at Interactive Intelligence.

Chad enjoys many outdoor activities including cycling, running, swimming, and skiing. On weekends he can often be found spending time with his family.

Alex Luebbehusen

Software Engineer

Alex’s passion for software development was sparked in high school when he programmed his TI-83 calculator to assist with math homework. He was instantly hooked and eventually developed ballistic trajectory simulators, coded a school-wide chat network and started and led his high school’s very successful autonomous robotics program. This inspired Alex to pursue a technology-focused degree at the University of Evansville where he partnered on award-winning robotics teams and earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering in 2015 while also graduating as one of the top of his class and side-lining as a professional software developer.

Alex next gained progressive cloud software engineering experience at Interactive Intelligence and ADESA. He brings multiple-platform software development skills in manufacturing, customer engagement and automotive remarking industries to Lifeomic. When not working on personal software projects, Alex enjoys working out and spending time with friends and family.

Anthony Roach

Software Architect

Anthony became interested in computers playing Colossal Cave Adventures on Data General minicomputers at his dad’s software company and coding demos on a Tandy 1000. This led to receiving a bachelor’s degree in physics from Purdue University in 1996 and a master’s degree in physics from the University of Michigan in 1997 while working as a research assistant in various labs –including a summer at Fermilab measuring and modeling the magnetic field for one the Tevatron’s giant detector magnets.

He started his professional software development career at National Instruments in Austin, TX building industrial automation and test and measurement software. He then returned to Indiana to join Interactive Intelligence as a lead developer and was promoted to Chief Architect on the PureCloud AWS-based contact center product. Anthony has contributed to many open source projects including being an early major contributor to the SCons build tool. When not developing software Anthony enjoys reading, running, playing computer games and spending time with his family.

Derek Miller

Machine Learning Architect

Derek’s first interest in artificial intelligence began at a young age wanting to build a robot that could automatically clean his room, and this led to him receiving a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Ball State University. Derek’s professional career started as a volunteer developer in Tena, Ecuador developing a health care system for doctors in the Amazon Rain Forest. He later moved back to Indiana and worked at Interactive Intelligence, building NLP engines, customer churn detection services and a large-scale usage analytics system.

He continued his academic interests in a professional setting researching the utilization of deep reinforcement learning for NLP. Derek is also currently pursuing a master’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology specializing in Machine Learning. Outside of work he contributes to many open source deep learning frameworks including DeepLearning4j and MxNet. Derek enjoys hiking, playing music, spending time with family, and reading research papers.

Doryan Algarra

Head of Design

Doryan’s love and talent for art was evident at a very early age. Growing up he was constantly drawing and designing, winning awards in middle and high school. After college Doryan combined his interest in technology and art while serving in the United States Marine Corps. It was during that time that he dove into digital design and web design.

After his tour in the Marines Doryan went to work for companies such as Duke Medicine, ReverbNation and Interactive Intelligence where he was constantly expanding his knowledge from web design into product and experience design. Previous to LifeOmic, Doryan was Creative Director for Genesys. In his spare time Doryan enjoys drawing and traveling.

Mark DeLaVergne

Senior Software Engineer

Mark earned his bachelor’s degree in Music Business at Anderson University in 2007 while also taking Computer Science courses on the side and building professional web apps throughout college. He then worked as a software engineer at companies in the staffing and learning management spaces and completed various technical certifications along the way. This led to being hired at Interactive Intelligence in 2011 where he built an enterprise iOS app from scratch, earned AWS certifications while working on the PureCloud platform, and generally crafted his skills in a wide range of technologies.

Mark enjoys any outdoor activity, woodworking and spending time with his wife and two children. If asked he’ll also try to melt your face off with a guitar.

Chris MacNaughton

Senior Software Engineer

Chris became interested in computing at a young age — starting when his parents first brought home an Apple II and he began learning how to program in BASIC in school. His passion for problem solving and continuous learning led him to earn a B.S. in Media Arts and Science at the IUPUI School of Informatics, and he has since gone on to have a wide-ranging career as a software developer.

After working a number of years building applications in the education and non-profit space, Chris joined Angie’s List in Indianapolis where he worked on numerous teams including SEO, e-commerce, search, and core platform.  Before joining LifeOmic he worked as a senior front-end engineer for Eli Lilly and Co.

In his spare time Chris enjoys spending time with his family, running, reading, learning new programming technologies, and winemaking.

Annica Burns

Director of Mobile Engineering

Annica’s current work building mobile apps for Healthcare seems predictable in hindsight but took a circuitous route. While studying medicine at BYU, Annica realized it was the wrong path when she couldn’t euthanize shelter dogs brought to the lab for experimentation. She decided to put her pre-med degree to use as a science writer and headed to Northwestern for an MS in Journalism. Instead she found her true calling when a professor asked her to join a Media startup where she quickly gravitated to the technology side of the business building the databases, web apps and cloud services that were core to the startup’s future. As it grew, Annica moved on from building software to managing software development and eventually landed in a more strategic role as VP of Information Systems.

Then came the iPhone. Excited to be part of a technology that was changing the world, she jumped back into engineering and has been building mobile apps and managing mobile development teams in healthcare since 2014.

Since her husband won’t let her write code ALL the time, Annica also skis, bikes, and takes long runs in the mountains of Utah with her dog, Mozzie.

Charlie Duong

Software Engineer

Ever since his big brother exposed him to coding as kid, Charlie knew that he wanted to become a software developer. Throughout high school Charlie spent his free time learning how to code by building small command line tools and games. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering from Penn State University in 2016.

While working towards his Bachelor’s degree, Charlie interned at GE Transportation as an embedded systems engineer. After receiving his degree, he started working at Interactive Intelligence where he spent time working on the PureCloud division’s Co-browse team. In his free time Charlie enjoys contributing to open source and working on small side projects. When not writing code Charlie enjoys playing video games, working out, and playing soccer.

James Beavers

Software Engineer

James was first introduced to coding through volunteer video game development at the age of thirteen. After a few years of using code as an easy way to solve homework problems he decided to take more classes related to Computer Science.

After three years at North Carolina State University, James was Valedictorian with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science in 2014, and he continued with graduate-level studies at NCSU. During this time, James interned at several companies including IBM as a data center lab technician and later as a software developer working on an install pipeline and open source contributions. He left IBM to work as a full-stack engineer on CounselLink, a legal management platform.

After receiving a Master’s in Computer Science in 2015, James was hired by Interactive Intelligence where he worked on the PureCloud chat service before joining LifeOmic.

Erich Smith

Security Automation Engineer

Erich is a talented software generalist with a ‘can-do’ attitude and passions for automation and readable code. He graduated with a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Valparaiso University in 2000 and worked for IBM in Research Triangle Park, NC. Over the next ten years he excelled in both build/tooling and development roles across a variety of platforms — from mainframes to embedded devices. Erich then took on challenging software roles at a number of RTP tech companies in the 3D-modeling and finance industries.

Erich lives in Durham with his wife and two children. He enjoys reading, hiking, playing board games and spending time with family and friends.

Derrick Hathaway

Mobile Architect

Derrick received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Utah State University in 2008.  He’s been doing mobile application development since the very first iPhone SDK in 2008 and soon thereafter quit his day job writing boring business software to make a career out of it. Since that time he’s built games as well as apps for entertainment, education and medicine. He’s passionate about developing high quality software and in recent years has broadened his horizons by learning React Native and modern JavaScript.

Derrick enjoys cooking — especially outdoors whether it’s in a dutch oven, wood fired oven or on the grill — and spending time with family on vacations, in the yard, and playing video and board games.

Kyle Clegg

Mobile Architect

Kyle is a software engineer specializing in mobile app development. He jumped into mobile development in 2010 excited by the opportunity to connect with consumers in a new, more personalized way. He loved what he found in the application of engineering and software to create quality apps, launch business ideas, and enable startups to experience massive growth.

In 2012, Kyle started working on healthcare specific applications, building patient engagement apps for a healthcare startup. After earning his Masters in Information Systems Management from BYU, he continued his focus in healthcare technology, working on telemedicine and care management products. Kyle is passionate about improving health through mobile technologies.

Away from his computer, Kyle enjoys long trail runs, exploring mountain peaks in Utah, and playing hockey.

Paige Jarreau

Director of Social and Science Communications

Paige is a scientist by training but a writer at heart. As a child she dreamed of writing sci-fi novels like her heroes Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. Her love of science won over at first. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biological Engineering from Louisiana State University. After a brief stint of PhD studies in Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, she finally realized that her true passion was writing. She returned to LSU, where she earned her PhD and conducted postdoctoral research at the Manship School of Mass Communication. She nerds out about how scientists use social media and how we can improve public trust in science.

Paige is an experienced science communication researcher and practitioner. She’s written for Nature Magazine, Scientific American, American Scientist and other outlets. Since June 2016 she has been at the LSU College of Science, developing their social media presence and training researchers to communicate. She enjoys yoga and spending time with family.

Justin Helmig

Chief Marketing Officer

Justin is passionate about bringing society shaping technology products to market. He started his career at Qualcomm writing software for mobile phones. After several years in software development, he moved into sales engineering, strategy, and corporate development roles at Texas Instruments.

He was then Vice President of Product Management for TapRoot, a mobile software startup. After TapRoot, he was Vice President of Marketing, and later Executive Vice President of Products and Technology for StrikeIron, a pioneer in web APIs.

Following StrikeIron’s successful acquisition by Informatica, Justin served as the Vice President of Informatica’s Data-as-a-Service business unit.

After Informatica, Justin was CEO of Demand Signals, a marketing technology startup. He then joined Interactive Intelligence as Chief Marketing Officer.

Justin holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University and an MBA from Kenan-Flagler business school at the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ben Salisbury

Senior Product Manager

Ben is a computational biologist by training who loves building and improving products that drive better healthcare and better science. A 17-year veteran of the precision medicine industry, Ben started out as an algorithm developer at Genaissance Pharmaceuticals. Over an 11-year period with Genaissance and its successors by acquisition and divestiture, he made contributions in population genetics and statistical genetics and helped bring a novel antidepressant to market and build a successful clinical lab business that introduced genetic diagnosis to hundreds of cardiology practices around the world. More recently, Ben has worked with software and informatics companies, leading technical and commercial efforts to deliver tools and platforms for clinical labs and researchers.

Ben lives with his family in Dayton, Ohio. His pastimes include gardening, cooking, and singing. He loves taking his children on nature hikes and bike rides. Ben studied biology as an undergraduate at Yale and received his PhD from the University of Michigan. He returned to Yale for two years as a postdoctoral researcher before moving to industry in 2001.

Jesse Kinser

Director of Platform Security

Jesse graduated from the School of Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington in 2010 with a passion for security and set off to Washington D.C. to work in the Intelligence Community. During her 5 year term in the government sector working on various National Security research and development projects, she also completed her Master’s in Computer Science.

In 2014, Jesse returned to Indianapolis to take on a role at a leading energy company in which she focused on building out modern cloud applications. Her interest in cloud technology led to her next role at Salesforce where she was in charge of hacking the product ecosystem. Jesse has presented her offensive security research and tools at leading conferences around the US, including DEFCON and BSides Las Vegas. A self-proclaimed serial hobbiest, Jesse enjoys picking up new skillsets and traveling to new places with her family.

Travis Barney

Senior Software Engineer

Travis brings nearly two decades of web development experience dating back to late 90’s as a “Web Master” in the online payment industry. Growing up in what is now known as Silicon Slopes Utah at the epoch of the digital age he has been able to focus his introspective creative traits toward building software with an eye on quality user experiences. He was raised by an artistic family, and spent a large part of his time drawing, painting, sculpting, carving, and forging varied visual art forms. He credits his luck to having worked with several meaningful mentors throughout his career, learning on the job and gradually growing his skills over time.

Some of the solutions Travis has been part of include payment gateways, content management, automotive search, human-resource training, survey management, call-center UI, team training, live chat, hardware orchestration, and smart-home automation.

Travis enjoys spending time with his wife, son, 3 dogs, 3 cats, and hamster.

Casey Dexter

Senior Design Engineer

Growing up Casey always enjoyed art and technology. He has been labeled as a “learner”, or someone who enjoys the learning process. Web design has complemented this trait as it continues to provide him with fresh material.

After graduating with a B.S. in Computer Graphics from Purdue University in 2001, he went to work for Purdue full-time as a graphic designer in the marketing communications office and then later as a web designer in the housing and food services division. While working at Purdue, Casey was introduced to CSS, and that’s when his passion for web design began to blossom. He moved on from Purdue to work for Interactive Intelligence as a designer and spent seven years there working on CaaS Quick Spin and PureCloud products.

When not pushing pixels, Casey enjoys longboarding, playing basketball, hanging out by a campfire, and spending time with his wife and three kids.

Austin Kelleher

Senior Software Engineer

Austin first became interested in computers at a young age by playing online virtual worlds. He decided to learn how to program to build his own games and game tooling. During his freshman year at Penn State University he assisted in the development of an online, cross platform, multiplayer, virtual world for kids called Kingdom Island that accumulated 100,000+ users. He graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science in 2016.

Prior to joining LifeOmic Austin worked on PureCloud Co-browse at Interactive Intelligence and developed open source libraries such as Marko and Lasso at eBay. During his free time he enjoys contributing to open source projects, working out, hiking, traveling, reading, and playing Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64.

Matt Ferguson

Product Manager - Mobile

Matt has spent his entire career in the population health management space, using behaviorally-focused approaches to help people lead healthier lives. Spanning a nearly 10-year career at WebMD Health Services, Matt focused on clinical products designed to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs and delivered through a wide variety of modalities to hundreds of thousands of end-users. Matt then joined the Growth and Innovation team at OurHealth, a provider of onsite and near-site direct primary care services for employers, and led the overall strategy of their Wellness portfolio as well as launching their first Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) program.

Matt received a BA in Kinesiology from Purdue University in 2005 and a MS in Biomechanics from Ball State University in 2007. In addition to his weekly dose of Crossfit, Matt is an avid watersports enthusiast and enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons.

Ben Kraus

Mobile Software Engineer

Ben has been developing for the iPhone since shortly after the release of the iPhone SDK. His passion lies in shipping high quality mobile applications and he’s been broadening his horizons and is very interested in full stack development as well. He’s spent many years as both an independent mobile app developer and with mobile development teams at Family Search and Instructure.

Besides app development, Ben enjoys hiking and camping in the great outdoors. He also spends way too much time at Disneyland and Disney World.

Matthew Tieman

Senior Software Engineer

Matt’s first coding experience was programming his TI-83 calculator in high school. He then thought it would be cool to learn how to tell computers what to do. As a result he decided to study computer science and graduated with a bachelor’s in CS from North Central College in 2012.

Matt’s first job was at Interactive Intelligence in automated QA. After two years he switched to the PureCloud analytics team as a developer. Working on the PureCloud analytics team sparked Matt’s growing interest and enjoyment in working on distributed system and application resiliency problems.

Matt is a private pilot and has been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 2008.

Matthew Rice

Mobile Architect

Matthew has been doing mobile application development for the last 10 years with a primary focus on Android development. Over the years he’s developed dozens of published applications.

Matthew graduated from Weber State University with a bachelor’s in Computer Science and now participates on their Industry Advisory Committee.

Favorite pastimes are foosball, spending time with his family, traveling and working in his yard.

Taylor Steinberg

Senior Data Engineer

Taylor received his bachelor’s in computer engineering from Clemson University in 2014, where he focused on distributed computing. He quickly found his niche in industry as a bridge between statisticians, computer scientists, and business professionals. He uses his skills to enable rapid development of analytical products. Taylor enjoys solving problems that rely on machine learning and statistics.

Taylor enjoys the Indiana outdoors with his wife and corgi. He commutes by skateboard and enjoys cooking, travel and practicing yoga.

Adam Williams

Security Architect

Adam started his career in networks and software over 20 years ago through the Electronics and Computer Programming Institute and apprenticeship in a software development services company. Since then he’s gained extensive experience working with teams that care deeply about continuous learning, regularly delivering value, and building flexible, reliable systems. Adam thrives on learning new domains and technologies to develop broad and deep understanding of the business of software. This led him into data security systems and scalable architectures in 2013.

Good work is important to Adam to provide for those around him, especially his wife and eight children. His family loves building relationships with international people through travel, participating in community social events, and welcoming them into his family’s home.

David Fifer

Software Engineer

David received his BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Purdue University in 2014 followed by a MS in Computer Science the following year. Although his collegiate work focused heavily on computer graphics, his professional career has revolved around developing web services. Prior to joining LifeOmic, David worked at Indiana Health Information Exchange, leading the development of their FHIR Chest Pain application for ER physicians.

When David is not coding, he is the family chef, handyman, and caretaker of four bunnies.

Doug Miller

Software Engineer

Doug started his career as a help desk technician and moved into the world of networking after that. After spending time as a network admin he made the jump into the software world as a software tester at Interactive Intelligence. From there Doug made the jump to front-end development and has not looked back since. He has worked on a wide variety of projects, including internal tools at Interactive Intelligence, enterprise applications at Citrix, and open-source applications and libraries at Red Hat. He is active in the React community in Research Triangle Park, NC, and can be found presenting at many of the Triangle ReactJS Meetups.

In his spare time, Doug tries to spend as much of his time outside hiking and camping. During the winter he tries to find as much time as possible enjoying his true passion, snowboarding.

Brady Larson

Senior Mobile Engineer

Brady graduated from the University of Utah in 2007. He made his first Android app at his first job when he had some time between projects. Since then he’s been hooked on mobile, making iOS and (mostly) Android apps both personally and professionally.

Outside of work Brady enjoys spending time with his family and exploring the many hiking trails nearby. He also recently started mountain biking.

Zhenya Ragulin

Software Engineer

Zhenya decided he wanted to be a programmer at the age of 8, when his family got their first PC with Windows 95, Caesar III, and Diablo II on it. He thought programming would be similar to playing video games (like many other naive kids). It turned out to be very different — but still fun.

Zhenya is excited about self-development, and software development is something that helps him continuously challenge himself.

Zhenya received his bachelor’s from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in 2012, and his master’s from Brno University of Technology in Computer Graphics in 2015. He has been working in healthcare since 2014 working on various solutions to improve patients’ experience communicating with the physicians.

When not coding or eating ice-cream made of snow in the mountains, Zhenya enjoys running and swing, contemporary and jazz dancing.

Ryan Hilliard

Director of Marketing

Ryan has a passion for solving complex problems using a methodical, data- and logic-driven approach. He received a bachelor’s degree in business/marketing from North Carolina State in 2010. Prior to joining LifeOmic, Ryan served as the Head of Growth at a prominent digital marketing agency, ROI Revolution, where he led the agency’s largest service with over 50 employees servicing more than 200 clients. During his time at ROI, Ryan also managed paid marketing efforts for more than a dozen SaaS and software providers, including Wrike, Urban Airship and SingleHop.

When he’s not analyzing data, Ryan is goofing around with his family of four, tending to his yard, playing competitive adult-league soccer or starting a new home project. He’s also passionate about wine, craft beer and Doctor Who.

Carter Hesterman

Senior Software Engineer

Carter has always loved being able to find creative ways to solve problems. Whether it’s solving how to optimize a database query or trying to systematically find the best burger in a city, he loves the thrill of just figuring it out.

After getting Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Information Systems from BYU, Carter went on to work for various SaaS companies in the Utah Valley area. At these companies, he primarily worked on providing ways for the customer to connect their data to the platform and automate many of the tasks they were having to repeat on a daily basis.

When he isn’t writing code, Carter enjoys making music, playing video games, and pretending to be a restaurant critic.

Austin Rausch

Software Engineer

Austin’s passion for programming started when he was a sophomore in high school and attended a vocational school half the day learning various programming languages and computer science concepts. From there he attended the Rochester Institute of Technology for 2 years before transferring to Pennstate Behrend, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science in 2017.

While at Pennstate Behrend, Austin interned at Interactive Intelligence working on the PureCloud Co-Browse team. After graduation Austin worked for a company called Software Design Solutions developing UIs and backend services for IoT and embedded devices.

Austin’s hobbies include exercising, reading and movies.

David Anspaugh

Senior Product Designer

David began designing software when he needed a website for his chocolate fountain business. Since then, he’s had the opportunity to create great experiences for millions of people while working for award-winning agencies, startups, and well-established companies. With the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and the subsequent entry of Android, David’s passion has been to craft valuable, clear, and delightful experiences for people across the world on their mobile devices.

David loves his family and is obsessed with the mountains. Any opportunity of clear weather, you’ll find him hiking, backpacking, or just driving through the mountains.

Ananth Iyer

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Ananth is an electrical engineer with a specialization in audio and digital signal processing. His interest in audio started off when he was in middle school with a project to retrofit his boombox to make it louder. He went on to get an MS from Penn State University and a Ph.D. from Temple University — both in speech processing.

At Genesys and Interactive Intelligence he built several speech based products to improve customer experience. Further on, he gained interest and experience in machine learning — which led him to build bots, search engines and entity recognizers, primarily using Deep Learning.

Ananth also enjoys participating in hackathons and is a proud winner of the 2018 AT&T IoT and 2017 PureCloud hackathons. While not at work, Ananth enjoys trying to run and also time with family, photography and socializing at the Indianapolis Python and AWS developer communities.

Simon Silitonga

Senior Software Engineer

Simon graduated from Stevens in Hoboken, NJ in 2001 with a BS degree in Computer Science. He began his software development career working in the NASDAQ market maker and trading industry for six years.

He and his family moved to Indiana in 2006 and he ultimately ended up at Interactive Intelligence, where he worked for almost 9 years in the analytics team for both the CIC and PureCloud divisions.

In his free time, Simon loves being with his wife and four children, serving at church or on mission trips.

Isaac Williams

Associate Software Engineer

As a young boy, Isaac watched his dad typing colored words on the computer and wanted to do the same. He propped picture books up against the wall and pretended they were laptops. He began “real programming” at age 12 when he copied a multiple choice adventure game out of a Ruby textbook and he hasn’t stopped since. He loves learning new technologies and working with people who are way smarter than him.

In his free time, he plays Nintendo games, produces and listens to hip-hop, writes short stories, rides his bike, and sleeps.

Tony Ward

Software Engineer

Tony earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering Technology at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. During his time in college, he held an internship where he worked in software and hardware development. After building many embedded, desktop, and mobile applications, he had the opportunity to work at Interactive Intelligence on the PureCloud product. At Interactive Intelligence, he would dive deep into modern web development. He’s very passionate about creating applications that not only look great but that help people as well. He enjoys being active in the development community by contributing to his favorite open source libraries and presenting at local meetups.

Tony enjoys watching and playing basketball, traveling to new places, reading, and hiking.

Jason Kokx

Test Automation Engineer

Jason graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1990 with a BSEE degree. He started working in software testing in 2000 doing software automation testing. He has worked on web client automation and set up automation processes on various test lab systems. He started working at OrgSpan in 2012 where he built the QA test automation teams for Backend, Web Client and Mobile Clients, worked on mobile test automation and was responsible for the Continuous Integration pipelines. Jason joined LifeOmic in 2019 because of his passion to use his skills to make a contribution to the health and wellness of people’s lives.

Jason is married with two daughters in college. His aim is to live a healthy and active lifestyle. He enjoys cooking healthy meals, running, swimming, strength training, hiking and yoga.

Matthew Phillips

Principal Machine Learning Researcher

Matt has researched complex systems and signals for over a decade in academia and industry. He received a B.A. in philosophy and mathematics from Tufts, and a Ph.D. in philosophy/cognitive science from Rutgers. He then moved into neuroscience, researching in visual/oculomotor psychophysics, primate cellular electrophysiology, and computational modeling. He then turned to machine learning, developing algorithms for fluid flow measurement, event scheduling, patch-based search and land-cover classification of satellite imagery, document understanding, and many other projects using deep neural networks, reinforcement learning, computational geometry, signal detection, and other techniques.

Matt has been published widely and received numerous awards, grants and fellowships. Among them are an individual NIH Kirschstein F32 award (2011) and a research grant from the AAN (2012, co-PI). Two of his papers on satellite imagery were selected (ATR-WG top 10) for the MSS Parallel conference in Feb. 2019.

Candace Luebbehusen

Event Marketing Associate

Candace comes to LifeOmic excited to change lives in a different way. She excels at bringing an eye for detail, building relationships, and event management. Prior to joining LifeOmic, Candace served as the Director of Student Activities at Marian University coordinating over 100 large- and small-scale events each year for up to 3000 guests.

Candace earned a Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies from Texas Woman’s University in 2015 and a M.S.Ed. with concentration in Higher Education from Indiana University-Bloomington in 2017.

In her spare time, Candace loves to read, dance, play board games, travel, and spend time with family and friends (especially her dog, Bonnie).