Meet our team

Here are the Pivots who make it happen.

Rob

Rob Mee CEO, Founder

Rob began his software career in an artificial intelligence laboratory in Tokyo, writing natural language translation systems in Lisp. His early interest in languages, both natural and artificial, led him to follow the evolution of software engineering into object orientated systems and databases, Smalltalk development, and Agile methodologies. Rob co-founded Pivotal with the goal of providing clients a combination of hard core software engineering techniques and flexible methods as an integrated, disciplined approach to software development. As Pivotal's CEO, Rob has grown the company into a major provider of agile enablement services for software development organizations. He also provides the vision for Pivotal's rapidly expanding product development and start-up bootstrapping practice. Rob graduated from the University of California at Berkeley.

Sherry

Sherry Erskine CFO, Founder

Sherry began her career in environmental science at the U.S. Geological Survey. Her experience with geographic information systems evolved into a broader professional interest in software, systems analysis, project management and new or unconventional forms of software delivery. As co-founder of Pivotal, Sherry worked with Rob to ensure that the company's consulting services maintained a sharp focus on the customer, applying the emerging discipline of Agile methodologies to provide clients with greater predictability and transparency in the development process. As Pivotal has evolved, Sherry has taken on the roles of CFO and COO, working with Rob and the company's principals to guide the firm through a period of rapid growth. Sherry earned her degrees from Stanford University.

Edward

Edward Hieatt VP Engineering, Principal

Edward has coached teams in a wide variety of business and technical domains, including complex enterprise software and some of the world's largest auction and search websites. Edward has deep experience with object-orientated techniques and is highly proficient in the modeling and design of large-scale business systems. Using his extensive web development knowledge and relentless focus on developer testing practices, he enjoys working with teams to deliver quality software for high-volume websites. Edward is the author of JsUnit, the first unit testing tool for JavaScript. He has made numerous contributions to agile and Extreme Programming literature. Edward holds a degree in Mathematics from Oxford University, England.

Edward's blog
Dan

Dan Podsedly VP Software Services
Principal

Dan has been building large applications since the Smalltalk era, and has been a practitioner and coach of Agile methods since the earliest days of Extreme Programming. He has led projects in a variety of industries, and has been instrumental in the successful adoption of agile methods at some of the world's largest e-commerce companies. Dan works closely with Pivotal Labs' clients to ensure continued project success, and manages the product development of Pivotal Tracker, Pivotal Labs' award-winning project collaboration software.

Dan's blog
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Christian Sepulveda VP Corporate Development
Principal

Christian was Vice President of Engineering of Nominum, a leading provider of industry-leading network naming and addressing solutions, from 2003-2005. Before joining Nominum, Christian was co-founder of the GaiaCom Corporation, a New York based consulting and software development firm. He has worked in a diverse set of industries, from finance to fashion, on both commercial software and internal IT applications. Christian holds a degree in Computer Science from Harvard University.

Christian's blog

Pivots

Abhaya ShenoyAbhaya Shenoy
Adam BerlinAdam Berlin
Adam MilliganAdam Milligan
Alex JacksonAlex Jackson
Alex KwiatkowskiAlex Kwiatkowski
Alex LobascioAlex Lobascio
Alex WelchAlex Welch
Alexander MurmannAlexander Murmann
Amerson LinAmerson Lin
Andrew BruceAndrew Bruce
Andrew FaderAndrew Fader
Andrew KitchenAndrew Kitchen
Andy PliszkaAndy Pliszka
Antoniette CarrascoAntoniette Carrasco
Ash HoganAsh Hogan
Austin PutmanAustin Putman
Becky AndersenBecky Andersen
Ben MossBen Moss
Ben SmithBen Smith
Bleicke PetersenBleicke Petersen
Brent WheeldonBrent Wheeldon
Brian ButzBrian Butz
Brian CunnieBrian Cunnie
Carl Coryell-MartinCarl Coryell-Martin
Cathy O'ConnellCathy O'Connell
Chad WoolleyChad Woolley
Charles HansenCharles Hansen
Charles LeRoseCharles LeRose
Chris BooneChris Boone
Chris TongChris Tong
Christian NilesChristian Niles
Chuck FitzpatrickChuck Fitzpatrick
Colin ShieldColin Shield
Damien Le BerrigaudDamien Le Berrigaud
Danny BurkesDanny Burkes
Dave GoddardDave Goddard
David FarberDavid Farber
David GoudreauDavid Goudreau
David JacobsDavid Jacobs
David KettlerDavid Kettler
David StevensonDavid Stevenson
Davis W. FrankDavis W. Frank
Diego GarciaDiego Garcia
Dimitri RocheDimitri Roche
Dirk KellyDirk Kelly
Dmitriy KalininDmitriy Kalinin
Eli KornsteinEli Kornstein
Erich DouglassErich Douglass
Evan FarrarEvan Farrar
Georg ApitzGeorg Apitz
Glen IveyGlen Ivey
Glenn JahnkeGlenn Jahnke
Grant HutchinsGrant Hutchins
Gregg Van HoveGregg Van Hove
Hunter GillaneHunter Gillane
Ian LesperanceIan Lesperance
Ian Smith-HeistersIan Smith-Heisters
Ian ZabelIan Zabel
JB SteadmanJB Steadman
JR BoyensJR Boyens
JT ArchieJT Archie
Jacob MaineJacob Maine
Jahnavi StenfloJahnavi Stenflo
Jake QuainJake Quain
James SomersJames Somers
Jeff SaraccoJeff Saracco
Jeff TaggartJeff Taggart
Jesse TothJesse Toth
Jessica MillerJessica Miller
Jimmy LiJimmy Li
Joanne WebbJoanne Webb
Joe MooreJoe Moore
Joelle GernezJoelle Gernez
Johan IsmaelJohan Ismael
John BarkerJohn Barker
Johnny MukaiJohnny Mukai
Jonathan BarnesJonathan Barnes
Jonathan BergerJonathan Berger
Joseph PalermoJoseph Palermo
Josh KnowlesJosh Knowles
Justin RichardJustin Richard
Katie NicholsonKatie Nicholson
Ken MayerKen Mayer
Kevin FitzpatrickKevin Fitzpatrick
Kevin OlsenKevin Olsen
Kris HicksKris Hicks
Kurtis SeebaldtKurtis Seebaldt
Lara OwenLara Owen
Laura PattersonLaura Patterson
Laurence KoretLaurence Koret
Lee ByrdLee Byrd
Lee EdwardsLee Edwards
Lenny TuretskyLenny Turetsky
Lewis HoffmanLewis Hoffman
Luke CrawfordLuke Crawford
Magda KozakMagda Kozak
Mark GanglMark Gangl
Mark MichaelMark Michael
Mark RushakoffMark Rushakoff
Matt RoyalMatt Royal
Matt WorkMatt Work
Matthew HeidemannMatthew Heidemann
Matthew HolteMatthew Holte
Matthew KocherMatthew Kocher
Max BrunsfeldMax Brunsfeld
Micah YoungMicah Young
Michael FreedmanMichael Freedman
Michael GrosserMichael Grosser
Michael SchubertMichael Schubert
Michael SierchioMichael Sierchio
Mike BarinekMike Barinek
Mike GraftonMike Grafton
Mike MazurMike Mazur
Mike StallardMike Stallard
Miriam RyanMiriam Ryan
Nate ClarkNate Clark
Nathan WilmesNathan Wilmes
Nicholas GreenfieldNicholas Greenfield
Nicholas SeemillerNicholas Seemiller
Ofri AfekOfri Afek
Oksana ChernytskaOksana Chernytska
Onsi FakhouriOnsi Fakhouri
Parker ThompsonParker Thompson
Peter JarosPeter Jaros
Phan LePhan Le
Phil GoodwinPhil Goodwin
Phil PlantePhil Plante
Rachel HeatonRachel Heaton
Rajan AgaskarRajan Agaskar
Reed KennedyReed Kennedy
Rick KawalaRick Kawala
Robbie CluttonRobbie Clutton
Robert HeadRobert Head
Roberto OstinelliRoberto Ostinelli
Ryan DyRyan Dy
Ryan OngRyan Ong
Ryan RichardRyan Richard
Sam CowardSam Coward
Sarah MeiSarah Mei
Sean BeckettSean Beckett
Sonja BohrSonja Bohr
Sony AtmadjajaSony Atmadjaja
Stephan HagemannStephan Hagemann
Stephanie SeahStephanie Seah
Stephen HopkinsStephen Hopkins
Steve EllisSteve Ellis
Thomas BukowskiThomas Bukowski
Thuy TruongThuy Truong
Tim FrazerTim Frazer
Tim LabeeuwTim Labeeuw
Todd PersenTodd Persen
Tommy SullivanTommy Sullivan
Tyler SchultzTyler Schultz
Wei LuWei Lu
Will ReadWill Read
Winston TeoWinston Teo
Zac ClarkZac Clark