Meet the Team | OtherInbox

Joshua Baer

Founder & CEO

Joshua Baer has been working to empower consumers on the Internet and improve email marketing best practices for more than a decade. In 1996 Baer founded SKYLIST, one of the first email marketing companies, in his college dorm room. In 1998 he co-authored RFC 2369, a technical standard for unsubscribe that has been adopted by Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. Baer first conceived of OtherInbox as a solution to his own email management problems. He soon realized that it was also an opportunity to address many of the pains of email marketing while still protecting the consumer’s privacy. Baer holds Computer Science and Information Decision Systems degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and lives in Austin, TX with his wife and three children.

Brian Bailey

Product Manager

Brian lives to bring order to chaos. He has a passion for quality products and content that serves users. Prior to OtherInbox, Brian was part of the initial team at Gowalla and wrote a book on blogging. He graduated from Michigan State with a degree in Philosophy. A few of his favorite things are live music, chai lattes and Arsenal F.C.

Andrew Cooper

Client Services Coordinator

As Client Services Coordinator, Andrew helps make OtherInbox awesome for our users. He has mastered the intricacies of troubleshooting. A few of Andrew's favorite things are biking, collecting records and zipping around town on his '62 Vespa.

Brad Fults

Director of Engineering & Operations

Throughout his career as an engineer and manager, Brad has been focused on quality: learning necessary skills, refining processes, experimenting freely and working with talented and passionate people to create great products. He has been an early part of three startups—Eventful, Causes and Gowalla. Brad holds degrees in Mathematics-Computer Science and Philosophy from the University of California, San Diego. A few of his favorite things are red wine, fast cars and tacos.

Mary Gessner

Analytics

Mary has enjoyed using her stats degree (Iowa State) to build up small companies (Abacus, NextAction) to bigger and better ones. She is thrilled that each successive company has had bigger and bigger data to mine. She lives high-up (9,000 feet) in the Rocky Mountains and can’t get enough of the outdoors and Colorado sunshine.

Ben Hamill

Developer

Ben is an Austin native, graduating from The University of Texas with a degree in Linguistics. He believes in constantly refining processes and activities to weed out friction and inefficiency. A few of Ben's favorite things are reading (especially SciFi and Fantasy), gaming from video to board and roleplaying, and working on open source projects.

Andrew Harrison

Developer

Andrew brings over 12 years of software engineering experience to OtherInbox, from a wide range of companies. Andrew is a native of Nebraska, finding his way to Colorado via Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He and his wife, Rebecca, have two daughters. A few of his favorite things are his hiking, skiing, and adventure-racing.

Alex Jones

Director of Product

Alex has worked at a variety of Austin startups over the last 15 years, helping to build agencies and product companies, while following a career path from design and development, through user experience management to product management. He has a driving curiosity and an amazing wife and son. Alex loves to barbecue and has far more interests than time to explore them.

Kevin Lord

iOS Developer

After getting his start in the web hosting industry in Linux Administration/Engineering roles, Kevin has most recently transitioned to software development. He loves the challenge of creating engaging and intuitive applications, especially for mobile platforms. Originally from Detroit, he now calls Austin home. A few of his favorite things are movies and photography.

Ryan Michael

Developer

After almost a decade in the architectural field, Ryan decided to pursue his long-time obsession with coding. A native of Asheville, NC, he graduated from NC State University's School of Design. A few of Ryan's favorite things are modern architecture, watching post-apocalyptic cinema & TV and dreaming up clever inventions and then building them, like an arduino-controlled smoker.

Hoon Park

Client Services Manager

Hoon joined OtherInbox in 2008 after a stint at The Vanguard Group. As Manager of Client Services, Hoon and his team make sure every user has the best experience possible. He has a degree in Human Biology from The University of Texas at Austin. A few of his favorite things are The Wire, sports (Longhorns, Cowboys, and Spurs) and burgers.

Bob Potter

Senior Developer

Originally from nearby Georgetown, Bob started at OtherInbox as an intern and is now one of our Senior Developers. A few of his favorite things are sausage kolaches, Ruby, and Austin's thriving live music scene.

Andy Smith

Designer

Andy joined the OtherInbox team as a designer in 2011. He loves symantic markup, beautiful colors, and web interfaces that make you feel at home. Prior to OtherInbox he worked as a school bus driver in Austin and a freelance web developer in Philadelphia, where some teenagers once smashed a fluorescent light on the hood of his car. He likes to draw but has a hard time making hands look right. A few of Andy's favorite things are exotica music, urban exploration, and DIY electronics.

Allyson Weber

Client Services & Marketing

Allyson is dedicated to making our products better for everyone who uses them. As Client Services Coordinator, she's always looking out for the user. A few of Allyson's favorite things are Alabama football, music festivals and sunny days in Austin.