Citizen Space’s current intrepid independents:
Tara Hunt
Tara is one of the founders and co-owners of Citizen Space. When she isn’t preaching the word of Coworking across the world, she is writing books (most recent is The Whuffie Factor), speaking about online marketing and consulting companies on connecting with their customer communities and designing products to produce customer happiness. She misses the space these days as her current residence is in Montreal, but tries to get back as much as possible.
twitter.com/missrogue
Tara is one of the founders and co-owners of Citizen Space. When she isn’t preaching the word of Coworking across the world, she is writing books (most recent is The Whuffie Factor), speaking about online marketing and consulting companies on connecting with their customer communities and designing products to produce customer happiness. She misses the space these days as her current residence is in Montreal, but tries to get back as much as possible.
twitter.com/missrogue
Hillary Hartley otherwise known as quepol on the internets, is co-owner of Citizen Space. She works on all things gov2.0 for NIC Inc., blogs sparingly, and tweets a lot. You can find me here.
Nick Cawthon provides a shadowy glimpse into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. A young loner on a crusade – to champion the cause of user experience for the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of corporate websites who operate above the law. If you have a problem – if no one else can help – and if you can find
them – then maybe you can hire: Gauge Design.
them – then maybe you can hire: Gauge Design.
The Eye-Fi Guys
Eye-Fi builds products and services that help consumers share their visual memories. Their core product is a wireless SD memory card for your digital camera. The Eye-Fi Card stores photos and videos like a standard SD memory card, but it also makes your camera wireless, effortlessly sharing your photos and videos to both your Mac or PC and the online photo sharing destination of your choice. Some of the Eye-Fi web engineering team works at Citizen Space once a week (usually Wednesdays).
Eye-Fi builds products and services that help consumers share their visual memories. Their core product is a wireless SD memory card for your digital camera. The Eye-Fi Card stores photos and videos like a standard SD memory card, but it also makes your camera wireless, effortlessly sharing your photos and videos to both your Mac or PC and the online photo sharing destination of your choice. Some of the Eye-Fi web engineering team works at Citizen Space once a week (usually Wednesdays).
Tobias Kemper VP, Nimbuzz-USA. Tobias was Head of the Global Communications and Social Media program for Nimbuzz until he was summoned to open and run the office for Nimbuzz in Silicon Valley focused on business development and marketing.
Prior to Nimbuzz, Tobias worked on marketing strategy and brand consulting for Palm, Discovery Networks, CondeNast, Gilette, Dwell and Timbuk2. Originally from Germany, Tobias studied and worked in the UK, USA, Germany, and The Netherlands. His involvement in the mobile industry stems from his early love for mobile phones, blogging about gadgets, trends and emerging technology, and launching the Palm Treo 750, running a workshop for Palm at the TED conference.
www.nimbuzz.com
twitter.com/TEK
Prior to Nimbuzz, Tobias worked on marketing strategy and brand consulting for Palm, Discovery Networks, CondeNast, Gilette, Dwell and Timbuk2. Originally from Germany, Tobias studied and worked in the UK, USA, Germany, and The Netherlands. His involvement in the mobile industry stems from his early love for mobile phones, blogging about gadgets, trends and emerging technology, and launching the Palm Treo 750, running a workshop for Palm at the TED conference.
www.nimbuzz.com
twitter.com/TEK
Seema Maloni is an eco friendly bag designer from Canada that is new to San Francisco. She combines her skills in sales, marketing and design to work for Oasis Bags- the leading manufacturer of environmentally-friendly bags in North America. Oasis Bags products are composed of recycled materials, are recyclable, non toxic, sweat shop free, and multi-certified (including North America’s Ecologo program).
Brett Orlanski
Brett works for a virtual company that is in the business of virtual goods. He runs business development and distribution operations for Virtual Greats a brand and celebrity IP licensing agency.
Brett works for a virtual company that is in the business of virtual goods. He runs business development and distribution operations for Virtual Greats a brand and celebrity IP licensing agency.
Mark Rosin
“Hello, I am Mark Rosin. I was born and have lived in UK all my life but I now spend much of my time in US. I amuse myself doing physics/maths and playing football, going to gigs, growing stuff in the garden and playing with Bertrand Russell, my hamster.” Mark is currently a Ph.D. student at Astrophysical Fluids and Non-linear Patterns Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge. More about Mark.
“Hello, I am Mark Rosin. I was born and have lived in UK all my life but I now spend much of my time in US. I amuse myself doing physics/maths and playing football, going to gigs, growing stuff in the garden and playing with Bertrand Russell, my hamster.” Mark is currently a Ph.D. student at Astrophysical Fluids and Non-linear Patterns Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge. More about Mark.
Karina Sanz
is part of the Geminus Labs team, a software outsourcing company focused web development. Karina holds a degree in Computer Science from Universidad Catolica de Cordoba, Argentina and is pursuing her MBA from Berkeley, Haas School of Business. She loves the web, social media, and all those things that will change the way we live for the better.
is part of the Geminus Labs team, a software outsourcing company focused web development. Karina holds a degree in Computer Science from Universidad Catolica de Cordoba, Argentina and is pursuing her MBA from Berkeley, Haas School of Business. She loves the web, social media, and all those things that will change the way we live for the better.
Jesse Taggert is a communication designer and the part-time general manager of Citizen Space. She recently moved from Boston and has been learning at least five new tech acronyms a day working in South Park.
Jason (Jay) Walsh is the Director of Actuarial Services for an insurance company and does not have a Twitter account. On top of that he runs. While an oddball at Citizen Space, he loves the co-working environment and is glad that he is the only San Francisco employee of his Los Angeles-based company. In his free time Jay is an active participant with the Couch Surfing Project, a multi-year Burner, and a great fan of dancing.
Some of our Recent Residents
Arne Gerhard
Innowake Software
Christian Gribneau and James Downs
Egon Technologies
Jonathan Gold doesn’t know why you are reading this. You really should be working, playing, smoking crack, or generally doing something more useful with your time than reading about him and and trying to understand his ridiculously ambitious plans to rip the software world a new one.
T. Hardy Jackson helps clients answer strategic questions like whether to enter a new market, sell their company, re-price their products or change their business model. His consulting practice typically serves payments and Internet clients and a mix of Fortune 500 and start-ups. He grew up in the SF bay area and dabbles in random hobbies before getting bored. Current favorites are gardening, photography, and home building. You can read more about his background here.
Olya Lapina
www.olyalapina.com
twitter/LOLya
Jaan Orvet Web Strategist and Creative Director, Sharpenr, Co-author of Noded-The Untouchable Business. Twitter (@orvet).”
Chris Messina
One of the co-founders of Citizen Space and advocate for the open web.
Adam Metz
Principal of METZ, a San Francisco-based social web strategy firm that works exclusively with consumer brands in the lifestyle, travel, apparel and consumer-packaged goods (CPG) spaces.
Sarahjane Sacchetti
Story Labs
Jonathan Swartz
“I’m a software consultant, specializing in open source systems – Perl, Linux, Apache, mysql. For the past few years I’ve been developing a web framework for the Hearst Corporation’s online magazines. I’m the author of Mason, an open source Perl-based web platform. I live in Berkeley with my wife, daughter and black Lab/Aussie.”
www.openswartz.com
“I’m a software consultant, specializing in open source systems – Perl, Linux, Apache, mysql. For the past few years I’ve been developing a web framework for the Hearst Corporation’s online magazines. I’m the author of Mason, an open source Perl-based web platform. I live in Berkeley with my wife, daughter and black Lab/Aussie.”
www.openswartz.com
Brian Solis, Principal of Futureworks PR, an award-winning PR and New Media agency in Silicon Valley.
