Our Team
Bézier
Chief Canine Officer
As CCO, Bézier is responsible for greeting guests, improving employee happiness, and preventing squirrel invasions. Also, her sharp eyes and attention to detail ensure all web projects are quality controlled — she's especially good at detecting bugs. Outside the office, Bézier enjoys hiking, birdwatching, and attending cheese tastings.
Julia Dang
Account Manager
Julia handles day-to-day support for our web clients. An expert in WordPress, she currently oversees the Keybridge portfolio — building out client sites, while ensuring that everything from themes to customized plugins are properly secured and backed-up. She enjoys attending trivia nights and managing her dachshund’s Instagram account.
Reuben Mahler
Senior Designer
Reuben is a designer with Keybridge and brings years of experience as a graphic artist. A graduate of Buffalo State College, he received a BFA in Graphic Design. Over his career, he has worked as a designer and art director in commercial printing, marketing, advertising, and film production. As an experienced musician and recording artist, Reuben has performed on many stages, television, and nationwide music festivals.
Mike McElhaney
Director of Web Development
Mike oversees web development, coding, and back-end systems. His hundreds of projects include e-commerce, association management, and API integrations. An accomplished piano, banjo, and bass player, Mike has studied under Victor Wooten. He enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters.
Vimal Pandey
Director of Programming
Vimal manages developers and designers for the firm. He specializes in WordPress, PHP, HTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop and JavaScript. He is a certified software and computer science engineer. When he’s not sitting in front of a computer, you can usually find Vimal playing tennis, chess, or traveling.
Sam Ryan
CEO
Sam Ryan founded Keybridge Web and oversees strategic growth. He’s a former writer for the Wall Street Journal, a tennis junkie, and an avid guitar player. He rowed on the varsity crew for Columbia University and has two red-headed daughters.
Robby Schrum
Director of Editorial Content
Robby oversees web and social media content. He has been with Keybridge since 2006. He graduated with distinction in the Classics from Yale University, where he sang with the Baker’s Dozen and the Whiffenpoofs. He was also a contestant on the college edition of “Jeopardy!”
Joelle Shapiro
Senior Web Associate
Joelle grew up with a love of both art and technology, and found her niche in web design and development. She graduated summa cum luade from Brightpoint Community College with a degree in Web Design. She has also worked on multiple graphic design projects for a local school district and completed a web design internship with Reynolds Community College. Joelle enjoys going out to concerts or karaoke as well as drawing, crafting, and watching horror movies. She also spends much of her time taking care of her and her husband's Great Dane, Luca, and her two guinea pigs, Hannibal and Roseville.
Colin Valentine
Director
Colin specializes in writing and editing of web content. Before Keybridge, Colin managed customer relations for a tourism firm in Wadi Rum, Jordan. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University. In his spare time, Colin enjoys golfing, fishing, and volunteering in the local community.
Mandi Vollmer
Managing Designer
Mandi oversees the design division of Keybridge Communications. She has extensive experience in virtually all areas of PR design, including branding, marketing, logos, infographics, publications, and web development. In her free time, she can usually be found making hand-bound books and taking care of her two dogs, Bézier and Pixel.
David White
COO
David supervises day-to-day operations and is part-owner of the company. In addition to his work at Keybridge, David is the founder and editor of Terroirist.com, a critically acclaimed wine blog. David is also a graduate of Yale University, where he rowed on the varsity crew team.
Laura Bentz
Director of Sales
Laura runs business development for Keybridge. Before moving into her current role, she worked as a senior account executive for the company. She joined Keybridge from Regnery Publishing, where she was the sole publicist on two New York Times bestselling books.
Morris Norris
Chief Canine Officer
As CCO, Morris greets guests, inspects packages, cleans the kitchen, and protects the office from squirrels and vacuum cleaners. Prior to Keybridge, Morris spent time in Iraq, before immigrating to the United States with Operation Baghdad Pups’ 70th Mission. In his free time, Morris is an avid hiker and foodie.
Julia Lehner
Office Manager
As Office Manager, Julia is responsible for the company’s day-to-day office operations, including administrative, financial and human resources activities. Julia has more than 10 years of public relations experience in various roles in the corporate and non-profit setting. She lives in Virginia with her two daughters.
Bran
Senior Web Sniffer
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Sarah Morgan
WEB ASSOCIATE
As a web associate, Sarah works alongside the development and design teams providing support for clients, website maintenance, and general project assistance.
Sarah graduated Magna Cum Laude from The College of William and Mary with a BA in Film & Media Studies and a minor in Art & Art History. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and painting.
Bézier
Principal Debugger
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