President

Charles Green

Founder

Jordan Messina

Champion of The MetaCartel

Yalor Mewn

Strategic Consultant

David Montanaro

Based in Denver, Colorado, Kseniya is a founding partner of Upstate Interactive and a member of Meta Gamma Delta — a DAO supporting women-led projects. Leading the finance/HR department and coding on the side, Kseniya is skilled in operations management, JavaScript, and Solidity. Outside of work, she enjoys playing the piano, reading historical fiction, running, and drawing.



Kseniya’s favorite quote: “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chapman

Partner

Co-founder

Kseniya Lifanova

Located in Columbus, Ohio, Zoe is a founding partner of Upstate Interactive and a member of Meta Gamma Delta — a DAO supporting women-led projects. Her software development, product management, and Web3 fluency enhance her ability to lead sales, marketing, and business development teams. She enjoys a mix of creative and athletic hobbies — such as guitar and pilates — and spending time with family in her free time.



Zoe’s favorite quote: “Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.“ ― Carl Jung

Zoe Koulouris Augustinos

Based in Rochester, NY, Doug is a founding partner of Upstate Interactive, actively involved in the technology community — spearheading projects such as Hack Upstate and Careers in Code. When he’s not architecting smart contracts for the next blockchain advancement, you can find him spending time with his family, exercising, playing poker, and checking out the local breweries.



Doug’s favorite quote: “Let’s do it.” – Bluto from Animal House

Doug Crescenzi

A Syracuse, NY-native, Lauren is a dual enterprise software and Web3 development extraordinaire. She’s the multifaceted engineer behind various projects, skilled in JavaScript, NodeJS, Web3, and smart contract development. You’ll likely find her knitting, gaming, and reading in her free time.



Lauren’s favorite quote: “I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.” – Walt Whitman

Software Engineer

Lauren Adam

Based in Houston, Texas, Jasper is a front-end development expert specializing in JavaScript and ReactJS frameworks. When he’s not perfecting cross-platform applications, he’s usually gaming, planting new succulents, and learning how to create pixel art.



Jasper’s favorite quote: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

Jasper Chauvin

Based in Houston, Texas, Joseph is a React and Node.js wizard, also proficient in Amazon Web Services (AWS), jQuery, and MongoDB. When he&#8217;s not working on the backend of custom software applications, you can find him on the basketball court or creating music.



Joseph’s favorite quote: “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

Junior Software Engineer

Joseph Chauvin

Located in Los Angeles, California, Chuck is a front-end development master skilled in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and UI/UX design. When he’s not producing intuitive and responsive designs for clients, you’ll likely find him painting, playing guitar, cooking, and traveling in his free time.



Chuck’s favorite quote: “Do I look like I know what a JPEG is?” – Hank Hill

Senior Design Technologist

Chuck Howard

Located in Syracuse, NY, Natasha is the employee relations champion behind the scenes of Upstate Interactive. A dual finance and HR professional, she’s skilled in recruiting, accounting, reporting, and initiating HR initiatives. You’ll likely find her traveling, spending time with her dogs, hiking, cooking, and snowboarding in her free time.



Natasha’s favorite quote: &#8220;The purpose of our lives is to be happy.&#8221; – Dalai Lama

Finance

HR Manager

Natasha Falter

Based in Rochester, NY, Brittany is a marketing guru behind the scenes of the UI brand. A well-rounded marketer and strategic planner, she’s skilled in content creation, digital media, and public relations. You’ll find her at the gym, hiking/biking trails, playing board games, and watching the Buffalo Bills outside of work.



Brittany’s favorite quote: “No one is you, and that is your biggest power.” – Dave Grohl

Marketing Manager

Brittany Williams

Leaving Upstate, NY weather for sunshine and sand in Venice, Florida, Ingrid is an expert product owner liaising between stakeholders and Upstate Interactive’s development teams. She loves working on complex projects and enjoys spending time with her three boys outside of work.



Ingrid’s favorite quote: “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” ― Alan Watts

Product Owner

Ingrid Johanns

Located in St. Louis, Missouri, Christy is a design technologist extraordinaire and a go-to resource for design system creation, UI/UX best practices, heuristic evaluation, and icon/illustration design. You’ll likely find her spending time with her family, listening to podcasts and audiobooks, and crafting in her free time.



Christy’s favorite quote: “There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations — these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit.” – C.S. Lewis

Christy Presler

Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Cole is a smart contract aficionado who moves dApps across the finish line. He&#8217;s skilled in many programming languages, such as Python, Django, React, and Solidity. When he&#8217;s not architecting custom smart contracts, he partakes in snowboarding, mountain biking, golfing, and kayaking.



Cole’s favorite quote: &#8220;Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.&#8221; – Albert Einstein

Smart Contract Engineer

Cole Roberts

Rooted in New York, NY, Soleil is a Python and Node.js advocate, also fluent in React, Express, and TypeScript. When she’s not developing applications to meet end-user needs, you can find her making and listening to music, creating and playing video games, cooking and baking, and building applications.



Soleil’s favorite quote: “Do you think that God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he has created?” – Steve Buscemi, Spy Kids 2

Senior Software Engineer

Soleil Solomon

In the heart of Syracuse, NY, Kent is the Java-and-Native Scriptwriting expert, also proficient in Angular, HTML, and CSS languages. When he&#8217;s not engineering intuitive and scalable applications, you’ll find him out hiking, biking, fishing, or on the disc golf course.



Kent’s favorite quote: “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Kent Walker

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Dillon is a React enthusiast, proficient in CSS and JavaScript programming languages. When he&#8217;s not working on the back end of industry-advancing applications, you’ll find him playing guitar, exercising, and creating digital art.



Dillon’s favorite quote: &#8220;If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.&#8221; — Abraham Maslow

Dillon Meyer

Rooted in Madison, Wisconsin, Andy is <a href="https://www.pmi.org/certifications/certified-associate-capm">CAPM-certified</a> by the Project Management Institute and a technical expert in JavaScript and Solidity. When he’s not collaborating with stakeholders and Agile Scrum teams, he’s biking recreationally and competitively, as well as coaching endurance sports.



Andy’s favorite quote: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” — Calvin Coolidge

Junior Product Owner

Andy Woodruff

Located in Madison, Wisconsin, Jasmyn is a mobile development master skilled in metaprogramming and code generation. When she’s not developing software systems to solve real-world problems, you’ll likely find her playing tabletop games, creating music, and circuit bending.



Jasmyn’s favorite quote: &#8220;No disassemble!&#8221; – Johnny 5

Jasmyn Weatherhead

Based in Ellicott City, Maryland, Jonathon is a software engineering devotee skilled in JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, Java, Python, C++, and Git. If he’s not working on the front-end development of software applications, he’s usually gaming, watching tv and movies, or reading sci-fi and fantasy books.



Jonathan’s favorite quote: &#8220;Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss

Jonathon Wichers

Based in Los Angeles, California, Zach is a smart contract and front-end development wizard. He&#8217;s fluent in Python, JavaScript, and Solidity, building the back-end of dApps and polishing the front-end of mobile apps. You can find him surfing, skateboarding, rock climbing, skiing, and golfing in his free time.



Zach’s favorite quote: “Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.” — Bill Gates

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