Our Team
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After graduating from UF (Computer Engineering) in 2008, Austin accepted a position as a developer at Lockheed Martin in order to fund Youtorial, an edtech startup that he co-founded along with Shane Mooney. Youtorial was later selected as one of 16 ed-tech companies from around the globe to join the Kauffman Foundation’s inaugural incubator - Kauffman Labs. While at Kauffman Labs, Austin decided to go out one night, and Quilt was born. Some say that all good company founding stories start with a girl. This one’s no different…
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Shane (UF, Computer Engineering) loves Japanese language, pop culture, wakeboarding, snowboarding, and campfires burning low and late on cool summer nights. Shane met Austin in college where the two co-founded Youtorial, an edtech startup that simplified the process of learning complex software. Shane aspires to build computer systems so powerful, fast, and intuitive that the entire world of human interaction and knowledge feels like a natural extension of oneself.
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Niko served as student body president at Columbia, holds an Ed.M. in technology, innovation, and education from Harvard University, and is a member of The Order of the Golden Fleece at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has been invited into the living rooms of more than 8,000 families throughout the rural Midwest and Northeast selling educational books, homework study guides, and software door-to-door and is a member of the Kauffman Foundation’s inaugural Kauffman Labs program where he met Austin and Shane.
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UX Architect at Saepio. Director of UX Design at 8020 Media & Universal Uclick. UI Designer at Handmark. Freelancer at FortyEight Designs.
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