Meet Our Team
Rather than bore you with long winded, full of fluff biographies, we decided to cut straight to the chase.
Adam Harris | Principal
- Childhood ambition: IPO
- Fondest memory: fly-fishing in Sun Valley
- Soundtrack: The Eagles – Take it Easy
- Favorite movie: The Goonies “Hey you guys!!!!”
- Favorite Painting: René Magritte – The Son of Man
- Perfect day: picnic in the gardens of Versailles
- First job: soccer referee
- Favorite movie quote: You’ll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is, uh… how much more enjoyable it is to win. It’s inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it.” –A Good Year
- Idol: the late Stephen Leslie Harris
- Favorite website: www.lifehacker.com
Richard Castle | Director of Technology
- Childhood ambition: to build things
- Fondest memory: Backpacking in the Rockies with my father
- Soundtrack: Guns N’ Roses – November Rain
- Favorite movie: Das Boot
- Favorite Painting: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
- Perfect day: hanami
- First job: personal computer assistant
- Favorite movie quote: “All you need is good people.” –Das Boot
- Idol: Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Favorite website: finance.yahoo.com
Will Harris | Director of Operations
- Childhood ambition: own / run a Napa vineyard
- Fondest memory: living above a daily farmers market in Paris
- Soundtrack: Daft Punk – Digital Love
- Favorite movie: Young Frankenstein
- Favorite Painting: M.C. Escher – Hand with Sphere
- Perfect day: private concert with all my favorite artists
- First job: Server at a French Bakery
- Favorite movie quote: “And cause I was a gazillionaire, and I liked doin’ it so much, I cut that grass for free.” –Forrest Gump
- Idol: Warren Buffett
- Favorite website: www.uncrate.com
Judi Jorden | Creative Director
- Childhood ambition: to be an writer, orthodontist, dancer, lawyer, anesthesiologist, painter
- Fondest memory: weekend trips in a motor home with the family listening to ABBA on the 8-track
- Soundtrack: Pulp Fiction | Saturday Night Fever | Reality Bites
- Favorite movie: any movie that makes me cry
- Favorite art piece: Marc Chagall – On the Roof of Paris
- Perfect day: any day filled with ‘want tos’ instead of ‘have tos’
- First job: bagging groceries at Vons – “would you like plastic or paper?”
- Favorite movie quote: Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it’s what’s in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.” –Hope Floats
- Idol: Pippi Longstocking
- Favorite website: www.google.com
Russell Hoop | Account Associate
- Childhood ambition: to be a Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtle
- Fondest memory: the June I spent living in Wiesbaden, Germany
- Soundtrack: Wilco
- Favorite movie: The Royal Tenenbaums
- Favorite art piece: Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- Perfect day: 24 hour Wilco concert(Can you tell that I like Wilco yet?)
- First job: Renovation / Construction
- Favorite movie quote: “Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.” – The Big Lebowski
- Idol: Nels Cline
- Favorite website: www.wikipedia.org