Leadership Team

  • David Siminoff Chief Creative Officer and Founder

    • Favorite lit: Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
    • Little known fact: arrested in Moscow in 1992
    • Hidden talent: barbecuing dead things
  • Ellen Siminoff President and CEO

    • Claim to Fame: been shot
    • Loves: chocolate, Super Bowl XLV Champion Green Bay Packers
    • Little known fact: Struggles with golf
  • David Nguyen CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

    • Loves: snowboarding, capoeira, Chicago Bears, Bulls, Cubs
    • Favorite book: The Once and Future King by T.H. White
    • Hidden Talent: I lost it.
  • Paul Taylor VP of Educational Sales & Services

    • Loves: Family, Lakers, Surfing, 49ers, MotoGP
    • Favorite book: The Firm by John Grisham
    • Hidden Talent: I know I could be the next Master Chef
  • Deb Tennen Senior Editor

    • Loves: young adult lit, Paul Rudd, and the Kogi food truck
    • Favorite book: The Giving Tree, The Late Mattia Pascal, and anything by Steven Pinker
    • Hidden Talent: doing impressions of reality TV stars that no one knows or cares about