About Us
We’re on a mission to make building websites fun
Our Story
GatsbyJS was born in May 2015 as a simple way to build a website with React. Over the last three years, tens of thousands of developers have used Gatsby to build websites from blogs and portfolio pages to company homepages and e-commerce applications.
In early 2018, GatsbyJS core contributors, including creator & lead maintainer Kyle Mathews, formed Gatsby Inc to help website development teams build CMS-powered websites with modern tooling.
Meet the Gatsby-ites
Kyle Mathews
CEO & Co-founder
Likes tech, reading/writing, founding things. Blogs at bricolage.io.
Sam Bhagwat
CTO & Co-founder
SF Bay Area adoptee. Builder. Plays chess, makes funny faces at small children. Blogs at Moore’s Hand.
Shannon Soper
Product Designer
UX designer and educational psychology fan. Teaches piano and keeps up with her dog’s Instagram fans @dgtrwatson.
Florian Kissling
Senior Product Designer
Designer/Hacker hybrid — mostly front end, sometimes print. Typography aficionado. Occasional illustrator, hobbyist photographer. Online since 14.4k. I fuss a lot.
Linda Watkins
VP of Partnerships
Loves all things techy. Fan of Netflix documentaries. Instagrammer (@lindawatkins) and flutist.
Dustin Schau
VP of Product
(Always) JavaScript Developer. (Sometimes) Speaker. (Sometimes) Traveler. I don’t totally suck 👋
Abhi Aiyer
Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Software Engineer. Love creating tools that enable engineers to be productive. Love to make moves.
Ward Peeters
Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Core Team Lead, Web Performance and Build Tool Specialist. Makes dreams come true. Worked on Lighthouse and maintains Preact and more
Greg Lobinski
Senior Software Engineer
Developer. Formerly designer and art director. UX design enthusiast.
Sid Chatterjee
Staff Software Engineer
Web Developer. JavaScript and Web performance enthusiast. Scuba diver. Bad at writing bios. Great at rickrolling Michal.
Kyle Gill
Senior Software Engineer
Fan of learning cool things, building cool things, and listening to cool music.
Luke Bivens
Account Executive
Longtime suffering Detroit Pistons fan. All about the balance between fitness and craft beer.
Hashim Warren
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Lover of copy and code. Patron of the performing arts. New Yorker in North Carolina.
Tyler Barnes
Staff Software Engineer, WordPress
Codes funny, writes songs, and loves building tools to make the complex simple.
Lennart Jörgens
Senior Software Engineer
Developer and designer. Loves watching films and tv series — especially Harry Potter. Dog person.
Vladimir Razuvaev
Staff Software Engineer
GraphQL enthusiast. JavaScript developer maintaining graphql-php (weird huh). Loves walking, traveling, and simplicity.
Caitlin Byrnes
Recruiting Manager
I’m big on fiction, my bike, and pancakes, in that order. My dream job when I was 7 was to make sandwiches at Subway, but I’m very happy to be at Gatsby now!
Laurie Barth
Staff Software Engineer
Developer, Public Speaker, Technical Blogger and lover of board games.
Pragyan Tripathi
Senior Software Engineer
I try to learn all things related to systems, devops, and software development. I have learned that I don’t know anything, I have also learned that people will pay for what I know. So life is good.
Obinna Ekwuno
Software Engineer
Poet in my other life, Until I fell in love with JavaScript. Now I write code. Public Speaker, Technical writer, Full-Time Nerd. Passionate about the African Tech Ecosystem.
Matt Kane
Staff Software Engineer
Baker, beer judge, maker, dad. Fell in love with programming as a child, trained as a pastry chef, then discovered that he could do coding as a job and not start work at 6am. Still loves cake.
Rachel Bahl
Assistant to the Regional Manager
M&Ms are the best candy. All variations. I love family, board games, escape rooms, rubiks cubes, blankets, and tacos.
Ben Robertson
Engineering Manager, Customer Success
Developer. Dad. Aspiring banjo player.
Shane Thomas
Engineering Manager
Engineer/Manager that enjoys speaking at conferences, playing guitar, writing, and building things that didn’t exist before.
Laci Texter
Senior Brand Marketing Manager
Runner of rivers and city blocks, car-a-oke queen, and very fond of snail-mail. Enjoys the art/science/sport of communication.
Michelle Gienow
Senior Content Marketing Manager
Cul-de-sac cowgirl. Journalist turned web dev. Slings content and recreational JS, fond of naps and cookies.
Julien Poissonnier
Staff Software Engineer
Cat person, problem solver, reader, coffee drinker.
Nachiket Kumar
Senior Product Designer
I mash on the keyboard and move things with the mouse to try and make something useful.
Janson Hartliep
Engineering Manager
Once co-founded a startup but prefers helping non-profits—love words, soccer, new cities, and gummy bears.
Joel Smith
Senior Product Manager
Full-stack developer turned product manager. Loves books, coffee, and the endless possibilities of the internet. Very dadly.
Greg Hardy
Senior Software Engineer, Customer Success
I break things down and build things up. Mechanical Engineer turned Software Engineer. Love teaching, learning, and all things Detroit.
Jack Sellwood
Senior Product Manager
A curious technologist stumbling into design and minimalism. Vegetables might be my best friends. Mason jar enthusiast.
Aron Schuhmann
Director of Growth
Surfing, burritos, and dogs. In that order, preferably. I also enjoy growing businesses and my own food in the garden.
Megan Sullivan
Senior Software Engineer, Documentation
Passionate about teaching people how to use tech to change the world. Likes dogs, singing, video games, and gardening.
Kirsten Lambertsen
Senior Product Manager
Always trying to do too many things at once. I love: stories, startups, stripes, nerds, punk rock, art, learning. I think you’re awesome, really!
Patrick Sullivan
Senior Product Manager
Traditional Irish musican, trail runner, and daily kettlebell user. I love exploring technology, uncovering unmet user needs, and ultimately delivering experiences that our users love.
Grayson Hicks
Senior Software Engineer, Customer Success
Lover of Javascript in all its flavors. GraphQL rooter. Father of five. Bluegrass fan. Geaux Tigers.
Brad Ledford
VP of Engineering
Family man with a passion for technology, startups, and building highly useful software. Can be found at breweries, museums, car shows, hackathons (shamelessly recruiting usually, lol), and reading quietly under a tree.
Contact Us
Got questions about Gatsby for your company or use case? Let us know what you’re building and we’ll see how we can help.