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About us

Making the future of work less lonely and more effective

After two years of remote work in 2017, our founders were inspired by its flexibility but frustrated with the loneliness and communication friction. So in 2019, we made Pesto: a digital workplace, built in an authentically human way.

Doug Safreno

Doug Safreno

Co-founder, CEO

San Francisco, CA

Previously co-founded StacksWare (acq. in 2017). Stanford CS.

Vivek Nair

Vivek Nair

Co-founder, CTO

Brooklyn, NY

Previously co-founded StacksWare (acq. in 2017). Stanford CS. Part-time Stanford instructor.

Sean Callahan

Sean Callahan

Founding software engineer

Boulder, CO

Previously senior software engineer at Twitter. CS at CU Boulder.

Anna Kazannik

Anna Kazannik

Founding software engineer

Miami, FL

Previously in the fashion industry, then software via Hack Reactor. Bachelor's from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

Daniel Liem

Daniel Liem

Founding head of product

San Francisco, CA

Previously PM at Uber & Dropbox, VC at Obvious Ventures. Stanford CS.

Katherine Luo

Katherine Luo

Growth marketer

Orange, CA

Previously marketing at Skillz and co-founder at COBA. BS from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

Ryan Perez

Ryan Perez

Software engineer

Oakland, CA

Previously software engineer at Kanjoya (acq. by Ultimate Software). Stanford CS.

Grant Cha

Grant Cha

Art & Design

San Francisco, CA

Previously at San Francisco Art Institute.

Venus Vavadiya

Venus Vavadiya

Software engineer

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Previously built an NFT collection. CS at Georgian College.

Alberto Romero

Alberto Romero

Software engineer

Guadalajara, Mexico

Previously senior software engineer at Shiphero and heavy user and advocate of Pesto.

Andrew Sung

Andrew Sung

Software engineer

Los Angeles, CA

Previously senior software engineer & solutions analyst at Fulgent Genetics. EECS at UC Berkeley.

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Our perks

Fully remote team (within US)
$5k budget for your home remote work setup
Healthcare, dental, vision insurance
Unlimited PTO
Team "onsites" (eg Honolulu, Boulder)
Know someone? Refer them and get $10k