the natural inanity behind the artificial intelligence
Comrades in the office. Comrades in Tuesday trivia nights. Comrades in IKEA furniture assembly. Comrades in line at Space Mountain.
71
TEAM MEMBERS
17
HIRES IN THE LAST YEAR
11
LEFT HANDERS
704,000
USERS PER EMPLOYEE
meet our comrades
Many different talents, many different stories, but one thing in common: incredibly attractive.
Gerard
DESIGN DIRECTOR
- Full name
- Gerard Searchfield
- Hometown
- Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
- Current location
- Sydney, Australia
- What do you really do?
- Create a beautiful experience for our customers, and of course making things look pretty.
- Superhero alterego
- Astro boy - there is simply no greater power than a butt laser.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Giving my wife a break and taking my 2 year old daughter on adventures throughout this awesome city (SF).
- Last thing you learned
- My burrito delivery guy knows me by name now.
- Office
- Remote
David
BUSINESS DEV REP
- Full name
- David Zhou
- Hometown
- Kenmore, WA
- Current location
- San Francisco, CA
- What do you really do?
- Asking ChatGPT random questions.
- Superhero alterego
- Future me.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Cutting hair (let me know if you want a haircut!), lifting weights, and trying to learn guitar.
- Last thing you learned
- Your body burns more calories digesting protein than it does digesting fat or carbohydrates. Food with more protein also keeps you feeling fuller for longer. ChatGPT told me all that.
- Office
- San Francisco
Nitesh
CEO & FOUNDER
- Full name
- Nitesh Goel
- Hometown
- Lucknow, India
- Current location
- San Francisco, CA
- What do you really do?
- I fill out tax forms and email. That’s all I do.
- Superhero alterego
- David Petersen. The world doesn’t know about him yet, but they will eventually. That man can do anything.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- sleeping.
- Last thing you learned
- How comedians decide who gets credit for a joke.
- Office
- San Francisco
Crystal
BUSINESS DEV REP
- Full name
- Crystal Zhong
- Hometown
- Bellevue, WA (People get mad when I call it Seattle)
- Current location
- San Francisco
- What do you really do?
- translate Everything
- Superhero alterego
- ditto (the pokemon) because ditto is happy being anyone but happiest being ditto :)
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- bookmarking new restaurants, going on absurdly long walks, picking a new hobby of the month
- Last thing you learned
- ants can make yogurt! 🐜🍦
- Office
- San Francisco
Chelsea
CUSTOMER OPS ASSOCIATE
- Full name
- Chelsea Benberry
- Hometown
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Current location
- Atlanta, GA
- What do you really do?
- Drink from the firehose of Padlet knowledge
- Superhero alterego
- Mary Poppins...Just take a look inside my bag 💼
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Skating 🛼, searching for places to buy strange and/or fresh ingredients for my supper club recipes, kneading dough 🥖, trying to understand the algorithm, trying to keep plants alive 🥀 and reading 📖
- Last thing you learned
- How to balance on my front wheels while moving! ✨🛼
- Office
- Remote
Rana
CUSTOMER OPS ASSOCIATE
- Full name
- Rana Wilds
- Hometown
- North Vernon, Indiana
- Current location
- North Vernon, Indiana
- What do you really do?
- Pretend to know what I'm doing until I actually know what I'm doing.
- Superhero alterego
- Katniss Everdeen -- Let's just say I've been through A LOT!
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Working out, hanging out with my family, watching sports, listening to music, and acting goofy.
- Last thing you learned
- How to use my insta-pot without scalding myself in the process. However, I've only used it a couple of times. The jury is still out.
- Office
- Remote
Gracie
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
- Full name
- Gracie Han
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Today's my first day but I foresee multi tasking different projects, solving problems along the way!
- Superhero alterego
- Professor X. He advocates for the rights of the minority and believe in the equality for both mutants and humans. Even though mutants have been gifted with great powers and abilities, he teaches them on the responsibilities behind those powers.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Being a Tiger Aunt to my 3 nieces and 2 nephews, blasting my Euro Dance or Lady Gaga's Fame Monster at home.
- Last thing you learned
- Voguing is an expressive modern house dance originating in the late 80s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene (drag ball culture) in the 60s! You'll know what I mean if you watch Pose!
- Office
- Singapore
Ruijie
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Tay Rui-Jie
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Disturbing Kai Yang with questions and figuring out the code base
- Superhero alterego
- Spider-man, he seems pretty cool
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Playing the clarinet, configuring my homelab server or watching TikTok
- Last thing you learned
- The Firefox logo isn’t a fox, it’s a red panda
- Office
- Singapore
Kenny
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Kenny Pee
- Hometown
- Malaysia
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- ~ Frontend, backend then the weekends ~
- Superhero alterego
- Tony Stark. He is the sort of man who can build anything out of almost nothing.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Going to the gym and not seeing results, falling for the trap of 100 second videos that are not 100 seconds, binging on anime, playing computer games (grinding cs2 now).
- Last thing you learned
- How to make Bánh Xèo but.. I dont think it tastes good
- Office
- Singapore
Zareen
EDUCATION MARKETING MANAGER
- Full name
- Zareen Poonen Levien
- Hometown
- Boston
- Current location
- San Francisco, CA
- What do you really do?
- Show teachers and school districts all the really cool stuff they can do with students on Padlet!
- Superhero alterego
- JEM - part-time rock star while mastering multimedia and technology for good!
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Playing and watching soccer, singing with my band, hiking, exploring and traveling to new places with my family
- Last thing you learned
- making stop motion animation videos with my kids
- Office
- San Francisco
Declan
PRODUCT DESIGNER
- Full name
- Declan Reilly-Gordon
- Hometown
- Vancouver 🇨🇦
- Current location
- San Francisco 🌉
- What do you really do?
- I try my best to make things simple, fun, and intuitive to use.
- Superhero alterego
- Christoph Niemann. He has superhero art abilities. Also has an episode on the Netflix Abstract series worth checking out.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Riding my bike. Or sleeping. Hopefully not at the same time.
- Last thing you learned
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa should have collapsed a long time ago, but a British Engineer named John Burland managed to reverse the tilt. He could have made it completely straight but only reversed the tilt by 10% out of fear that turning it into just the Tower of Pisa would anger a lot of people.
- Office
- San Francisco
Carla
CUSTOMER OPS MANAGER
- Full name
- Joncarla Sese
- Hometown
- Angeles City, Philippines
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Customer therapist. Feature translator. I help people get the most out of Padlet not just by solving problems, but by spotting patterns, flagging what matters to the team, and turning confusion into clarity. Bonus: I write things that help others do the same.
- Superhero alterego
- Captain America. An old soul, with moral compass up north and got unyielding belief.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Probably cooking something I’ve never made before while my daughter judges my plating. Or going down a YouTube black hole titled “How to do ___ like a pro.” Spoiler: I now almost know how to make latte art.
- Last thing you learned
- Editing a video with Canva AI. Had to for my daughter's school campaign video. Effortless edits.saved tons of time. Not a paid ad.
- Office
- Singapore
our preferences
Where we stand on the important issues of the world.
Coke Zero
51.9%
VS
Diet Coke
48.1%
Window seat
47.1%
VS
Aisle seat
52.9%
Pineapple
on pizza?
67.6%
VS
Yuk!
32.4%
Netflix
payer
100%*
VS
Netflix
"borrower"
0%*
*suspicious results
Cat
39.1%
VS
Dog
60.9%
iOS
81.4%
VS
Android
18.6%
*suspicious results
if we were wizards
So what type of personalities are we? Courageous? Ambitious? Loyal? Intelligent? We asked the sorting hat.
33.9 %
Gryffindor
32.3 %
Hufflepuff
19.4 %
Ravenclaw
14.4 %
Slytherin
Gryffindor
0 %
Hufflepuff
0 %
Ravenclaw
0 %
Slytherin
0 %
music for work
A crowdsourced playlist of music that gets us into the mood to work. A rather high proportion of movie soundtracks.