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Meet the Team
Meet the Team
Kendra Wright
Founder
While she's not "founding" companies, Kendra loves to travel, discover marginal pastries and bet her business partners to do something foolish for $5.
Aaron Pederson
President
A hopeless idealist, Aaron already knows the next project will be a raging success. He can memorize ridiculous amounts of numbers and bake a mean soft pretzel!
Jeremy Emerson
Partner, Creative Director
If he's not bending your ear with a super fun story, he's probably dreaming up something beautiful to add to the world. Maybe a logo, a rack of ribs or the perfect G & T!
Don Orris
Chief Commercial Officer
It only took Don 1 B.S. in Criminology, 4 kids, 5 states, and 30 years as a Level 10 executive sales management ninja in the ticketing industry to finally unlock his true destiny and find an eager team and comfy home at Saffire!
Cassie Dispenza
Senior Director of Marketing & Partnerships
You probably just saw Cassie at her 73rd conference of the year, where's she get the time?! Besides being Saffire's brand MVP she performs cookie magic with the UT game on.
Chris Lugar
Technical Director
If it's ours and you've used it, Chris the O.G. most likely made it work. Powered by mountains of Coke Zero, of course. He spends spare time teaching his son Avery to wave a Terrible Towel, while booming old school Boyz II Men.
Jessica Bybee-Dziedzic
Director of Client Operations
Jessica is the ultimate teammate, having worn nearly every hat there is at Saffire! She loves dance and taking her bosses to racy and inappropriate concerts on 6th street.
Jodi Buresh
Director of Partnerships
Go Bison! Jodi's a North Dakotan and a former high school hockey cheerleader who's all our first choice to bring the fun to any event. She's in charge of hiring the beer garden workers. She'll probably even marry one of them.
Michael Norton
Director of Partnerships
Michael does serious heavy-lifting in sales and partnerships…he’s got a license – as a freight elevator operator! He’s always looking for the next big partnership to celebrate, on the golf course or in the garden, smelling the roses.
Danielle Gordon
Director of Partnerships
If she’s not out trying to stomp a kiteloop on her board with her husband in the bay, Danielle is busy connecting folks to a better way to ticket their events and venues. She’s the team’s “friendly fun-stigator!”
Amy Pelzl
Senior Manager, Strategic Support
When she's not taking the ticketing world by storm, Amy is perfecting the next character accent for a play. Or shopping for earrings. But she might just be happiest sliding behind the wheel, just to see where the next road takes her.
Ashley Leopold
Client Experience Manager
In addition to her ninja coaching skills at Saffire, Ashley is a black belt in Taekwondo, and she knows everybody. Everywhere. She loves a good local craft brew and singing along with 80's hair bands!
Phil Thompson
Client Experience Manager
Not only is Phil a team member, he's a former client! He has a dreamy coaching phone voice (Phil's a former voice actor) and he'd rather be exploring exotic Topeka, KS or in his backyard doing some more gardening.
Claire Wright
Client Experience Manager
Claire's an event junkie with just the “wright” eye for beautiful photography. She's an “old soul” trapped inside a young person, and somehow manages to consistently show up with the one thing you never knew you needed. Except a car… she doesn't drive!
Austin Castaneda
Ticket Experience Manager
Austin’s left turn in native Albuquerque landed him in Portland where he fearlessly builds seat maps, tames ticketing wild fires and charms crowds with his euphonium.
Rayce Clemmer
Ticket Experience Specialist
When he's not meticulously building a seat map or ticketing support plan, he's re-alphabetizing his classic Nintendo and Gameboy cartridge collection. Rayce is your typical bilingual home-brewer who dreams of winning the Scotland Highland Games!
Michaela Liebl
BlastPass Experience Specialist
Michaela grew up around fairs and events, and never met a gate or box office operation she couldn't wrangle!
Grace Jackson
Marketing Coordinator
If she isn’t already impressing you with her “out-of-nowhere” hip-hop dance moves inside a random photo booth, Grace is busily marketing Saffire and being a brand champion for clients! Can she top off that Saffire queso for you?
Daniel Bunn
Senior Software Engineer
How many software engineers do you know who used to live on a house boat, and would rather be out taking amazing HDR photography. We thought so. Dan can build robots, websites and ginormous sand castles with his kids.
Jon Hutter
Developer
Keep the coffee warm and the code at the ready, Jon is always ready to thoughtfully tackle any programming task. He’s the only person in the office who can whistle AND hum at the same time!
Katie Bobzien
Designer
Passionate about the Pacific Northwest, Katie balances a love of Portland and Seattle by running half marathons in Vancouver, B.C. When she's not designing, she's designing! Custom stationery, that is, aided by her puppy and kitty at her side.
Jeff Seymour
Front End Developer
What? A developer who loves video games? Jeff takes it a step further with a passion for digital art, fine Japanese cuisine and a mastery of the IKEA floorplan. He just wishes they stocked more hot sauce!
Katrina Hirsch
Front End Developer
Always dreaming of her next trip to Iceland, Katrina cultivates code and fills her workplace with plants. She collects antique cameras, tattoos and tarot cards. Step inside…
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