About GoodSeeker - Team & Mission

Meet the Makers

Our Amazing Team

GoodSeeker was founded on a belief that small success stories are an asset every organization needs to harness in order to bring out the best in work and talent. We know that organizations of any size can tap into the power of impact stories to grow in ways they never imagined. The best part; there everywhere around you.

Our team is especially excited to help underdog companies and nonprofits use GoodSeeker tell their story, celebrate difference makers, and stand out as great places to work and support. Our crew of code makers and brand builders; full-timers, part-timers and freelancers are hard at work to build the first platform of it's kind.

Erik Ayers

Founder and CTO

Erik has 20+ years of B2B marketing, recruiting, and organizational strategy experience from firms such as PwC and MorganFranklin Consulting. As a CMO who loved to help recruiting he discovered the power of employee content and authentic testimonials and set out to build GoodSeeker.

Jens Kosman

Code Keeper

Jens is a "tech-for-good" evangelist who, as a former VP with extensive product development leadership expertise from Monster Worldwide, is focused on helping start-ups and non-profits manage high performing local and remote teams in order to build great products aimed at changing the world in a positive way.

Jeff McWeeny

Design Master

Jeff is our resident UX/UI lead on a mission to build a product people love. He is a brand strategist and designer with an eye for the simple things that transform user experiences. He has lead efforts at AT&T, U.S. Air Force, TD Bank, NFL, Salesforce, and more. Outside the office he helps civic organizations through brand strategy and product design.

Olivia Schwartz

Community and Partner Lead

Olivia is on a mission to find great companies who can benefit from GoodSeeker. She has an eye for story-rich teams and uses social media find top employers and talent leaders. Also recognized Singer Songwriter living the dream in Nashville.

Erin Thompson

Customer Success Lead

Erin is a customer success coach and enjoys helping customers get started fast with GoodSeeker. She's leads customer onboarding, introduces story collecting ideas, and different ways to use the platform. A New Jersey native, fitness enthusiast, and always up first to get the team pumped.

Paramjit Jena

Full Stack Lead Dev

Paramjit leads our day to day development efforts. He is a highly experienced full-stack developer who is responsible for rapid release of product enhancements. Paramjit is passionate about travel and his patience keeps us all grounded.

Advisors

Mike Ortner

Investor and Advisor, Founder and former CEO Capterra, Inc.

Mike is a review industry pioneer. He brings a vision for the power of culture and what it can do to fuel growth. Today Mike serves as the Chairman of Cana Academy, a nonprofit that helps bring classical education to schools and other places of learning.

Rob Franklin

Cofounder and Advisor, Former President MorganFranklin Consulting

Rob is an entrepreneur and leader who helps organizations grow. As a co-founder Rob brings deep understanding of the challenges leaders face in telling their true story in order to win business and attract talent.

Karl Kwarnmark

Advisor, Head of Sales and Marketing Talent Venture Group AB

Works with amazing companies and people at Talent Venture Group as current Head of Sales and Marketing. Karl provides insights on employer branding trends and global talent happenings.

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