The Razoo Team

Lesley is a seasoned GM, marketer and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in interactive entertainment with companies like Electronic Arts. She was co-founder and COO of pogo.com, the largest online casual games community which was acquired by EA in 2001.

Her passions include food, sustainability and women's entrepreneurship. Currently she is on the board of the Leadership Institute for the Ecology and the Economy, on the board of advisors for Smart Gardener and is an active volunteer for The Women's Initiative. Lesley graduated from Bristol University, England and lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica, a social enterprise that provides superior communication consulting, training, and strategy to help mindful organizations affect social change. He has worked as a public relations strategist in the Washington, D.C. region for more than 17 years. close

Karen is a pioneer in the casual, social, and video games business. Over the past 20 years, she has held senior business development and marketing roles in Fortune 50 companies and start-ups, and has built #1 brands worth billions. Karen was an SVP at Electronic Arts and the co-founder of both the EA Sports and Pogo brands. Before coming to Razoo, she was a General Manager and Partner at Microsoft leading the Windows Gaming division.

In addition to launching start-ups, Karen's passions include traveling and cooking, often at the same time. She has been to all seven continents and earned a professional degree in Pastry Arts. Karen also holds a BA in Political Science from The University of California, Santa Barbara.

Mandi was born and raised in Arkansas, where she received her BA in History from the University of Arkansas. She began her foray into the nonprofit world while attending Baylor University's Museum Studies MA Program. Since then she has worked at an historic village, The Dr Pepper Museum, interned at The Smithsonian Associates, and once hung a Picasso! At Razoo she helps with nonprofit and donors by phone and email support. She enjoys serving her church, reading, talking with her sweet family back home, hanging out with her fun friends, and baking yummy treats.

Aaron grew up in Matthews, North Carolina as one of seven brothers and sisters. He went on to graduate from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a degree in Business Management. His nonprofit experience began in Washington, DC working for a men’s homeless shelter called Central Union Mission as a development, communications and outreach associate. At Razoo, Aaron strives to serve the individual customer through investing time and energy in their wants and needs. Aaron is passionate about competing in any physical capacity, such as long distance running, biking, hiking, rock climbing and Kayaking. He also loves spending time with his family, cooking new and exciting foods, serving his church and taking road trips to explore new places.

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Matt is a native to the metro DC area. He studied painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design and has built a career working in the commercial design and fine-art industry. Matt is responsible for the planning and execution of the visual branding strategy for Razoo. He has developed a catalog of online graphic materials that have been integral to the success of numerous campaigns and contests.

In his free time he enjoys going to the Laurel racetrack, bowling and reading about 19th century history.

Shai, originally from Shanghai, grew up in Hong Kong until she came over to the US for her undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at The University of Pennsylvania. As the HR/Operations Manager, Shai is the go to person if you need money, food, a key to any lock in the office, or just an ego boost. Shai works with speed (which she attributes to growing up in a city where everyone walks up the escalator) and she gets serious about keeping the office organized with her one-touch stapler. Outside of Razoo, Shai takes care of her little boy, Nicholas and dreams about travel; the Maldives and Ibiza are definitely on her list. She loves dogs but until all stars align, she will continue to be dog-less. Shai also enjoys experimenting on her keyboard and bass guitar and dreams of being in a rock band.

Michael brings to Razoo a strong knowledge of web application development, mobile technologies, and agile engineering practices. His experience with scrum and ability to distill features down to their simplest solution has been instrumental in streamlining the company's development process, while cultivating a culture of collaboration.

Prior to his work at Razoo, Michael was a co-founder in several successful Internet start-ups. From developing award winning Internet-telephony applications over a decade ago to clinical research management systems more recently, his ability to quickly understand and adapt to new domains and technologies has remained constant.

Michael graduated from Towson University with a degree in Psychology and Computer Science. In his spare time he enjoys writing and playing music.

Having graduated with a degree in Psychology from The George Washington University, C’pher joined Razoo after working for Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and teaching in Thailand. C’pher brings the experience of working as a social media consultant to the customer support team as well as a laid back, fun loving attitude. C’pher has a multitude of interests: painting, grilling, sleeping, biking, and giving, just to name a few. Most days he drinks too much coffee and looks forward to grilling at the end of the day. Throughout the years, C’pher has enjoyed championing the causes he believes in and looks forward to empowering others to do same.

Born in Washington, DC, Hannah finds herself back in her hometown after having spent time in New York, NY; Rome, Italy; Windhoek, Namibia; Wellington, South Africa; and Yanji, China. She studied painting at Cornell University and has been involved in social justice nonprofits to advocate for victims of sex trafficking, support mentorship/educational initiatives, and help refugees resettle in the U.S. She enjoys contemporary art, good books, and dreams of someday visiting North Korea.

Soon to come.

One of Bryce’s earliest childhood memories is “playing bank” with his grandparents' safe and manual adding machine. Thanks to his entrepreneurial parents, he started a computer repair and tutoring business at the age of 12. At the age of 16, Bryce started Proforma Expressed Image, a printing company, and later sold the company to enroll at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. While at FSU he studied Entrepreneurship and Finance and put his entrepreneurial drive to work at Aegis Business Technologies through innovating internal processes and procedures. As the Senior Accountant at Razoo, Bryce is responsible for making sure employees, vendors, and non-profits are paid in a timely and efficient manner. Bryce has volunteered with several non-profits and has a passion for helping both companies and individuals succeed at managing their money.

Bryce was born and raised in Marianna, Florida and is the oldest of eight siblings. When he’s not at work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and their two cats, traveling to eastern Europe, and touring the DC area.

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Just like most people at Razoo, Andrey belongs to many worlds. He was born in Russia, spent a large portion of his life in Ukraine, immigrated to Australia and finally landed in the DC area. His journey to the IT world started with a couple of programs for a calculator his father gave him when he was 7. Andrey spent the next 25 years perfecting his IT skills, along the way picking up a summa cum laude masters in computer science and applied mathematics at Moscow State University. Andrey can design and build complex information systems, web applications, operating systems, robots, and well, anything with (or without) a power button. For Andrey, IT is not just a profession, but a hobby as well.

At Razoo, Andrey is the resident technical magician. Throw a complex technology problem at him, and he will architect and build an elegant, innovative solution. He also pushes Razoo on standards compliance, security, and smart software design.

Claire joins us after completing a degree in History at The Catholic University of America. She is responsible for taking care of nonprofits and helping them succeed. Her voice, and infectious laughter, can be heard training nonprofits during webinars, brainstorming creative fundraising ideas, and empowering those who are making a difference in the world. When not eating snacks from the Razoo kitchen, Claire enjoys running, reading, drinking coffee and exploring DC. Having grown up in Dallas, she spends the rest of her free time cheering for the Cowboys and Longhorns.

Ifdy joined the Razoo team in July 2011 after working five years in communications and program management at a foundation dedicated to improving the lives of 24 million Americans with lung disease (COPD Foundation). A Washington D.C. native, Ifdy attended the University of Miami, where she graduated with a degree in Political Science and English. In Miami she caught the philanthropy bug and hasn’t been able to fight it; she regularly volunteered as a summer camp counselor for high school girls, worked with individuals affected by COPD, and once a month, helps at her local church’s food pantry. When she’s not having active conversations with the community on Twitter, Facebook or the blog, she’s hitting the ski slopes at Wisp Mountain, writing short stories, or figuring out how to cook.

Lisa, originally from Baltimore, is no stranger to the DC area. She comes to Razoo from the Earth Science community where she has helped NASA centers make petabytes of Earth Observation data available to scientists, educators, and other government agencies -through software of course! Lisa has a BS in Computer Science and MS in Software Engineering from The University of Maryland and loves the creativity and challenge that comes with writing software. Her other passions include cooking, traveling, and (unfortunately) celebrity gossip.

Heather comes to Razoo from a background in jobs with very wide descriptions. From performing arts to farmers markets, Heather has always enjoyed playing multiple roles in the office to help organizations she cares about run smoothly. She received her B.A. in French from New York University in 2009 and hopes to find outlets for her interest in international affairs and cultural exchange. A native of Philadelphia, Heather is a die-hard Phillies fan and connoisseur of greasy foods. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her favorite people, movies (the good and the atrocious), trivia, learning new words, and exploring the abundant food and drink offerings of DC.

Alison comes to Razoo with more than 15 years of experience in Public Relations and Communications with brands such as National Geographic, Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet. Most recently, she worked with national nonprofit KaBOOM!, an organization dedicated to saving play. Alison joined Razoo in June of 2011. She is married, and has two children.

Will joined the Razoo team in 2011 after spending the past five years as a Managed Service engineer in the webhosting industry. Will works behind the scenes to make sure the Razoo platform stays stable, fast, and secure.

Lisa takes care of Razoo’s nonprofits and donors as a Customer Support Representative and will likely be the friendly voice that greets you when you call the office. Prior to Razoo, Lisa worked in customer service in the printing & graphic design industry as well as the nonprofit world. Lisa’s other loves include trying out new recipes, serving in her church and spending time with friends.

Growing up in India, Raj was always fascinated by technology and social media. He got his bachelor’s of engineering in Electrical Engineering at Anna University in India, then served as Software Developer for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Always desiring to grow and learn, Raj then pursued a master’s of science in Technology Management at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He found his way to Razoo by pointing out bugs on the site and emphasizing the need for excellence in software quality. He is now building and overseeing the entire Quality Assurance (QA) operations for Razoo. Over the course of two short months, Raj built an automated browser-based integration testing suite, hand-selected an offshore QA firm, on-boarded a team of 6 testers. With Raj’s help, Razoo’s test coverage has greatly improved, and Razoo’s brilliant software engineers are now freed up to innovate, as they have to write fewer tests on their own.

Raj also has his brain around our whole application, and coordinates efforts between engineering, QA, and customer support. Raj delights in helping to build high-quality software that is truly pleasing to donors, nonprofits, and partners. Apart from working hard, Raj is fond of travel, photography, and ping-pong.

Growing up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mahlet is always wanted to come to the US. The past 15 years she has lived in Orange County, CA and earned bachelors of Art in accounting from CSUF. She has worked in variety of industries primarily for public and private companies. Mahlet moved to the Washington, DC area a year ago and joined Razoo Foundation in 2012. As a new addition to the accounting group, Mahlet will be supporting all the internal customers and well as external customers. In her free time, she likes to explore DC metro area, enjoy spending time with her family and friends, and reading books by John Maxwell.

Jacques grew up in El Paso, Texas - where every sunset is beautiful and where the Mexican food is beyond delicious. He studied at Yale University and received a B.A. in philosophy in 2005. Since then, Jacques has helped rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, studied art in New York City, learned Chinese in Shanghai, and helped bring economic development to rural Uganda. At Razoo, Jacques writes copy and does graphic design. Jacques loves working at Razoo and living in the Washington D.C. area.