The Company

About us

Meet the team

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We’re passionate about creating the world's best social network software.

A bit of history

In 2007, SocialEngine founders Alex Benzer and Charlotte Genevier witnessed an obvious trend: the long tail of the social web was being born. Thousands of people, inspired by the fledging mainstream social networks, were beginning to create their own niche community websites. At the time, it was clear that the tools available for creating social networks were truly inadequate. Alex and Charlotte took this opportunity to build their own.

SocialEngine has evolved rapidly since its launch in 2007. Now in its fourth version, our community platform has been used by over 8,500 individuals, hobby groups, professional organizations, schools, institutions, and all kinds of other people, cumulatively hosting millions of end users. We continuously strive to improve SocialEngine and make it more accessible to all kinds of social network creators.

A day in the life

We like to get things done. We also like to have a bit of fun doing it. If you'd like to buy us pizza or a carton of diet coke to help us perform at our best, we should talk.

Photo by Bryan. Someone had to take the pic.

Alex Benzer

Alex Benzer

Co-founder

Alex is SocialEngine's original designer and one of its co-founders. He now helps guide our development, marketing, and support teams to continue growing the company. A committed fanboy of beat music and experimental visual art, anything that has lots of lights, bleeps, and buttons will hold his attention for an inordinate length of time.

Charlotte Genevier

Charlotte Genevier

Co-founder

SocialEngine's co-founder and original developer, Charlotte specializes in the exploration and rapid development of new ventures. When she's not programming or wearing her entrepreneur hat, you can find her in the gym pursuing her powerlifting aspirations, or sipping a glass of Bordeaux in an attempt to expand her knowledge of wine.

John Boehr

John Boehr

Engineer

JOHN SMASH BUGS. BAD SOFTWARE MAKE JOHN ANGRY. YOU NOT LIKE JOHN WHEN JOHN ANGRY. ALSO JOHN LIKE COKE. IT MAKE JOHN HAPPY.

Jung Ho Kim

Jung Ho Kim

Engineer

Jung Ho Kim was this close to becoming an astronaut, but due to NASA's ridiculous requirements for PhDs and actual "flight" experience, he chose the more noble pursuit of computer programming. But fret not, space travel will commence in the near future.

Shaun

Shaun Harding

Lead Technician

I am enthusiastic about Web Standards; proficient with MySQL; I swear by the Unix/Linux command line; PHP is my second language. I'm an Object Oriented PHP & MySQL Application Developer with 7 years of professional experience developing website applications.

Richard

Richard Scharfenberg

Engineer

Formally known as "Richard the Rocket Scientist". Exploration is my passion whether it be learning a new skill, hiking to uncharted territories, or expressing my dry sense of humor, life is a journey!

Matt

Matthew Macias

Sales

Urban Dictionary defines Matthew as, a sexy guy that liked the women and has a nice toothbrush. Just don’t diss his nice toothbrush, or you’ll awaken the Vatican-trained warlock assassin with a heart pumped by tiger blood. The guy needs his sparkly smile when he writes you emails. When Jung Ho Kim was asked, what three things would Matt want on a deserted island---an island that already has a gourmet chef, bikini models, and internet? Mr. Kim was left speechless. Sometimes, the best option is to brush your teeth and smile.

Viv Young

Vivian Young

Office Manager

Vivian is a town in Louisiana, a census-designated place in South Dakota, and an unincorporated community in West Virginia. A character in Paper Mario, noted species is shadow, and has been affiliated with Shadow Sirens and Secret Society of X-Nauts. In human form while not completely distracted by shiny lights she works on becoming Ultimate Webligo Super to the Max Office Wizzzaard of Order in SocialEngine Land. Yes, that is the official title (magical fiery staff and all that jazz). She also looks forward to learning how to play Warcraft.

Matthew Bentley

Matthew Bentley

Engineer

Another engineer, space geek, and musician, Matthew is a multi-talented machine. Besides being a cool kid drumming on stage with Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood for the filming of a concert DVD, he has worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency, on the imager for the James Webb Space Telescope, and he started a drum company in KY; selling Cajons from CA to NY by telepathy. He is also a Techstars Alum where he met Alex and Char. There is a strong possibility that he is visiting from another planet, or is secretly a figment of our imaginations, but we have yet to do an investigation.

Jasper

Jasper Aguila

Community Manager

Jasper loves to "meat" people. Creating and developing online communities has been a hobby since he was ten years old. Since then, he's established a series of targeted niche communities that range from psychology to green living. His spare time consists of watching science shows and listening to Katy Perry.

Pamela Sia

Pamela Sia

Technician

SocialEngine seems to attract many space engineers. Pamela is ANOTHER person who worked in the field - she contributed to designing software for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. When she's not out solving problems, she is rocking away on her guitar as a visual style rock singer and songwriter.