UPDATE: Kelly no longer works at Etsy. We miss you, Kelly!  And we wish you the best in all your projects.

Etsy has had quite a growth spurt in the past year, and we have the awkward pictures to prove it. We'll be posting a series of About Us pieces to help you get to know the Etsy admin (and since many of us work remotely, for the admin to get to know each other!). You've seen the admin badge, and maybe you're a bit curious about the person behind it! For more on Etsy's mission and about the company, please see our About page (the link is in the little blue footer of every Etsy page).

Kelly! Our geek-in-residence is our favorite prickly pear over here on the Etsy team. We never know when Kelly's gonna be like, "Nah, I'm not going to do that for you. That's stupid." And you know what? She's usually right. And when Kelly has a better idea, she makes it come to life so intelligently, we feel even more dumb. (Just kiddin'.)

Seriously, folks. Kelly is such an asset to Etsy! She works on the Product Team, where she helps design and improve the interface of our website. She's totally passionate about problem solving and the internets and crafting and crazy computerized knitting machines. As the spawn of old-school geeks, she's got the 1's and 0's flowing through her veins,  giving her the science fiction like ability to translate what the engineers are talking about to the other teams!

Oh, and she also makes really sweet jewelry and other cool objects. Kelly, can I get a deal on your "WTF" belt buckle?

Kelly, hardcore in high school.*

Look at this bad-ass this lil lass!

We love you!

See all posts in this About Us series.

*bonus points for those who follow this series and count all the mohawks.