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About Us: Dan a.k.a. McFunley

This is a special edition of our About Us series, in which we profile Etsy staff. Today, we're not just getting to know Dan McKinley, a.k.a. McFunley. We're also paying tribute to Dottie, a.k.a. Dottie Matrix, his miniature daschund, in all her speckled glory. Dan, a mainstay in the prickly pear contingent of Etsy's Admin …

About Us: Bryan aka bschwab

Meet Bryan Schwab, an Etsy Admin who works on the Engineering Team. Bryan has been with the Etsy engineering team since January of 2008 and focuses mainly on payment system projects. He's based on the West coast, so we don't get to see him face-to-face all that often. We wish we could! His well-tempered voice …

About Us: Jorge

UPDATE: Jorge no longer works for Etsy. Keep in touch, Jorge. We love you! Etsy has had quite a growth spurt in the past year, and we have the awkward pictures to prove it. We are 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 …

Etsy Alumni: Mike aka MikeH

UPDATE: Mike no longer works for Etsy.  We will miss you Mike! Keep up the good work in whatever endeavor you pursue. We wish you the best. [The following was originally published on May 15, 2008.] Etsy has had quite a growth spurt in the past year, and we have the awkward pictures to prove it. We are posting a series of …

Haim: Fire of the Vanities

Never has one engineer had so many talented people do his portrait...aflame. Haim (reclining above) is feeling very loved.Haim could not choose just one winner for the Haim on Fire contest. He wept while we forced a decision out of him ("it's my contest and I'll cry if I want too!"). So we let him pick three winners: Tofu …

Etsy Alumni: Zak aka zakj

Zak no long works at Etsy, but we miss him very much — especially the team here at the blog. Best wishes to you, Zak! Etsy has had quite a growth spurt in the past year, and we have the awkward pictures to prove it. We are posting a series of About Us pieces to help you get to know the Etsy admin (and since many of us work …

Etsy Alumni: Bob aka fumanchu

Bob no longer works for Etsy. Bob, good luck with all your future projects! Bob Brewer, aka fumanchu, is one of our Engineers working remotely from the West coast. He specializes in Etsy software and works hard to keep the cache flowing. As you can see from his polaroid photo above, he is also a mad scientist. MP4 |  …

Etsy Alumni: Paul aka pasilveira

UPDATE: Farewell, Paul! We will miss you and we wish you the best with your new job. Paul aka pasilveira is on the Engineering Team where he works on System Operations. The Sys Ops engineers work with the databases and the servers — the framework on which all of us rely.  He is very vocal and passionate about …

Etsy Alumni: Chris aka RevolvingDork

UPDATE: Chris no longer works for Etsy, but we wish him well in his future endeavors! Stay in touch, ok Chris? You're now one of the Etsy Alumni and we'll always remember you as one of Etsy's proud founders The following is Chris' About Us post, published while he was working as an engineer for the company: MP4 |  …

Etsy Alumni: Lakin aka Lakinwecker

UPDATE: Lakin no longer works for Etsy, but we wish him well in his ventures! We miss you, Lakin — stay in touch. You're now one of the Etsy Alumni. [The following is Lakin's About Us post, published while he was working as an engineer for the company] MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes As a fairly recent new hire …

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