Team

Open Source Commitment with strong Business Experience

Mike Hostetler
Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Mike Hostetler is an inventor, entrepreneur, programmer and proud father. Having worked with web technologies since the mid 1990's, Mike has had extensive experience developing web applications with PHP and JavaScript. Currently, Mike works as the CEO of appendTo, LLC, the jQuery Company, based in Denver, Colorado. Heavily involved in Open Source, Mike is a member of the jQuery Core team, leads the QCubed PHP5 Framework project, and participates in the Drupal project. When not in front of a computer, Mike enjoys hiking, fly-fishing, snowboarding and spending time with his family.

Jonathan Sharp
Founder, President

Jonathan Sharp has been passionate about the internet and web development since 1996. Over the past 14 years Jonathan has worked in a variety of settings from small startups such as Imprev, Inc. in Bellevue, Washington to larger organizations such as Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha, Nebraska to international corporations such as Motorola, Inc. in Chicago. Jonathan received his B.S. in Computer Science from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.