Our Team

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Education:
George Washington University

• Major: Master of Sports Management

George Washington University

• Major: Marketing & Sports Management

Job Responsibilities: Ashley is Demosphere's phone support voice. She handles all support calls and makes sure clients understand how to use their Demosphere products. She actively solicits suggestions from clients for product improvement and features enhancements. Ashley is the Tournament/Scheduling Management trainer.

Soccer Experience: While having little soccer experience, Ashley participated in intramural indoor soccer for one semester at George Washington University. She had a perfect season; scoring zero goals. While not a complete insult to the game, she does enjoy watching DC United play. In the summer of 2002, Ashley enjoyed watching the World Cup in London's pubs. Turns out an equal amount of drinking and yelling occurs when England plays Argentina…or anyone for that matter!

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Ashley's greatest moment to date is being hired by Demosphere shortly after graduation and adding some much needed estrogen to the office.

Other Information: During her four years at George Washington, Ashley was a member of the Colonials Dance Team, the First Ladies. She is an avid baseball fan and will forever be loyal to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Twitter: @benjajones

Soccer Experience: Ben began playing recreational soccer at the age of 5 and continued throughout his teenage years playing competitive travel soccer through high school. In 1993, while attending Virginia Tech, Ben first became certified as a soccer referee with the United States Soccer Federation. His referee career matured over the next 7 years.

From 2000 to 2002, he refereed at three US Youth Soccer Regional Championships, three US Youth Soccer Regional ODP Tournaments, one US Youth Soccer National Championship, and one US Youth Soccer National ODP Championship. During this time, Ben also refereed several seasons in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) professional divisions. In 2003, Ben attended the United States Soccer Federation National Referee Certification Camp where he upgraded to a Grade 3 National Referee.

In 2004, Ben began his first season in Major League Soccer (MLS), working 4 matches as a fourth official. Additionally, he refereed several USL First Division matches and was selected to referee the USL Second Division National Championship.

2005 made way for Ben’s debut as a referee in MLS. He completed a strong season with 8 matches as the referee and 5 as fourth official.

In addition to working in MLS, Ben has refereed college soccer for 10 years. Ben regularly works in the Mid-Atlantic area of the US, refereeing ACC, CAA, Big East, and Atlantic Ten conference matches and NCAA tournament matches.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Attending the 2000 FIFA Club World Championships in Rio De Janeiro.

Favorite Quote: "Daddy, what is a Beckham?" - Abigail Jones

Other Information: Ben, his wife Julie, son Andrew and daughters Abigail, Annalise, and Addison, reside in Montclair, VA.

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Twitter: @brianmoelk

Education:
State University of New York at Stony Brook

• Major: Master of Science in Computer Science

State University of New York at Stony Brook

• Major: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Job Responsibilities: Brian is responsible for evaluating and applying technology in effective ways to better serve Demosphere’s customers. In addition, he leverages technology to continuously improve Demosphere’s internal processes and empower Demosphere’s staff to accomplish more with more.

Soccer Experience: Brian has played soccer since he was 6. Growing up in the DC area, he started out playing in the Annandale Boys Club League. He then played Travel Soccer for Annandale through U-17. He also played High School soccer for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Brian continued to play NCAA Division III soccer for 4 years at SUNY at Stony Brook.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Joining such a great team!

Favorite Quotes:

• "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." - Dalai Lama
• "Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before." - Joseph Campbell

Other Information: Brian has a wide variety of experience in technology. He has worked in two startups, a public company and most recently as a government contractor. He loves to create useful and beautiful things in code.

In addition to soccer, Brian also enjoys cycling, movies, music, vacations at the beach and being in the moment.

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Job Responsibilities: Ms. Baker has been a Director and served as Vice-President since she co-founded the Company in 1990. Over the years she has led the Company’s sales and marketing efforts in the expanding soccer market, and currently serves as a client relationship specialist in utilization review and as member of the Demosphere sales team.

Soccer Experience: Ms. Baker has participated as a volunteer on behalf of a number of nonprofit soccer organizations at the team, club, tournament, league and state levels; she played soccer in a women’s league and co-founded both Soccer News Network and the Washington Soccer Net. Ms. Baker also penned a weekly soccer column as 'Miss Conduct,' which brought together two of her passions, Shakespeare and soccer defending the sport and the sport’s officials in her 'Column for the Better.'

Greatest Demosphere Moments: Highlights include attending the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final and 3 Tenors Concert in Paris, visiting FIFA House in Zurich and attending an AC Milan game at San Siro Stadium, however the greatest moments of all have been witnessing the unbridled happiness and joy of children playing recreation soccer.

Favorite Quote: There are so many, but a favorite inspired by Miss Conduct would have to be something Shakespeare: "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." William Shakespeare

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Education: Towson University

• Major: Communications
• Minor: Business

Job Responsibilities: Fully manage, design and develop the Online Registration Product. Charles also manages all online credit card transactions.

Soccer Experience: None

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Charles has many fine moments in his 8+ year tenure at Demosphere, however, a major milestone occurred in 2009 as he setup his 500th online registration customer.

Favorite Quote: "What is the sword compared to the hand that wields it?" Conan the Barbarian

Other Information: Charles enjoys recreational racing with his Mazda RX-7. He also has a website (his first) dedicated to it. Feel free to visit www.silverbulletrx7.com to learn more about his hobby!

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Education : George Washington University

• BBA: Information Systems Technology

• MS: Information Systems Technology

Job Responsibilities: At Demosphere, Colin's role is to dream up and develop new product features/enhancements while maintaining the existing products to keep our users' operations running smoothly.

Soccer Experience: While not having any extensive soccer experience, Colin does have fond memories of playing youth soccer growing up.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Building the Exporter!

Favorite Quote: ...

Other Information: Outside of work Colin engages in numerous activities including but not limited to: embarking on culinary adventures inside and outside the home, reading both nerdy and non-nerdy books, playing with his cat Finn, and enjoying a nice glass of bourbon.

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Education:

• BA in Political Science from Belmont Abbey College.
• MALS from Georgetown University.

Job Responsibilities: Manage VYSA database

Soccer Experience: Boyd played soccer while attending college and is currently a coach for a WAGS team.

Favorite Demosphere Moment: Attending the 1994 World Cup Semi-Final with Miles and Jay.

Favorite Quote: "Everything a coach tells you is merely a suggestion."

Other Information: Boyd and his wife Elaine have two kids, Kelsey (16) and Kieran (15).

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Education:
Marymount University

• Major: BA in Graphic Design
• Minor: Fine Arts

Job Responsibilities: Greg is Demosphere’s Graphics Director, having joined the team in 2006. He is responsible for conducting initial design consultations on new accounts. In addition, his responsibilities also include the concept and design of graphics for all new accounts, as well as the management and design of all company-wide marketing materials.

Soccer Experience: Greg played soccer through High School and then played recreationally from his college years on. He currently plays on both Men’s and Co-ed teams in the DC area through NVSL and NVASA.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Greg's greatest Demosphere moment was joining such a lively and dynamic company back in 2006.

Favorite Quote: You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there. ~ Yogi Berra

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Education:

Marymount University

• Major: Graphic Design
• Minor: Art History

Job Responsibilities: Jaime is a senior developer as well as the product manager for the RosterPro registration system. He is responsible for several key systems used by national, state, league and club clients, including coding, designing and deploying web applications.

Soccer Experience: Jaime is an avid soccer fan and has been playing in amateur soccer leagues in the DC area for the past 10 years. The leagues include men's and coed, outdoor and indoor. With all the different countries in Jaime's family tree, most of them in Latin America, he has a lot of countries to root for in international competitions. But it's rare that one of his countries makes it to a final. Jaime was fortunate to have the opportunity to travel and work at the following FIFA competitions: 1998 FIFA World Cup France, the Men's Olympic Football Tournament Sydney 2000, and the FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2001.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Jaime’s greatest moment was jumping out of the way of Maradona, who was running down the hall by the press box in the Stade de France, attempting to avoid reporters, after the quarterfinal match between Italy and France during the 1998 FIFA World Cup France.

Favorite Quote: Those who believe in telekinetics raise my hand. - Kurt Vonnegut

Other Information: Jaime and his wife Lori live with their dog, Mina, in Falls Church, VA. Jaime enjoys playing the bass guitar and is currently in a band. Jaime is also a total comic book geek, but his current storage situation has hindered his comic book collecting immensely. He needs to buy a bigger house.

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Education:
Johns Hopkins University

• Major: Master of Science (Space Technology)

University of Maryland

• Major: Business Administration

Job Responsibilities: Oversees day-to-day operation of Demosphere and directly supports the Tournament and League Scheduling products.

Soccer Experience: Jay has coached his children and area youth since 1980.

Other Information: Jay Baker, a leading technology innovator since 1971, has served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Demosphere since he co-founded the company in September 1990. During that period, Mr. Baker has been responsible for all strategic planning and oversight of the Company's operations. Jay has been responsible for developing some of the first computer-aided design systems and has nearly 25 years of experience in market segmentation, direct response, and geo-demographic analysis applications. Jay has developed turnkey, state-of-the-art proprietary technology systems to implement and manage each client's on-line property. His technologies have streamlined the content and programming management of web supersites in-house and on the field.

Jay's understanding of sport drives the technology that he and his staff develop, providing the most efficient and effective means of servicing on-line properties. He serves on the U.S. Soccer Federation's Communications Committee and Database Marketing Committee, and the US Youth Soccer Association's Database Committee.

Throughout the technology advances of the last three decades, Mr. Baker has managed R&D teams to build leading-edge systems that extended the state-of-the-art with unique and innovative designs. His leadership abilities have coordinated a wide range of multi-disciplinary team members, providing them nurturing, fulfilling professional growth, while consistently meeting ambitious time and budget constraints. He combines a can-do attitude with excellence in technical approach, quality, and service to meet the needs of clients, who reciprocate with loyalty and expansion of their dealings with the company.

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Education :

• B.B.A. The George Washington University

• M.S. The George Washington University

Job Responsibilities: Maintain Demosphere's online products and create new products or features for customers.

Soccer Experience:

High School Varsity- St. Mark's School of Texas - Dallas, Tx

Co-ed and Mens Intramural at GWU

Pick-up Soccer on the National Mall

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Completing the game change email feature enhancements

Favorite Quote: "Each day I hope to do something foolish, something creative and something generous." - Benjamin Graham

Other Information: Josh enjoys endurance sports, playing with new technologies, and reading.

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Education: Green Mountain College

• BA in Art Management

Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts

• Certificates in Graphic & Web Design

Job Responsibilities: Julie is a Web Design Assistant and is responsible for conducting design consultations and the design of graphics for older accounts.

Soccer Experience: Julie happily played soccer in elementary school but got distracted by pretty ponies in high school.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Trying to learn the Matrix.

Favorite Quote: "I think I'll be a human. I've always wanted to be a human."

Other Information: When Julie is away from the Demosphere family she is off creating her own type of art, playing outdoors, cooking, playing with her two dogs or saving the princess on her video game console.

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Education: Longwood College

• Major: Business Administration

• Concentration: Marketing

Job Responsibilities: Kathleen is responsible for the majority of the banking and billing side of Demosphere. This includes accounting, invoicing, payables/receivables, payroll and weekly credit card processing. Additionally, she manages human resources and maintaining day to day operations at the Demosphere House.

Soccer Experience: Kathleen has not played any soccer since elementary/middle school days but she enjoys watching DC United play.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Demosphere getting invoices online!

Favorite Quotes: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” - Albert Einstein

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Education:
University of Virginia

• Major: Psychobiology, Pre-Med

George Mason University

• Major: Education

Job Responsibilities: Kris is responsible for the implementation of all new contracts. She coordinates internal resources to help ensure all products are delivered properly and on time. Kris communicates with new customers the status of implementing their products and also acts as the primary point of contact until all purchased products are successfully up and running. In addition, Kris is a member of the Demosphere's Executive Committe and manages some of the accounting and human resources responsibilities within the organization.

Soccer Experience: Kris’s father is a big soccer player, coach and fan and thus Kris came out of the womb with a love for soccer. She has been kicking the ball around since she was able to walk and grew up playing FPYC soccer, Fairfax High School soccer, and then on to club soccer at the University of Virginia. Kris now plays in several adult indoor and outdoor leagues in the DC Metro area. Her goal one day is to coach her daughter and son when they are old enough to play.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Coming aboard full time after working just part-time during the summers while school was out.

Favorite Quote: "Once you learn what life is about, there is no way to erase the knowledge. If you try to do something else with your life you will always sense that you are missing something." - James Redfield, The Celestine Prophesy

Other Information: Kris and her husband Miles live with their two children, Ciara and Calen in Manassas, VA. Kris also enjoys doing yoga, camping, and going on challenging nature hikes.

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Twitter: @mikerosenow

Education: The York College of Pennsylvania

• Major: Sport Management
• Minor: Marketing and Retailing.

Job Responsibilities: As Account Representative, Mike is part of the Demosphere Sales Team, responsible for bringing in new clients to the Demosphere family. From doing live online demos to representing the company at state workshops/trade shows to helping out with marketing efforts.

Soccer Experience: Mike played recreationally growing up in Pleasantville, NY. He also roomed with a member of York's soccer team his freshman year. From there, he got to know and live with a whole bunch of guys on the team throughout his years at York and was a student manager of the team in '04 and '05.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Getting to know and work with an awesome staff at Demosphere, as well as getting to meet all of our clients at the numerous state workshops we attend. Also, meeting WWE legend IRS on the flight back from the USL show this year.

Favorite Quote: "And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh"     -Friedrich Nietzsche

Other Information: Mike is an avid sports fan and used to work in the Baltimore Orioles minor league farm system. You can probably find him with his friends at a sporting event, concert, or the beach.

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Education: University of West Virginia

Other Information: Mr. Baker has been with Demosphere since April 1997. He is primarily responsible for the development and management of Demosphere’s service products. Mr. Baker is additionally responsible for the initial graphic design and ergonomics of new accounts.

In 1998, Mr. Baker directly supported FIFA On-Line's activities in Paris during World Cup France '98, and was detailed to London to develop the official web site for Manchester United. In 1994, he worked for Home Team Sports (HTS) as an Assistant to the Producer and studio camera operator for the live weekly television show "Soccer '94" which went from a local program in the Washington, D.C. area, to being broadcast live in six different countries during the 26 weeks prior to World Cup USA '94.

In 1993, Mr. Baker was a Criminal Defense Investigator for the Washington, DC District Court system, where he conducted interviews and investigations for criminal cases. Mr. Baker regularly plays in competitive amateur soccer leagues and is an avid DC United soccer fan.

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Education: Ursinus College

• Double Major: Environmental Studies and Politics.

Job Responsibilities: Sam provides support for all Demosphere products as well as training and setup for WebWriter and Webmail. He also collaborates with the graphics department for site adjustments and additions for existing clients.

Soccer Experience: Sam was a capable intramural goalie in college, but was far better at dodgeball.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Being able to help our wonderful clients on a regular basis.

Other Information: Sam is a big sports fan, especially of baseball. He is a die-hard NY Mets fan who married a Philadelphia Phillies fan.

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Twitter: @seangw83

Education: The George Washington University

• Major: Finance | Sports Management
• Minor: Electronic Media

Job Responsibilities: Business development and marketing initiatives.

Soccer Experience: Sean played soccer through U-17 and also played recreationally at GW.

Greatest Demosphere Moment(s): Each year, Sean travels to many shows around the country and internationally including GrassRoots Football Expo, NSCAA, US Youth Soccer, USL SoccerFest, and gets to meet many of our great customers.

Favorite Quotes: "WebWriter is awesome!" - numerous customers.

Other Information: Sean also coaches a High School Baseball Team in the Greater Washington, DC area each spring.

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Job Responsibilities: Provides service/support, case resolution, setup, training and functional queries for Online Registration (OLR) product to 700+ clients. Collaborates with OLR Product Manager on new developmental features and retooling based on direct daily interaction with OLR clients.

Soccer Experience : Former multi sport non-profit youth club administrator with 3000+ soccer registrants, 6000+ over-all club membership.

Greatest Demosphere Moment: Every time a client tells her how the OLR product facilitates their club operations and thanks her for the excellent support!

Favorite Quotes:

• "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of conflict and controversy." By Martin Luther King

• "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." By Dr Suess

Other Information - Soizik and her husband Eric live in Springfield, VA and have two sons, Collin and Brennan. They enjoy traveling, power-walking and are die-hard Dallas Cowboy, Washington Wizard, and Atlanta Braves fans!