Shelley Alexander
Support & Training Consultant
Meet the Forever Team
We’re a company of real people, working to make your digital life permanent.
Shelley Alexander
Support & Training Consultant
I am an Australian currently living the ex-pat life in Doha, Qatar, and indulging my love of travel & travel photography. I’ve been a scrapbooker for many years, and converted completely to digital when I fell in love with Artisan. I love exploring what the software can do, and helping others to do the same. One day I might get caught up with my albums, but I doubt it.
Dave Andros
Vice President of Operations & Strategy
Dave is a recovering consultant and former Army officer. He joined Forever to help build and grow the world’s first complete memory-keeping solution. Away from work, you can find him spending time with his family (wife, son, and two dogs), cooking, or doing/talking about CrossFit. Dave is also passionate about the Pittsburgh veteran community and is a devoted Penguins, Steelers, and Pirates fan.
Dave Andros
Vice President of Operations & Strategy
Keith Archiquette
Production Manager
Keith is a videographer and editor on our team, as well as the production lead at our Green Bay retail location. Keith has years of professional video experience and had worked in the music industry for over a decade prior to joining the Forever team. When not working, Keith enjoys spending time with his wife Jena and son Adler.
Keith Archiquette
Production Manager
Aminata Ballo
UI Designer
Ami loves being able to use her creativity to solve problems and create user-centered interfaces. She joined the Forever mission because she has seen how much joy a single photo can bring to her relatives overseas and believes that there is a place for Forever products in everyone’s lives. Aside from design, Ami also enjoys practicing Jiu-Jitsu, weightlifting, cooking, and attempting to teach tricks to her twin cats.
Aminata Ballo
UI Designer
Alexis Bimatovs
UI Designer
Alexis has a passion for leveraging the creative process to combine the arts and sciences, and to help make technology fun and easy to use. She chose to be a part of the Forever mission because she embraces these tools and products and believes they are making a positive difference in the world. When not designing and developing new products, Alexis is most likely wandering around Michael’s crafts, running with her pups, or watching tele with her two bunnies and Latvian Husband.
Alexis Bimatovs
UI Designer
Megan Blondeau
Senior Graphic Designer
Megan has over a decade of design experience in both corporate and agency settings, with many of those years spent in direct sales and digital scrapbook industries. She enjoys putting her talent to work by crafting marketing and sales materials as well as digital art collections. When Megan isn’t designing, she enjoys photography, drawing, hiking, biking, and excessively long road trips with her husband and two kids.
Megan Blondeau
Senior Graphic Designer
Tameka Bond
Events & Training Associate
As one of the founding partners of pixels2Pages, Tameka pushes the limits of Artisan and Historian software to enhance the digital experience of Forever customers. She loves helping people preserve their precious memories and considers doing so happy work. She thinks a smile is contagious, so she is always smiling. Tameka lives in New York City with her husband, two sons, and daughter.
Tameka Bond
Events & Training Associate
Nathan Bowers
Director of Product Management & Customer Care
I love technology, research, words, and music. I have a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, but left the academic world to pursue a career in technology and media. I’m married to Joy, have 4 children, and believe that Forever is the place to share my story and the story of my family. At Forever, I work with Glen and our team to share this vision with others.
Nathan Bowers
Director of Product Management & Customer Care
Mary Browder
Training Associate
Mary is married to Rick (33 years), and is Mom to 4 and Nana to 3. Born in southern California, raised in Louisiana, and now a Texan for 20+ years, she describes herself as a mutt, especially her accent. Before joining Forever, Mary owned a tile and mural painting company in Louisiana (which did custom work for both homes and doctors’ offices), was involved with direct sales for 16 years, and was a partner with pixels2Pages for 6 years. Mary is also a retired registered trauma nurse, and has one drawing in the Library of Congress!
Mary Browder
Training Associate
Roxanne Buchholz
Director of Digital Content
Roxanne’s unique combination of corporate design and years in the digital scrapbook industry, make her the perfect person to lead our marketing efforts as well as our amazing team of digital artists. When not creating her own digital art collections and preserving her family’s memories in storybooks, Roxanne enjoys photography, option trading, archery, and road trips with her husband and two boys.
Roxanne Buchholz
Director of Digital Content
Linda Buckley
Associate to Glen Meakem
Linda and Glen have worked together for 12 years and, if asked, she’ll tell you that her support role in building Forever has been her favorite part. Linda is a confessed Forever addict – who won’t be satisfied until her half-century collection of photos, videos and memorabilia are safely saved and shared on Forever. Also known as “super-grandma” by her three grandsons, she is always capturing new memories.
Linda Buckley
Associate to Glen Meakem
Erica Burg
Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst
Accountant by day, superhero by night. I’m my kids’ team photographer, scrapbooker, taxi, maid, cook, teacher and money tree. In addition to working with Forever, I’m also Chief Operating Superhero of The Superhero Foundation. I organize a 5k that takes place each April to raise awareness for the prevention of child abuse. Every child needs a hero but abused children need superheroes.
Erica Burg
Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst
Gene Cahill
Mobile Engineer
Gene is a Mobile Android Engineer who likes to learn new things and is down to try anything. Away from work, Gene enjoys wakeboarding, snowboarding, traveling and working on his own projects.
Gene Cahill
Mobile Engineer
Tara Claborn
Executive Sales Director
Tara is one of our four company liaisons blending the home office and the sales field. She trains, supports, and motivates our ambassador sales field to build successful teams and a client base in the Forever family. She has 18 years of direct sales experience and passionate about leading leaders. Her love for photos and memory celebration make this a perfect fit for the busy mom and career woman. In her free time Tara plays on a competitive tennis team, loves the outdoors, and enjoys spending time with her husband and teenaged son.
Tara Claborn
Executive Sales Director
Dan Crane
E-Commerce Engineer
Dan is a laugher of jokes, shifter of paradigms, and among the most pointless of interjectors. Telling a story? Let him tell you about it. Legacy codebase? Let’s refactor everything that’s already working so it works as well as the thing that isn’t working once it has been fixed… to improve readability.
Dan Crane
E-Commerce Engineer
Norman Dawson
Customer Care & Support Associate
Norm spent most of his life in Los Angeles, but has recently returned to Pittsburgh to be with family. He has spent most of his career in sales and service, but did own and operate an international company for several years. Norm coached girls softball for ten years and once won a national championship. He loves outdoor activities, particularly hiking and sailing. Now he’s creating memorable moments with Forever.
Norman Dawson
Customer Care & Support Associate
Alaina Duffy
Customer Care & Support Associate
I’m a mother of a beautiful and highly intelligent teenage daughter named Alaya. Family is extremely important to me. I’ve lost my dad as well as three of my brothers, and I hold the memories of my loved ones close to my heart. Now that they are gone, all I have are their photos. I believe that being able to preserve their memories is very important, so it means a lot to me to work for a company that carries that same value. I'm happy that Forever has given me a way to preserve the memories of my loved ones, and to be a part of this team.
Alaina Duffy
Customer Care & Support Associate
Sean Duggan
Windows Software Engineer
Sean has been a professional programmer for about a decade and a half, and has been doing software recreationally for over half again that time. When not coding, he does local community theatre, choir, balloon animals, stage magic, and capoeira. Or at least those are his current hobbies. They may be different by the next time you ask him. He currently lives in the Whitehall borough with his wife, Jamie Duggan.
Sean Duggan
Windows Software Engineer
Dawn Edens
Senior Executive Sales Director
Dawn's passion is to help others achieve their dreams through mentoring and coaching. That is why we are thrilled to have her as an Executive Sales Director. She has over 15 years of experience in the photo industry, both as a consultant and as a corporate employee. When she's not working with our ambassadors, you will find her lacing up her tennis shoes and heading out for a run. Dawn lives in Nashville, TN with her husband Brian and 3 beautiful children.
Dawn Edens
Senior Executive Sales Director
Nick Farruggia
Manager of Digital Marketing
Nick works as a Digital Marketing Associate at Forever - a role in which, believe it or not, two English degrees prove valuable. Nick loves the Forever product catalogue, and has made it his goal to share these sentiments with the world. You can probably find Nick roaming around Pittsburgh if you duck into your nearby gym or Chipotle.
Nick Farruggia
Manager of Digital Marketing
Kevin Ford
Strategy & Operations Analyst
Kevin is a graduate of Northwestern University and a member of Forever’s Strategy & Business Development team. He is excited to help Forever continue to grow to massive success. Outside of the office, you can find Kevin listening to music, reading, or exploring Pittsburgh as he gets to know his new home. Kevin also has a passion for travel and an affinity for cultures all over the world.
Kevin Ford
Strategy & Operations Analyst
Bradley Fox
E-Commerce Platform Team Leader
Bradley is a software developer who strives to deliver meaningful features to Forever customers. When he isn’t at work, he enjoys taking his dog for walks, trying out new restaurants with his wife, and anything s’mores related.
Bradley Fox
E-Commerce Platform Team Leader
Mike Frengel
Mobile Engineer
A software engineer who values teamwork and creativity to craft valuable products for customers of all types. Mike is a member of the engineering team focused on delivering the Forever experience to a mobile world. Away from work, he enjoys sports and being outside with his family.
Mike Frengel
Mobile Engineer
Debbie Garland
Retail & Operations Assistant
Debbie has been married to her wonderful husband, Keith, for 28 years, and enjoys camping and family time. She has two children, a stepdaughter, son-in-law, and three grandchildren. She enjoys working with customers and making them smile or have a little laugh. She was first attracted to Forever by the ability to digitize and safely store photos, and she looks forward to making many photo books with Forever.
Debbie Garland
Retail & Operations Assistant
Janice Gilhooley
Associate Digital Artist
Janice has always loved taking pictures, printing photos and making albums. A founding partner with pixels2Pages, she loved training people on how to use Forever Artisan and is now loving her next adventure as a Forever Digital Artist. Her favorite Artisan tool is the undo button!
Janice Gilhooley
Associate Digital Artist
Mandie Gorsuch
Associate Graphic Designer
Mandie enjoys creating new, exciting designs and being a part of the Forever team. When she isn’t designing, she enjoys various art-related hobbies as well as attending events, movies, and concerts.
Mandie Gorsuch
Associate Graphic Designer
Matt Gray
Print Manager
Matt is a graphic designer and print professional with vast experience in both the conceptual & production sectors of the print industry. He helps Forever customers create visually striking projects to accompany their treasured memories. In his free time he enjoys cooking with his fiancée, walking their two dapper terriers, supporting the Manchester United Red Devils as well as his hometown sports teams, and playing drums with his band.
Matt Gray
Print Manager
Lauren Gregg
Manager of Customer Care
Lauren is the motor that keeps Forever’s membership services humming along. You can often find her managing any one of our databases (Marketing, Customer Service or Sales), coordinating usability studies, participating in user testing and overseeing all new memberships. Additionally, she’s proud to serve as a certified photo organizer for our members. A few things you should know about Lauren: she’s a concert junkie; switches fitness obsessions monthly; and possibly has a minor online shopping addiction.
Lauren Gregg
Manager of Customer Care
Elizabeth Helsel
Customer Care & Support Associate
Elizabeth has shared her passion for photography, digital scrapbooking and memory preservation for the past fifteen years. She has served Forever in many roles since joining the team in 2014. Her love for teaching comes through when she is answering support questions, preparing software instructional curriculum, and speaking at events. Elizabeth enjoys life with her husband and two children. Travel to tropical destinations is always high on her wish list!
Elizabeth Helsel
Customer Care & Support Associate
April Hogue
Customer Care & Support Associate
April is Forever’s first Member Care Associate and also works as a Digital Photo Organizer assisting the other members of the Member Services Team. She has several years of experience in Customer Support and Sales and enjoys helping people resolve their issues via phone support. April is extremely excited to be part of the Forever team.
April Hogue
Customer Care & Support Associate
Ben Johnson
Director of Finance
Ben brings over 7 years of audit, financial reporting, financial systems, financial planning and analysis, and internal control expertise to Forever. When he’s not crunching the numbers, Ben enjoys creating memories with his wife and two very busy kids.
Ben Johnson
Director of Finance
Erin Kandala
Accounting Manager
Erin manages all things accounting related at Forever. She also loves chasing after her 2 year old son, hip hop cardio, watching Penguins hockey and summertime concerts.
Erin Kandala
Accounting Manager
Tom Kovacs
IT Director
Tom is in charge of keeping Forever’s technology and network humming smoothly. Tom has previously worked as a contractor for the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and a successful real estate startup in his 15 years in the IT field. Away from work, Tom keeps busy with his loving wife and three kids, coaches youth softball and baseball, and likes to play video games when he can get some quiet time!
Tom Kovacs
IT Director
John Lanser
Assistant Production Manager
Legend has it that long ago in the early 90’s, a child was born and grew up to accomplish great things in the Video World. With his talent and skills, he spread his creativity across the land for all to see. Having a large interest in the Film and Video World made him determined to rise above his peers. Ancient storytellers have also said that he has magic.
John Lanser
Assistant Production Manager
Steven Leach
Windows Engineer
Steven has over twenty years of experience working in medical image capture, storage, and analysis technology. His memories extend back to his great grandfather on his father's side of the family through diaries, Bibles, photographs, and paintings. He also has a full-grown son, whom he is very proud to say is an Eagle Scout.
Steven Leach
Windows Engineer
Don Lettrich
Core Web Application Team Leader
Don is an enthusiastic and persistent engineer working on the web team whose passion is to build the best user experience for Forever customers. When not at work, he enjoys spending family time with his wife, daughters and dogs. He is always tinkering with technology, fixing anything that's broken or working in the yard.
Don Lettrich
Core Web Application Team Leader
Anne Lineberger
Training Associate
Anne has loved scrapbooking since the 5th grade. She switched to digital as soon as it was introduced, way back when, and was delighted to never go back to traditional scrapbooking because of all the "stuff" that had to be toted along with it. She loves designing and just about anything to do with the water. That may not sound like it goes together, but almost every photo she takes has something to do with water!
Anne Lineberger
Training Associate
Kim Mannino
Support & Training Associate
Kim loves working creatively with photos, and for sixteen years has been sharing this passion with others both on-line and in-person. She believes in working with the best tools to accomplish her photo projects. The Forever suite of products are the best creative tools available, and the only tools that ensure preservation for generations. Working as part of the Forever team is a perfect fit for Kim. She lives in Gilroy, California, has been married to Tony for 25 years, and they have three children, Angela (22), AJ (19), Joey (19). On most Friday mornings and Saturday afternoons she can be found serving her community at the Gilroy Compassion Center.
Kim Mannino
Support & Training Associate
Jen Martakis
Associate Digital Artist
Jen has worked in the scrapbook industry since 2005. She was introduced to digital scrapbooking in 2009 and shortly began creating her own digital art collections. She is passionate about preserving her family's memories as well as inspiring others to do the same. Jen and her husband of 21 years have 5 amazing sons and one precious grandbaby on the way. When she isn’t spending time with her family, she is designing art kits and creating storybooks.
Jen Martakis
Associate Digital Artist
Jan McCallum
Manager of Training
Jan has been intrigued by computers since high school, and that was a long time ago! A lifelong scrapbooker, she quickly dumped the papers and scissors and tape when she was introduced to digital scrapbooking a decade ago. When she’s not doing pixels2Pages work, you might find her anywhere, as she loves to travel and take photographs. Other loves include her grandchildren (and kids, husband, and dog!), Duke basketball, puzzles & games, most sports, and being a foodie.
Jan McCallum
Manager of Training
Glen Meakem
Founder & CEO
Realizing that there was no way for people to permanently store and share their family photos, videos, and other media in the cloud, Glen launched Forever in 2013. The company has grown rapidly ever since. Glen is an experienced entrepreneur and leader who has founded and built a number of companies, including the widely chronicled and successful B2B ecommerce company FreeMarkets. Glen founded FreeMarkets in 1995, and took it public in a record setting IPO in 1999. At its peak, FreeMarkets had a publicly traded market cap of $13 billion. Glen believes that permanent memory keeping is an unmet and critically important need for tens of millions of people around the world. He is committed to building Forever into a large and successful company, one that is focused on preserving and protecting family stories for generations.
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Glen Meakem
Founder & CEO
Vlad Mollov
Front End Application Engineer
I am a software engineer by day and a musician by night. I love technology and find a lot of parallels between composing good music and good code - both require simplicity.
Vlad Mollov
Front End Application Engineer
Shelley Murray
Sales & Training Executive
Shelley is a Membership Consultant and a Certified Photo Organizing Specialist. Her mission at Forever is to help educate and motivate people to begin curating their memories. She is passionate about preserving photos and stories of the past so they can be enjoyed now and also shared with future generations.
Shelley Murray
Sales & Training Executive
Richard Oneslager
Strategy & Operations Analyst
Richard is a recent graduate of Villanova University and joins Forever’s Strategy & Business Development team through Venture For America. He was born in Denver, Colorado and is an avid skier, traveler, and craft beer aficionado.
Richard Oneslager
Strategy & Operations Analyst
Mandy Owen
Manager of Green Bay Retail & Conversion Services
Mandy brings with her almost fourteen years of experience in the web hosting and datacenter solutions industry. Her degree in management gives her a keen eye for details, an eagerness to learn, and a vision for success. She is excited to be a part of this wonderful team and looks forward to helping others preserve their cherished memories. Outside of Forever, she enjoys exercising, traveling, and spending time with her family and fur-baby, Rufus.
Mandy Owen
Manager of Green Bay Retail & Conversion Services
Mona Rau
Manager of Events
Mona is an accomplished incentives and event planner who has built a name for herself in the industry. With over thirteen years of experience she has been recognized for her professionalism, knowledge and talents by her peers and clients. When she's not executing events and incentives, she enjoys traveling and spending quality time with her husband Mike. She has a passion for preserving memories, so she fits right in and is thrilled to be part of the Forever family.
Mona Rau
Manager of Events
Tom Reid
Senior Front End Engineer
I am a passionate and tenacious front-end engineer. I love web technologies and making things that are useful. I wrote my first line of HTML back in 1992, started doing web development professionally in 2002, and have been riding the wave since. When not at the computer, I enjoy spending time with my wife and daughter, reading, photography, music, playing Ukulele, and a myriad of other interests that I have no time for but still try to do anyway.
I joined Forever because I spent many years as a technophile figuring out how to secure my family's digital memories, and Forever takes all that technical complexity and wraps it up into a great offering for the non-technical. Family history and memories are important, and I am excited to be a part of helping others secure their digital memories for future generations.
Tom Reid
Senior Front End Engineer
Joe Reinhart
Director of Retail, Conversion, & Logistics Operations"
Joe is excited to be a member of the Forever team and help people preserve their family memories. With a background spanning broadcasting, audio/visual work, information technology, and professional DJ work, Joe brings a wide range of talents and abilities to help support Forever's mission.
Joe Reinhart
Director of Retail, Conversion, & Logistics Operations"
Jennifer Rudzik
Customer Care & Support Associate
Jennifer is a graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She spent the past 5 years living and teaching in Orlando, Florida and just recently just moved back to Pittsburgh to be closer to family and friends. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys traveling, outdoor activities, running, and attending Pittsburgh sporting events. She has a passion for photography and helping others and is so happy to be working for a company that shares that same passion. It is wonderful to be a part of the Forever team!
Jennifer Rudzik
Customer Care & Support Associate
Chris Ryan
Software Engineer
Chris is part of Forever’s software team. When not writing software he is spending time with his kids, Cameron and Penny, or working out with his wife Reneé.
Chris Ryan
Software Engineer
Kim Schoppenhorst
Retail and Operations Associate
Kim is a lifelong Green Bay Packer fan, born and raised on a horse farm, who earned a computer programming degree when they used punch cards coded in Assembler language… yikes! Mother to Kelsey and Courtney, and wife of Rick, she’s excited to join the Forever team and share her love and experience of preserving family history and sharing memories through personalized photo albums and more. What began as a teenage hobby turned into a true passion and mission after fighting alongside her Dad as he battled Alzheimer’s disease.
Kim Schoppenhorst
Retail and Operations Associate
Melissa Schuh
Customer Care & Support Associate
As a customer support associate, Melissa has been supporting the Panstoria software programs for over 2 years. Melissa likes to spend time with family and friends playing games and being outside.
Melissa Schuh
Customer Care & Support Associate
Zachary Schweitzer
Lead Designer
Zach is a designer on the Forever team focused on delivering a consistently pleasant visual experience to our members. Zach spends his free time working on personal art and illustration projects, seeing live music and spending time with his wife and two dachshunds.
Zachary Schweitzer
Lead Designer
Sandy Stonebrook
Customer Quality Advocate
Sandy has been scrapbooking for over 15 years. She loves working with Forever Members, and introducing ideas for new products and services to Forever’s Product Engineering Team. She is passionate about memory keeping, and is grateful that Forever gives her the opportunity to use this passion professionally.
Sandy Stonebrook
Customer Quality Advocate
Corey Stout
Vice President of Product Engineering
Corey is a full-stack engineer working on the web team. He enjoys designing websites and building cutting edge web and mobile technologies. Away from work, he likes hiking and working on cars.
Corey Stout
Vice President of Product Engineering
Abigal Totten
Customer Care & Support Associate
Abby is a recent graduate from the University of Dayton and a member of the Operations Team at Forever. She is also an avid baker, loves all things sweet, and loves spending time with her three older sisters, younger brother, and her Bernese Mountain Dog Bruin.
Abigal Totten
Customer Care & Support Associate
Justin Turner
Customer Care & Support Associate
Justin is a video and photo editor and organizer on our member services team. He loves Forever, Notre Dame football, and all things bacon.
Justin Turner
Customer Care & Support Associate
Will Wallander
Manager of Legal, People Development, & Business Administration
Will is an attorney and handles legal matters for Forever. Prior to joining Forever, Will worked for a real estate investment firm while attending law school. He is the proud father of micro preemie twin daughters. Will took over 15,000 photos to document his daughters' 3.5 month stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Will Wallander
Manager of Legal, People Development, & Business Administration
Katy Watkins
Associate UI Designer
Katy is part of the design team at Forever, helping to create great experiences for Forever members. In her spare time she enjoys reading, running, playing piano, and working to become a hockey nerd.
Katy Watkins
Associate UI Designer
Alison Woof
Support & Training Associate
Alison is an editor and mother of two from Sydney, Australia who loves making scrapbooks to record her family memories. She is passionate about serving her church, taking photographs, reading books, making music, studying history and visiting beautiful gardens. Alison is so thankful for the opportunity to be part of the Forever Team and do what brings her joy – helping others record and preserve their special memories for generations.
Alison Woof
Support & Training Associate