We want to empower engineers to do their best work.
Uplevel began out of frustration with the software engineering status quo. To be effective, we’ve relied on burn-down charts and surveys for too long—and it’s time to change.
We want to accomplish more. We want to celebrate more. Instead of being in a meeting as you’re getting assigned Jira tickets and seeing customer fire drills stack up, we want efficient processes that lead to wins, every single day. Above all, we believe that more effective teams create more innovative products that will delight customers. That’s why we founded Uplevel: to empower engineers to do their best work.
Our founders
Joe Levy
Chief Executive Officer
Ravs Kaur
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Matthews
Director of Product Management
David Youssefnia, PhD
Co-founder
The team
Jori Saeger
Marketing & Customer Engagement
Stewart Spencer
Engineering
Stef Schoenmackers, PhD
Data Science
Nicole Stanton
UX Design
Lauren Franklin
User Engagement
April Bingham
Engineering
Alex Snider
Engineering
Ejiro Akporobaro
Engineering
Brian Park
Engineering
Anand Loganathan
Engineering
Eric Kuo, PhD
Organizational Science
Anne Sallaska, PhD
Data Science
Kristen Sowatsky
Implementation
Kara Sylvester
Data Science
Advisors
- Varun Saini – Engineering
- Sara P. Weiner, PhD – Organizational science
- Steven G. Rogelberg, PhD – Organizational science
- Eric Browne – Product
investors
“By focusing on a platform of transparency and trust, Uplevel stands alone in its ability to help all levels of an engineering team with a broad solution.
Two of the hardest jobs in a company are the VP of sales and VP of engineering because they are both constantly asked to predict the output of every quarter. While there are ample tools available for the VP of sales, the engineering organization is underserved. This problem is substantial and no company to date has solved it.”
– Matt Howard, General Partner
Norwest Venture Partners
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