Martin Plaehn
Chief Executive Officer

Martin comes to Bungee Labs with 30 years of software development experience, an entrepreneurial vision and seasoned management skills. Prior to joining Bungee Labs in June 2006, Martin spent seven years at RealNetworks as a member of the senior management team; serving as EVP Software Products through 2004, and then leading Real's rapidly growing Casual Games business. Martin served as Chairman and CEO of Viewpoint Digital from 1996 until its acquisition by Computer Associates in 1998. Prior to Viewpoint, Martin led world-wide product development at Alias|Wavefront, the leading provider of computer graphics modeling and animation systems. Martin began his career as software developer at General Atomic Company, ISSCO Graphics and Template Graphics Software. Martin earned his B.A. degree from the University of California, San Diego, and is a graduate of UCSD's Executive Program for Scientists and Engineers.


Dave Mitchell
CTO and Founder

Dave has extensive experience and expertise in web application development and software system architecture. Dave is the principal architect of the Bungee Connect on demand development and deployment environment, with five patents pending in the middleware, application workflow and UI deployment spaces. Prior to Bungee Labs, Dave successfully founded, grew and sold Viewsoft Inc, a web application development toolkit provider, to Citrix Systems in 1999. Dave continued with Citrix and served as Principle Architect until founding the company in 2002. Prior to Citrix, Dave developed an application framework for text indexing and retrieval. Dave earned his B.S. and M.S. Computer Science degrees from Brigham Young University.


Sandra Hufford
Director, Finance and Human Resources

Sandra joined Bungee Labs in 2004 as the Director of Finance and Human Resources. Sandra also serves as Secretary/Treasurer to the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Bungee Labs, Sandra served as Director of Operations at ViaSubscription where she managed the data hosting operations, customer support, accounting and administration departments from 2002 until joining Bungee Labs. Prior to ViaSubscription, Sandra was the Financial Controller and Director of Human Resources at ViewSoft from 1996 through Viewsoft's acquisition by Citrix Systems in 1999. Sandra also served as a Controller for Rick Warner Companies. Sandra holds a degree in Accounting and Business Administration from California State University.


Ted Haeger
Director, Developer Programs

Ted joined Bungee Labs in 2007 as Director of Developer Programs. Ted's primary responsibility is to architect, establish and lead the Bungee Connect Developer Network (BCDN), serving as the human interface between Bungee Labs and individual developers. Ted is Bungee Labs' principal evangelist, keeping an active presence within numerous on-line forums and blogs as well as speaking often at regional and industry events. Prior to Bungee Labs, Ted directed the user community program for Novell. Ted has become well known in the Linux and open source communities through high-profile speaking engagements at international and regional open source events, and through his contributions to online publications and forums. Ted also hosted the popular Novell Open Audio podcast series, which he started for Novell in 2006. Ted holds a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Ted is an avid technologist who is keenly interested in the emergent social aspects of the increasingly connected world.


David Brooksby
Director, Program/Product Development

Dave joined Bungee Labs in 2003 and is the Product Manager for Bungee Connect. Dave is responsible for the planning and execution of the technical vision, design and implementation of the Bungee Connect on-demand service as well as facilitating collaboration among the company's engineering, marketing and community teams. Prior to his role as Product Manager, Dave served as the company's first Product Marketing Manager and Information Technology Manager. Prior to joining Bungee Labs, David was the Internet Marketing Manager at Massachusetts-based ViryaNet from 2000 through its IPO and then also served as ViryaNet's Information Systems Manager until 2003. Prior to ViryaNet, Dave was the Internet Marketing Manager at ViewSoft through its acquisition by Citrix in 1999, and continued with Critix as an Engineering Program Manager until joining ViryaNet in 2000. David holds a BS Degree in Business Management from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University with a dual emphasis on Marketing and Information Systems.


Brad Hintze
Director, Product Marketing

Brad joined Bungee Labs in 2005 and leads the product marketing team and initiatives, including research and analysis of the company's ecosystem of developers, partners and competitors. Brad drives the process, content and delivery of Bungee Lab's product communications, including website content, product demonstrations and sample applications. Prior to joining Bungee Labs, Brad served as COO of Totally Awesome Computers, a regional system integrator and PC retail chain, where he led the sales, marketing and operations teams to annual sales of US$36 million. Brad started his career as founder of iMedia, a technical marketing company, producing interactive CD-ROMs for the real estate, retail sales and manufacturing industries. He holds a BA in Business Marketing from the University of Phoenix.