The Team

• JDGardner Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

  JD has a passion for working closely with fellow team members to create and grow high-impact start-up companies. JD founded and seed funded ZenPrint in 2006 with a vision of developing extremely user-friendly web-to-print applications for businesses. JD oversees product, marketing, strategic and business development initiatives at ZenPrint. He has also supported a number of rapidly growing startups such as Omniture, Ancestry.com, Logoworks, Skullcandy, FamilyLink and Allegiance as an angel investor. Prior to ZenPrint, JD served as an investment professional and Venture Partner with vSpring Capital. Early in his career, JD worked in investment banking and strategy consulting with Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company. JD studied Applied Mathematics at Brigham Young University graduating magna cum laude and received a MBA degree from the Harvard Business School.

• NateJensen Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

  Nate has a strong background in technology and systems architecture for high tech start-up companies. Nate is directly responsible for the implementation of the ZenPrint technology platform. Nate's expertise spans various web technologies, including e-commerce platforms, payment processing, web-to-print applications and API development. Prior to ZenPrint, he co-Founded GearTrade and worked at several successful start ups including Claredi, STSN and Authorize.net. Nate holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology from Brigham Young University.

• JoshConner Director of Production and Fulfillment Services

  Since joining ZenPrint in 2006, Josh along with his team has been responsible for putting the "Print" in ZenPrint. His 10 previous years in the print industry has been instrumental in building ZenPrint's full-scale and highly efficient production environment. Josh provides key insights and technical understanding towards the continual refinement of production methods, automated processes, and fulfillment strategies. He thrives on innovation, and on utilizing ZenPrint's cutting-edge technology to deliver a high-quality service to clients. Josh oversees the printing, fulfillment, and daily operations at ZenPrint's main production facility.

• JeremyWycherly Vice President of Sales & Client Services

  Jeremy is an experienced start-up business manager with a passion for marketing, sales and product management. Jeremy joined ZenPrint in 2007 and has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of sales, client, partner and customer support. Prior to ZenPrint, Jeremy worked as General Manager at Logoworks - the largest online venue for small business design. At Logoworks, Jeremy drove the explosive growth of Logomaker - a flash based DIY logo design application. Logoworks was successfully acquired by Hewlett Packard in 2006. Jeremy received his Bachelor of Science and MBA degrees from Brigham Young University.

• BrianBond Director of Marketing

  Brian is an experienced Internet marketing professional with over 10 years of varied experience in the consumer and B2B space. In the past he has held leadership roles in initiatives around product management and marketing non-profit, software, subscription services, and professional services for companies such as A&E Television Networks, The Generations Network (formally MyFamily.com/Ancestry.com), FutureNow Inc, and Hewlett-Packard. He was most recently functioning as VP of Marketing & VP of Product Management of Logoworks since 2005. Hewlett-Packard successfully acquired Logoworks in the spring of 2006. Brian is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area.

• NoelleBates Director of Corporate Communications

  Noelle Bates is an expert in public relations with 13 years of experience working with hi-tech start-ups. Prior to joining ZenPrint, Noelle was the Vice President of Corporate Communications at Logoworks (now MarketSplash by HP) and was an integral member of the company’s executive team. Noelle was responsible for raising the visibility of the start-up and helped usher it through its eventual acquisition by Hewlett Packard in 2007. Noelle gained valuable experience working for two different hi-tech PR agencies early in her career – Connect PR and MWS Agency (now Snapp Conner PR) – and worked for both firms in Utah and San Francisco. During her agency years Noelle worked with companies such as Symantec, Lexmark, Sorensen Media, vSpring as well as numerous start-ups.After her tenure on the agency side, Noelle took the role of Director of PR at Salt Lake-based ContentWatch and later was Director of Corporate Communications for an eco-friendly manufacturer of household goods with revenues in excess of $600 million. Noelle has served on the board of the Utah Valley Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for four years and was the Chapter President in 2008.

• BenVines Creative Director

  Ben is responsible for all aspects of brand management at ZenPrint. He has been influential in creating the user-friendly web interfaces for our online products as well as expanding the brand’s footprint in the design community. Ben is working to align ZenPrint and the online designer community to develop a mutually beneficial working relationship that thinks about design from a designer’s point of view while still delivering an unsurpassed product to the end consumer. Previously, Ben was a Senior Marketing Designer at Logoworks who was successfully acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2006. He moved on to open a successful design studio known as Further Creative, which has done work for other Inc. 500 companies such as Skullcandy and MonaVie.