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David Al-Ibrahim, product designer intern; Nadir Alaoui, mobile developer; Libby Bawcombe, senior product designer; Jared Biehler, programmer; Michael Choe, senior iOS developer ; Liz Danzico, creative director; Nick DePrey, digital programming analytics manager; Grant Dickie, web developer; Ijeoma Ezeonyebuchi, mobile QA engineer; Vincent Farquharson, senior interaction designer; Dan Frohlich, senior digital analyst; Sara Goo, digital news managing editor; Bailey Kattleman, mobile product manager; Rick Kercz, sponsorship products designer; Erica Liao, data analyst; Esme Middaugh, data analyst; Tejas Mistry, senior product manager; Steve Mullis, digital news editor; Erica Osher, director of sponsorship products; Stephanie Oura, project manager/scrum master; Demian Perry, director of mobile; Ben Schein, mobile product manager; Michael Seifollahi, lead mobile developer; Mikhail Sinanan, senior mobile developer; Scott Stroud, lead UX strategist; Joel Sucherman, VP of new platform partnerships

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