awe.sm: the blog

Welcome JEC!

By bennett in awe.sm, General

The awe.sm team is proud to welcome Jonathan Cowperthwait. He goes by many names, but we prefer to call him JEC (rhymes with “heck”, E is for Edward) since our CEO goes by Jonathan and “Jonathan2” would have been demeaning.

JEC actually joined the team in January 2011, but we are a lean startup, and lean startups only do welcome posts when they have enough information for a proper welcome. We have finally amassed enough to write his documentation.

—BSH

  
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NAME
	JEC which stands for Jonathan E. Cowperthwait
	also known as Cowp, @cowperthwait, http://cowp.co

SYNOPSIS
	JEC -- "Hi"

DESCRIPTION
	Marketing guy at awe.sm
	Provider of witty content and all things creative

OPTIONS
	-redbull    verbose mode
	-ALL        always on, all the time

EXAMPLES
	JEC webinar
	JEC blog
		Blog posts explaining technology in simple terms
	JEC press
		Great press coverage for new releases
	JEC marketing
		A marketing website to explain awe.sm’s functionality
	JEC customer-support
	JEC design
		Creating t-shirts with hilarious tag lines

ENVIRONMENT
	Ideal in the Bay Area
	Surrounded by great food and interesting people
	After dark best suited with a Jameson and a pickleback

COMPATIBILITY
	Amazing utility that gets along with everyone
	Prefers the comfort of men, but has long indulged women

SEE ALSO
	skydiving, marathon running, filmmaking, Instagram, shuffleboard

STANDARDS
	fancy clothes
	Teutonic cars
	bland food

HISTORY
	Created and raised in the Bay Area.
	JEC cultured himself at The University of Chicago.
	Started his career in the Chicago advertising industry, but returned
	  home to the Bay when it snowed on Easter.
	Found awe.sm through Laurie, who was in need of a utility to add to the
	  awe.sm toolbox

KNOWN BUGS
	Stunner glasses

Interested in joining the awe.sm team? Join the fastest-growing team in the whole world.^{[Citation needed]} Check out our jobs page!

Bennett Hiles grew up in Los Angeles only blocks from awe.sm co-founder Jonathan Strauss, but their paths didn’t cross until Bennett responded to a job post on TechCrunch in 2010 that went a little something like this:

Wanted, the Most Interesting Programmer in the World:

Someone who doesn’t need to use pointers; his* code just knows where to look.

Someone who doesn’t call APIs, they call him*.

Someone who once wrote a slow query, just to see how it felt.

*awe.sm is an equal opportunity employer, but gender-neutral pronouns make things less funny.

awe.sm Bennett is awe.sm

After getting a taste of web analytics at a previous job, Bennett felt ready to conquer the big data challenges at awe.sm. And he impressed us by being only the second candidate to pass Laurie‘s infamous whiteboard interview. Since joining in August (hey, we’ve been busy!), Bennett has been responsible for ensuring the massive amounts of data we collect get turned into speedy and reliable results for our customers. He’s done a phenomenal job so far, and his love of Mexican food ensures we do team lunch at Taqueria Cancun at least once a week (taco Wednesdays, duh!).

Outside of work, Bennett is a man of many interests. He enjoys roller and ice hockey. Though he speaks better Java than Spanish, he’s spent every Christmas waterskiing and wakeboarding in Mexico with his family. He rescues cats. He knows how to set the mood with his playlists on Rdio. And he loves a great whiskey.

Gentlemen, and especially ladies, please welcome Bennett Hiles to team awe.sm.

P.S. If you think you’re qualified to be the 2nd Most Interesting Programmer in the World , we’re still hiring!