Macktez has a talented, educated, and experienced Team.
Michael Horst is our COO, overseeing the Operations and Technology Services groups with a background in molecular biochemistry and biophysics as well as more than 25 years of experience in cross platform, small, medium, and enterprise technology, and business strategy. The result is a suite of impressively clearheaded troubleshooting techniques on projects ranging from financial planning to sea kayaking.
michael.horst@macktez.com | 646.274.0930
Noah Landow is our Founder & CEO. His experience in architecture, print and interactive design, network design and installation, and database development provide a foundation for organizing projects and building collaborative teams. He keeps his head on straight by training in a seriously obscure form of aikijujutsu and by serving on the boards of compelling non-profits like UnionDocs.
noah.landow@macktez.com | 646.274.0931
Reilly Scull, our CTO, is a natural thinker and tinkerer, and grew up taking apart every gadget he could get his hands on just so he could put them all back together again. These days he’s sporting a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, but has been exploring the ins and outs of Macs since he had baby teeth and has always enjoyed using his skills to save less tech-savvy friends and colleagues from their computer woes. Born and raised in lower Manhattan, when Reilly’s not in front of a keyboard, he’s sure to be found exploring the city he loves by land and sea, racing sailboats on the Hudson and cycling the streets on his super-fast road bike.
reilly.scull@macktez.com | 646.274.0941
Jeremy Sherber sports a resume comprised of nonlinear professional assignments: graphic designer, FileMaker Developer, playwright, communications strategist, and political campaign manager. His facility for untangling complications into step-by-step actions binds his past roles together and guides his everyday problem-solving routines. As Director of Client Services, Jeremy is just as likely to recommend an employment policy or a good book as he is a software solution while steering clients toward their goals.
jeremy.sherber@macktez.com | 646.274.0938
Kathryn Lewis, our Director of Operations, has over ten years of operations experience, as well as a degree in Philosophy from St. John’s College. She is a passionate organizer who loves thinking about how systems, environments, and policies interact with one another and people. At Macktez, she leads Finance, HR, and Operations to ensure our Team can focus on our clients. In her free time, she loves spending time in the sun, exploring new restaurants, and cooking.
kathryn.lewis@macktez.com | 646.274.0932
Patricia Mastricolo is our Projects Manager, a Philly native who lived in Brooklyn for a decade before fleeing to the suburbs. She graduated suma cum laude with her BA in Literature from Saint Joesph’s University and completed most of her Masters at Brooklyn College before running out of time, money, and school spirit. Patricia spends her days solving logistical puzzles for a living like a blue-haired Sherlock Holmes. When she isn’t working, you can often find her writing about the First Amendment and comic books, or if it’s a particularly nice day, drawing ugly flowers in the Park.
patricia.mastricolo@macktez.com | 646.274.0942
Timothy Sanborn comes to Macktez with over twenty years of working in client satisfaction, and more than ten years experience in IT Service Delivery models aimed at creating accurate documentation and consistently-positive user experiences. He brings those skills to the Macktez Team as our Responsive Services Manager, working to to ensure that his group engages effectively and efficiently with clients to ensure issues get the help they need for resolution. Some of Tim’s hobbies include improv comedy, kayaking, and skiing. When he’s not on the mountain or stage, you can find him spending quality time with his two daughters and close friends.
timothy.sanborn@macktez.com | 646.274.0944
Ariel David was born and raised in Uruguay and has been a NYC transplant for more than twenty years. His curiosity for computers first started when he was in middle school where he learned his first BASIC programming skills on an Apple IIe. He furthered his knowledge with Commodore’s home computers and, later on, partnered with some friends to set up a small shop selling and repairing Commodore Amigas and PCs in the early ’90s. He has a degree in Computer Science and over fifteen years of IT Consulting experience. Outside of work, Ariel is an avid traveler and has visited over sixty countries. He also enjoys skydiving, running, and practicing yoga and meditation.
ariel.david@macktez.com | 646.274.0935
Erik Smith knew he loved to tinker as a child when he received his first Radio Shack 150-in-1 Electronics kit. And whenever his IBM field engineer of a dad would bring home chunks of mainframe detritus to rip into, it was like a new toy every time. By the early 90s, instead of using his Mac IIci to do his clerical assistant work, he’d tinker with it, leading him to the life of a professional tinkerer. He also collects, sells, and repairs vintage tin toy robots (on the side with is partner) and builds unique lighting sculptures made from up-cycled industrial artifacts.
erik.smith@macktez.com | 646.274.0943
Jay Weinstein is a Senior Solutions Designer and our resident FileMaker Developer, with fifteen years of experience developing workflows for all sorts of diverse operations including (but not limited to) the management of music industry assets, design studio projects, and, non-profit memberships, as well as integrating FileMaker with clients’ websites and online publications. When he’s not weaving his way through a labyrinth of databases, you might find Jay absorbed in an urban fantasy novel or experimental novella, photographing the local flora, biking all over Brooklyn and upper Manhattan, or attending a concert and dancing all night long. No average technical consultant, Jay brings his own creative temperament to bear against the stubborn. And against technical difficulties too.
jay.ivan@macktez.com | 646.274.0928
John Barera is a Massachusetts born and NYC based human. A gregarious person, he loves people and finding out what makes them tick. Upon finishing art school, a serious passion for music, performance, and travel led John to visit 45 countries before settling in NYC. In the world of technology, John is another one who bit into the Apple in the 90’s. He started out writing games on HyperTalk as a teen and went on to do programming and technology work in the music industry. These days he is a part of the Macktez Support Team, and spends his days helping others untangle their technological issues. John enjoys long urban walks whose routing make no sense to anyone but him, and riding his bike to JFK airport and back just for kicks. He lives in Queens with his wife, where he is “Cat Dad” to two Scottish Folds, Chris and Cosey. His favorite color, all his life, is yellow.
john.barera@macktez.com | 646.971.0575
Jumar Osby Habtemariam (Los Angeles) began his path in the US Armed Forces, running a team of elite Army soldiers on Intel missions via a mobile command center. After completing his service, he studied Economics and Chemistry, and then began working at Apple as a certified technician. His resilience for problem solving has drawn him towards IT Consulting on numerous projects in LA, Chicago, NYC, and now back in LA. Jumar’s penchant for travel and his love of film making and music give him the perfect creative outlets to balance his analytical and technical mind. His Zen-like patience allows him to calmly navigate the most tempestuous storms, often without breaking a sweat.
jumar.habtemariam@macktez.com
Katt Williams was born in the West Indies, but considers herself a native New Yorker at heart. Her interest in technology can be traced back to the time she broke her mother’s cell phone and got her first peek at all the exposed wires inside, an ever since then she’s been dedicated to learning what makes things work, and how to fix them. Initially a self-taught technician, Katt has mastered hardware repairs on a wide variety of devices and is currently pursuing a variety of Network Certifications, and studying French and Python programming. When she’s not tinkering or studying, you can find her on her bike — she’s completed the NYC Century bike tour three times (so far).
katrinka.williams@macktez.com
Kelly Donovan is a Buffalo gal with interests in aviation, gardening, museology, geographic information systems, personal finance, tourism, and collecting eclectic licenses. A degree in Art sailed her across the state to NYC, where she enjoys every slice of pizza. After a teaching stint in Korea, Kelly wound up at Macktez, where she lovingly herds cats, pulls threads to find out where they go, and translates techno-babble into English.
kelly.donovan@macktez.com | 646.747.5611
Lee Corless (London) brings a degree in History to Macktez. He has worked in IT for over two decades in various diverse roles including support, database and web development, technical training and project management. During much of the nineties, he was the IT Consultant for The Law Society of England — Overseeing and coordinating the UK legal professions’ “colourful” transition into the digital age. Lee lives with his wife and five year old daughter in Oxford and commutes to London on a daily or weekly basis. In his occasional moments of spare time, he is a musician, cineaste, soccer fan, gadgeteer, and motorcyclist.
lee.corless@macktez.com
Luis Rodriguez comes to Macktez with hunger for learning. Born and raised in NYC, Luis loves putting square blocks in round holes just to see if they’ll fit. This innate curiosity and love of tinkering gives him confidence to combine interdisciplinary concepts and apply them to all sorts of projects — from home-automation to 3D printing to hosting his own web server, Luis’ mixed bag of knowledge combines disconnected technologies to create a polished and automated final result. When he’s not behind his desk, you can find him at his local Dojo, training in Kenshikai Karate and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or onstage performing in community theatre.
luis.rodriguez@macktez.com | 646.971.0747
Pete Curtner (Chicago) comes to us with over twenty years’ experience in advertising, graphic design, print production and photography as a creative technology expert, working for organizations as diverse as Ogilvy & Mather, Apple, IBM, and Martha Stewart Living, none of which ever helped him settle the question of whether he was actually a geeky designer or a designer geek. After working for Macktez in New York in 2004, he has recently returned to the Team to handle Macktez business in Chicago. During the summer months you can usually find him racing sailboats on Lake Michigan.
pete.curtner@macktez.com | 312.801.5542
Raymond Brown, a member of our Installation Team, has a background in photography and media, along with a Bachelor’s degree in Television and Radio Production. This skillset coupled with the attention to detail, patience, and ability to stay organized that ten years of bartending experience has given him make for a great tool set for an installation technician. A self-professed cat dad, Ray loves spending time with his pets, and in his free time he enjoys cooking elaborate meals at home and adding to his eclectic vinyl record collection. He is also a transportation enthusiast, particularly fascinated by airplanes and trains, with a bit of cars thrown in for good measure.
ray.brown@macktez.com | 347.453.2847
Zachary Lui, a native Brooklynite, joins the Macktez Team with a lifelong love of technology and tinkering and a BBA in Computer Information Systems. He enjoys working through the puzzles technology presents him, like putting together gaming computers from scratch for his friends (and himself). He likes to keep himself active and energetic in his free time, engaging in a wide variety of sports including basketball and handball, exercising both his naturally competitive spirit and his love of playing on a team. When engaging in rest and relaxation you might find Zack enjoying a road trip, taking in the vistas and cuisine of a new destination, or spending quality time with his dog, Bao.
zachary.lui@macktez.com | 917.636.1001
Sara Kelly is our Client Services Coordinator. Years of studying, performing, and teaching music have left Sara with a Master’s degree, a passion for the arts, a fluency in French, an affinity for precision and detail, and the ability to calmly handle sudden, unforeseen, and peculiar circumstances with a sense of humor and aplomb. She brings those skills to bear working closely with the Team to keep everyone’s T’s crossed and I’s dotted on a wide range of Macktez projects. Continued study and performance in music and dance keep Sara on her toes, both literally and figuratively, and help her maintain her focus and calm.
sara.kelly@macktez.com | 646.274.0929
