Our People

Anthony Casalena has been a professional software engineer for over a decade. Prior to founding Squarespace, Anthony developed and maintained the core product of VC-backed internet startup Hyperoffice.com, an online office products company that serviced over 150,000 clients. Anthony's products have received attention from publications such as The Wall Street Journal Online, the Washington Post, and BusinessWeek, including Squarespace which manages sites for thousands of individuals and businesses, serving more than one billion hits per year. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.

Dane Atkinson started his first company, SenseNet Inc., at the age of 18. The company grew explosively through servicing Fortune 500 companies (WPP, Pfizer, Lucent) to hundreds of employees on three continents. Since then, he's had an extremely successful career as a technology executive and has founded, bought, and sold over a dozen companies including yourday.com, yourstuff.com, estandardsforum.com, iensure.com. His extensive technology and marketing expertise helps us deliver increasingly rich service to our customers. In addition to his position as CEO, Dane also acts as advisor and board member to several leading technology companies.

Krystyn Heide has over a decade of experience designing for advertising agencies and new media companies. Her portfolio includes big brands such as AT&T, Cadillac, MTV and Busch, among others. We refer to her as our Senior Designer -- a title we use as a placeholder for someone who actually handles template design, front site design, marketing, branding, print design, strategy, creative direction, community building, and evangelism. Her speaking engagements have included the first ever Blogher Business conference, and two sessions at Blogher '07, where she explored the beauty of a more intimate online space and dished CSS advice in a design segment.

Davin Chew is an engineer and entrepreneur who has developed software for startups in New York and Silicon Valley. He was formerly co-founder and VP of Engineering of user-generated publishing startup Blockr, before joining Squarespace as an early employee. Not content with just building virtual products, Davin also co-founded a toy design company in 2005 whose first product, the ScreenSmasher, garnered rave reviews in publications such as the New York Times and PC World. Davin captained the Fencing Team at Harvard University where he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science.

Tyler Thompson is a natural-born designer. From Web design to packaging design, Tyler has experienced almost every edge of the design world. At the age of 12, he picked up a can of spray paint and was quickly immersed in the urban graffiti scene. Trained as a fine artist and print designer, Tyler built on his design foundation and applied it to the web. His intuitive eye for beautiful design earned him a creative director spot straight out of college. His web and print designs have earned him a steady stream of awards and have garnered international recognition.