About Us

Marylee has spearheaded meez’s product development since January 2020, leading the release of features like filters, intelligent text entry, and automated nutrition and allergens, continually optimizing the platform and improving the user experience. Prior to coming on board, she built and led the R&D function at Maisonette from seed through Series B, overseeing the Product, Software Development, Infrastructure and Data Analytics teams. Before that, Marylee was a founding member and the head of Front End development at the OC3 organization within Oracle. She launched her career as a software engineer at web design and development firm Thanx Media.

After working in restaurant kitchens for over 20 years, Sergio dove into the world of cheese and specialty foods in Vermont, where he dedicated himself to learning as much as he could about specialty ingredients. Sergio later moved to NYC, where he met meez CEO/Founder Josh Sharkey in the kitchen at Cafe Gray in Manhattan, and later went on to become general manager at the beloved Park Slope pizzeria Franny’s. He found a common passion for the finest ingredients with the owners there, and in 2009, designed, opened and operated Bklyn Larder, now a NYC landmark and standard for the finest, curated cheeses, meats and artisan produced specialty foods. In 2016, he sold his share of the shop to start a family and work in cheese and specialty food imports in Portland, Maine. In spring of 2021, Sergio joined meez as Culinary Director & Business Development. Book a demo with Sergio anytime to learn more about how meez can work for you in the kitchen or as an operator.

Doug has worked in the food and the tech industries for his entire career. His culinary background includes co-founding SlantShack Jerky, creators of the first ever online build-a-jerky platform, as well as working as a cheesemonger, a butcher, and a line cook. In addition, he spent five years working in sales and customer success for Kognito Interactive in NYC. At meez, he helps onboard and train new customers on all aspects of using meez for their kitchen and business. He lives in Portland, Maine with his wife and two dogs.

Gabe worked as a chef at Gramercy Tavern, Savoy, Peter Hoffman, 5 Ninth and Dickson’s Farmstand Meats in New York City. He was the opening AGM for the first Epicerie Boulud on the Upper West Side and worked in wine and spirits at Smith & Vine in Brooklyn. Gabe became a culinary educator at the French Culinary Institute and the Culinary Institute of America and was the executive chef at Hotel Kinsley in Kingston, New York before the pandemic. He joined meez in 2021 to streamline recipe uploads and onboarding efficiencies ultimately applying his love of teaching to help chefs write better recipes and get better insights into their kitchen operations.

For 10+ years, Kenny has found himself at the cross between data and doing good. In 2012, he co-founded a data and analytics company that helped some of the biggest corporations and non-profits have successful partnerships using predictive analytics. After five years, he moved into research at New American Economy, helping to build their data science team and technology. Most notably, he built predictive systems to help identify where and when there would be violence against immigrants throughout the United States. Before joining meez, Kenny was one of the first hires at Simio Cloud, where he built machine learning and AI software that helped national non-profits with their fundraising efforts. While he will miss directly impacting the success of non-profits, Kenny's excited to finally combine his two passions, cooking and data, in one job!

Carlos graduated in Computer Engineering and specialized in Project Management. He has been building his career in the areas of system development and project management.

Carlos never stopped studying so he is savvy in Programming, Digital Marketing, Startups, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.

Carlos has worked at Xerox, Siemens, IBM, Ci&T, Embratel, Telefónica, Boostup, and now Meez.

Ryan is the Head of Business Development & Sales at meez where he is responsible for the companies partnerships and revenue. He is passionate about working with partners to build solutions that solve real problems.

Before joining meez Ryan has led business development for multiple start-ups focusing on software for grocery retailers and CPGs, last-mile grocery delivery, autonomous vehicle delivery, and electric vehicle fleet management.

Ryan attended the University of Oregon where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business with a minor in Econometrics. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is an avid golfer in his free time.

Maria has navigated her career in an array of customer-first product companies. Through working for such prevalent organizations as ConsenSys, Hello Alfred, Let The Music Pay, and Aurify Brands, alongside their innovative leaders, Maria has amassed a special skill set, providing her the tools to engage with an organization in a multi-pronged way. Maria is progressing her career into product lead growth through her almost decade of supporting operations, engineering, and product teams. At meez, Maria provides candid feedback, unconditional support, and a solution-focused attitude towards improving our organization from personnel to product. Also, it never hurts to have someone cook us yummy Arepas.

Ursula is an established baker, pastry chef, and restaurant owner with 11 years of kitchen experience. She's enjoyed such accolades as being named Top 10 Artisanal Bread Bakers North America in 2015, features in Plate Magazine, Bake Magazine, and Eater, and even became a Chopped Champion in 2022. Ursula has always been driven by efficiency as a means to elevate creativity in Back of House. As Account Executive, her primary goal is to share meez with fellow chefs and restauranteurs so she can someday make meez the universal recipe tool for all kitchens.

Sarah is a classically trained chef and a lifelong tech geek.  After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Sarah spent the next ten years climbing the ranks of farm-to-table kitchens to Executive Chef.  Specializing in restaurant openings and dietary restrictions, Sarah branched into consulting for others.

During Covid Sarah pivoted to help restaurants get through the worst of the shutdowns by opening Dining Inside Out, a virtual dining company granting local restaurants national exposure.  

Sarah joined Meez in spring of 2022, helping customers fully use Meez, with a deep understanding of what it is like for our restaurant and chef clients.

Daniel started off as a full stack developer in the movie industry building web apps for theaters. In his spare time he would consult and build websites for local businesses from restaurants to tax firms. He pivoted his career to join a rapid prototyping innovation team focused on conceptualizing new products and testing them in the market. In this role he developed a curiosity for the art of running production services reliably and at scale and shifted his focus to Site Reliability Engineering within startups. At Meez he is responsible for cloud infrastructure, production reliability, monitoring, and performance.

With 10 years of experience in mobile, web & product development, Alex has helped build user-friendly and visually stunning applications.  In her past life long before she feel in love with code, she was a photographer and producer where she traveled the world as a food and beverage photographer. Today she is a Senior Front End Engineer for meez.

Liz has built a career focused on top of funnel marketing and brand awareness for early-stage and growing startups.  As the first marketing hire at multiple B2B SaaS companies, including ShipperHQ and OnePulse, Liz has been a jack-of-all trades marketer. For nearly a decade, she has handled operations, planning, execution, and optimization for content marketing programs that support growth and positioning strategies. As Senior Marketing Manager, Content & Brand, Liz hopes that one day meez will power any restaurant, bakery, or bar she walks into — both in her hometown of Austin, Texas and the world.

Francisco has a passion for designing, building, deploying, launching, and growing elegant cloud solutions that are scalable, performant, cost-efficient, and simple, anticipating the needs and pain points of developers in implementing them.

He loves to share this passion and knowledge with others, diligently selecting strategic opportunities to do so, coaching and developing them, amplifying team effectiveness.

Joshua has been in the tech industry for a while, supporting companies like Equifax, HatchWorks & Molekule, to build their strategies of software development operations, especially in the Quality Assurance departments, helping them build teams and processes simultaneously. At meez he leads and oversees the QA roadmap.

Alan leads a group of product people to expand the meez platform where food pros need it to go. Alan has done product management for library systems and art marketpaces, designed games of skill, and co-founded a local cafe. His best days include chatting with chefs about their challenges, brainstorming with programmers and designers, and enjoying a home-cooked breakfast any time of the day.

Kurt attended Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena CA then moving to NYC to work under Wylie Dufresne at wd-50. Shortly after his time at wd-50, he moved to Atlanta to open Buttermilk Kitchen as a Sous Chef and later opening 2 more restaurants on the management team. Kurt pursued his passion for learning by focusing on expanding his skills, managing one of Orange County's full service butcher shops, owning and operating a woodworking studio, and attending WGU to further his technical knowledge.

In 2020, Kurt made the decision to fully transition into an IT role after focusing heavily on operational efficiency, building software, and cost analysis for his previous restaurants. Kurt went on to work in finance and the mortgage industry identifying ways of improving operational efficiency through automation, integration and empathy.

Kurt joined meez in 2022, hoping to combine his passion with food, technology, and people as Product Owner.

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Chloe started her career as a server in multiple restaurants, where she honed her superpower: empathy.  She launched her tech career in New Orleans at a startup studio where she partnered with early stage founders to build MVPs across many industries. She then moved to New York and joined Amex’s Digital Labs division to bring the company’s first P2P payments product from 0 to 1 and to lead research initiatives. Most recently, Chloe led Top of Funnel as a Growth PM at Brex.

After a day of collaborating with engineers, CX, and the leadership team, Chloe loves to decompress by cooking and developing new recipes. She joined meez for the opportunity to combine her love of food with her mission to make people’s lives easier.

Jess is a trained chef with over a decade of professional experience in restaurant kitchens.  After receiving her culinary degree from Reynolds Community College in 2013, Jess worked her way through kitchens in Richmond, Virginia as a Pastry chef, continuing on to host a series of pop-up dinners based on desserts and beverage pairings. She then moved to NYC and worked as a pastry cook at Eleven Madison Park before becoming the Executive Sous Chef for James in Brooklyn.

Jess joined meez in summer of 2022 as a recipe upload contractor before stepping into the role of Services Manager.  Jess truly understands what it is like to be a chef and hopes to help other chefs use meez in their kitchens to take full advantage of what it has to offer.