We are excited to announce that as part of our latest growth strategy, we have attracted some top talent to join our team! We would like to welcome Ted Bouskill as the new Director of Engineering, and Erynn Tomlinson as Director of Product Development. Both are established professionals in the technology industry and have joined Etherparty effective immediately.

We asked each a few questions to introduce them to the community:

Director of Product Development

Erynn has been creating and overseeing digital product development for over 20 years. She is a product design specialist and has led teams across strategy, creative, and technical domains. She has worked with Electronic Arts and Plentyoffish, among other companies.

What is your most rewarding project to date?

An application I developed called Eyelovebirds. It’s a birdwatching app that allows people to identify birds and collect and record sightings of different species. The app is a great tool to increase awareness of nature and serves as an important aspect of citizen science. Eyelovebirds helps monitor the movement and health of bird populations.

Why Blockchain?

I’m excited to be at the forefront of this huge technical revolution. Blockchain has much promise, such as improved transparency, security, and trusted day to day transactions. I want to put these qualities in the hands of the regular person. I believe it will be as big (potentially bigger) than the web in the mid 90s. I was part of that back then, and am excited to be part of this next round of paradigm shifting innovations.

What workshop would you like to attend next?

I am currently into growth hacking workshops and seminars.

What is your favourite or last app you installed?

Eyelovebirds.

What are you most excited about joining EP?

I am most excited about working with a group of bright and passionate people.

Director of Engineering

Ted has been in leadership roles ranging from startups to corporations with over 10,000 employees, including Computershare and Electronic Arts. He is experienced working with enterprise business applications, commercial software, and large scale data platforms and has diverse experience with a wide variety of technologies on multiple platforms.

What is your most rewarding project you have worked on to date?

A prototype online currency trading platform created for Envoy Trading. Although the product did not reach market, the work was challenging, interesting, and the experience of architecting a solution for a product that had to be responsive, secure, and accurate was a key personal development opportunity.

Why Blockchain?

Established industries such as banking, financial management, real estate, and supply chain management are not innovative and often a hinderance to the rapidly changing needs of their customers. This disruptive technology has the potential to empower their customers at a faster pace.

What workshop would you like to take next?

At heart I’m still a software engineer and would like to learn about how to build react active mobile applications for my own personal interests.

What is your favourite or last app you installed?

Applications are tools in a toolbox. They all have their purpose. I don’t have a favorite tool.

What are you most excited about joining EP?

Helping the team build an application that empowers people to manage their own lives on their terms.