About our team

Prior to joining Signal Vine, he graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Adil went on to work as a Leadership Consultant at Phi Gamma Delta International Headquarters, where he traveled to 55 universities facilitating educational programs for undergraduate students.

He also spent time in a sales development role at Inside Higher Ed. In his free time, Adil is an active high school basketball referee and enjoys going to museums and concerts in the D.C. area.

Alia was born and raised in Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a major in Global Studies and a minor in Spanish and Community & International Development.

In 2016, she spent her spring semester studying abroad in Sevilla, Spain. Alia loves traveling and has visited 5/7 continents. She loves to work with philanthropic organizations as she won an international contest with TOMS and went on a giving trip in Honduras to distribute shoes.

Andrew is a proud Maryland native who puts Old Bay Seasoning on (almost) everything he eats. He also enjoys hanging out with his pet guinea pig Andy.

Prior to joining Signal Vine, he graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and a minor in Political Science. After graduating, he helped grow a Maryland-based start-up craft brewery, where he was responsible for a number of different roles including sales, marketing, and account management. When not at work, Andrew enjoys cheering for DC sports teams, hiking, and staying active with friends.

As Senior Director of Customer Success, her job is two-fold: providing operations and support to a quickly-growing company, and being the primary point of contact for launching customers on the platform.

Prior to Signal Vine, Arianna worked at Alden & Ott in office management and customer service. Arianna graduated with a BA in History from James Madison University, and spent a summer studying abroad in Florence, Italy. She’s proud to reveal that she can finally do a pushup.

Brendan is experienced with Java and various web development languages and tools including HTML, CSS, PHP, Linux, OS X, MySQL, Apache, JavaScript, and Drupal.

He makes sure the Signal Vine platform runs smoothly. He recently moved back to North Dakota and enjoys photography.

Brian is an entrepreneur with a BS in Marketing from Indiana’s Kelley School of Business and an Executive MBA from Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. He has deep experience in technology, philanthropy, and high-growth companies. Prior to starting Signal Vine, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer at Arabella Advisors, a philanthropy services firm which grew 1000% during his five years. But most of his career has been spent building technology companies from an early stage.

In addition to Brian’s entrepreneurial ventures, he has helped grow several early-stage businesses, most notably InphoMatch/Mobile 365 where he established key contracts which became 75% of its revenue. The business was eventually sold to Sybase in 2006 for $430 million.

Charles has successfully led numerous products to strong growth by teaching his teams to read the market, developing a strong sense of customer empathy and experimenting with a variety of tailored approaches to delivery.

Prior to joining Signal Vine, Charles led product efforts for a marketing automation platform at Drip, a fundraising and advocacy platform at Salsa Labs and a media publishing and ad platform at Broadcast Interactive. He studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and, while there, founded and led a nonprofit focused on vintage jazz and swing era dance preservation, instruction and events. He continues to run educational events for the things he’s passionate about. In his free time likes to build things, break things, repair things and play hockey.

Covenant has a BA in creative writing and a minor in musical theatre from the University of Mary Washington. After graduation, she continued her creative streak by joining a dance company, choreographing for competitions, and writing poetry. She is very familiar with jazz hands.

Before joining Signal Vine, she used her creativity to engage and retain members at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Now, she is excited to find every opportunity to razzle-dazzle her Signal Vine peers and customers.

Before joining Signal Vine’s Customer Success team, Cutler graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics and a minor in History. He has spent time working as a Maintenance Engineering intern for Verizon Wireless and a Behavioral Economics Research Assistant for the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative.

A longtime resident of the D.C. Metro Area, Cutler is excited to be back on his home turf!

Over the last 16 years, Dan has held financial planning & analysis and corporate leadership roles at leading subscription-based edtech and b2b information services companies. These include Hanley Wood, Hobsons, and Winsight.

Dan is a graduate of the University of Virginia (BA) and the College of William and Mary (MBA).

David Johnson prefers road cycling to road driving. A full-stack software engineer, David enjoys challenges that involve learning new technologies or improving existing solutions in an agile and iterative approach.

Prior to joining Signal Vine, David provided his software expertise as an independent contractor to major digital media companies such as The Washington Post and National Public Radio (NPR). He has also consulted with Fortune 500 companies in a variety of projects spanning mobile development, full-stack implementations, and cloud integrations.

When not typing away, David can be found on his road bike, enjoying the great outdoors, or spending time with his beautiful family.

Dawit is a transplant from Ethiopia who immensely enjoys working with innovative technology.

He graduated from Cornell College with a BA in Computer Science and a minor in Business Analytics. He is experienced with JAVA, R, and SQL. He is currently specializing in employing proprietary computer language to launch SMS programs. When he is away from the screen, he enjoys playing soccer and basketball and exploring the surrounding areas.