KATIE IS A FIRMWARE ENGINEER WITH A BACKGROUND IN MEDICAL DEVICES, AND IS PASSIONATE ABOUT KARMA-POSITIVE TECH. SHE RECEIVED HER BS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY.  

Tara studied Mechanical Engineering as an undergrad and moved on to work in the nuclear and biotech industry where she got a PhD in Cutting Through Red Tape -- basically, she learned to work in a highly regulated environment. In her role as Quality Engineer at PAX, she gets to work in a very exciting industry on revolutionary products with people that inspire her, to say the least. She works with International teams and has gained a deeper understanding of sociolinguistics, the little cultural things that make us all unique and the big things that make us all the same. 

A not-at-all-recent grad from Cornell University, Amanda was born and raised in NYC but is now living with several house plants in SF. She loves street vendor hot dogs, white sneakers, and taking pictures of food. She was the lead Android Dev at Venmo before moving over to the world of consulting where she worked at thoughbot before finding her new home at PAX as the mobile engineering manager.

Jill Agnello completed her undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance at the University of Texas-Dallas, and went on to receive her MBA from Boston College. Prior to PAX Jill worked on M&A due diligence as a Business Development Manager for Trip Advisor. Jill helped build out the model for the Partner Operations team at PAX and now leads a team of Account and Project Managers. She leads her team with the ethos that everyone deserves to feel fulfilled, safe, and loved in their work and that unique, personal expression is highly valued. She once owned her own boutique catering company and loves to cook. She also did sketch and improv comedy in Boston.

Originally from Minnesota, Brenda Elwood earned a Social Work B.S. (Cum Laude) from Mankato State University. She has lived in Bay Area since 2005. While pursuing her MLIS at San Jose State, Brenda supported BOM configuration for civil engineers; this defined her career path. Brenda’s personal goals include petting every dog she meets and seeing videos and pictures of your cats.

Robyn is originally from Honolulu, HI. She got her BSME at University of the Pacific, and her MSME at Stanford. As an engineer, influenced by dance, she communicates and solves problems through action and interaction. She speaks through prototypes, learns from experiments, and observes the unspoken. Her sense of accomplishment comes from serving the greater good, digging down to the root cause and nurturing solutions from the ground up.

Echo joined PAX in February of 2019 as Head of Biocompatibility and Toxicology. Prior to PAX, she was a toxicologist at Apple and Procter & Gamble ensuring the safety of Apple electronics/accessories and skin care products (SK-II, D&G, Gucci, Olay, Gillette, etc.). She completed her B.S.-Pharmacology and Toxicology and PhD-Molecular and Environmental Toxicology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Jora earned her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech. After moving all over the place as a child, Jora settled into the Bay Area in 2003. She has spent her career working on a variety of embedded devices at companies such as Synaptics, MOTO Development Group, Silver Spring Networks, and Fitbit, prior to joining PAX as a lead firmware engineer. In her free time, Jora enjoys video games, making cookies, and playing with her dog, Link.