Meet Our Team
Who We Are
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Dallas, Appspace is the leading software platform for the modern workplace. With offices in the US, UK, UAE, Malaysia, and Australia, plus remote experts in a dozen additional countries, we provide global support to over 600 customers that trust us to help them communicate with their employees and guests. Oh, we also love ping-pong.
Say Hello to Our Leaders
A talented management team with deep and diverse experience
Brandon Miles
CEO + Co-Founder
In a previous life, Brandon was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in New York and London. He has an economics degree from the University of Chicago, is an avid skier and a terrible surfer.
Stan Stephens
CPO + Co-Founder
Stan joined Appspace in 2001 while finishing his masters degree in advance distributed systems at Manchester University (UK). He is half of the original development team (the other half is his wife).
Duke Skarda
CTO
Duke joined Appspace in 2014 from IBM where he was the CTO of SoftLayer. He has engineering degrees from UTEP & UC Boulder, loves to sail (oceans, not lakes) and is often between Dallas and KL.
Jeff Cate
CFO
Before Appspace, Jeff was Senior Managing Director at Hayman Capital. He has a B.S. from SMU, an M.S. from London Business School, is a CFA charter holder, and can be found visiting in-laws in Brazil.
Thomas Philippart de Foy
Sales
Prior to joining in 2012, Thomas spent 15 years at Cisco in APAC and EMEA. Although a Belgian national, he moved his family to Dubai years ago so he could shave once a week and stay tan year round.
Bryce Kirby
Customer Success
Bryce joined Appspace in 2006 from AT&T. He has a degree in microbiology from Texas A&M and, due to late night team calls, utilizes his degree to test the efficiency of any energy drink he can find.
Darren Colclough
Marketing
Darren joined Appspace in 2005 in London. With 15 years of industry experience, he has a wealth of knowledge, a global perspective and a naive belief that Arsenal will win the Premiership this year.
Sean McGowan
PEOPLE & CULTURE
Before joining in 2015, Sean held HR leadership roles at Bank of America & Accenture. He has tons of experience developing team culture, explaining why he’s the first guy at Company Happy Hour.
Looking For A Rewarding Career
Check out the open positions we have around the world on our dedicated careers site.