Press Information
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Rob Mueller
Founder and System Architect
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Rob Mueller
Founder and System Architect
Rob helped found Fastmail in 1999 and continues to be a core developer on it to this day. With 20 years of email experience, he has substantial expertise in email technology, deliverability, and anti-abuse. He graduated from the University of Melbourne with degrees in computer science and electrical engineering.
Bron Gondwana
CEO and Director
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Bron Gondwana
CEO and Director
Bron is a technologist with over 20 years of experience building email products who lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and two children. He joined Fastmail in 2004 as a developer and sysadmin, has served on the board of Fastmail since 2013, and became CEO in 2017. Bron is a member of the open-source Cyrus email server board and co-chair of the JMAP and EXTRA working groups at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). He is the primary author of the IMAP extension for object identifiers (RFC8474). Bron holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Tasmania. He frequently speaks around the world about open standards, Cyrus, email privacy and security, and Fastmail products and values. Bron's hobbies include choral singing and teaching group fitness classes.
Richard Lovejoy
Director and Billing Lead
Richard is the second longest-serving member of the Fastmail team. In 2013, he became a director, having been part of the core development team since 2003. Building finance and accounting software systems for Fastmail is his specialty. Richard engineered the billing and payment system that records and processes email services sold. He leads this area and continues to refine other aspects of our product.
Neil Jenkins
Director and User Experience Architect
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Neil Jenkins
Director and User Experience Architect
Since 2004, Neil has been the primary user experience designer for Fastmail. In 2013, he became a company director, and later had a primary role in the development of Topicbox. He is the author of several open-source JavaScript libraries, including the popular Squire rich text editor. Neil is the editor of the specification for JMAP, the new open email, calendar, and contacts synchronisation protocol, and is an active contributor in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). He has a master’s degree from Cambridge University.
Helen Horstmann-Allen
COO
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Helen Horstmann-Allen
COO
As COO, Helen provides overall business strategy and product direction for Fastmail and its suite of products. Before Fastmail, she ran her company, Pobox, an email forwarding service, for 20 years before Fastmail acquired it in 2015. Helen graduated from the Wharton School of Business and currently serves on several nonprofit boards in the Philadelphia area.
Ricardo Signes
CTO
As CTO, Rik oversees Fastmail’s technical team and is a Perl software developer. Before Fastmail, he led technical development for over a decade at Pobox, which was acquired by Fastmail in 2015. He ran the core Perl 5 programming language team for five years, during which time, in addition to his many technical duties, he established the Standards of Conduct for the development community. He holds a degree from Boston University in philosophy and religion. Rik is a noted speaker on Perl, open source, and email, and regularly presents at Perl conferences around the world.
Nicola Nye
Chief of Staff
Nicola serves as Fastmail’s Chief of Staff, providing executive-level oversight for cross-functional teams and projects. Her professional background spans the full range of technical experience as she has been a programmer, project manager, technical writer, and an open source community manager. Nicola is an organizer of Write The Docs Australia, an annual conference for technical writers. She frequently speaks about communications, customer interactions, and how teams share information. Nicola is passionate about literacy for all ages and works part time at her kids' school library. She has a degree in computer science from Monash University.
Lacey Althouse
Marketing Lead
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Lacey Althouse
Marketing Lead
As Marketing Lead, Lacey manages all press inquiries and requests, as well as the details for booking Fastmail’s leadership team for speaking engagements. She also maintains Fastmail’s partnerships with like-minded organizations. Please reach out to her at press@fastmail.com for assistance in developing your story or finding an appropriate contact for a quote.
If you are writing about Topicbox, or integrating Topicbox support into your product, we're happy for you to use our logo. Please note though, the Topicbox logo must only be used to represent Topicbox, not any other product. You must not use our logo in whole or in part for your app's icon.
Colours
TX Teal:
RGB 0 150 136
HEX 009688
CMYK 80 15 50 0
Pantone 7473 C
TX Yellow:
RGB 255 193 7
HEX FFC107
CMYK 0 30 100 0
Pantone 7408 C
TX Blue:
RGB 63 93 178
HEX 3F5DB2
CMYK 80 55 0 0
Pantone 2125 C
TX Grey:
RGB 51 62 72
HEX 333E48
CMYK 65 43 26 78
Pantone 432 C
Guidelines
General usage guidelines are described here.
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