"Hates to lose"

• I once traveled to China for two days
• I've caddied on the Celebrity Golf Tour
• I am super competitive

Since joining ej4 in 2005, Ryan has operated in every facet of the business. It is this experience that Ryan utilizes to manage ej4’s daily operations. Ryan offers innovative solutions and has a unique understanding of matching client needs with the right performance improvement tools to change targeted behaviors.

Ryan is fiercely competitive and incredibly fast. If you can beat him in Ping-Pong we will knock 10% off your contract.

"Shhhh, he's coding"

• My first website was created on GeoCities in 1998
• I was a contestant on an internet game show called Gold Rush
• When I retire from programming, I want to be a farmer

Tom started as the first developer of the ej4 platform in 2004. Since then, Tom has developed multiple versions of ej4, countless Client versions, eCommerce solutions, and the new knowledge-sharing platform, Thinkzoom. His passion and focus on technology have helped keep ej4 in the forefront of video-based technology and communication platforms.

As most CTO’s are, Tom is driven by the latest techno gadget. Be careful, he will mock your old phone.

"Resident pastry chef"

• Voted Best Laugh and Best Smile in High School
• I am an avid baker
• I hate shopping

Kathy joined ej4 in 2007 as our first Instructional Designer. She has over 15 years’ experience in Human Resource Management, Training and Organizational Development. In addition to managing and planning ej4’s yearly new content development, Kathy also oversees all the production on updates (both legal and style-wise) to current off-the-shelf content.

Kathy can reach just about anything in a 10-foot radius. Need to dust off that training manual from the top shelf? Kathy can reach it and then transform it into a great training series.

"Jet-Setter extraordinaire"

• I have been fired twice in my life. I probably should have been fired four times.
• I have visited 119 countries. More to come
• I lost 80 pounds and kept it off by cutting carbs and walking a lot

Paul Russell is founder and sole owner of ej4. Coupling broadcast television experience with leader-led training as principal at Russell Training Group, Inc., he re-engineered multi-day seminar learning into low-cost, online, curriculum-based, short-form, green-screen video learning.

In his spare time, Paul travels the globe and has hit over 100 countries. Go ahead, ask him his favorite place.

• I worked on a cruise ship for a year out of college and traveled the west coast of North America through the Panama Canal and into the lower Caribbean.
• I watch a lot of TV, Netflix, etc, so we probably have a show in common we can talk about.
• I can still do a cartwheel.

• 2x NCAA Track & Field All-American in the Decathlon and current school record holder.
• Avid Chess, Risk, and Monopoly enthusiast. One of the three founding members of a college Monopoly club.
• Originally hailing from Milwaukee, WI. Adam is an unofficial Historian and Tour Guide of the Brew City.

• It took me four years to realize I was just getting a Math degree because I liked the pretty pictures.
• Despite starting off with the original 151, my favorite Pokémon is Feraligatr.
• Lately, I feel like most of my free time is spent looking at pictures of chickens on Instagram.

• I was born in Zambia, Africa.
• I grew up in a motel that my parents owned.
• Beyoncé is my spirit animal.

• I was goth in high school and I'm still goth on the inside.
• I hate the color purple, but The Color Purple is my favorite movie.
• In retirement, I hope to run a feline ranch somewhere in the South.

• Though learned to fly as a kid, I'm deathly afraid of heights
• Was electrocuted and survived
• Played on an amateur paintball team

• I directed my first Short Film in 2015 and it was accepted into SLIFF.
• I've lost 75 pounds, without a day in the gym, lots of fruits and veggies.
• I enjoy thrift shopping, reading, meditating, and Astronomy.

• I completed the Dopey Challenge - which is 4 races, a 5K, 10K, half marathon and full marathon in 4 days and a total of 48.6 miles.
• I am on the board of the Young Friends Leadership Council for St. Louis Public Radio.
• I love movie trivia and have been called "EMDB" for Ellen Movie Database.

• I lived in Paris for four months to study at a French university (and to eat lots of croissants and cheese).
• I met Carly Rae Jepsen at a bar in New York City.
• If you can't find me, I'm either at a coffee shop, the Art Museum, or IKEA.

• I used to sing in a band and also played the drums for several years.
• I worked as a radio DJ in St. Louis after college.
• I have an alter ego named Nancy Carbuncle.

• I have run the Chicago (2x), New York, and Marine Corp Marathons.
• I am very lucky when it comes to claw machines.
• I once had dinner with Lamar Hunt.

• I have two dogs. One is 9 pounds and the other is 90 pounds.
• I used to play collegiate Ultimate Frisbee.
• I prefer salty over sweet.

• I’m so laid back that I’m practically lying down
• Restaurants always mess up my order
• I don't like hugs

• I worked at Canyon Ranch, which is a world-renowned spa with celebrity clientele.
• I started a snow ski club at my high school, which sits in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.
• I am in the movie "Boys on the Side" (Drew Barrymore, Whoopi Goldberg), and was actually paid $300 for my appearance.

• My Science Fair project came in 3rd place.
• I trained my dog to open and close the fridge.
• My favorite spot in the world is the Cliffs of Moher

• I am a Shih Tzu mix rescue.
• I love my job in employee relations and as trash inspector.
• I only go #2 on walks, not in my own yard.

• People think I look like Amanda Seyfried.
• When I worked at the World Aquarium, I walked Sassy the raccoon around for his exercise.
• I am a huge Cardinals fan.

• I have a twin brother. No, we are not identical, it doesn't usually work that way.
• My husband and I are perfecting our juggling tricks. We hope to join the circus within a year.
• My cat, Zelda, follows me around begging for Asiago bread.

• I hustle wheel thrown pottery that I handcraft.
• The worst thing I ever did was run a 100-mile race.
• I always buy Legos for my kids but they are really for me.

• I enjoy cooking and love trying new yet simple recipes.
• I danced competitively for 14 years, and wanted to be a choreographer when I was younger.
• I used to play the piano and had Fur Elise memorized. I don’t remember it now, but I can still play a mean rendition of “Heart and Soul.”

• I can name all the 50 states and their capitals in under 6 minutes.
• In 2013, I ran San Francisco's "Bay to Breakers" footrace with a GoPro attached to me.
• I've moved 6 times, in the last 5 years, to 4 different states.

• I am a trained opera singer.
• I played tennis professionally for 3 years.
• I lie about myself on a regular basis.

• Has 3 children, 2 successfully off the payroll and one on her way!
• Huge dog lover, have 3 at home - Jefferee, Louie and Stanley (we love people names for dogs)
• Biggest accomplishment besides my kids- completing the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco

• Interests: My 3 Shetland Sheepdogs and Vexillology (study of flags).
• I played lacrosse in high school and college and I still play for the “Rusty Bones” lacrosse club.
• I received a proclamation from the Governor of New Hampshire for organizing community service programs.

• I played Division III collegiate soccer.
• I love to snowboard in the winter and wakeboard in the summer.
• I enjoy spending time with friends, family, and playing golf.

• I still like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, even in my thirties.
• I was once in an Applebee's Commercial
• I love dogs.