The team

Meet the team behind
SimpleStudy

The SimpleStudy team is passionate about education. We work hard so students don't have to. This is the squadra.

Phillip McKenna

Phillip McKenna

Co-Founder

Chief Caffeine Officer

Building the future of education. Twitter addict. Coffee connoisseur.

Oisin Devoy

Oisin Devoy

Co-Founder

Top Dog

Here to help millions of students. Design nerd. Thinks he's French.

Kasia Mertuszka

Kasia Mertuszka

Marketing Manager

Student Whisperer

Fluent in student brain rot. Part time yogi, full time cat mom.

Syed Haris

Syed Haris

Engineer

Serious Operator

Legend has it that his code writes itself. He has a pet crocodile that reviews his pull requests. He's a total operator.

Lara Horgan

Lara Horgan

Content Manager

Minister of Education

Bringing SimpleStudy to the world. Law & French in her spare time.

Nikit Singh

Nikit Singh

Engineer

Frontend Wizzard

Lone survivor of the great navigation refactor. Firmly believes frontend is harder than backend. An incredible Figma designer.

Affan Shahid

Affan Shahid

Engineering Manager

Supreme Lord of Code

He's solved problems that don't even exist yet. His laptop runs on pure genius instead of electricity.

Sophie Soares Bom Jesus

Sophie Soares Bom Jesus

Head of Content

Fighter Pilot

Teacher crafting top-tier study resources. Loves painting. Basenji-mom.

Samson Brown

Samson Brown

Product Designer

Figmatron 2000

The Nigerian Steve Jobs. Figma legend. Spends more time in the gym than at his desk.

Amer Farooq

Amer Farooq

Engineer

Database Destroyer

Every production databases worst nightmare. They say he speaks Japanese. Watches manga.

Ryan Nevins

Ryan Nevins

Head of School Sales

Rizzdolf the Rizznosed Rizzdear

No, he can't sell you this pen. Loves creativity and starting conversations.

Matija

Matija

QA Specialist

Bug Hunter

Finding issues before users do. Thorough tester. Improves everything he touches.

Amanda Laurien

Amanda Laurien

Founder’s associate

Equal parts designer, organiser and problem-solver. Big fan of clean systems, smart decisions, travelling, and game nights.

Ayomide Ajibade

Ayomide Ajibade

Product Designer

Product Designer with a soft spot for clean interfaces and clever user flows. Loves figuring out how people think and turning that into designs that just make sense.

Aakash Singh

Aakash Singh

SEO Team Lead

Knows what you're Googling before you do. Spends weekends convincing Google that we’re cool enough to rank.

Isabela Matteo

Isabela Matteo

Social Media Manager (Brazil)

Turns ideas into content. Lives in reels and tiktok, breathes trends and collects passport stamps like likes.

Kabir Asani

Kabir Asani

Fullstack Engineer

Power-uses AI, caffeine and forbidden spells to breathe life into products at lightning speeds. Develops web, mobile and backend apps. Books, philosophy and fitness enthusiast hardcore.

Darren Henry

Darren Henry

Content Manager (Ireland)

Alleviating students’ psychic trauma one study note at a time. Word and language lover with a passion for pedagogy. Voracious reader, aspiring writer, and full-time Oxford comma proponent.

Musa Gillani

Musa Gillani

Fullstack Engineer

Coding by day, gaming by night, snoring like a chainsaw in between. Runs on caffeine. Talks in memes.

Brian Collins

Brian Collins

Ireland Sales Lead

Selling SimpleStudy like a pro. Rugby fan, coffee & wine devotee, and family-time champion.

Hassan Idrees

Hassan Idrees

QA Engineer

Keeping things smooth — bug hunter at work, gaming lover at heart.

Henrique Sankievicz Lima

Henrique Sankievicz Lima

Marketing Manager UKI

Endlessly curious about the world, always wanting to do something new. Passionate about travelling, music, football and most recently, bouldering.

Stud The Elephant

Stud The Elephant

Duo's big brother

Named by João

A+ student. Feared by teachers. Doesn't cry every time he sends a notification.

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SimpleStudy is growing fast to support students around the world. We are always looking for passionate, dynamic, and talented individuals to join our team.

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