Pearstem is a consortium of development professionals with diverse backgrounds and a wide range of technical proficiencies.

The Team

• Alex Funaro - Alex grew up the son of a software engineer and a graphic designer; he made his first website in middle school. Alex has over five years of professional experience working in and around the development scene, including programming, design, SEO and marketing. He also has a Master's Degree in Economics. When not working on the computer he is generally working on something else.
• Andrew Thomas - Andrew studied Evolutionary Biology at the University of Minnesota with a minor in computer science. Not surprisingly, he found the latter skill more marketable. He is a big fan of open source development practices and spends a lot of his with Drupal. When not at work you can find Andrew cruising the streets of Northwest on his baby blue Schwinn.
• Unnamed Designer - The Unnamed Designer retains full time employment with a large pr firm but designs for Pearstem on the side, thus he remains unnamed. He has a great eye and a wide range of design skills from web to print and even film.
• Julius Funaro - Julius (Alex's Father) advises Pearstem when dealing with integration across a wide array of platforms, especially Microsoft. Julius started programming after he finished his PhD in Civil Engineering. He eventually founded his own company and built it 20 employees strong. Julius recently retired and spends most of his time building boats, but he is still glad to provide Pearstem a hand whenever necessary.