LINCOLN - Key Persons
Bowen is the resident branding + design expert at Lincoln Labs. Always analyzing what he sees in terms of color and form, Bowen is usually trying to find ways to elevate the visual aspects of the world around him. He's been doing this since childhood, when he was sketching logos in notebooks. This love for design led him to a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in Graphic Communication from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
From there, Bowen worked for design agencies across the Fox Valley before landing in the tech space with DealerFire. That began an 8-year journey in automotive tech that took him across the country to Orange County, California, where he would marry his partner, TJ Hobbs.
Bowen and TJ would return to Oshkosh in 2020 where their mutual desire to elevate the world around them led to the founding of Hope Fridge, a community fridge project with three locations in the Fox Valley. While TJ leads the project, Bowen supports it as its brand designer, lending his design eye to the logo, website, flyers, and even the structures holding the fridges.
Bowen currently serves as the Brand Designer at Lincoln Labs, driving the aesthetic of the LL brand and all of the brands under the Lincoln Labs umbrella. In his spare time, he enjoys creating illustrations of his favorite athletes and rebrands of sports teams across all of the US's major leagues under the brand UNOFFICiAL ATHLETIC.
Born and raised in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Danil started his professional career in IT at the age of 15. At the local internet provider he discovered his passion for technology and programming. Since then, he's led multiple successful teams focused on enterprise software development and web development.
He moved to the United States in 2013 after finishing the online master's program at the University of Liverpool, to work with Farrukh and Eric. His focus was on website platform development coordination and architecture. In 2015 he moved to Dallas, TX where he'd meet his future wife. Married in 2020 and moved to San Diego where their first son, Adam was born.
When Eric is not disc golfing in his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas, he can often be found in the kitchen… preparing extravagant dishes like Macaroni and Cheese or Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches for his family.
Eric first became a father while attending the University of Kansas, where he graduated summa cum laude and first in his class from the School of Business, studying Marketing and Statistics. It was also during his time at school that he started his web publishing business, which he sold some years later to join the rat race in the corporate world.
Giroux has 15-ish years of experience working in software development, with the latter half of that time spent focused on the discipline of Product Management. Serving as a product leader in the automotive industry - and then later in financial technology - Eric now wears figurative training wheels as he applies his acumen to his role as VP of Strategy… where he couldn't be happier to work with his longtime friends and all the genuinely great people at Lincoln Labs.
Farrukh Umarov has traveled a long and storied journey to becoming a founder at Lincoln Labs. He was an offshore developer that answered an online ad for programming services. This started over a decade ago and his family's life changed forever. He quickly became a leader and over the years built an offshore development powerhouse of developers that delivered unprecedented value to the corporations they served.
Beyond the business metrics that demonstrated his business success most importantly Farrukh was a tireless advocate for his team members abroad. You see, building a culture of excellence and connecting people who are 10,000 miles a part is a bit of an art form. From hosting company retreats, sponsoring holiday celebrations and company swag shipments to organizing temp work visas and ultimately even green cards, Farrukh has always had his developers best interests in mind and in return his developers have worked exceptionally hard for their US based comrades.
Currently he drives technical strategy and engineering development for Lincoln Labs. He is responsible for defining the engineering consultancy vision, and overseeing our development resources and strategy for our clients.
Job Titles:
- MANAGING PARTNER - Truss ACCOMPLICe
Growing up in Mark Twain's hometown of Hannibal, Missouri Julia had a Tom Sawyer like childhood running around with her siblings and adventuring in a small town. She grew up playing any and all sports she could, and started her career at Martin's True Value Hardware where she learned a great foundation of being a hardworking, loyal and dependable employee.
She studied Computer Science and Mathematics at Columbia College where she learned from and was supported by the tireless educator turned mentor, Dr. Liow. Her four years at Columbia College were some of the most rigorous years of her life. She ran cross country, indoor track and outdoor track and spent all of her other time in either Dr. Liow's office or the Stafford Library working through programming challenges.
After graduation, she spent a few years in Chicago working for an analytics consulting firm which eventually led to her becoming a data engineer at a startup in New York City called WorkMarket. At WorkMarket, she grew professionally and loved the startup experience filled with amazing camaraderie and a lot of ping pong. Her career pivoted into product management right as WorkMarket was acquired by ADP in 2018.
Kate is Live in Samara, Russia. She graduated from Samara State University with a degree i Philologist. She has worked in HR since 2013 and joined the Lincoln Labs team LL in 2021. Connecting quality tech talent to the Lincoln Labs team is her superpower.
Job Titles:
- Director of Business Development
With the coolest last name of the Lincoln Labs team, and one perfect for a sales role, Paul (P.J.) Cashman leads the sales and business development arm for our labs.
Paul graduated in 2010 from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a degree in Journalism and Advertising and immediately got a job at a tech start up in the automotive industry- DealerFire. He worked in various roles there before finding his niche in sales and eventually led the entire DealerFire sales team once the company was acquired.
With a quiet demeanor and style, Paul has built up a great network of former colleagues, customers and friends in the automotive industry.
Paul enjoys craft beers and cocktails, cooking, trying new restaurants, spending time on the lake and various outdoor pursuits.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner - CIVILLE PHANTOM
Wes has spent over a decade in the website and SEO space, leading large operations and marketing teams. Currently, he is overseeing the Civille and Phantom Copy brands as Managing Partner. In his free time, Wes can be found enjoying the outdoors of Wisconsin with his active family.