About us
Weave is a Florida-based automation company dedicated to making powerful technology simple and accessible. We help businesses of all sizes streamline operations, connect their tools, and work smarter.
Weave is a Florida-based automation company dedicated to making powerful technology simple and accessible. We help businesses of all sizes streamline operations, connect their tools, and work smarter.
What we do
Weave creates intuitive automation tools that connect apps, simplify workflows, and help teams move faster with less effort.
Weave creates intuitive automation tools that connect apps, simplify workflows, and help teams move faster with less effort.
Team
Team
Ben Ornstein
CEO and Co-founder
Guides overall strategy, product vision, and innovation. He closely manages team alignment, product development, and branding efforts to drive growth.
“I am Weave”
Guides overall strategy, product vision, and innovation. He closely manages team alignment, product development, and branding efforts to drive growth.
“I am Weave”
Shane Grady
COO and Co-founder
Oversees company operations, ensuring organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Previously, he led project-based initiatives with Deloitte, Comcast, LG, Accenture, and Allstate.
Growth-minded entrepreneur whose blend of digital marketing, investor storytelling, and emerging-tech insight now guides revenue, go to market strategy, and partnerships at Weave.
Revenue architecture and growth operations
Investor-ready storytelling and rapid pitch deck creation
Emerging-tech scouting in Web 3 and blockchain
Project based work with LG, Accenture, Deloitte, Allstate, and Comcast
Oversees company operations, ensuring organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Previously, he led project-based initiatives with Deloitte, Comcast, LG, Accenture, and Allstate.
Growth-minded entrepreneur whose blend of digital marketing, investor storytelling, and emerging-tech insight now guides revenue, go to market strategy, and partnerships at Weave.
Revenue architecture and growth operations
Investor-ready storytelling and rapid pitch deck creation
Emerging-tech scouting in Web 3 and blockchain
Project based work with LG, Accenture, Deloitte, Allstate, and Comcast
Dylan Wong
CTO and Co-founder
Directs technology strategy, innovation, and engineering. He leads technical development, ensuring platform scalability and high performance.
Experienced technology leader driven to build secure, scalable infrastructure. Excited to push boundaries with Zero‑Knowledge Proofs and to lead the team shaping Weave’s platform.
DevOps, Linux & networking
Serverless/runtime architecture & automation
Web3 infrastructure & telecom experience
Directs technology strategy, innovation, and engineering. He leads technical development, ensuring platform scalability and high performance.
Experienced technology leader driven to build secure, scalable infrastructure. Excited to push boundaries with Zero‑Knowledge Proofs and to lead the team shaping Weave’s platform.
DevOps, Linux & networking
Serverless/runtime architecture & automation
Web3 infrastructure & telecom experience
Doug Messer
Head of Marketing
Leads marketing strategy, driving customer acquisition, market positioning, and growth. Previously, Doug founded University Beyond, one of the largest college influencer platforms, and was nominated for a Forbes30U30.
3x entrepreneur and Marketing executive passionate about building transformative consumer technology. At Weave, Doug is leading marketing, growth, and strategic partnerships to bring the company’s vision to life.
Go-to-market Strategy execution
Community-driven brand building
Ecosystem growth & strategic positioning
Leads marketing strategy, driving customer acquisition, market positioning, and growth. Previously, Doug founded University Beyond, one of the largest college influencer platforms, and was nominated for a Forbes30U30.
3x entrepreneur and Marketing executive passionate about building transformative consumer technology. At Weave, Doug is leading marketing, growth, and strategic partnerships to bring the company’s vision to life.
Go-to-market Strategy execution
Community-driven brand building
Ecosystem growth & strategic positioning
Austin Fraver
CFO
Manages strategic financial planning and operations. Austin’s experience in investment banking and private equity ensures robust financial oversight and growth-oriented resource allocation.
Sees both the practical and pioneering heart of Weave in breaking through barriers in providing people significantly more empowerment and egalitarian access to directly aid in solving their own real-world problems, whether such be everyday or more unique issues of importance.
20+ yrs exec & finance leadership in investment banking, private equity & the C-suite
Scaled SaaS, tech & biz-service firms for D2C, D2B & agentic markets
Led teams closing $5B+ in middle-market deals
Manages strategic financial planning and operations. Austin’s experience in investment banking and private equity ensures robust financial oversight and growth-oriented resource allocation.
Sees both the practical and pioneering heart of Weave in breaking through barriers in providing people significantly more empowerment and egalitarian access to directly aid in solving their own real-world problems, whether such be everyday or more unique issues of importance.
20+ yrs exec & finance leadership in investment banking, private equity & the C-suite
Scaled SaaS, tech & biz-service firms for D2C, D2B & agentic markets
Led teams closing $5B+ in middle-market deals
Drew Pickard
Head of Design
Leads brand & product design emphasizing accessibility and visual excellence. Previously, Drew designed the Microsoft Edge browser, held a key design role at Twitch, and led design teams at Qualtrics.
A seasoned design leader with a passion for crafting exceptional digital products. With experience spanning design leadership, UX strategy, digital branding, and hands-on product design, he has led teams at Qualtrics, Twitch, and Microsoft.
Branding & product narrative
Product design vision
Tastemaker & pixel-peeping
Leads brand & product design emphasizing accessibility and visual excellence. Previously, Drew designed the Microsoft Edge browser, held a key design role at Twitch, and led design teams at Qualtrics.
A seasoned design leader with a passion for crafting exceptional digital products. With experience spanning design leadership, UX strategy, digital branding, and hands-on product design, he has led teams at Qualtrics, Twitch, and Microsoft.
Branding & product narrative
Product design vision
Tastemaker & pixel-peeping
Jordan Dobson
Head of Product
Shapes product strategy and roadmap. Jordan previously served as lead prototyper at Meta, bridging design and engineering to create scalable, user-centered solutions.
Design technologist with 23 + years spanning design, code, and community teaching. Leads product strategy at Weave while championing open‑source collaboration.
Product leadership & design ops
Front‑end architecture & creative coding
Community workshops & knowledge sharing
Shapes product strategy and roadmap. Jordan previously served as lead prototyper at Meta, bridging design and engineering to create scalable, user-centered solutions.
Design technologist with 23 + years spanning design, code, and community teaching. Leads product strategy at Weave while championing open‑source collaboration.
Product leadership & design ops
Front‑end architecture & creative coding
Community workshops & knowledge sharing
Allen Tompkins
UX Designer
Product & interaction designer fascinated by the crossroads of code and creativity. At Weave to craft delightful UX and experiment deeply with Framer.
UX & interaction systems
High‑fidelity prototyping in Framer
Sweet tunes
Product & interaction designer fascinated by the crossroads of code and creativity. At Weave to craft delightful UX and experiment deeply with Framer.
UX & interaction systems
High‑fidelity prototyping in Framer
Sweet tunes
Chris Scott
Senior Software Engineer
Former digital‑designer‑turned full‑stack engineer and educator. Driven to build inclusive codebases and mentor teams that move quickly and thoughtfully.
Team leadership & delegation
Curriculum development & technical training
Full‑stack solution architecture
Former digital‑designer‑turned full‑stack engineer and educator. Driven to build inclusive codebases and mentor teams that move quickly and thoughtfully.
Team leadership & delegation
Curriculum development & technical training
Full‑stack solution architecture
Hector Mariano
Engineer
Self‑taught full‑stack engineer who loves shipping tech that empowers people. Drawn to Weave’s mission of making cloud computing painless for everyday builders.
• Rapid prototyping & MVP delivery
• Full‑stack web / blockchain development
• Energising teams & collaborative problem‑solving
Drew Raines
Solutions architect
Veteran software engineer energized by mentoring and building resilient AI agents and systems. Keen to help Weave adopt the right emerging tech at the right time.
API & platform architecture
Mentoring engineers & code quality
Evaluating emerging tech for leverage
Blockchain and smart contract development on various chains with multiple languages
Veteran software engineer energized by mentoring and building resilient AI agents and systems. Keen to help Weave adopt the right emerging tech at the right time.
API & platform architecture
Mentoring engineers & code quality
Evaluating emerging tech for leverage
Blockchain and smart contract development on various chains with multiple languages
David Castillo
Frontend Engineer
Front‑end developer & graphic designer passionate about accessible, story‑driven interfaces. Sees Weave as the place to scale thoughtful design with real purpose.
React / TypeScript & pixel‑perfect UI
Motion, animation & data‑vizualisation
Growing skills in back‑end & cloud tooling
Front‑end developer & graphic designer passionate about accessible, story‑driven interfaces. Sees Weave as the place to scale thoughtful design with real purpose.
React / TypeScript & pixel‑perfect UI
Motion, animation & data‑vizualisation
Growing skills in back‑end & cloud tooling
Daniel
Scrum master
Economist‑turned‑product‑leader with UX and Web3 roots. Thrives on aligning teams as Scrum Master and crafting user‑first products at Weave.
Bridging user insights to product features
Onboarding, discovery & product‑market fit
Cross‑functional facilitation
Economist‑turned‑product‑leader with UX and Web3 roots. Thrives on aligning teams as Scrum Master and crafting user‑first products at Weave.
Bridging user insights to product features
Onboarding, discovery & product‑market fit
Cross‑functional facilitation
Leah Licata
Operations Coordinator
Biomedical-engineering master’s student with experience in surgical logistics, medical device prototyping, and event coordination. Pairs detail-orientation with data-driven problem-solving to keep operations running smoothly.
Cross-team scheduling & event logistics
Technical research & workflow documentation
Social-media & brand operations
Biomedical-engineering master’s student with experience in surgical logistics, medical device prototyping, and event coordination. Pairs detail-orientation with data-driven problem-solving to keep operations running smoothly.
Cross-team scheduling & event logistics
Technical research & workflow documentation
Social-media & brand operations