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Meet the team behind Goo!

We’d love for you to get more familiar with us, so we’ve started a blog series where we present each member of the Goo family! Keep reading every week as we add new posts.

Ramez Hanna

Ramez is from Egypt, but lives in Helsinki, Finland. He’s the Operations Lead at Goo and before that he had been running IT operations for the past 12 years; “through which I have worked quite a few interesting startups.”

Ramez is an open water diver and his favourite song is Dogs by Pink Floyd.

To see the whole team behind Goo Technologies visit our team page or read about the other members here.

The amazing Goo Team playlist is available here!

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Meet the Team Behind Goo!

We’d love for you to get more familiar with us, so we’ve started a blog series where we present each member of the Goo family! Keep reading every week as we add new posts.

Johannes Söderberg

Johannes is from Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, and is a producer at Goo. “In short, my job at Goo is to enable the developers of the Goo Studio to create truly remarkable stuff! I do this by identifying and removing impediments for my team members as well as being the point of contact for the projects that I am involved in.”

Johannes says the best thing about working with Goo is that “it enables me to contribute to a product that fuels great many individuals' passion of making interactive media such as games or animated movies!” His favorite feature in Goo Create is the State Machine; “It enables me to disguise myself as a skillful programmer.”

Johannes collects autographs from “inspiring musicians on my driver license(s). Oh! I was also Lucia of the most beautiful Lucia procession once.”

There he is!

His favorite game is Super Metroid on SNES, but he’s having a much harder time choosing a favorite song. “To pinpoint a single best song is extremely difficult for me but if I were to narrow it down to a single album it would probably be Hot Fuss by The Killers. This is probably the closest to "Perfect" an album could ever be for me.” He gave us 4 candidates for "Best Song" though :)

To see the whole team behind Goo Technologies visit our team page or read about the other members here.

The amazing Goo Team playlist is available here!

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Meet the Team Behind Goo

We’d love for you to get more familiar with us, so we’ve started a blog series where we present each member of the Goo family! Keep reading every week as we add new posts.

Hedvig Marano

Hedvig is from Stockholm, Sweden, and is our Event Coordinator at Goo. She's the one keeping track of relevant conferences, events and trade shows for Goo to participate in or visit. She's also coordinating the planning and information on events, as well as working with our presence at local events.

Hedvig says the best part of working at Goo is the "free soft drinks, obviously just kidding, but not really". But also the "great people, and the feeling that there are lots of possible directions and exciting prospects for Goo on the horizon; that we are growing and always in motion, so to speak."

She says she loves Goo Create because "it is accessible even for someone like me, who knows  very little about programming and such." Also, Hedvig told us she has "an obscure national championship title", but she refuses to tell us what it is! Gaah!

Her favorite song? Well, currently it's Tether (Chvrches), Do It Again (Robyn & Röyksopp), Svär på min mamma (Silvana Imam) and Hard to Hold (RAC feat. Tegan & Sara). Favorite game then? "I'm embarrassed to admit I don't really play any games, but I used to like PacMan, Bomb Sweeper and Lemmings when I was little, if that counts?" Of course it counts!

To see the whole team behind Goo Technologies visit our team page or read about the other members here.

The amazing Goo Team playlist is available here!

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Meet the Team Behind Goo!

We’d love for you to get more familiar with us, so we’ve started a blog series where we present each member of the Goo family! Keep reading every week as we add new posts.

Tiago Miguel dos Santos Almeida

Tiago is from Lisbon, Portugal, and is our UI/UX Designer - or “Vector, Pixel & Style Technician”. He’s been a freelance designer and illustrator for some time and his last job before Goo was the UI/UX mastermind at the Football startup WannaPlayer.

When Tiago started at Goo (and moved to Sweden) he was 3 months away from getting a black belt in Aikido; “Now I'm surrounded by ninjas!”

So, which is Tiago’s favourite game? “I can't stop bragging about Infamous Second Son but what I'm completely addicted to is Luftrausers.” Any music tips? “If you're into metal you should check Abeyance from Be'Lakor.”

To see the whole team behind Goo Technologies visit our team page or read about the other members here.

The amazing Goo Team playlist is available here!

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Meet the Team Behind Goo!

We’d love for you to get more familiar with us, so we’ve started a blog series where we present each member of the Goo family! Keep reading every week as we add new posts.

Jon Kronander

Jon is from Växjö, Sweden, and is a developer at Goo. He’s also the Team Lead of one of the Dev teams. For the last ten years he’s been doing mostly software development within various industries: automotive, space and now web. “After a two year diversion into management consulting I got things together again and started at Goo.”

According to Jon, the best parts of working at Goo are ”the people and the tech”. His favourite feature in Create is the converter; “It doesn't make much noise, but a simple drag-n-drop will open the door for your existing offline 3D assets to a new and prosperous life on the web.”

Jon was once a pilot and flew airplanes for recreation; “Now I mostly kitesurf.” He says he’s not much of a gamer, but “every couple of years I see a title I want to play and I buy a console, play it intensely for a week or two, then sell it. The latest instance of that was a PS3 with The Last of Us.”

To see the whole team behind Goo Technologies visit our team page or read about the other members here.

The amazing Goo Team playlist is available here!

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Meet the Team Behind Goo!

We’d love for you to get more familiar with us, so we’ve started a blog series where we present each member of the Goo family! Keep reading every week as we add new posts.

Vladimir Bogodist

Vladimir is from Kista, Sweden, and is our dancing computer geek at Goo. His job is to make the developers happy by being part of the development operations team - DevOps.

Before joining Goo, Vladimir was helping other startups to get their businesses up and running. According to him, the best part of working at Goo is to “get to know and work with such amazingly talented people, working with cutting-edge technology and being part of an awesome startup adventure.”

Vladimir’s favourite feature in Create is the Post Effects; “Creativity possibilities are endless and so much fun!” So why is he our dancing computer geek? Well; “My personal medicine for taking care of any sadness or frustration is to go to the gym or the nightclub and rock it out on the dance floor.”

Vladimir’s favourite song is Love Sensation 2k14 by Cosmic Funk and his favourite game is Fallout 3.

To see the whole team behind Goo Technologies visit our team page or read about the other members here.

The amazing Goo Team playlist is available here!

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Meet the Team Behind Goo!

We’d love for you to get more familiar with us, so we’ve started a blog series where we present each member of the Goo family! Keep reading every week as we add new posts.

Simon Howe

Simon is from Sydney, Australia, and is a developer here at Goo. Before joining us he did data visualisation and the web, graphics and networks. “I moved up from Stockholm last year from Berlin where I was writing software for debugging VOIP networks. Pretty graphs and pictures of calls flowing through the system. In Sydney I was building the next big social network after finishing of Bachelor in Computer Science at UNSW.”

Simon’s favourite feature in Create is the State Machine; “We simplified it a lot recently, but I love how easy it is to add interactivity and behavior there. So quick to realize your designs with that thing sometimes.” In the Engine he’s “quickly growing fond of our PolyLine tools. There are some awesome utils for extruding, lathing and combining paths together into surfaces. Really easy to transform data points into interesting geometry.”

A random fact about Simon is that he saw his first shark while snorkling on Holiday this year. “He looked at me and then cruised off. Had to leave Australia to find a shark.” His favourite games? “Love Zelda for its gorgeous worlds that envelop you, Portal for its humour and surprises.”

To see the whole team behind Goo Technologies visit our team page or read about the other members here.

The amazing Goo Team playlist is available here!

[gootechnologies-blog]

Meet the Team Behind Goo!

We’d love for you to get more familiar with us, so we’ve started a blog series where we present each member of the Goo family! Keep reading every week as we add new posts.

Joakim Lövgren

Joakim is from Avesta, Sweden, and is an intern at Goo - or Lord of Intworld as he prefers to be called. He does Goo Studio projects and javascript game development at Goo. “A long time ago I spent a lot of time learning 3ds max and i have been using it on and off for at least eight years now.”

Joakim says the best part of working att Goo is that the work feels very creative and that he “gets to do a lot of different things. And also of course Goofy fridays and the endless supply of soda.” His favourite feature in Goo Create is “the rapid workflow of just drag and drop things into create and then export it as a bundle for Goo Engine.”

Joakim owns a car that is 60 years old; “it's for sure the best thing I've ever spent money on.” His favourite game is Bloodline Champions and his favourite song is The Scarecrow by Avantasia.

To see the whole team behind Goo Technologies visit our team page or read about the other members here.

The amazing Goo Team playlist is available here!