Name: Autumn-Kyoko Cushman
Role: CEO, Co-Founder
Hometown: Grosse Ile, MI + Cape Coral, FL
Beginnings: HM in the Navy — worked in Hematology / Oncology + Executive Medicine
Education: Bachelor of Science in Business + Information Technology (BSIT)
Life before Shifty: IBM Watson Health / Merative working on selling MarketScan to pharmaceutical companies + healthcare systems
About Me: Photography, omakase, and making people go to volunteer events they didn’t sign up for
Name: Leann Haddad
Role: CPO, Co-Founder
Hometown: DETROITTT, MI ****
Beginnings: Started as a pharmacy tech at CVS + pursuing my PharmD but changed my mind bc retail pharmacy sucks
Education: Bachelor of Business & Healthcare Administration
Life before Shifty: Management consulting on compliance + marketing materials + insurance plans + ops at Blue Cross Blue Shield
About Me: Stand up comedy, hot yoga, offering my one eyed dog to everyone I meet, & hating on euchre
Name: Ashley Guerrero
Role: Chief of Staff
Hometown: Austin, TX 🤘🏼
Beginnings: Management/ Sales ➡️ Special and Deaf Education ➡️ Operations/ Property Development ➡️ ShiftRX (YAY)
Education: Bachelor of Science in Applied Learning and Development from UT Austin
Life before Shifty: Began in Management and Sales, apprenticing under the company owner during college. I studied Special and Deaf Education, but chose not to pursue it after graduation and instead took an Operations/Property Development role at a startup in Burnet, TX.
About Me: College Football advocate, trails and outdoors (when it's not 10000 degrees), concerts, and my dog 🐶 !
Name: Kourtney Welch
Role: Founding Account Executive
Hometown: Austin, TX
Beginnings: Born wild and free, oldest, rocks and walks make me happy.
Education: Bachelor of Business Administration
Life before Shifty: Started as as pharmacy tech, one time founder, health tech
About Me: Always liked the taste of water. My red flag is that I think everything is walkable. You’ve been warned
Name: Acacia Erhardt
Role: Head of Growth and Strategy
Hometown: Austin, TX
Beginnings: My first major was philosophy, but I ended up studying business. I have always wanted to solve big problems of great moral consequence, and knowing how to operate the money cannon really helps with that.
Education: I have a BBA from St. Edward's in Austin, Texas.
Life before Shifty: Out of college I worked as a venture capital investor for a firm that focused on addressing global challenges. After, I worked for a climate tech OpCo mostly raising money via project finance and carbon credits.
About Me: I am an amateur woodworker, and an excellent baker, knitter, and gardener. I can also fix up cars manufactured prior to 2017.
Name: Jerome Galiao
Role: Sales Development Representative
Hometown: Johannesburg
Beginnings: 7th of 13, national team Judo, passion for all things fitness.
Education: Film and Television Diploma, TEFL Certificate, IMM Diploma
Life before Shifty: Film and Television Production
About Me: I love chilling at home, if I am not home I am either working or at the gym. Got 3 kids 2 girls and a boy.