VP - Public Relations

Mitch Pirtle, our JUG of NYC co-Founder is currently CTO at Gilt Travel.  Mitch's high-energy approach, backed by decades of experience, will provide you with inside knowledge you simply can't find anywhere else.

A serial entrepreneur, Mitch wins the unofficial "Founder's Award" from the CMS Association. When you read his history, you'll get a taste of what that means:

After serving as a Core Developer for Mambo CMS (and Lead Web Developer for The N/MTV Networks, he helped Co-Found Joomla!  and its not-for-profit organization, Open Source Matters. He is the Founder and CEO of Spacemonkey Laboratories; Co-Founder of Ivivio; Founder of Buzzwerks Inc.  He has also been the Vice President of Developer Relations at New York-based KickApps Corporation.

 Mitch has planted many seeds along his entrepreneurial path, and he's also set an example for others to follow by nurturing those efforts into fully blossomed businesses and organizations, employing and engaging millions of active participants in the communities he helped establish and grow.