We’re IGG Software, based in Putney Vermont.
We write applications for Macs and Apple mobile devices.
We write applications for Macs and Apple mobile devices.
We try to help folks like us manage our paychecks, our bills, and our futures.
We love our gadgets, but we love our families even more. We also spend more hours than anything else here doing something important: communicating with our users. That means solving your problems, listening to your feedback, learning new things or hearing great ideas. It also means we develop our apps in a kind of partnership with you: people who buy them, use them, depend on them, and sometimes, even love them.
We love our gadgets, but we love our families even more. We also spend more hours than anything else here doing something important: communicating with our users. That means solving your problems, listening to your feedback, learning new things or hearing great ideas. It also means we develop our apps in a kind of partnership with you: people who buy them, use them, depend on them, and sometimes, even love them.
Meet the Team
We're Mac users. We like to go outside on sunny days. We have kids and mortgages and dogs. We are real people who happen to make software. It's creative, it's fun, and it can be really, really hard. Some days we feel pretty smart, but we never have all the answers. And when everything goes right, we get to help people like ourselves live a little bit better. That feels pretty good.
IGG are the initials of our founder, Ian G. Gillespie – a real person, even if we hardly see him. We work virtually, spread across Vermont, across the country, or occasionally abroad. No commuting cuts our carbon output, which is nice, but it also means we are a happy, motivated bunch.
We wake up, plug in, and rock out.
We're Mac users. We like to go outside on sunny days. We have kids and mortgages and dogs. We are real people who happen to make software. It's creative, it's fun, and it can be really, really hard. Some days we feel pretty smart, but we never have all the answers. And when everything goes right, we get to help people like ourselves live a little bit better. That feels pretty good.
IGG are the initials of our founder, Ian G. Gillespie – a real person, even if we hardly see him. We work virtually, spread across Vermont, across the country, or occasionally abroad. No commuting cuts our carbon output, which is nice, but it also means we are a happy, motivated bunch.
We wake up, plug in, and rock out.
Ian Gillespie
A California native, Ian's academic background was in biology, botany and environmental studies. He comes to the field of technology purely out of personal passion, and has been writing Mac software for over two decades. He's also an avid birdwatcher, a soccer player, an old-time fiddler and an organic gardener. He lives in southern Oregon with his wife and two sons.
Kristen Barth
Kristen is one of our senior support specialists. A Vermont native and proud Mac user since 1985, she is a former K-12 health, physical education, and technology teacher. She enjoys gardening, landscaping and generally anything that involves being outside. You can sometimes find her driving a 40-foot RV across the country with her family in tow.
Dave Bernat
Dave's first coding experience was learning BASIC on a TRS-80. He's been programming since he was eight, and a Mac user since 1984. He would probably work here for free, but his wife reminds him they've got to feed their three kids and two cats. Dave's also a gaming enthusiast - console, PC/Mac, board games, tabletop games, card games - an aspiring game designer, and a huge fan of geek culture in general. He used to play Irish folk music in bars, but these days he's more likely found in his own kitchen. He's really excited about baking.
Tim Mathiesen
Tim is a hands-on kind of guy whose technical expertise ranges from live sound mixing to residential lighting design to IT administration. He's been a Mac user since the '80s and has taught computer skills one-on-one and in workshops, which makes him an ideal addition to our tech support team. Originally from the Bay Area in California, Tim has lived in Vermont since 2009. In his free time, he's probably taking photos and - depending on the season - snowshoeing in the woods of Vermont or motorcycling along its twisty backroads.
Justin Glazebrook
Born and raised in southern New Hampshire, Justin joined the IGG team in March of 2016. Having worked in customer service for more than half a decade, with a passion for technology and helping others, he fits right in here at IGG. If you can't find Justin online helping customers, he is likely scanning the shorelines of NH for sea glass and other treasures, or driving around looking for unexplored areas to set up camp in.
John Sawyer
Before joining the glamorous world of software support, John led a humdrum existence as a recording engineer and studio owner, working with artists from Queen Latifah, David Bowie and Matchbox 20 to Anthrax, Iron Maiden and Yngwie Malmsteen. He's also a musician himself, as well as a hardcore ProTools guy. Now living in Vermont after time in Miami and Nashville, he remains a die-hard Yankees fan. A world traveler whose wife, Renata, is Brazilian, John and one of their two sons are allergic to animals with fur. They have turtles and pet fish.
Joel Poukkula
As System Administrator for IGG, Joel Poukkula lives in the great IGG underbelly ensuring smooth operations and protecting customer data. He is a multi-faceted talent behind this website, our online store, product documentation, and pretty much anything else backstage at IGG. Joel honed his skills maintaining cantankerous and very busy servers when he worked in Intuit's deepest, darkest tax environments. He enjoys spending time with his two children and gigantic dog (120 lbs.) and occasionally surfing.
Allison Leslie
Allison is IGG's Office Manager; she keeps the train from leaving the rails. Originally from California, Allison made the long trek up to Oregon to thankfully join the IGG team. She has a degree in Resort and lodging Management with a minor in Human Resources. Allison and her husband have a five-month-old and share their abode with a French Bulldog and a Cat. In her spare time, Allison enjoys yoga, and drinking wine (usually not at the same time).
Aaron Sutton
Developer Aaron Sutton grew up in SoCal, took a degree in Cognitive Science from UCSD, and in 17 years at Intuit, had the opportunity to work on multiple finance products and multiple platforms. But you're more likely to find him outdoors than anywhere else: scuba diving, snow skiing, golfing, playing tennis, camping, or just involved in his two kids' activities, including Little League and soccer.
James Gillespie
The head of IGG's technology team, James Gillespie has been a Mac developer for some two decades. He spent much of that time with Intuit, where he created consumer financial software for projects ranging from tax software and mortgage qualification applications to high-volume websites for businesses and consumers. Based in San Diego, James is married, with one son, and the brother of IGG's founder, Ian Gillespie.
Jason Staloff
QA technician Jason Staloff studied art history before he got stuck in his college's Unix lab. Later he worked for New York's famous indie Mac shop Tekserve before leaving the big city for Vermont. He gets his hands dirty repairing old machines, pilots a vintage Citabria airplane, brews his own beer, and is a member of the East Dover, VT, volunteer fire department. He and his wife have two kids and a bunch of chickens, and he wants to remind you to make regular backups of your data.
Nancy Libby
It's a toss-up: does she spend more time running in the Vermont woods or sitting in front of her computer? Probably the latter, but only because her workday is spent managing the support team, updating bank connections, doing quality assurance and more - along with hands-on customer help. IGG's second employee, Nancy decompresses by running, Nordic skiing, riding her horse, or touring on her BMW Adventure. She's currently running and hiking the hills of Vermont, training for upcoming adventure and long-distance trail races.