Team

Jenna Backman

Jenna is originally from San Jose, California and is relocating from San Francisco to Davis to attend UC Davis for a degree in psychology and sociology. She enjoys helping others by finding solutions to their problems. When she is not working and studying she loves to find new restaurants to try.  

Jyoti Bhagat

Jyoti Bhagat joined Beehively team as “Web developer” in May 2021. She did her Bachelor in Information Technology and Engineering from BPUT University. Previous experience in SEO and back end development (PHP & MYSQL) further strengthen his Profile. She specializes in HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and Photoshop. Her hobbies are being a good dancer, listening to songs, and cooking.

Elizabeth Bloksberg

Elizabeth joined Beehively in the Summer of 2016. She is currently pursuing a degree in Creative Writing from Antioch University. Elizabeth has extensive experience in customer service, editing, and content creation. She works on our sales and marketing team to introduce Beehively's product and services to new schools.

Elizabeth also works closely with Beehively clients on their EdTech programs and leads professional development trainings.

In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys Lindy Hop and Blues dancing.

Brian Bolz

Brian Bolz founded Insight Methods in 2007 as a technology consulting company and has since led its transformation into a national software subscription business focused on education. Beehively provides a rich suite of web services and technology guidance. Through this tool, Insight Methods has introduced a new generation of technology to preschools through high schools. Before Insight Methods, Brian held various leadership positions at MarketTools Inc, a software startup dedicated to market research and technology development. Brian studied Economics and Computer Science at Stanford University, graduating in 1999.

Terese Doolittle

Accounts Administrator 

Terese joined the TechaBee team in October 2020 as an Accounts Administrator in the Business Office. Terese has been in the Bay Area all her life. She brings over 40 years of customer service and bookkeeping experience to the team and has worked in the educational field most of that time. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her family.

Chirag Gurjar

Sr. Graphic/Web Designer

With over Nine+ years of experience as a Professional Designer, He is skilled in many designing tools and web development, including Adobe XD, Photoshop, CorelDraw, HTML, CSS, Svelte, and JavaScript also he has knowledge of website SEO. He knows both mobile applications and responsive design. He holds a Bachelor in Commerce from Gujarat University. Chirag also studied Web design with Arena Multimedia & 3D Animation with Frameboxx. Apart from work, he enjoys movies, photography, shopping, and listening to music.

Emily Jenkins

Emily joined the Beehively team in 2014, bringing 6 years of classroom experience as a teacher and tech coordinator. As Chief Operating Officer, Emily works closely with the Beehively team to ensure that client needs are met in a timely and efficient manner. When she is not working, Emily enjoys spending time with her husband and three young kids.

Dayasudhan Kuruva

Dayasudhan joined Beehively as a "Senior Backend Developer" in December 2021. He completed Bachelor Of Engineering in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka. He has more than 15 years of experience In Software Development. His hobbies include traveling & farming.

Vishal Mehta

Vishal Mehta has joined Beehively as “Customer Support Executive” in June, 2021. He has completed Bachelor of Technology, HNC in Aviation, Hospitality and Travel Management from Frankfinn institute of Air hostess training. He has always had a passion for learning new things. Being honest is the first motto of his life. When he isn’t working, Vishal loves to play video games, spend time with family and friends, He loves to explore new places. Vishal has a dream that he can live in Amsterdam.

Chetan Metkar

Chetan Joined beehively as a “QA Analyst” in Nov 2020. His Educational background is Computer science engineering graduate. He has always had a passion for learning new things related to testing after Graduation. Previous experience in automation testing and framework designing further strengthens his profile. In his free time, he like to read books, watching movies etc.

Lilly Montes

Sales & Marketing 

Lilly was born in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California. She moved to Davis to complete her Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development from UC Davis. During her free time she enjoys traveling and trying new restaurants.

Megan Moyle

Megan joined the Beehively team as an Office Administrator in October 2019. She moved to Sacramento after completing her Bachelor's Degree in Media Arts from CSU, Chico. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, photography, and watching movies.

Dhiraj Patel

Dhiraj Joined the Beehively team in 2014, bringing six years of experience as a web designer. He is skilled in many aspects of UI/UX design, including Adobe XD, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Svelte, and Javascript. Dhiraj holds a Master of Commerce degree in addition to a certificate in multimedia training from Xplora Design School. His favorite activities include watching movies and playing cricket.

Dipika Patel

Dipika joined Beehively in December 2021 with over 14 years of experience in software & web development in numerous technologies. She did her Bachelor of Engineering from C.K Pithawalla College of Engineering & Technology. She is always passionate about software and web development. When not working, she loves listening & singing songs, playing keyboard, traveling and exploring nature.

Jignesh Patel

Jignesh Patet joined Beehively in February 2021 as a Web developer. He did his Bachelor in Engineering from LDRP Institute of Technology and Research, Gandhinagar. He has an overall experience of 3 years. He specializes in front end technologies like HTML, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap, SEO. He takes care of website related support requests and is responsible for timely closure of all the customer requests. When he is not working, He enjoys watching movies, TV shows, reading books and spending time with friends and families.

Niket Patel

Niket Patel leads Beehively’s technology practice, making architectural decisions and creating the software development platform. Niket holds a degree from Birla Vishvakarma Engineering College. He enjoys mastering cutting-edge software, solving problems and evaluating solutions from both a technical and business standpoint. Niket is also an active contributor to open-source software. Some of the technologies he currently uses include Ruby, Rails, Sproutcore and CouchDb. Before joining Beehively in January 2008, Niket was the co-founder of NexusNeo Pvt Ltd, a Ruby-based technology-development firm.

Jainam Shah

Jainam joined Beehively as front-end developer with a total 2 year of experience. He has hands-on experience on various technologies like React JS, GraphQL, Javascript, HTML 5 and CSS3. He completed his masters from DA-IICT. Apart from work, he likes traveling, listening to music and playing cricket.  

Paul Singh

Paul Rathina Singh is the project manager responsible for client website launching, quality and maintenance. He also implements Beehively application improvements. In addition to his technical responsibilities, Paul assists in administrative coordination between teams. Paul earned his degree in Commerce from Gujarat University. He enjoys being involved in outreach programs, church activities, playing keyboard, and learning to play guitar.

Nick Skinner

Web Developer

Nick Skinner is a junior web developer who joined the Beehively web services team in November 2021. He possesses a degree from the University of California, Davis in materials science engineering, and is proficient in Javascript, React, and SQL databases. In his spare time he plays guitar for the metal band Dear Sincerely and runs tabletop rpg games for his friends.

Jignesh Trivedi

Jignesh Trivedi joined Beehively as Senior Project Manager in March, 2022. Jignesh has more than 25 years of experience in the software industry. Jignesh has expertise in Project Management, Delivery Management, resource allocation and planning, client communication, Team Management. Jignesh is a commerce graduate from Gujarat University.