Prior to joining the Tessitura Innovation team, Alex spent over eight years both as a Tessitura implementer and as part of the Tessitura business development team. He's been working with the software in a variety of roles since 2004. Alex lives in Seattle with his wife, two kids, and a very energetic dog.

After holding several director level positions in Consulting, Heather is currently Product Owner for Integrations.

Prior to joining the network, Heather worked for Seattle Repertory Theatre for 16 years. In 2005, Heather became the Seattle Rep lead for their conversion to Tessitura. She was also instrumental in guiding Seattle Children’s Theatre, Intiman, and ACT (members of the Seattle Tessitura Consortium) in their conversions to Tessitura. Heather was also one of the founding members of the MAC committee and on the leading edges of adopters for the Next Generation of Tessitura (v11 & v12).

Residing just north of Seattle in Shoreline, Washington, Heather enjoys gardening and playing with her furry friends - rain or shine!

Chris started at Tessitura as Director, Business Intelligence in January 2018 after 10 years with Jacobson Consulting Applications, Inc. (JCA). His first six years at JCA primarily focused on managing Tessitura Business Intelligence application development and support, including T-Stats, Tessitura Dashboards, and the Revenue Management Application (RMA). For the remainder of his time he oversaw all of JCA’s product lines as Director of Products. Prior to JCA, Chris spent eight years developing and supporting technology solutions for arts organizations, including The Adrienne Arsht Center and New World Symphony.

Nara returned from London where she worked for the UK Parliament in their digital services department as a portfolio manager and the Royal Academy of Art as a systems analyst. Prior to that, she worked over 9 years at POP (a web and interactive agency in Seattle) where she worked with Tessitura on early SOAP API and Kiosk development as well as working directly with licensees on custom website development and integrations with Tessitura; she has survived many an onsale.