Coliloquy was founded by a writer and an engineer, both passionate readers. Leveraging their deep understanding of social media, technology and online user engagement, Waynn and Lisa created Coliloquy.

Lisa Rutherford

Lisa is Coliloquy’s co-founder and CEO. She is delighted to be bringing her years of startup experience “home” to her roots in writing. Previously, Lisa founded Elodie Partners and served as the President of virtual economy pioneer, Twofish (acquired by Live Gamer), and as a venture capitalist with In-Q-Tel, Vista Ventures, and Palo Alto Venture Partners. She ran her own freelance writing and marketing agency and worked in M&A at Broadview. Outside of Coliloquy, Lisa serves as an advisor to BulletTime Ventures, Boulder Digital Works, and several startups, as well as a mentor for the TechStars program. She was named an AlwaysON Top 25 Women to Watch in Tech. Lisa has an MBA from Stanford University, an MA from the University of Chicago, and a BA from the Penn State University Scholars Program.

Lisa bought her first Sony PRS-500 in 2006 and has read over 600 ebooks across a rotation of devices. She currently carries a Kindle keyboard and swears by it for her crossword puzzle habit. Waynn never gave her a copy of Consider the Lobster, but she did download it based on his recommendation. Instead of children’s books, she’s been reading romance manuscripts and tech blogs to her baby. He missed Paul Carr and is glad Sarah lured him back.

Waynn Lue

Waynn is Coliloquy’s co-founder, President, and CTO. The engineer in him is deeply proud of Coliloquy’s innovative technology platform, but the avid reader is humbled to support the creativity and imagination of our authors. Prior to Coliloquy, Waynn co-founded unwrap (acquired by Context Optional), a social media marketing platform for non-technical businesses, and worked at Google in the billing engineering group. He is an active angel investor and startup advisor. Waynn has a BS and MS in computer science and a BS in economics, all from Stanford University.

Waynn walked into a telephone pole while reading Ender’s Game. He has read *at least* two Babysitter’s Club books. He started writing a fantasy epic when he was 15 after reading The Wheel of Time…he also stopped writing a fantasy epic when he was 15 (seriously, it was a very bad version of The Wheel of Time). He bought copies of Consider the Lobster for at least 6 people’s birthday gifts (sorry, guys).

Shayan Guha

Shayan is Coliloquy’s Founding Engineer. Before joining Coliloquy, Shayan was a Senior UI Engineer at Glyde, a peer-to-peer e-commerce startup, working on everything from developing APIs to implementing advanced user interfaces. He is very excited to be tackling a new space and playing a role in revolutionizing the reading experience. Shayan has a BS and MS in computer science from Stanford University.

Shayan also didn’t get a copy of Consider the Lobster but checked it out of the library in an attempt to fit in. He has been the proud owner of R.L. Stine’s Goosebump 1-30 and Encyclopedia Brown 1-18 since elementary, embracing the serialized novel well before Coliloquy made it cool.

Jennifer Lou

Jen is Coliloquy’s Director of Publishing, Ideas, Editing and Storytelling (aka Director of PIES). Prior to joining Coliloquy, Jen worked at Google, twice – once directly and a second time through AdMob. Her career has spanned across localization, product management, advertising, marketing, electronic trading networks and life coaching. In her free time, Jen runs LitUp Writers, a humor storytelling series based in San Francisco and serves on the Board of Youth Speaks. Jen has a BS in English Literature from Columbia University and is currently enrolled in Stanford’s Online Writing Program.

Jen grew up listening to her father read her Chinese folk tales. She abhorred reading until she discovered Sweet Valley High late in high school. Jen had not heard of Consider The Lobster before proof-reading Waynn’s bio (clearly, she didn’t get a copy either), but she is hoping to read the Cliffs Notes.

OJ and Beatrice Thomas

OJ and Beatrice joined as Coliloquy’s Chief Kitten Officers in October 2011. Prior to Coliloquy, they were self-employed as feral kittens. Since joining the company, they have become talkative little loves with gigantic purrs and a penchant for belly rubs. In their free time, they enjoy considering lobsters. They are still skeptical of new people but would like to find a forever home with someone patient enough to get to know them. If you’re interested and live within driving distance of the San Francisco Bay Area, please write OJ@coliloquy.com. Serious enquiries only, please.