Josh graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M University and, while in college, he was formed and shaped by the outstanding ministry of St. Mary’s Catholic Center. After college, Josh served as a youth minister and music minister for four years at two different Catholic parishes.

While working in the Church, he started designing websites on the side in 2003 to generate extra income for his growing family. In 2004, he shifted his focus to website development (online software) and developed many custom applications, including the real-time scoring system for the NBA’s Vegas Summer League (which was eventually taken over by NBA.com).

In 2005, Josh left his position at the parish to pursue website development full-time. In Advent 2005, he released the original version of eCatholic and signed on a few “beta” parishes. In early 2006, eCatholic began to gain momentum and started to spread to parishes around the country. Twelve years later, eCatholic has become the leader and the largest provider of beautiful, dynamic Catholic websites in the country.

Josh is also one of the founders and speakers of the popular Digital Church Conference - A One-Day Guide to Catholic New Media and the New Evangelization. Together with Brandon Vogt and Matt Warner, Josh helps inspire and empower Catholic dioceses, parishes, and schools to effectively use new media to communicate and evangelize.

Josh and his wife still reside in Texas and are proud parents of six beautiful children (one of whom is now interceding in Heaven). Josh is a basketball fanatic and still trains, plays, and coaches competitively. He is also an avid golfer and musician.

Jason is a native Texan with a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Texas. Degrees aside, his loyalty is 100% to Texas A&M.

After graduating from Texas A&M, Jason spent two years working as a software developer. Quickly realizing his passion was in startups, Jason left to go work for a Silicon Valley startup. This was the beginning of his journey as an entrepreneur, where he held numerous roles in sales, product management, and marketing, before co-founding his own company, Apptive. Throughout his career, Jason has had the opportunity to work across multiple disciplines including cloud computing, IoT, mobile, security, social media, web hosting and SaaS.

During his time at Apptive, Jason met Josh Simmons and the two formed a friendship that culminated in Jason joining the eCatholic team in 2018. Jason has always been passionate about serving the Catholic Church and his role at eCatholic allows him to achieve this passion professionally.

In his free time, you will find Jason riding his road bike or with his wife cheering on their kids at their football games, baseball games, volleyball games, and dance recitals.

Joe’s professionalism and knowledge have served just about every level of ministry in the Church. While attending West Texas A&M University, Joe served as Director of Technology for his local diocese. Joe has also spent time serving his local parish by helping create, coordinate and build a state-of-the-art youth room controlled entirely by tablet for his parish. He was also instrumental in organizing his city’s first active Catholic young adult group.

When Joe transitioned to Director of Sales & Marketing at eCatholic, his years of experience and expertise allowed him the ability to truly hone in on the needs and struggles of Catholic parishes, schools, and dioceses. Joe makes it his personal mission every day to help all our clients communicate, evangelize, and catechize more effectively through the use of new media.

Joe has a passion for photography and enjoys capturing God’s beautiful creation. His photos have been used by National Geographic and even The Weather Channel. Joe has also earned an associate degree in Graphic Design and speaks four languages. Joe and his beautiful wife continue to make their home in the great state of Texas.

A Louisiana native, now located in the Lone Star state, James found his place at eCatholic in 2021 when he was able to unite his career talents with his faith calling. James carries a Masters in Taxation from the University of Denver, and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in addition to more than 20 years in the field of business accounting.

While enjoying the benefits of technology within his own life, James understands its significance in the vitality of business engagement. Therefore, working with Church organizations to realize the great asset of their own technology was very much where he could see his skills and passion put to use.

As any true outdoorsman, you’ll likely find James under the Texas sky making memorable moments with his family, whether it be participating in numerous recreational activities or simply enjoying a meal on the patio.

Luke graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville with a Bachelors in Theology and minors in business and history. He has a special place in his heart for the country of Austria, where he studied and took that opportunity to broaden his worldview and travel to different countries.

Thankful for his childhood experiences with a big, loving Catholic family, a church parish filled with the Holy Spirit, and mission trips, Luke’s inspiration to serve the Church was strengthened throughout his life and continues to influence his work today.

He joined the eCatholic team in 2016 to provide dedicated service and support to Diocesan Initiatives. Luke loves working with parishes, schools and ministries to help them reach that “aha!” moment when they realize that they really can manage a new, dynamic website and use it to communicate and evangelize.

Luke graduated from Franciscan University with a degree in Theology. From there, he went on to work for a small Catholic college, which eventually brought him to Ave Maria University, where he spent nearly 10 years at Ave Maria as the Director of Residence Life and the Associate Dean of Students. During his time there, he attended the Institute of Pastoral Theology to earn his Masters Degree in Pastoral Theology.

From there, Luke worked for several years as a sales consultant and is excited to use his experience to help Catholic organizations develop their web presence and fulfill their mission of evangelization.

Luke and his family enjoy the outdoors and the beauty of each season (especially winter... Luke LOVES snow!). In his free time, Luke likes to play the guitar, catch up on the latest sports, or can be found outside fishing, skiing, working on a garden...really anything!

Nicole graduated from Texas A&M University where she spent her time as a student involved in several ministries at St. Mary’s Catholic Center. Greatly impacted by the formation she received, Nicole’s joy for serving the St. Mary’s community grew as she took on the role of campus ministry intern during her senior year. This inspired her even more to work with the Church.

Leaving college with a degree in Recreation, Park & Tourism Science along with a minor in business, Nicole began her professional journey as a welcomed member to the eCatholic team. She has enjoyed every moment of her job, especially the opportunities to work with eCatholic customers and help them solve challenges.

Outside of work spends her free time drinking a great cup of coffee, exploring new places, spending time with friends and family, and throwing ceramics on the pottery wheel!

Sherin graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. She is a Jersey girl and currently lives there with her husband and young daughter.

Sherin has been active in youth and young adult ministry for the last 10+ years at her home parish as well as in the Jesus Youth Movement. She has also been involved in Office of Youth Ministry at her diocese, the SyroMalabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago (Eastern Catholic Rite).

She loves spending time with family and friends, playing/watching just about any sport, and playing board games at home! Sherin is so excited to combine her desire to serve the Church and love of technology in this role at eCatholic!

Natalie has lived in a great number of places, and attended Catholic Schools throughout her childhood. Her faith was further fostered by the wonderful culture at St. Mary's Catholic Student Center at Texas A&M, where she was active in the Music ministry as a member of the Women's Chorus. Natalie graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a minor in Music, and married her Aggie sweetheart a year later.

After obtaining a Master's degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Houston - Victoria, Natalie joined the eCatholic team in 2014. At eCatholic, Natalie knows that an attractive and informative website is an important part of modern evangelization, and loves to help our customers discover how easy - and fun! - it can be to create a beautiful website.

Among her many talents, Natalie also enjoys playing the piano, crafting, cooking, and casual bird watching.

Anne has held a number of roles within both Catholic Schools and parish organizations. She began as a junior high math and technology teacher at her local Catholic school, while continuing to partake in other teaching, coaching, and administrative positions over the years. She, and her family, have a great involvement in their parish ministry. She has led various Confirmation and ACTS retreat teams while serving in parish leadership and council positions.

Having an incredible understanding for Catholic parish and school operations, Anne joined the eCatholic team in 2015 to help launch, promote, and support eCatholic's online donations and payments platform - eCatholic Payments.

Outside of work, this Texas A&M alumnae loves traveling with her family to cheer her alma mater at football games, seek out random Texas towns, and enjoy a country lifestyle with relatives and friends.

After growing up with his 12 siblings on the west coast, Doug attended and graduated Cum Laude and with Honors from the Franciscan University of Steubenville with a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy. After spending a short time of discernment at St. Michael's Nobertine Abbey, he decided to move and establish roots in Texas. He has been very active in parish life serving as part of the RCIA team, RE catechist, Ask A Catholic A Question volunteer, and other various ministries.

Doug joined up with eCatholic in 2008 as our Senior Happiness Engineer (customer support), and has guided many clients through the process of creating their websites while spending countless hours giving webinars. His humble leadership and deep understanding of eCatholic’s vision has also given him the opportunity to serve as a member of the executive team.

When work is over, Doug enjoys reading, and playing board games and spending time with his family and friends.

Cindy is a Magna Cum Laude graduate who studied Business Administration, Psychology and French at Trinity College of Vermont. She brings a wealth of experience from a variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations which includes project management in sales and leadership training for Fortune 500 companies, marketing, operations and development for non-profits, program coordination for a non-profit basketball organization, and donor relations management. She has also used her professional talents to serve her parish and a number of other local organizations.

Cindy’s family is very active in their parish where she serves as Eucharistic Minister and participates in the Marriage Preparation Ministry. In her spare time, she enjoys supporting her children who are very active athletes.

A former eCatholic client who saw the great value in the software and loved the staff, Cindy joined the eCatholic team in April 2016 as a Happiness Engineer and Custom Design Coordinator. 

As the youngest of nine children, Karen grew up in a large Catholic family where she learned the importance of her faith and attended Catholic schools from grades K-12. She went on to attend the University of Oklahoma on an athletic scholarship and enjoyed the opportunity collegiate volleyball gave her to meet great people and travel around the country.

After graduating, Karen moved back to her home state and worked in the IT industry for about 10 years - including roles in writing software, project management, and business development - until beginning a family. She later returned to work at her parish where she managed their website and worked in Safe Environment and Stewardship ministries.

Karen was excited to join the eCatholic team in 2017. After attending a Digital Church Conference, she was impressed by the company's ability to combine two of her passions - the Church and technology. Karen loves helping Catholic parishes benefit from eCatholic's technology and phenomenal service.

Natalie holds a B.A. in communications and a minor in political science from California State University, Dominguez Hills. She spent the last 10 years doing marketing, social media and public relations work at consumer goods and nonprofit organizations.

Natalie has been active in youth and young adult ministry, which has included serving as activities chair for a local young adults group and being a member of the Legion of Mary. She is excited to be a part of the eCatholic team and wholeheartedly believes in its mission to help the Church evangelize through digital communication.

Natalie and her family enjoy cheering for their favorite sports team including the USA and LA Galaxy soccer teams, spending time outdoors, and being with friends and relatives.In her free time, Natalie is crafting, watching sci-fi or British TV period dramas, and sipping her favorite blends of tea.

Hailing from the Midwest, Sarah was city-born and suburb-raised before traveling the US in search of the right education to hone her skills. She earned a BA in English and Literature at Purdue University and a Masters in Information Sciences from Southern Connecticut State University, but Sarah is a Boilermaker through and through.

Sarah’s path on her faith journey has been labyrinthine as she has come to love the richness and fullness of the Catholic Church. Her husband converted to Catholicism in 2017, and they now raise their two children on a homestead with a focus on Christ-centered living and farming. They are very active at the two rural Catholic parishes, where Sarah teaches kindergarten and first grade CCD as well as creates the weekly bulletin and edits the eCatholic websites.

First learning of eCatholic as a diocesan employee, Sarah has felt connected to the team since 2017 and officially joined the family in Fall 2020.

Abbey is grateful to have grown up surrounded by rich experiences of faith in her family and community. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Mary (Bismarck) with Bachelor’s Degrees in English and Catholic Studies. Her time at the University of Mary included studying abroad in Rome, an experience that has left her with a deeper love for traveling, beautiful churches, and her faith.

After marrying her husband, Abbey worked in the administrative offices in the Diocese of Bismarck, which is where she was first introduced to eCatholic. Abbey was excited to join the eCatholic team in 2017!

In her free time, Abbey enjoys keeping up with her active kids and being with family and friends. Her favorites include reading, coffee (former barista herself!), wine, leisurely walks, puzzles, and Jane Austen-type movies.

Sarah is a Seton Home Study graduate and currently a Phi Theta Kappa Honor Student working on her BA in English and a Minor in Marriage and Family Therapy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She manages social media content for a local young adult ministry, and as a Core Team member, she works to encourage young adults to connect to the faith of the Church by nourishing their relationship with God.

After falling in love with a boy in a band - a musician she met at her local church, Sarah married her husband and together they have welcomed their children while establishing roots in her hometown.

A self-described bookaholic, Sarah spends her free time collecting books to "one day read," scanning cooking blogs for new recipes to test, and sipping Matcha green tea. She is excited to have joined the eCatholic team in October 2017!

Michael is a graduate of Texas A&M University where he studied Computer Science. Before coming to eCatholic, he worked for the Texas Center for Applied Technology where he supported simulation software for first responder training, and contributed to an information collection and aggregation software suite that helped the agricultural industry. 

Michael is passionate about using technology and new media to evangelize the world, and he takes great joy in teaching and sharing knowledge. He loves that eCatholic gives him the opportunity to share these joys with others.

In addition to spending time with his wife and children, Michael’s favorite hobbies include board games, making electronic music, and reading. He also travels with a Schola Cantorum, a Gregorian chant choir whose mission is to keep the beauty of sacred music alive in the Church.

Jonathan was born and raised in Texas where he still lives with his lovely wife and daughter. He is a proud alumni of the Fightin' Texas Aggies at Texas A&M University where he received both an undergraduate and Master's degree in Computer Science. His favorite hobbies include reading, programming, singing, and playing piano.

Jonathan's involvement with eCatholic started in the fall of 2013 as a part-time CSS Web Developer. Concurrent with his college education, Jonathan transitioned from the role of CSS Web Developer to a regular Web Developer. In Summer of 2017, Jonathan became a full-time Software Developer for eCatholic and now primarily works on exciting new features for the eCatholic platform.

Natalie was born in Maryland and lived in California before moving to Texas. She is the second oldest of nine children and feels very blessed to have grown up in a large, Catholic family. Natalie met her husband in the music ministry at St. Mary's Catholic Center, where they were married a few years later.

Natalie graduated Magna Cum Laude from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University with a degree in Computer Science. Natalie and her husband continue to live in Texas and spend their time sharing their hobbies with each other. They love cooking, crafting, spending time outdoors, and making music. They have one child on earth and three in Heaven.

Natalie joined the eCatholic team in June of 2014 as an intern and transitioned to a full-time Software Developer in January of 2018.

Seton was born and raised in North Carolina and credits her love of the Catholic faith, Church history, literature, music and the dramatic arts to her years spent being formed in outstanding Catholic education.

After attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Seton graduated with a major in English and minors in history and dramaturgy. After earning her Master’s in Teaching at UNC, she taught high school English before exploring ways in which her love of language, syntax, and linguistics might translate to a career in technology. She soon decided to make the leap from teaching to web development and feels very blessed to have joined an organization that so perfectly embodies her personal, spiritual, and professional ideals.

Seton and her husband met in high school and continue to call North Carolina their home. Seton enjoys reading, watching and discussing films, hiking and camping, and rooting for the Tar Heels. She joined the eCatholic team in October 2017.

Kristen was born in Louisiana and grew up in the Midwest and Texas. She is a Summa Cum Laude graduate from University of North Texas with her degree in Technology and Performance Improvement. She has been able to share her technology expertise for four years at the local school district and has also spent her time offering web site services to a non-profit pro-life organization and various graphic design projects.

Kristen feels fortunate to have had a Catholic upbringing and can now pass on the faith to her own family. She resides in Texas with her husband and daughter. Her hobbies outside of work include competitive bowling, DIY projects around the house, taking her dogs out for walks, and spending time with family and friends.

Kristen is very thankful to be part of the eCatholic team and the ability to serve the Catholic community.

Rosalin graduated from NDSU with a degree in Civil Engineering. Then, feeling a call to tell people about Jesus in a unique way, she spent four years as a missionary with FOCUS. After her time as a missionary, she moved to Denver to pursue her master’s degree in Theology from the Augustine Institute.

After graduating, she began working with technology and became excited about the numerous ways it could be used to spread the gospel. Desiring to learn more about development, she completed a software engineering bootcamp. Rosalin is excited to be a part of the eCatholic team that aligns so closely with her values and passions.

Rosalin is now back in her beloved home state, North Dakota. In her free time, she loves to read, cross-stitch, travel, play the piano, and watch movies. She’s also an avid soccer fan and can be found in the early morning hours watching matches.

Amy was born in Hong Kong and together with her family, immigrated to Canada at a young age. After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Chemistry, Amy decided to pursue her love of design and completed a New Media program at the Vancouver Film School. Her first design job involved assisting her campus chaplain to create engaging brochures and a website.

Amy and her husband are blessed with two beautiful daughters. Amy loves to draw and craft with her children whenever possible and created SaintlyTees.com to tie her faith and her love of illustrating together.

Amy was excited to serve the Catholic Church more directly with her design skills when she joined the eCatholic team in 2015. She looks forward to modernizing the design scape of Catholic diocese, parish and school websites.

Matthew operates his eCatholic office from North Dakota, where he was born and raised. He graduated summa cum laude from North Dakota State University (home of the Bison!) with a degree in communications and an emphasis in television broadcasting. He has worked as the interim sports director at a local television station, as an audio/video editor for a private ad agency, and as Director of Communications for the Diocese of Bismarck.

While in this role, he inherited an outdated, expensive, and frustrating diocesan website. Fortunately, he found eCatholic, which helped him launch a new diocesan website, which became the launching pad for all of its successful digital media endeavors. Matthew is poised to help more Catholic organizations do the same.

In Matthew’s spare time he enjoys making videos, running (he has one full marathon and two half marathons under his belt), and watching the Minnesota Vikings. He and his beautiful wife have been blessed with four children.

Katie was born and raised in sunny Florida and attended the Florida State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English: Editing, Writing & Media. Upon graduating from college, Katie gave a year of service in Catholic campus ministry in New Jersey, where she quickly fell in love with the place and people. After her year of service ended, she decided to put down roots and stay in the Central New Jersey area for good.

Katie joined the eCatholic family in the beginning of 2020 on the marketing team. In her free time, she is an avid puzzler (jigsaw and crossword), podcast listener, and joyfully serves the vibrant young adult community at her local parish. She is passionate about good coffee, great conversation, and spending quality time with quality people.

“And yes,” she affirms, “Central Jersey DOES exist.”

A graduate from Grand Valley State University, Diane began her career as a public relations and donor program manager for a nationally recognized non-profit organization. After transitioning to be a communications director for her local parish, she realized how much well-integrated communication tools can have a tremendous impact on promoting stewardship. Of course, one of the easiest ways to help share about God's great work in action is with an effective website - and that's when she got to know eCatholic.

Armed with experience and passion, Diane continued using eCatholic products to transform how organizations connected with their communities. In 2017, she got the opportunity to join the eCatholic team and be a part of the mission she already felt so passionate about.

Outside of work, Diane is busy keeping up with family. She enjoys traveling, biking, and painting on canvas.

Lisa was born and raised in Texas and graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Speech Communication. Before coming to eCatholic, Lisa worked for The Association of Former Students planning class reunions and working with A&M Clubs. She was also the Executive Administrative Assistant to the President of the Texas A&M Foundation.

After marrying her husband, Lisa was a dedicated full-time mother and wife for 15 years. She is passionate about her faith, her family, Texas A&M, and serving others. She is also a life-long animal lover.

Lisa joined the eCatholic team in January 2014 and still resides in Texas with her husband and their three children.