Founded in 2015 in Dayton, Ohio, Mile 2 is a trusted partner with experience building custom software for a range of diverse clients, including startups, Fortune 500 companies, and the US government.
Mile 2 has developed a collaborative culture that encourages employees to support one another and collectively explore ideas and generate solutions, which fosters innovation and encourages employees to build relationships and trust across disciplines. Our culture is built on our core values: Supported Autonomy, Success is a Team Effort, Tangible Results, and Humble Expertise.
Join the CrewUX/UI Designer
Hobbies: Working out and hanging out with family and friends.
Pets: Two rottweilers (Waylon & Milli), one pitbull (Bella), and two cats (Oliver & Pumpkin).
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: Kung Fu Panda, Perfume Movie, 50 First Dates.
Favorite food/meal: Fish & Chips, Chicken & Shrimp Carbonara, Chicken Wings.
Cognitive Systems Engineering Manager
Something interesting about yourself: I organize fundraisers annually that benefit children with autism and other disabilities in the community.
Hobbies: Olympic weightlifting.
Systems Administrator
Pets: I have one dog named Phoebe who is a German Shepard, Husky mix and I have 2 Tabby cats named Cleo and Merlin. Cleo is an orange Tabby and Merlin is a Grey Tabby.
Hobbies: Building computers, home improvement, and annoying my wife.
Name Pronunciation: (Bah-Ck-Er)
Software Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: Interstellar, Avengers(Endgame), and Avatar.
Favorite sports teams: Cleveland Browns, Cavaliers, and Guardians.
Principal Software Engineer
Favorite food/meal: Pancake House with the family, Mango Curry from Thai 9.
Best restaurant: Thai 9 or El Meson.
Cognitive Systems Engineering Manager
Top 3 movies of all time: Clue, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Jurassic Park.
Best restaurant: Blue Danube (great pies).
Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: The Three Musketeers (1973), Gojira (1954), Lord of the Rings Trilogy (have to watch it in one sitting)
Hobbies: Reading, Board Games (games like Everdell, Terraforming Mars, Scythe, A Feast for Odin, etc…), Movies
Senior Quality Assurance Manager
Someone who has had a positive impact on your life: My group of friends from college.
Best restaurant: Frickers.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: Children of Men, Ghostbusters, 1408
Pets: Boo is our 13 year old Shih Tzu/poodle mix, Lulu the troublemaker is a 7 year old maltipoo, Lil Dude (aka Noodle) is our small but weirdly long 4 year old poodle. And we’ll never forget Tuxy, our 23 year old Lhasa Apso that we lost earlier this year.
Systems Engineer
Something interesting about yourself: I love the Renaissance fair, I got married there and I sew most of my costumes.
Hobbies: reading, sewing, gaming (I’m obsessed with Borderlands), making stickers, riding my Harley
Chief of Staff
Favorite meal: Rogan Josh with Garlic Naan
Hobbies: Running, travel, reading history books & newspapers
Design Manager & Senior UX/UI Designer
Favorite food/meal: Anything Italian, Greek, Indian and Thai.
Hobbies: Family hikes, family games, primitive survival skills, songwriting/guitar/music production, woodworking/custom fabrication.
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Something interesting about yourself: I enjoy taking vacations to Thailand with my wife and daughter and going for long bike rides.
Hobbies: Road biking, hockey, and video games.
Senior Software Engineer
Favorite food/meal: Lobster, Pizza, Steak.
Hobbies: Weightlifting, playing sports, gaming.
DevSecOps Engineer
Something interesting about yourself: I accidentally detached my thumb from my hand while riding a bike, it was mother’s day in third grade. They reattached it but it has been a little bit shorter than the other ever since.
Hobbies: Video games (Not a ton of time anymore), spinning things up on my homelab, incomplete home improvement projects.
Machine Learning Engineer
Favorite video games: Arcanum – Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Favorite meal: Mom’s home made biscuits and gravy.
Senior FP&A Analyst
Favorite Meals: Thai food!
Top 3 movies of all time: The Holiday, Just Go With It, and GI Blues.
Software Engineer
Best restaurant: Pine Club
Pets: I have a chocolate Labrador retriever named “Freya”. She is my world!
Senior Software Engineer
Pets: I have 3 dogs, 3 cats, and 2 birds. The dogs’ names are Ice, Ember, and Luna. The cats’ names are Lily, Zane, and Gandalf. The birds’ names are Mercury and Saturn.
Top 3 movies of all time: My top three favorite movies are: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, 300, and Gladiator.
VP, Customer Mission Delivery
Top 3 movies of all time: Skyfall, Napoleon Dynamite, Good Will Hunting
Hobbies: Hanging out with the family, planning my next trip, going down rabbit holes with ChatGPT, Air Force Half Marathon
UX/UI Designer
Hobbies: Playing piano/drums, listening to audio books, and traveling the world to try new things.
Someone who has had a positive impact on your life: My Grandma is 94, and has so much positive energy and youth pouring out of her, it’s hard not to get inspired. Attitude can trump aging, and I believe that because of her.
Software Engineering Manager
Someone who has had a positive impact on your life: My high school computer teacher who inspired me to pursue a technical degree and career.
Top 3 movies of all time: Big Fish, Fight Club, Good Will Hunting.
AI/ML Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: Edge of Tomorrow, Bladerunner 2049, and Frantz.
Pets: Siberian Husky and Cat, Arlo, and Winks.
Program Manager
Hobbies: Anything from DnD to videogames, to learning about the latest in I/O Psychology. I also compete in Rally (obedience), Dock Diving, and Agility with our dogs.
Someone who has had a positive impact on your life: My parents are my biggest role models and I feel incredibly lucky to have had them in my life. They taught me intellectual curiosity, hard work, self-confidence, and integrity and I’m thankful for it every day.
Senior Software Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: Jurassic Park, Aliens, and Fifth Element.
Hobbies: Running, drawing, learning.
Engineering Manager
Hobbies: Lately I am interested in anything that gets me closer to nature and doesn’t break the bank. So that can be a lot from backpacking, fishing, disc golf, walking the dogs etc.
Pets: Two dogs – Dexter and Willow (German Shepherd’s).
Project Manager
What do you like about Dayton: I love Dayton because of all the people passionate about making it even better – business owners, artists, community leaders, volunteers, etc.
Hobbies: Yard games, sand volleyball, tennis, carpentry.
Director of Talent Strategy and Communications
Something interesting about yourself: I’m really good at Tetris on the original 8-bit Game Boy, which, incredibly, is something I’ve leveraged into neither fame nor fortune.
Hobbies: Writing; wistfully imagining what it must be like to paint in oils as a hobby.
Software Engineering Manager
Something interesting about yourself: I’ve participated in a couple of Bodybuilding competitions. There was a lot of preparation making physical, nutritional, and lifestyle changes for both events. Going through that process twice, has giving me a lot of discipline and appreciation for a healthy body.
Hobbies: I enjoy drawing, writing/documenting what I learn (personally and professionally), and lifting heavy weights.
Chief Operating Officer
Something interesting about yourself: I NEVER follow a recipe.
Top 3 movies of all time: My Cousin Vinny and the one I haven’t seen yet…
Engineering Manager
Favorite food/meal: Sushi, Mexican, or a nice slab of Brisket.
Hobbies: Currently lead Trail Life, an outdoor leadership program for boys. We serve 80+ boys in the Miami Valley, and help organize 30+ dads who volunteer with the troop.
President
Favorite sports teams: San Antonio Spurs and West Virginia University
Someone who has had a positive impact on your life: My Dad (both parents really). He always sacrificed his goals to do what he felt was right by other people.
Associate UX/UI Designer
Software Engineer
Favorite sports teams: OSU for college football, Nationals for MLB.
Top 3 movies of all time: The Princess Bride, Return to Me, and Remember the Titans.
Senior Software Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: Inception, The Dark Knight and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Best restaurant: J Alexander’s / Redlands Grill.
Software Engineer
Favorite sports teams: Nebraska Cornhusker football, baseball and basketball. I really am not that invested in professional sports but tend to root for teams with Husker alumni.
Something interesting about yourself: I lived in Alaska for close to seven years, grades 7-12.
Senior Software Engineer
Favorite sports teams: Bad News Bears.
Top 3 movies of all time: Grosse Pointe Blank, Dark City, Waking Ned Devin.
Human Resources Manager
Hobbies: Travel, backpacking, camping, hiking, kayaking, rollerblading, laser tag, wedding coordination (side hustle).
What I like about Dayton: The metroparks, the ice rink at Riverscape, Celtic festival, Greek festival, Neon movie theater, Woodland Cemetery, Sinclair College, The Fraze Pavilion.
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Hobbies: Traveling, cooking (especially experimenting with vegetarian recipes), and anything water-related (swimming, kayaking, or just lounging at the beach).
Favorite Sports Teams: Green Bay Packers.
UX/UI Designer
What do you like about your current city: I love picking a destination to bike to in Indianapolis on the Monon Trail. I also enjoy how the White River cuts through the city into downtown. In Dayton, I enjoy Dayton Porchfest, the Fairborn Halloween Festival, and local street fairs.
Pets: I do not have any pets, but I hope to own a large breed dog – possibly a Bernese mountain dog.
Design Manager & UX/UI Designer
Favorite sports teams: Cincinnati Bearcats (Football & Basketball), Cincinnati Reds.
Something interesting about yourself: I was in marching band for a collective 9 years (+3 years in middle school) as a Flute Player. I worked at the Cincinnati Zoo during the Harambe incident.
Chief Financial Officer
Favorite Meals: Sushi, Hogmaw, Cilantro Lime Chicken with Avocado Salsa.
Hobbies: Biking, skiing, exploring local wineries & breweries, spending time with my sons.
Director of IT
Something interesting about yourself: The first five times that I took off in an airplane. I did not land inside an airplane.
Hobbies: Traveling and eating. My wife and I have been known to drive 4 hours one way for a great meal.
Associate ML Engineer
Favorite video game: Resident Evil series.
Top 3 movies of all time: Winter Soldier, Rambo, Saving Private Ryan.
Director of Business Development
Favorite meal: A good homemade steak and roasted potatoes on the traegar!
Something interesting about yourself: I am an avid back country fly fisherman
Program Manager
Pets: Two cats – Maple & Millie, and one dog – Lexi
Hobbies: I knit and crochet and do some embroidery – basically any fiber arts.
Senior Software Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: 2001 A Space Odyssey, Ratatouille, and Akira.
Pets: I have 2 grey tabby cats (brothers) named Stirling and Warwick.
Director of Contracts
Favorite sports teams: Buffalo Bills, Boston Red Sox, Syracuse Orange.
Hobbies: Golf, walking/hiking, enjoying live music.
Software Engineer
Favorite meal: Breakfast
Best restaurant: Wheat Penny (for sit down), Ginger & Spice (for take away)
Name Pronunciation: (Qui-han-gana)
Software Engineer
Something interesting about yourself: I grew up as a military brat and lived in Germany 3 times in my life, while never learning much of the language!
Hobbies: Traveling to Disney World, collecting video games and vinyl records.
Chief Human Resources Officer
Favorite sports teams: The Buckeyes & any pro-team with Buckeye connections – currently a Titans fan because their coach Mike Vrabel is a Buckeye.
Hobbies: Cooking, reading, watching college football.
Facility Security Officer
Favorite sports teams: Cleveland Browns.
Hobbies: Cooking and outdoor activities as long as my allergy allows me.
Cognitive Systems Engineer
Pets: 1 dog (Mojo) Black lab/Pitbull mix
Something interesting about me: I love the game of basketball, from playing in college to coaching the next generation of ballers
Name Pronunciation: (Lee-uh) (Lie-din)
Senior Software Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: Vertigo, The Godfather, and Finding Nemo.
Pets: I have an axolotl named Buddy.
Software Engineer
Favorite food/meal: Beef Pho, Mac and Cheese, and Burgers.
Something interesting about yourself: In my free time I help run a local dance company and love to choreograph pieces and direct shows.
Program Controller
Current city: I live in Erie, PA with my wife, Rebecca, and our 3 pets.
Something interesting about yourself: I have over 1,000 old and rare books.
Senior Accountant
Best restaurant: Half Shell Raw Bar (Key West, FL)
Something interesting about yourself: I run several marathons every year.
Software Engineer
Hobbies: I play Magic the Gathering and paint the cards in my spare time. I also enjoy a wide variety of video games, reading on my porch, and buying more board games than I will ever have time to play.
Pets: One dog – Mando (Chihuahua Corgi Boston Terrier mix) and one cat – Reginald (Turkish Angora).
Senior Software Engineer
Pets: Black Pug – Hugo, Boxer/Hound Mix – Molly Anne.
Something interesting about yourself: I have been a public library director for the past 11 years.
Senior Program Management Analyst
What I like about Dayton: I love that most of my family is here or close by, allowing us to spend quality time with them. We also LOVE Dragons baseball games. Also, Dayton is central to most things so it is easy to get to anything you want or need. This is home.
Top 3 Movies of All Time: The Notebook, Love and Basketball, and Toy Story.
Software Engineer
Something interesting about yourself: I am from Republic of Georgia. I speak four languages and I like to play chess.
Someone who has had a positive impact on your life: My family for teaching me deep valuable messages and the investments they made on me. My parents for love, integrity, and guidance. My grandparents for imparting wisdom, work ethic, and family values. My brother for being my best friend, motivator, mentor and role model.
Director of Product Development
Something interesting about yourself: I was once an apprentice for the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) of America.
Hobbies: Backpacking, Ultra Marathons, Amateur Mechanic
Executive Assistant
Top 3 movies of all time: The Color Purple, East of Eden, and Bridesmaids.
Someone who has had a positive impact on your life: Pat Garland, a former boss that told me everyday: “thanks for coming back today”.
Controller
Favorite Sports Teams: Arsenal F.C.
Hobbies: Spending time with my twin daughters and their cats, Birk & Clay. We enjoy watching movies.
Software Engineering Manager
Hobbies: Anime, K-Pop, and video games.
Pets: Two Pomeranians, Pixel & Java.
Design Manager & Senior UX/UI Designer
Favorite Meals: Soondubu jjigae. Korean tofu soup dish.
Someone who has had a positive impact on your life: My kids! They’ve thought me so much about patience, empathy, and unconditional love.
Technical Program Manager
Something interesting about yourself: I run a Haunted Barn every year to benefit non-profit organizations.
Hobbies: Shooting, playing on my farm
Operations & Business Development Assistant
Favorite Sports Teams: Dayton Dragons, Gonzaga Basketball, & Columbus Crew FC
Top 3 movies of all time: The Princess Bride, Desk Set, & Signing in the Rain
Senior Software Engineer
Hobbies: Water sports.
Something interesting about yourself: Wannabe surfer.
Senior UX/UI Designer
Something interesting about yourself: If I could have any super power, it would be the ability to speak with animals and shapeshifting.
Hobbies: Art, horse riding, video games, hiking, reading.
Senior UX/UI Designer
Hobbies: Spending time with my little girl, video games, movies, reading, lawn care, etc.
Something interesting about yourself: I think there’s always room for improvement in all things – how do we get there together?
Senior DevOps Engineer
Favorite sports teams: Green Bay Packers, The Reds and UK Basketball.
Pets: One dog – Tate (retired greyhound racer) and one fat cat – Duke.
Design Manager & UX/UI Designer
Hobbies: Playing ukulele, juggling, painting, watching Netflix and obsessing over my cat Kittypurr.
Pets: Two dogs – Banjo (lab mix) and Poe (catahoula) and two black cats (Kittypurr and Kahlo).
Project Lead
Favorite sports teams: Seattle Sounders, Seahawks, and University of Washington Huskies are the best!
Top 3 movies: Top Gun, Jason Bourne series, and Shooter.
Learning & Development Manager
Pets: Two Tortoiseshell cats (Emma & Evie).
Hobbies: Knitting, reading, hiking, disc golf, roller skating.
Cognitive Systems Engineer
Pets: I have two black cats named Porter and Hugo.
Hobbies: Sewing, quilting, random other crafts that allow me to add to the craft hoard…
Portfolio Director
Something interesting about yourself: I used to design custom wedding invitations and stationery.
Hobbies: Coaching basketball, gardening, cooking, camping.
Associate Software Engineer
Pets: I have 2 dogs, Ducky and Cimmy.
Hobbies: I like to read, run, and watch movies.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Top 3 movies of all time: The Shawshank Redemption, V for Vendetta, & A Few Good Men
Favorite food/meal: Pasta Carbonara and Loaded Potato Soup
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