About
Your membership development partner from inception through growth.
We believe entrepreneurs should focus on growing their business, not building their membership site.
We're a small team of technical experts with decades of experience building ecommerce platforms. We've launched 30+ membership sites within the last few years for startups, entrepreneurs and a variety of unique online businesses. From simple sales funnels to complex online communities, we've developed solutions for just about every ecommerce scenario possible. Check out some of our customer stories.
In short, we're one of the only firms in the world that focuses entirely on membership platform development. We know memberships and we know them very well.
Revenue Focused
Our team has extensive experience building a variety of websites and apps with various subscription models. We understand what it takes to create value for your users/customers while prioritizing sales and revenue.
Technology Experts
We've been working with various web technologies for over a decade, so we know a thing or two about software platform development. We also follow best practices and standards to ensure your project is developed in a sustainable way.
Strategic Partner
By hiring us, you're investing in a development partner with real experience building online businesses. We've built and managed our own subscription platforms, and we apply those learnings to all of our customer projects.
Our Team
Meet the people behind your platform.
Ali Jafarian
Founder & CEO
Ali is a serial entrepreneur and software engineer with over a decade of experience building technology. He built his first website back in 2005 when the internet was a place for tables and Flash. Since then he's consulted for Fortune 500's, worked with start-ups in various phases, and launched several online businesses of his own. Ali loves helping start-ups and small businesses with early stage development and growth.
Brian Cook
Software Architect
Brian is a seasoned software engineer with over 15 years of software development experience. He's architected back-end systems for Fortune 500's and startups alike, focusing on modular and extensible design. Brian guides MemberDev architecture for application development and cross-platform solutions. His background is heavy in custom PHP and Rails development with advanced data models and integrations.
Joanne Penn
Content Strategist
Joanne is a Content Marketing Strategist with over a decade of experience as both a content writer and web designer. She has worked in a wide variety of industries, but holds a special place in her heart for B2B and SaaS. Joanne helps MemberDev customers become thought leaders by driving higher levels of engagement through well-researched, original content.
Kyle Weiger
Sales Funnel Strategist
Kyle started his first membership site in 2012 after leaving the Sales & Marketing arena in corporate America. Once he got a taste for building businesses there was no looking back. In the last 7 years, he has devoted his life to learning what makes online buyers tick, and more importantly, what drives them to take action. His speciality is in Funnel Engineering to create immense value at every single step of the customer life cycle.
Wanna join us?
MemberDev is always looking for tech talent. If you have skills in design, development, sales or marketing we'd love to hear from you!
Work from Anywhere
Our team has offices in Denver, CO and St. Louis, MO but location is not a requirement and we all work remote when needed.
Actual Work/Life Balance
The culture here revolves around running a great business AFTER having great home lives. We prioritize family, travel, and continued education.
Project Diversity
We help a variety of small businesses and startups with interesting challenges every day. This work will keep you inspired.
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