Though many people around the world help in some way to make it a better network, TWiT cannot only be run by volunteers. The following people are on the network's payroll and perform tasks around the office.

TWiT Staff in 2011

Hosts and Producers

Leo Laporte

Owner of TWiT LLC.

Leo is the founder, owner, and Chief TWiT. He also hosts the weekly "Tech Guy" radio show, syndicated through Premiere Networks. He also hosts or co-hosts many of the TWiT shows including This WEEK in TECH, This WEEK in GOOGLE, MacBreak Weekly, TWiT Photo, Security Now, iPad Today, Windows Weekly, Weekly Daily Giz Wiz, Triangulation, Before You Buy, and Know How. Every now and then you will see Leo pop up on another show on the TWiT network especially Ham Nation. Leo also appears on almost all of the TWiT Live Specials

Tom Merritt

Tom Merritt joined the TWIT staff full time on June 1st, 2010.

Tom hosts a daily tech news show on the TWiT network called Tech News Today as well as Frame Rate and Triangulation. You can also see Tom on many of the TWiT Live Specials. His past shows include Current Geek Weekly, FourCast, and Tech History Today.

Tom on Twitter

Sarah Lane

Sarah Lane joined the TWIT staff full time on June 1st, 2010.

Sarah Co-Hosts Tech News Today live every weekday. She also hosts IPad Today with Leo Laporte, The Social Hour with Amber MacArthur, and iFive for the iPhone. Sarah used to co-host TNT on Mondays and Fridays, but when Becky left the show, she started hosting every day.

Sarah on Twitter

Iyaz Akhtar

Iyaz is the associate producer and a host for Tech News Today. He is often referred to as someone who "hates fun", but has yet to confirm or deny this. Iyaz also hosts the in beta show ION or In Other News, a show devoted to the news that didn't make the news. Beginning in July 2012 Iyaz and Leo joined up for the show Know How... the first dedicated hands-on how-to show on the TWiT network.

Iyaz on Twitter

Jason Howell

Jason Howell joined TWiT on September 7, 2010 and is the producer for Tom's shows. He also is a host on All About Android TWiT's show completely devoted to phones and tablets running the Android OS.

Chad Johnson

Chad is an associate producer at TWiT and a writer for the Inside TWiT blog. When Chad is not working, you can often find him taking pictures of his iconic smile.

Chad formerly worked with Brian Brushwood on his world wide magic tours.
Chad has made frequent appearances on NSFW.
Chad on Twitter

Office Staff

Lisa Kentzell

CEO of TWiT LLC.

Lisa is Leo's business partner and runs TWiT.

Liz Romero

Liz is Lisa's assistant. Liz also hosts the in beta show ION or In Other News.

Liz on Twitter

Frédérique Louis

Frédérique is the Office Manager at TWiT LLC.

Editors

Tony Wang

Tony is a producer / editor at TWiT.tv He was the 2nd editor hired in 2008. Tony has appeared on several TWiT shows and is currently hosting the in beta show ION or In Other News.

Jeff Stewart

Jeff is a producer / editor at TWiT.tv. He used to work with Leo at Tech TV. Jeff is the true genius, Lord and Master behind TWiT Edit Facility Update; he concieved the idea in the summer of 2011 and has starred in, edited, and directed most of the shorts.

Jeff's Facebook

Josh Windisch

Josh is an editor and is responsible for maintaining [techguylabs.com].

Engineers

John Slanina (JammerB)

John is TWiT's lead studio engineer. He maintains the studio, assists guests and hosts, is a board operator, and makes an excellent plunger coffee.

He appeared in this video about TWiT.
John's Twitter account is http://twitter.com/johnslanina

Burke McQuinn

Burke is an engineer and TD at TWiT. He maintains and repairs(...and often breaks!) the studio and all things in it.

Burke wandered in thru a trap door in the floor (under the stairs) after being recuited by Colleen Kelly in late 2009/2010. He breaks out of his cage in the basement to walk OZZY.

Colin Weir

Colin moved from Philadelphia to join the TWiT staff as an engineer in April 2011. His trial by fire was at the 2011 NAB show.

Colin was TWiT's lead digital engineer. His duties included managing the website, ensuring TWiT's streaming setup was functioning properly, and working with the staff responsible for maintaining TWiT's many servers and websites.

He was also the TD for "This Week in Law" and the Associate Producer and TD for "Know How...". Colin was sometimes seen on TWiT Live, such as for FourCast 84.

Prior to TWiT, Colin worked as a Video Production Specialist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

In October 2012, Colin moved back to the east coast, but still does some support work for TWiT.

Colin wishes pork roll was available on the west coast.
Colin on Twitter

Alex Gumpel

Alex is a board operator and editor. He was promoted from his intern position to staff in May 2011. Alex makes lots of movies for the Inside TWiT blog and is the host of TWiT Edit Facility Update, a periodic Inside TWiT video featuring Alex (and other TWiT staff) in comedic situations.

Alex on Twitter
Has never worn a pair of jeans

Sysadmins

Mike Taylor (Bear)

Bear is the systems administator of TWiT.tv

Chris Dieterle (deetman)

Chris is the co-admin for TWiT.tv, TWiT.am and TWiT.im

Chris on Twitter

Other Support Staff

James DeRuvo

James takes the Tech Guy Show Notes.

James DeRuvo On Twitter

Ozzy

Leo's pet dog, Ozzy, sometimes appears on the show. His job is to guard the Twit Brick House from thieves, birds and cats (his weapons are his bark and his cuteness). Ozzy is a Papillon.

Past Staff

Lynn Fu

Lynn was the live events producer for TWiT.

Dane Golden

Former President and Senior Producer.

Dane has been hanging around TWiT since 2006. He's the former TWiT editor. On the afternoon of 2-5-2009 before the taping of Windows Weekly, Leo made the mistake of asking for a listing of Dane Facts to be made, and the TWiT Army came through, providing little known facts of Dane.

Colleen Kelly

Former Vice President of Engineering.

Colleen helped build, launch, and grow TWiT Live. Amongst other things, she designed, built, and named the Skypasaurus.

She regularly co-hosted This Week in Computer Hardware, PC Perspective, and has made appearances on other TWiT Live specials and shows.

Colleen announced May 1st, 2010 that she would be stepping down from her position as VP of Engineering for TWiT, and going to work for Google. Her last day at TWiT was May 21st, 2010.

Colleen on twitter

Eva Laporte

Eva is Leo's sister and she answered as much TWiT email as was humanly possible and took care of other administrative tasks for Leo's staff, such as managing Brick House visitor reservations and TWiT meet-ups.

Eileen Rivera

Former Supervising Producer.

Eileen joined TWiT September 7th, 2010. On May 3, 2012, she announced that she was leaving TWiT to work for CNET. Rivera is still a host on All About Android.

Eileen's Twitter
ComeOnEileen.net

Dr. Kiki Sanford

Dr. Kiki was the host of Dr. Kiki's Science Hour and Science News Weekly. She has previously co-hosted Maxwell's House, Green Tech Today, and Roz Rows. Dr. Kiki appears regularly on many other TWiT shows. She also live streams her "science chats" on her Justin.tv page Justin.tv/DrKiki where you can watch her previous live streams.

She has a PhD in Neurophysiology.
Dr. Kiki On Twitter

Ken Sheppardson (KShep)

Former VP of Engineering.

Ken's statement regarding leaving TWiT
- "After nine months I’m moving on from TWiT. The network is gearing up for a growth phase where what they’ll need is a technical staff with specific experience in video production and studio management that really just isn’t a fit with my background or interests. Over the years I’ve strayed far from my core interests (data analysis, systems modeling, and software development) and it’s time to get back on track."
He appeared in this video about TWiT.
Ken on Twitter. http://twitter.com/kshep
Ken's web portal.

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