The COTA Team
A roster of the COTA team members can be found below. Follow our project progress on the blog.
Ethan Galstad - Project Founder and Lead
Ethan has had an interest in hieroglyphics, the ancient Egyptians, archaeology, and unsolved mysteries from ancient civilizations since a young age. He founded the COTA project in March of 2018 in order to fulfill his long-time desire to combine his Computer Science degree with his interest in hieroglyphics and ancient languages. Ethan is a successful entrepreneur and has provided initial funding for the COTA project from profits from his tech company Nagios Enterprises. He is involved in every aspect of the COTA project - including system design, development, and marketing.
Nikki Lignell - Project Operations
Nikki provides operations support to every aspect of the COTA project. She is heavily involved in glyph definitions and classifications, marketing, and project management.
Kelsey Donahue
Kelsey is involved in glyph definitions and classifications. She is also in operations at Nagios Enterprises.
Bryan Heden
Bryan is involved with the development of various COTA system architectural components. He is also the Project Development Manager at Nagios Enterprises.
Benjamin Wendt
Benjamin is involved with glyph image creation.
Ma Vue
Ma is responsible for video documentation of the COTA project.
Shelby Kannel
Shelby is involved in glyph image creation and marketing efforts for the COTA project.
Matthew Sweeney
Matthew is involved in glyph image creation and helping with video creation for the COTA project.
Nick Ziebell
Nick is a developer on the COTA project.
Matthew Custer
Matthew is a developer on the COTA project.
Hayden Hestad
Hayden is a developer on the COTA project.
Mariah Madsen
Mariah is a developer on the COTA project.
Jalen Hendley
Jalen is a developer on the COTA project.
Connor Fergesen
Connor is a developer on the COTA project.
