Meet the Foundry Lifecycle and Inventory Experience Team.

This multi-talented team brings a diverse range of backgrounds and skills together to create valuable and successful experiences for foundry partners and their customers. They focus on initiatives such as foundry relations, inventory curation, and platform development to ensure a high-quality experience for the Monotype foundry community.

Mary Catherine Pflug

Senior Director, Foundry Lifecycle & Inventory Experience

Akash Chandoliya

Sr. Foundry Activation Specialist

Ashleigh Baker

Senior Inventory Operations Specialist

Casey Hargreaves

Manager, Foundry & Inventory Experience

Gui Rastelli

Sr. Merchandising Manager

Henning Krause

Senior Foundry & Inventory Experience Manager

Jatin Jadoun

Foundry Operations Specialist

Kelci Elliott

Manager, Foundry Client Services

Kristen Frias

Director, Foundry & Inventory Operations

Molly Doane

Foundry & Inventory Experience Manager

Pat Lightizer

Senior Type Operations Manager

Priyanshi Rawat

Foundry Relations Trainee

Rishabh Nahata

Foundry & Inventory Ops Trainee

Romeo Ruz

Senior Manager, Foundry Relations & Lifecycle

Sumant Raj

Foundry Operations Specialist

Tanu

Technical Writer Trainee

Theresa Dela Cruz

Foundry Client Services Manager

Trilok Kumar Mishra

Associate Manager, Foundry Operations

Mike Matteo and Mary Catherine Pflug bring a wealth of knowledge and many years of experience in the type industry. They cultivate a strategic vision and lead the Foundry Team to help achieve strategy-aligned goals. Leadership also builds relationships with key stakeholders and connects the Foundry Team’s work with other teams across Monotype.

Mike Matteo

Chief Typography Officer

Mary Catherine Pflug

Senior Director, Foundry Lifecycle & Inventory Experience

The Foundry Experience team is an essential partner to foundries, providing optimized tools and actionable insights necessary for long-term success across Monotype’s ecosystem. The team oversees search and discovery strategies and updates to merchandising and artwork, and advocates for foundries in the ever-evolving licensing landscape. They unlock customers’ ability to find fonts and understand the value of type, while redefining the industry standard in font licensing and distribution.

Casey Hargreaves

Manager, Foundry & Inventory Experience

Gui Rastelli

Sr. Merchandising Manager

Henning Krause

Senior Foundry & Inventory Experience Manager

Molly Doane

Foundry & Inventory Experience Manager

The Foundry Relations team cultivates the relationships with Monotype’s foundry partners. The team executes communication campaigns to support these relationships, creates engaging educational content, and organizes webinars and community events. Foundry Relations also oversees the Foundry Program and its implementation, which aims to enhance foundries’ experience working with Monotype.

Romeo Ruz

Senior Manager, Foundry Relations & Lifecycle

Kelci Elliott

Manager, Foundry Client Services

Akash Chandoliya

Sr. Foundry Activation Specialist

Priyanshi Rawat

Foundry Relations Trainee

Theresa Dela Cruz

Foundry Client Services Manager

Simon Lamb

Graphic Designer - Freelancer

Chloe Miller

Content Coordinator - Freelancer

The Foundry & Inventory Operations team ensures that font management tools and platforms are organized and maintain high data quality, allowing foundry partners to manage their inventory and relationships with Monotype effortlessly. The team also reviews new font submissions, provides foundry and internal support, and handles inventory integrations from new partnerships and acquisitions.

Kristen Frias

Director, Foundry & Inventory Operations

Ashleigh Baker

Senior Inventory Operations Specialist

Trilok Kumar Mishra

Associate Manager Foundry Operations

Jatin Jadoun

Foundry Operations Specialist

Pat Lightizer

Senior Type Operations Manager

Rishabh Nahata

Foundry & Inventory Ops Trainee

Sumant Raj

Foundry Operations Specialist

Tanu

Technical Writer Trainee

A talented network of internal collaborators support the Foundry Team’s work by providing specific knowledge on topics like media relations, partner engagement, legal advice, and project management.