Workshop news & announcements

Rick Knudtson is the co-founder and CEO of Workshop, an email-first internal communications platform based in Omaha, NE. He’s helped grow Workshop into a platform trusted by more than 600 customers around the world, with a growing team and a new office in Dublin, Ireland. Rick believes that great communication sits at the heart of every great culture — and that when companies get it right, it makes for a lot more happy Mondays. Before Workshop, he co-founded Flywheel, a web-hosting platform acquired by WP Engine in 2019, where he helped scale the business to 250 global employees and over 30,000 customers.

Ben Stevinson is the co-founder and CTO at Workshop, an email-first internal communications platform headquartered in Omaha, NE. He cares deeply about innovation and the way technology can shape stronger connections at work. Throughout his career, Ben has helped SaaS companies grow with intention, focusing on thoughtful scaling and the cultures that support it. At Workshop, he guides the product and engineering teams with an emphasis on collaboration, clarity, and long-term impact for customers.

Derek Homann is the co-founder and COO of Workshop, an email-first internal communications platform headquartered in Omaha, NE. Previously, he co-founded Median, a cobrowsing software for customer support that was acquired in 2020. He has spent his career helping SaaS companies scale, with experience spanning product development, customer success, and operations. Derek is passionate about building strong company cultures, creating processes that set both employees and customers up for success, and helping teams thrive in fast-moving environments.

Jamie Bell is the CMO at Workshop, an email-first internal communications platform headquartered in Omaha, NE. She has spent the last 15 years leading content and growth teams and spearheading digital marketing initiatives across a variety of industries, whether it be SaaS, e-commerce, retail, or media. She is passionate about the link between internal and external marketing and believes that the employee experience and customer experience are undeniably connected. She also wears a lot of jumpsuits and overuses the sparkle emoji.

Kaitlin Grohmann is the Chief of Staff at Workshop, an email-first internal communications platform based in Omaha, NE. With more than a decade of experience at high-growth startups like Flywheel (acquired by WP Engine in 2019), she has built and led teams across customer experience and internal communications. Kaitlin believes that purpose-driven employee experiences start with strong communication — the kind that drives alignment, builds retention, and turns employees into authentic ambassadors. Around the office, she’s known as “KG,” and outside of work she can usually be found with her family, chasing her kids’ activities or chasing her husband for a win on the golf course!

Jess Spangler is the VP of Sales at Workshop, an email-first internal communications platform headquartered in Omaha, NE. For the past 10 years, Jess has worked for tech startups, helping to grow sales and account management teams. Her title might be “sales,” but she’s passionate about building positive cultures and creating a space where employees love coming to work. She is the self-proclaimed Queen of “Friends” trivia, is completely obsessed with her dog, Cheddar, and is forever searching for the perfect margarita.