Jay Porter
Co-founder · Builder
Twenty years across hospitality and tech. Owner-operator of The Linkery and El Take It Easy in San Diego and The Half Orange in Oakland for roughly twelve years, with teams up to sixty people. Engineering leadership at Salesforce and Meta; currently Engineering Director at Amperon. Also runs a multi-property short-term rental operation — the experience that birthed Vivy. Jay writes the code.
Katie Mayfield, SPHR
Co-founder · Operator
Twenty years building people systems and management cultures in food, hospitality, and CPG. Founder of Katie Mayfield People & Culture; fractional CPO for Sightglass Coffee and Tribute Pizza. Prior: VP People at Fellow, VP People & Change at La Tourangelle, COO of 4505 Meats, operations leadership at Bi-Rite Market. Katie writes the people playbooks, the review framework Constance ships, and the human voice of both products.