Welcome Homes | About Us

The future of home building is here.

The majority of home buyers settle on purchasing existing homes because they don’t want to deal with the complexities of building a new home and they’re ultimately concerned about going way over their budget. Our mission is to convert home buyers into home builders by making the process of building a new home simple and enjoyable.

Our history

Built MVP home in Cold Spring

Summer 2019

Started Welcome Homes

April 2020

Raised $5.35M Seed Round

September 2020

Public launch with 25 properties

October 2020

Our team

Our team has founded and led large-scale technology companies in high-growth environments.

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Alec Hartman

Co-Founder & CEO

Past: Co-Founder @DigitalOcean, CEO & Founder @NYTechDay. Techstars alum

Ben Uretsky

Co-Founder

Past: @DigitalOcean CEO and Co-Founder, Techstars alum

Mitch Wainer

Co-Founder

Past: CMO & Co-Founder @DigitalOcean, CMO @Clubhouse, Techstars alum

Marc Hartman

Co-Founder

Past: Head of Finance @RAMSA, Finance & Accounting @Coca-Cola

Jesse Mauro

Co-Founder

Past: Co-Founder @DevWorksLab and @NYCDevShop

Moisey Uretsky

Co-Founder

Past: @DigitalOcean CPO and Co-Founder, Techstars alum

Anthony Carrino

VP of Design

Past: 20+ yrs in Design & Construction, @TheBuild.tv, @Ellen DeGeneres Show, @HGTV

Jowill Leano

Senior Designer

Past: 20 yrs. in Interior Design & Project Mgmt.(field and office), Renovated/Designed over 250 builds. Lead Designer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for 5 seasons, Lead Designer for 25+ shows on HGTV. Lead Designer for various Ellen episodes.

Christian Lopez

Director of Architectural Design

Past: RICE Architects, Genton, University of Western Australia

Gui Marcos

Architectural Designer / Drafter

Past: NYU Alumni

Angelo Camano

Manager of Construction Management

Past: @Toll Brothers

Benjie Burford

VP of Sales

Past: @compass

Victoria Pillori

Senior Sales Associate

Past: @Toll Brothers City Living

Raj Rajpal

Performance Marketing Manager

Past: @UNTUCKit

Heather Armel

Customer Experience Manager

Past: Led customer service teams at Geico, Gusto!, and a VR real estate startup

Marrissa Sanchez

Associate Marketing Copywriter

Past: Community Support Specialist with @HopSkipDrive

Tyler Maynard

Land Research Manager

Past: @Lincoln Applied Geology, Inc.

Khamini Fennelly

Manager, Site & Civil Engineering

Past: @Langan

Demian Faulkner

Software Project Manager

Past: @Night Owls

Jose Camacho

Lead Software Engineer

Past: Lead Software Engineer at @CoDN

Eduardo Albertos

Software Engineer

Past: @CoDN and @Affentbits

Jorge Ramirez

Software Engineer

Past: @hintmx

Michael McGuire

Software Engineer

Past: @Clearfind

Calvin Ieong

Software Engineer

Past: @Chowbus @Ellevate Network @Nedap Healthcare

Eugene Kononenko

3D Artist

Past: @Archimatica project group, @GUM, Moscow, graphic designer @Lemonlime advertising TTL agency, @Marstefo, architectural visualizer @Modelfarm, freelance 3d artist @candirsky.art

Maggie O'Connor

Executive Assistant

Past: @Heap, Inc. & @In Good Company Hospitality.

Rebecca Parry

Associate General Counsel

Past: In-House Counsel @ Charnwood Property Group

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