OUR TEAM

The People Behind Every File

From the digitizer who sets your first stitch to the person who answers your email, everyone below works exclusively for Embroidery Digitizing Services. Here is who is actually doing the work on your order.

Leadership

Matt Kennedy owner of Embroidery Digitizing Services

Matt Kennedy

Owner & CEO

Agency operations and B2B partnerships with promotional product distributors and commercial embroidery shops.

Wilcom TrueSizer · QuickBooks Enterprise

Brian Albright

Director of Business Development

Client acquisition for screen printers and custom apparel shops, negotiating bulk digitizing contracts.

Salesforce · HubSpot

Digitizing Team

James Phillips

Head Digitizer

Oversees pathing, underlay strategy, and quality control, approving every sew-out before delivery.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e4.5

Walker Treece

Senior Digitizer

3D puff and foam embroidery, structured caps, center-out digitizing.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Jordan James

Senior Digitizer

Small text down to 3mm, high-detail left-chest corporate logos, precise push/pull compensation.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Steven Minton

Senior Digitizer

Large-format appliqué, tackle twill, high-stitch-count jacket backs.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Dustin Smith

Senior Digitizer

Complex color blends, gradients, photorealistic portrait digitizing.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Chris Wendall

Senior Digitizer

Custom patch digitizing, vector-to-stitch conversion, chenille embroidery.

Tajima DG by Pulse

Wendy Carter

Senior Digitizer

Delicate fabrics, freestanding lace, sheer materials; light underlay to prevent puckering.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Gerald Wuestewald

Senior Digitizer

Heavyweight materials and leather, motorcycle rocker patches, heavy jacket backs.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Sean Bergeron

Senior Digitizer

Complex headwear: 6-panel seams, low-profile caps, visor digitizing, multi-layer 3D puff.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Chris Stover

Senior Digitizer

Performance wear and moisture-wicking polyester, low-density digitizing for stretch fabric.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Nick Blakey

Senior Digitizer

Ultra-realistic animal and human portraits, manual shading and thread blending.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Bradley Casada

Senior Digitizer

Metallic thread digitizing, military and law enforcement badges, heraldic crests.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Raffa Torres

Junior Digitizer

Simple text drops, basic monogramming, color palette setup and base files.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio (Lettering & Editing)

Justin Paneto

Junior Digitizer

Minor edit requests, density adjustments, saving files across machine formats.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio

Pre-Production & Quality

Amber Fuchs

Vector Artist / Pre-Production Designer

Redraws low-resolution artwork into clean vectors and simplifies logos so they sew out cleanly.

Adobe Illustrator · CorelDRAW

Nelly Cortez

Vector Artist / Pre-Production Designer

Preps customer artwork and matches thread colors to Madeira and Isacord charts.

Adobe Illustrator · Photoshop

Jimmie Sugai

QA / Sew-Out Specialist

Runs physical test sew-outs on sample fabrics to catch puckering or registration issues before delivery.

Wilcom TrueSizer · Tajima/Barudan/Happy control panels

Client Services

Raelyn Crowell

Customer Service

Handles revision requests and sends final files and production proof sheets.

Zendesk · Wilcom Workspace

Phylicia Jones

Customer Service

Quotes rush orders and helps customers match the right machine format.

Freshdesk · Wilcom TrueSizer

Erika Conce

Customer Service

Onboards new clients and translates digitizer notes into plain language.

HubSpot Service Hub · Zendesk

Caitlin Anastasia

Key Account Manager (B2B)

Dedicated rep for high-volume commercial shops and promotional product distributors.

Salesforce · HubSpot

Operations & Admin

Kirstin Lombardo

Admin / Accounting

Manages high-volume invoicing across our flat-rate tiers and handles payroll.

QuickBooks Online · Excel

Maria Sanchez

Admin / Accounting

Monthly billing for wholesale apparel clients and accounts receivable.

QuickBooks Online · Stripe/PayPal

Hayleigh Moses

Production Manager / Traffic Coordinator

Routes incoming orders to the right specialist and balances rush turnaround across the team.

Monday.com · Internal Order Management System

Marketing & Technology

Brittany McKiney

Social Media / Marketing

Email campaigns to decorator shops and before-and-after portfolio features.

Mailchimp · Photoshop

Ariel Pena

Social Media / Marketing

Short-form video of the digitizing process and machine sew-outs.

Canva · Premiere Pro

Marek Toman

Web Developer / IT Administrator

Maintains the ordering system, payment integrations, and secure file storage.

WordPress · React · AWS

Amber Gorman

SEO & Paid Ads Specialist

Runs search campaigns and tracks conversion performance across the site.

Google Ads · Ahrefs · GA4

Ready to work with the team?

Flat rate from $15 1–2 hour rush Free unlimited revisions