Here it is, your peek behind the curtain to meet some of the people who help make the magic happen. Every couple of weeks we’ll be profiling a new batch of waze employees to give you an idea of who’s over here on the other end of things…we hope you enjoy!

Daniel Feldman
Role at waze: Social Media Marketing
A bit about what you do here: I facilitate waze’s communication on popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.
How long you’ve been working at waze: Half a year
What you like most about working here: Working with an amazing team of people
What you think the coolest part of waze (the product) is: It’s a toss up: Either the crowdsourcing element or our mascot “wazer”
Dream phone: I’d love to have the new droid phone or even an iPhone 3GS
Favorite app, aside from waze: I’ve never had a phone that had access to an appstore
Personal motto: He who angers you conquers you

Fej (Yuval) Shmuelevitz
Role at waze: VP Community and Operations
A bit about what you do here: ensure things work smoothly for the wazing community, represent them internally and provide them 24*7 support
How long you’ve been working at waze: From day -1 (a year and a half)
What you like most about working here: The intensity of working with people for people
What you think the coolest part of waze (the product) is: New Road recording – never ceases to amaze me
Dream phone: Droid
Favorite app, aside from waze: Trap!
Personal motto: Better late than never

Itamar Nabriski
Role at waze: Web Team Leader
A bit about what you do here: Keeping the website from falling apart, mostly
How long you’ve been working at waze: Almost a year and a half
What you like most about working here: Most people here are more neurotic than me
What you think the coolest part of waze (the product) is: Free navigation, especially when it’s dark and you have no idea where you are
Dream phone: Never rings
Favorite app, aside from waze: I am more of a web person…
Personal motto: Quantity has a quality all its own