Wedding Party
Ann Tarasena
Bride
Ann is a cats herder & juggler (aka project manager wizard). She uses her magic wand to conjure up marketing communications, PR, and events to help clients like PwC & tech companies sell stuff like cybersecurity & Salesforce CRM, subsea cable, and education programs. She's currently on a digital marketing journey with The Healthy Back Institute to help people live pain free.
Steve Knodl
Groom
Steve is a genuine DIY Maker magician. Whenever Ann says she likes something, his response is usually, "I can make that." And he really can! He's got the engineering degree know-how and the patience to watch tons of YouTube how-tos videos to make it so! He's good at programming apps too. And he dabbles in flying...yes, a real plane. Some of our most memorable dates were on a Cessna...scenic flights around Austin & a 3 hrs flight to S. Padre TX coast.
Kevin, Meg, and Eleanor Knodl
BEST BRO GROOMSMAN, DAME D'HONNEUR, CHIEF FLOWER GIRL
"Kevin and Meg are insufferable pedants who love to debate trivia and vocabulary usage. They live in Minnesota with the true head of the household Eleanor (Chief Executive Flower Girl). Kevin is Steve's younger and only brother, and Kevin's saintly wife, Meg, is still recovering from dry mouth -- having licked the envelopes for all ya'll's save the dates and invitations!" We love them dearly for their caring, huge hearts and sparkly personalities (OK maybe Kevin is not as sparkly but he is super cool). We are so lucky to be a part of this magical family.
Susan Urban
BRIDE'S AMAZING FRIEND
"Neurosurgeon, rocket scientist gone rogue, now doing SEO for ROI." Ann and Susan worked together at Wizards of the Coast where they rolled out Magic The Gathering & Pokemon cards to gamers all over the world. Neither one of them were gamers, but they shared a love of travel, red wine, dancing, quirky sense of humor, optimism and determination to enjoy life rain or shine. Almost two decades later, Susan is still the adventurous ring leader & life of the party who never fails to bluntly burst out the best lines. We'll probably find her getting the party & dancing started with vino in hand!
Brian Hausauer
Best Man
Brian and Steve have traded stories over decades of beer lunches and happy hours as travel buddies, work colleagues, and best friends. Brian is a Hardware Architect wizard with Intel...he casts magic spells to design storage systems and trendy data centers and stuff that's too technically complex for the average wizards like us.