--- title: About Us description: Meet the KumoMTA team. We have over 45 years of collective experience in Email Infrastructure, Open Source, and MTAs. --- [Skip to content](https://kumomta.com/about#main-content) [JUST RELEASED: The 2026 State of MailOps Report](https://kumomta.com/2026-state-of-mailops-report-download-page?hsLang=en) × [NOW AVAILABLE: The 2026 MTA Buyers Guide](https://kumomta.com/buyers-guide-2026-download?hsLang=en) × [![KUMO\_Logo\_NEW\_Color](https://kumomta.com/hs-fs/hubfs/KUMO_Logo_NEW_Color.png?width=118&height=32&name=KUMO_Logo_NEW_Color.png "KUMO_Logo_NEW_Color")](https://kumomta.com?hsLang=en) - Technology - [Architecture](https://kumomta.com/technology/architecture) - [Features](https://kumomta.com/technology) - [Open Source](https://kumomta.com/technology/open-source) - [Support & Pricing](https://kumomta.com/pricing) - About Kumo - [About Us](https://kumomta.com/about) - [Events](https://kumomta.com/events) - [Customers](https://kumomta.com/customers) - [Contact Us](https://kumomta.com/contact) - Resources - [Documentation](https://docs.kumomta.com/) - [Migration Center](https://kumomta.com/migration-center) - [Migration Center Hub](https://kumomta.com/migration-center) - [Momentum](https://kumomta.com/momentum-migration-guide) - [PowerMTA](https://kumomta.com/replace-powermta-with-kumomtas-infrastructure-built-for-mailops) - [Halon](https://kumomta.com/halon-migration-guide) - [SendGrid](https://kumomta.com/sendgrid-alternative-migration) - [Hurricane MTA](https://kumomta.com/hurricanemta-alternative-socketlabs-migration) - [Blog](https://kumomta.com/blog) - [Community Forum](https://community.kumomta.com/) - Guides & Reports - [2026 MTA Buyers Guide](https://kumomta.com/buyers-guide-2026-download) - [2026 State of MailOps](https://kumomta.com/2026-state-of-mailops-report-download-page) - [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC348UpfbnPgpKPAXIBW_JNQ) - [Github Repository](https://github.com/KumoCorp/kumomta) - [Contact Us](https://kumomta.com/contact?hsLang=en) - [Try It For Free](https://docs.kumomta.com/tutorial/quickstart/) # ![icon\_kumo](https://kumomta.com/hubfs/icon_kumo.svg) About Kumo # ![icon\_kumo](https://kumomta.com/hubfs/icon_kumo.svg) About Kumo ### What Kumo stands for KumoMTA is an entirely new approach to email infrastructure, built on the principles that our customers value most: fair and transparent pricing, a durable, trust-based partnership, and the long-term stewardship of mission-critical infrastructure. We prioritize delivering lasting value, not competing to be the cheapest option, and will never subject customers to the sudden renewal hikes that are all too common in the market. Our choice of open source was a pragmatic one, allowing us to directly address industry pain points while ensuring performance, resilience, and security. Finally, ensuring business continuity is at the heart of our mission. No matter what changes occur—in our product roadmap, our partnerships, the broader industry, or even our corporate structure—you will always retain full access to and complete control over your implementation of KumoMTA. When we succeed, we should succeed as a community. That's our philosophy, and we're building around it every day. Join us and explore how Open-Source can fulfill your mission-critical email needs. ## Founded on 45 years of collective email experience We've been building, deploying, and supporting high-performance MTAs for years, and one thing we've learned along the way is that large-volume sending traditionally relies on products with commercial licenses, proprietary products, and overworked support teams. Our roots are in Open-Source, and we know from experience that an Open-Source business model is better for users, the product, and the community.   ![Ben Dyer](https://kumomta.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ben%20Dyer.jpg?width=48&height=48&name=Ben%20Dyer.jpg) **Ben Dyer** Taguchi Marketing “We’ve known Kumo’s founders and worked with them for many years. That personal connection was critical. The fact they’re involved was enough to get us over the line to becoming a customer.” [Read the case study](https://kumomta.com/case-study-taguchi-marketing-automation?hsLang=en) ![](https://kumomta.com/URL_DO_SECTION.svg)   Wez Furlong Co-Founder › With 25 years of experience in distributed and large-scale systems engineering, including as lead engineer and architect on a top-performing commercial MTA, Wez brings his depth of experience at building high-performance, scalable systems to architect and develop KumoMTA. Wez's software handles billions of interactions per day at many different sites, across email, web and source control. [in](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wezfurlong/)   Mike Hillyer Co-Founder › Mike has been working in on-prem email infrastructure since 2006 across multiple organizations including EmailNinjas, an on-prem email infrastructure consulting firm that he founded and successfully exited. Mike has led multiple global remote teams involved in on-prem infrastructure and as a Product Manager, he's had a hand in the evolution of three on-prem MTAs and two cloud email relay offerings. [in](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehillyer/)   Tom Mairs Co-Founder › Tom has over thirty years of experience in technology as a leader, consultant, administrator, and Customer Success expert, with the last fifteen years spent in the on-prem and cloud email infrastructure industry. Tom has led global teams responsible for the sales and support of multiple MTA and cloud email infrastructure products and is passionate about customer success. [in](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommairs/?originalSubdomain=ca) Latest Blog posts [![](https://kumomta.com/hubfs/Not%20dead%20yet.png)](https://kumomta.com/blog/email-is-undead?hsLang=en) [MTA](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/mta?hsLang=en), [On-Prem](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/on-prem?hsLang=en), [mailops](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/mailops?hsLang=en), [Email Infrastructure](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/email-infrastructure?hsLang=en), [cloud repatriation](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/cloud-repatriation?hsLang=en) - [Mike Hillyer](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/mike-hillyer?hsLang=en) - October 28, 2026 ### [Email is Undead](https://kumomta.com/blog/email-is-undead?hsLang=en) Why the pendulum is swinging back toward on-premises MailOps infrastructure A decade ago, many smart observers of the... [Read more](https://kumomta.com/blog/email-is-undead?hsLang=en) [![](https://kumomta.com/hubfs/batch%20n%20blast%20blog%203.png)](https://kumomta.com/blog/end-times-for-batch-n-blast?hsLang=en) [mailops](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/mailops?hsLang=en), [Deliverability](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/deliverability?hsLang=en), [Email Infrastructure](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/email-infrastructure?hsLang=en), [sender reputation](https://kumomta.com/blog/tag/sender-reputation?hsLang=en) - [Mike Hillyer](https://kumomta.com/blog/author/mike-hillyer?hsLang=en) - October 21, 2026 ### [End times for batch 'n blast?](https://kumomta.com/blog/end-times-for-batch-n-blast?hsLang=en) What 2026's volume decline actually means For the first time in the history of Validity's benchmark reporting, global... 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[Start sending](https://docs.kumomta.com/tutorial/quickstart/) ## Our **Team** 45 Years Of Collective Email Experience ![Wez-1](https://kumomta.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Wez-1.jpg?width=500&height=500&name=Wez-1.jpg) Co-Founder ### Wez Furlong With 25 years of experience in distributed and large-scale systems engineering, including as lead engineer and architect on a top-performing commercial MTA, Wez brings his depth of experience at building high-performance, scalable systems to architect and develop KumoMTA. Wez's software handles billions of interactions per day at many different sites, across email, web and source control. - ![SquareHeadshot](https://kumomta.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SquareHeadshot.jpg?width=1486&height=1484&name=SquareHeadshot.jpg) Co-Founder ### Mike Hillyer Mike has been working in on-prem email infrastructure since 2006 across multiple organizations including EmailNinjas, an on-prem email infrastructure consulting firm that he founded and successfully exited. Mike has led multiple global remote teams involved in on-prem infrastructure and as a Product Manager, he's had a hand in the evolution of three on-prem MTAs and two cloud email relay offerings. - ![NewTom-1](https://kumomta.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NewTom-1.jpg?width=3024&height=4032&name=NewTom-1.jpg) Co-Founder ### Tom Mairs Tom has over thirty years of experience in technology as a leader, consultant, administrator, and Customer Success expert, with the last fifteen years spent in the on-prem and cloud email infrastructure industry. 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