Travis is a man of many talents. Not only is he a coder and word-crafter of the highest order, he can take apart and reassemble engines and transmissions with ease. When he’s not coding or talking engines with Blackstone’s clientele, Travis has been known to restart hearts and rescue accident victims as an EMT, which makes him handy to have around when cars crash into our building (editor’s note: this actually happened — twice). He also can bend steel with his bare hands, and he once wrestled a grizzly bear to the ground and ate his ear. Note: The actual Travis may vary some from that last part.

Kristin deviated from the family flock by attending Indiana University, earning an English degree. She worked as an editor and writer in Colorado and Michigan before the siren call of Blackstone brought her back to Indiana. Kristin started at Blackstone in 2002 and has since learned to love the intoxicating world of oil analysis. When she’s not working on the website, creating newsletters, overseeing HR, or writing reports, Kristin enjoys running, swimming, and lifting weights to make her back stop hurting. She set a goal of — and succeeded in — visiting all 50 states with her husband and kids before the kids graduated from high school. She highly recommends Alaska.