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TJ Mapes

Director of Technology

TJ is a jack of all trades when it comes to RIPT Apparel. His primary focuses are the continual development of the website and marketing. As well as about 1,000 other things. This summer he learned how to surf in Costa Rica and went sky diving. One of his goals this year is to learn how to screen print!

Follow him: Twitter | Instagram

He writes here: diggingmyowngrave.com

Paul Friemel

Director of Design

Paul has worked in print, web, and video production for over 10 years and been drawing and creating things since before he can remember. He has lent his talents to numerous recording artists including Between the Buried and Me, The Smashing Pumpkins, Taking Back Sunday and Hawthorne Heights. Along with his friends Matt and TJ, Paul has used his experience to help artists around the globe transfer their ideas into the real world one tee shirt at a time.

Follow him: Twitter | Instagram | Deviant Art | Linked In

Matt Ingleby

Managing Partner

Matt loves RIPT Apparel. It's his passion. He started out as the numbers guy and has now taken over all slew of roles including everything from HR to Logistics. If there is a process that can be improved, you better believe he is already thinking about it. Matt loves Music, Movies, Sports, and the city of Chicago.

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Whitney Zech

Production Manager

Whitney's love for printmaking started in the summer of 2004 with purchasing a Speedball Screen Printing Starter Kit. After graduating with a BFA from Pratt Art Institute her major in printmaking, it flourished into a full time career. Along with her intense love for all the screen printing stuff she is a closet otaku, video game addict and zombie apocalypse enthusiast.

Follow her: DeviantArt | Twitter | Instagram

Eric Fisher

Master of Operations

Most people call him Fisher, so you can call him Fisher too! He likes typewriters, slow music, mircon pens, architecture scales and StarCraft. He's worked in the Screen Printing Industry since 2007 and has been print making since the late 90's. At RIPT he makes sure that everyone is doing their job correctly, and if they're not - he starts throwing clipboards.

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Shaney C

Gets Sh** Done!

Basically if you read everyone else's bios before mine, anything that was not mentioned, I do. Getting all the other Sh*t done. I collect Transformers and Gremlins movie props and replicas. I like video games, movies, music, blah blah blah.

Follow him on Instagram: @shaney_c

Find him on Facebook: Shane La Drigue

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