Melissa is the instructor and creative director behind both Silhouette U and Silhouette School blog.

Melissa launched Silhouette School in January 2014 and it quickly became the go-to place for Silhouette users around the world to find written instruction, inspiration and help in learning to use their Silhouette cutting machines! Today almost 1,000,000 people a month visit Silhouette School blog in search of Silhouette CAMEO tutorials, project inspiration and troubleshooting tips and tricks.

In the more than a decade Melissa has been involved in the customization and craft industries she's also formed strong and lasting partnerships with sublimation, ecosolvent, DTF, DTG, White Toner Printer and laser manufacturers. Melissa is happy to bring her expertise in those areas to Silhouette U members as well.

In addition, Melissa has self-published 13 books as part of the Ultimate Silhouette Guide series, has spoken at both Silhouette and blogging conferences across the country, and has gained a social media following of more than 1M followers on Silhouette School's very active social media channels of Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube.

In June 2016 Melissa's husband Bob joined her full time and in October 2016 they launched Silhouette U - Silhouette School's paid membership extension site for Silhouette users looking for higher learning!

Bob handles a lot of things behind the scenes from marketing, to website designs and development to the company finances.

Bob graduated Penn State University (WE ARE!) in 2003 with a journalism degree and spent 3 years as a TV Sports Reporter covering everything from high school football to Penn State athletics. In 2006 he joined Astrazeneca and spent 10 years there with experience in sales, sales training, and marketing. Bob was a key member of the marketing team for a multi-billion dollar product and contributed to the marketing strategy and resource development of that brand.

In June 2016, Bob left Astrazeneca to work with Melissa full time on Silhouette School and Silhouette U - Silhouette School's paid membership extension site for Silhouette users looking for higher learning!

He currently lives in California with Melissa and their 2 children. When he's not working on Silhouette U or working towards his masters in Dietetics and Nutrition, he enjoys being active with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (he's earned his black belt) and surfing.