About Us...

The Broom was created during the presidential election of 2004. While volunteering for the Colorado Democratic Party, Chief Software Architect,Anthony Thompson, realized that the Democrats in Colorado lacked effective data and volunteer management tools. Using a personal web server and suffering through many sleepless nights, Anthony developed The Broom to meet the data needs of Colorado Democrats. It was used throughout the campaign for out of state phone banking, data entry and phone bank data management. On a nightly basis, the data collected by volunteers was automatically exported to a master campaign database, and the reports The Broom generated enabled organizers to deploy volunteers where needed. It performed flawlessly and helped Colorado Democrats gain valuable seats in the state legislature and the U.S. House and Senate.
Anthony S. Thompson
Edward Garcia
Rebecca Yaffe
Anthony Thompson is the principal software architect, and inspiration behind the Broom. Anthony holds an MS of Computer Science from the University of Colorado, and has worked with data, data collection and data management for over a decade. He architected, programmed and maintains the world’s largest IP data stream for Level 3 Communications in Broomfield Colorado. Prior to this, he architected MSDS Finder Version 6 for Image Wave Corporation. With his combination of skills in the areas of software development, programming, and database expertise, Anthony Thompson is the heart of the Broom.
With a degree in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Loyola University-Chicago, Edward Garcia brings practical business experience and a passion for political action to The Broom. A ten-year veteran of the commercial financial services industry, Edward has reviewed the operations of countless companies, from small mom-and-pop shops to Fortune 100 corporations, and he recognizes the day-to-day elements of running a successful business venture. Edward's enthusiasm for politics bloomed while an intern for longtime U.S. Congressman E. "Kika" De la Garza (D-Texas, Retired), as a Project Manager for the China External Trade Development Council and continues to this day as Director of Operations for The Broom.
Rebecca Yaffe was a designer for the textile and surface design industries for 13 years, creating designs for both the interior design and apparel markets. She has both a degree in fine art from the University of Washington in Seattle and a multi media and web design degree from the Art Institute of Colorado . Rebecca combines her graphic and web skills with a long time interest in political campaigns, having worked on a variety of campaigns at the grassroots level since 1992. Rebecca Yaffe brings both technical expertise and a creative eye to the interface and graphic design elements of the Broom.