About Us

Welcome to RunThatApp, we are a driven team of clever minds seeking to change the way the world experiences mobile apps. We are currently participating in the inaugural cohort of the Desai Accelerator program supported by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

RunThatApp Team





Brooke Anderson

President and Director, RunThatApp.com


Dr. Anderson is a co-founder of RunThatApp.com, a company developing technology for running iOS and Android apps remotely via a browser. He also co-founded and is currently COO of CustomArray, Inc., a biotech company with technology that reduces cost of writing DNA (such as for synthetic biology) by a factor of 1000 compared to column synthesis. Prior to that, he co-founded and served in various capacities (including 2004-2010 as COO) for CombiMatrix Corp., a company that has worked in biotech and diagnostics ("CBMX" on Nasdaq). Prior to that, he co-founded and served as VP of R&D for Acacia Research Corporation, a company that has worked in money management, as an Internet incubator, and today in patent licensing ("ACTG" on Nasdaq). Dr. Anderson received a B.S.E. in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan in 1985, summa cum laude, an M.S. in applied physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1987, and a Ph.D. in computation and neural systems from the California Institute of Technology in 1993.

Jim Merkle

Chief Technology Officer and Director, RunThatApp.com


Mr. Merkle is a co-founder and Director of RunThatApp.com, a company developing technology for running iOS and Android apps remotely via a browser using safe javascript. He wrote all the technology for the current version. He is an exceptionally talented senior software engineer with several multimillion dollar generating products for several companies primarily attributed to him. Many of his products were industry award winning. He has a couple of granted US software patents where he was primary inventor. James is OS agnostic and has written sophisticated driver level or firmware code for Macintosh, Windows, battery powered devices and even small mainframes. James earned a degree in Computer Science, but like most peers in his league, rarely mentions it, nor maintains a collection of neckties.

Chris Tylenda

Co-Founder, VP of Marketing, RunThatApp.com


Mr. Tylenda is a co-Founder of RunThatApp.com, a company developing technology for running iOS and Android apps remotely via a browser using safe javascript. He is founder of a few tech ventures such as AppDemo.io, NavFitness.com, and YouKicked.com. Prior to becoming an App-preneur and portable tech visionary and enthusiast, he earned a masters in Sustainable Systems from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, PA, and a B.S. in Environmental Studies with Civil Engineering focus from Ohio Northern University. He served as the Environmental & Sustainability Project Coordinator for Detroit-based green startup Parjana Distribution LLC, which raised $3 millon dollars in investor seed funding. He also founded a rock climbing club at his Alma mater. Other than being captivating to converse with, his side hobbies include various athletic pursuits.

Contact Us

Please contact us via email for investment oriented information and phone contacts.

This entire high-tech startup was designed for rapid expansion, very low cost overhead, unique competitive advantages, and diverse income opportunities.

Though we are a very young startup, we are rapidly reaching initial rollout in the next several months.