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Vol. I, No. 02 Filed · Spring 2026
The Team
Section B Pages 01–04

The people behind
the walk home.

Filed under who we are
§ 01 · The Team

A small team. A specific mission.

sidexside isn't built by a faceless company. It's built by people who've taken the long way home, texted "made it" at 2 a.m., and decided the workaround wasn't good enough anymore. Meet the team building it.

§ 02 · The Roster
Founder & team · Spring 2026
Kaylyn Waycaster, Founder & CEO of sidexside
Austin, TX·Founder
No. 01·Founder & CEO
Kaylyn Waycaster
Founder & Chief Executive

Started sidexside because she was tired of texting "home safe?" Tired of fake calls. Tired of the workaround. Built the version she wished existed at 2 a.m. her freshman year.

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Allen Anant Thomas, Head of Marketing at sidexside
Delhi, IN·Growth
No. 02·Head of Marketing
Allen Anant Thomas
Head of Marketing

Runs go-to-market: campus partnerships, paid acquisition, and the channels that put sidexside in front of the women who need it. Founder of The Growth Engine.

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Brett A McCall, Head of Product at sidexside
Austin, TX·Product
No. 03·Head of Product
Brett A McCall
Head of Product

Owns the product end-to-end: verification, matching, the live walk, the safety net. Builds for the 2 a.m. case, not the demo.

Amanda Dawson, Campus Events Coordinator at sidexside
On-campus·Events
No. 04·Campus Events Coordinator
Amanda Dawson
Campus Events Coordinator

Runs the ground game. Greek-life nights, freshman orientation, sorority dinners, late-library activations. Wherever women are actually walking, she's there first.

We're hiring · Spring 2026

Want to walk with us?

We're a small team building the version of safety that actually shows up. If you've felt the gap, you understand the work.

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