Vincent Burkhead   Hands on Art Director & founder

Vince specializes in strategic brand development & brand extension for start-up entrepreneurs & fortune 1000 companies. He brings over 20 years experience to every creative challenge as art director & principal of Do Creative San Diego. He creates dynamic and sophisticated web experiences for clients from varied disciplines such as Non Profits, Retail, Technology, Healthcare, Eco-Friendly, Pet Products, Life Coaching, Real Estate, Education, Publishing, Financial, and more. He has had multiple logos selected and published in the LogoLounge, book series, including work selected in the Master Series 'Animals & Mythology'. Two DoCreative websites (as VBS) have won international IMA awards for excellent in interface design, usability, concept, and functionality.

Specialties

Brand Development, Logotype Design, and Corporate Identity, Turnkey Web Design & Development - Interface Design, HTML, IA, & . SEO, Art Direction - Interactive & Print. Creative Team Management & Brainstorming, Iconography - Icon Libraries for both Interactive . and Print, Marketing & Promotions - Direct Mail, Advertising, and Campaign Management, and Illustration.

Awards/Recognition

        
2 International IMA Awards for Website development
Multiple Logotypes published in the LogoLounge series of publications

Groups/Associations

On-Startups (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2877&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr)
Startup Specialists (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=56766&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr)
Green (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=67451&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr)
Coexist - Center for the Reduction of Religious based Conflict (http://www.center2000.org)

Joseph Hill   Technology/Production Management

With over 15 years experience in hands-on web development and 9 years in production management, Joseph has a list of over 200 web projects he has worked on including GE, FinishLine, Levi's, MTV, Sony, HBO, Showtime, Wrigley, Williams-Sonoma, Starbucks and the San Diego SuperBowl Host Committee. Joseph was born in Tenocoatl, the principle city on Xilam, part of the Chejo Isles in the Pacific Ocean. Or rather, he would have been born there had Tenocoatl, Xilam, and the Chejo Isles not been fictional. He was not raised by wolves, does not refer to his metal detector as his "search engine", but he did once translate a document to Navajo without meaning to. His favorite pastime is swimming and drifting across rivers and lakes exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't. When he was young he used to have an imaginary friend, now he's on facebook and has 239.

Specialties

Organic search engine optimization, Pay-Per-Click campaign management, web traffic reporting, keyword analysis, site authoring/building & maintenance, information architecture/wireframes/site flow diagrams, content development, management & documentation, project definition, application functional requirements and testing procedures.

Awards/Recognition

1 International IMA Awards for Website development
1 Gold WWW Award for Website Development
1 Silver WWW Award for Website Development CSS
1 Green Web Award - Service
AIGA Conference Speaker/Presenter 2000
Associates of Arts Degree in Graphic Communications

Rob Rusnak   Marketing/Content/SEO Strategist

A content junkie and SEO strategist at heart, Rob is never short on new web marketing ideas. Rob helps clients plan, create, and maintain great online content that perfectly aligns business goals with user objectives and search engine visibility.

Oh, and by the way, Rob was shipwrecked and stranded on a deserted island in scorching desert heat without food and water (see episode Shipwrecked of Discovery Channel's series I Shouldn't Be Alive!). Wow, right? So he can pretty much handle anything life may throw at him. From delivering cutting edge web strategy ideas to surviving on cactus juice for 4 days.

Rob is more than just a survivor. He thrives on meeting every challenge with dedicated focus, creativity, and fun. He carries a unique perspective through life and work... no challenge is too intimidating, no problem lacks solutions. In fact, the week of the shipwreck, Rob still managed to deliver his projects on time and on budget. No excuses!

Even with bitter cactus pulp lodged between his teeth, Rob can conjure a thousand content marketing ideas - content that engages your brand's story, ranks organically, attracts just the right audience, and converts visitors into loyal customers.

An expert at developing targeted brand-appropriate communications across any medium, Rob has successfully managed projects for print/web advertising, SEO, email, PPC, and public relations.

If you need effective SEO and content strategy, Rob is your man. But if he invites you to go sailing, you might want to decline with a great excuse like, "Um, I can't. I need to catch up on my keyword research." He will totally respect that.

Specialties

Content marketing strategy, search visibility and optimization
Desert island shipwreck survival, fingerstyle guitar, trad rock climbing

Skill Sets

Marketing: project management, planning, campaign design, events, lead generation
SEO: on/off site, keyword research/analysis, competitive analysis, link strategy
Writing/Editing: Web, email, articles, collateral, ads, press releases, technical
Analytics: opportunity identification, conversion optimization, A/B split testing
Website Planning: information architecture, taxonomy, user experience, wireframes
Technical: front-end Web development, semantic markup XHTML, CSS, CMS integration
Creative: art direction, web and print design, illustration, animation
Survival: efficient cactus carving for optimal juiciness, building shelter from catamaran remains

Amanda Louie   Marketing & Advertising Strategist

With natural leadership qualities and an innate entrepreneurial instinct, Amanda Louie has over 8 years of experience bringing original ideas to life. Throughout Amanda's professional career, she has worked for multiple small business and start-up organizations from their inception to identifying strategic market entry practices & innovative business development opportunities. Most recently, as Director of Marketing with WiMax.com, her responsibilities included developing and maintaining positive relationships with key industry players through problem-solving efforts and implementation of strategic marketing plans.

Most recent efforts include Interactive & Strategic Development for local Austin vendors and retailers. Through local market research and rich knowledge of interactive media best practices, services included implementing marketing programs that leverage a company's value added propositions in order to increase brand awareness, establish strategic partnerships with local media companies and gain market share in their respective industries.

Specialties

Relationship Building, Email Marketing, Strategic Planning, Web 2.0, Networking, Event Planning, Entrepreneur consulting.

Client Testimonial

"As an advisor to Wimax.com- I've had the pleasure to work with Amanda on a number of projects. Amanda demonstrates creativity, passion, and thorough execution regardless of the scope of work presented to her. She has also proved to be very accomplished in sales by growing advertising related revenue and in striking alliances on behalf of the company. Subsequently- I would highly recommend Amanda to any prospective employer looking for a highly energetic sales and marketing professional." April 3, 2008

Will Townsend, CMO and Founding Partner, Engage Partners, LLC

Lisa Lee   Web Technology Specialist

Technical Skills: Languages and Technology: C/C++/C#, Java, Visual Basic/VB.NET/VBA, ASP/ASP.NET, JavaScript, VBScript, XML, XSL, CSS, DHTML. Systems: Windows XP/2000/NT, UNIX (Linux, Solaris, etc.). Databases: T-SQL, MS SQL Server 2000/2005, My SQL, MS Access, ODBC, Oracle PL/SQL, ADO/ADO.NET. Tools: MS Visual Studio.NET, Drupal, Zen Cart, CMS Made Simple, Agora Cart, Word Press, zNode.

Experience

LCL Engineering - Senior Software Engineer. Developing web solutions for companies - large and small - using all technologies available. I believe that the web is the future. Our market place is quickly becoming a global market place and no company can afford to be without a website. I also believe that there already exists so much good technology out there already - it is just a matter of tailoring it to fit your company's' needs.

SEA Networks - Senior Software Engineer. Developing company website using C# and ASP.NET 2.0 with MS SQL server 2005 Developing customer management system using C# and MS SQL server 2005 Designed and developed internal inventory management system using MS Excel and Access with VBA.

NextLeft - Software Engineer. Designed and developed custom software solutions for financial clients. Developed backend web support for many major companies including: Nestle, Purina, Conagra, Kyocera and others.

Education

San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · Sept 1993 - June 1996. Bachelor of Science · Major: Mathematics Concentration: Computer Science

Mark Fromson   Web Project Manager & Information Architect

An Internet Professional, Mark Fromson specializes in Web project management, information architecture & strategy services for corporations throughout North America. With more than 14 years of experience garnered at top Interactive Agencies in the US and Canada, he has played roles in over 400 projects for over 150 clients in multiple industry verticals. Mark has led multi-disciplinary development teams of 25 personnel with project budgets up to 2 Million dollars.

Summary

• 14 years experience in Web site and Internet-based application development. Played roles in over 400 separate projects for over 150 clients in multiple industry verticals.
• 12 years experience project managing and account directing medium to large-scale projects. Led multi-disciplinary development teams of 5 - 25 personnel with project budgets up to $2 Million.
• 12 Years experience in e-business strategy consulting, business process analysis and requirements definition.
• 12 years experience in pre-sales role as prime fulfillment manager.
• 12 years experience in online branding and online marketing.
• 12 years experience in information architecture and user experience.
• 12 years experience constructing and writing deliverables and documents such as: RFP responses, general proposals, presentations, engagement contracts, strategy decks, gap analysis, project plans, budgets, schedules, risk assessments, style guides, creative briefs, site maps, storyboards and wire-frames, requirements definitions, functional specifications, hosting and maintenance agreements, user manuals, online marketing plans and project post-mortems.
• Twice created and implemented company-wide multi-disciplinary development process and methodology.
• Personally built over 50 corporate Web sites (graphics and front-end scripting).

Education and Training: Certificate in Project Management, University of Washington - 1998, Master of Science in Communication (GPA 4.0) Illinois State University - 1996, Bachelor of Arts, The University of Manitoba - 1991.