The design and development team has over 75 years combined experience in Web design, graphics, advertising, creative writing, photography, and quality assurance management at major firms. Other experienced professional consultants are contracted as needed.

Being a young company focussed on providing very high quality web site design, development and maintenance services to new and established businesses, we are interested in developing a close working relationship with our client. Concerned first and foremost about our client's immediate Internet marketing success, we will try every trick, turn every corner and explore every resource available in the New York City, Portland, OR and San Francisco areas. And we will get the job done on time.

Founders: Richard Gaffield-Knight and Chris Gaffield

Richard Gaffield-Knight
Web Producer, Design and Development

When the Internet began to flourish as an advertising, sales and information medium, Richard devoted his time learning the technologies required to put his diverse talents to use for small businesses. He has nine years experience as a computer graphics and desktop publishing specialist and ten years experience in interactive web site design and development.

His New Media applications include: Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia UltraDev with Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash. His experience in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML ASP, etc., allows creation of active interfaces with rollovers, drop-down menus, shopping carts and vector-based Web animation that is low-bandwidth and browser independent. His experience in the financial services area includes responsibilities as Computer Graphics Specialist at Lehman Brothers, Creative Services Operator at CS First Boston, and Senior Website Developer at Trading Technologies, Inc., now based in Evanston, IL.

After attending the Chicago Academy of Art in 1960, Richard worked in advertising agencies and commercial art studios in the "windy city" and then opened and operated a photography studio specializing in fashion and advertising photography. He was invited to New York as a theater director in 1967 and spent the next 22 years working as a producer and artistic director completing his MA in Theater at Binghampton University. He taught playwriting at Binghamton and SUNY-Purchase until switching to computer graphics in 1993. Complete resumé

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David Uozumi,
Graphics and Website Design

David Uozumi had already established a major career in corporate identity and packaging design when he became an early exponent of digital design technology: After creating globally recognized designs for studios including Raymond Loewy International, Schecter & Luth, Sandgren & Murtha and Lister Butler in the 1970s and 80s, he became Creative Director/Business Communications for Lehman Brothers, responsible for both digital and print communications. Since 1994, David has developed graphic/interface design for some of the most successful business sites on the Web, including Heat New Media, Prudential Insurance, Oxford Health, Fannie Mae, Barron's Online, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, Sears, Fleet Bank and Victoria's Secret. His graduate studies in interactive telecommunications were at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

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Chris Gaffield,
Quality Assurance

Chris a self-motivated, hard-working, reliable and creative individual, with specific focus on computer science and technology, who has proven himself in management, process implementation and staff supervision.

Recently the Software QA Manager of ProcurePoint Travel Solutions, he hired, trained and managed the SQA department staff. Since February 1995, he has implemented and managed a Defect Tracking system using M/S Access and PVCS Tracker©. He also introduced other QA processes and policies there, including Stress/Load testing. He released 4 products and maintained overall review while employed there.

From 1992 to March 1999, Chris worked in the Quality Assurance Department of Mattel Interactive Software Division. Among his many achievements as a QA Mgr. was the design, implementation and maintenance of the software giant's Unofficial Web Site, while testing the reliability and content of the company's official website for it's printing and learning software products. Besides making the progress of the QA Department public, this site has proven to be a valuable tool for communication with outside beta testers and developers. As QA Mgr. of Mindscape, a Mattel Interactive subsidiary, he successfully managed and released over 50 of Mindscape's premier PC based products with minimal contracting costs.

Chris holds a Certificate in Computer Programming, with Honors and Distinction, from the Computer Learning Center in San Francisco.
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