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City of Arvada: Arvada Job LinkChallenge: Local job seekers and employers lacked a central, easy-to-use platform for connecting. Solution: Built a custom municipal employment portal with advanced search, secure role-based access, and integrated résumé management — connecting local job seekers and employers through a centralized civic technology platform. Impact: Delivered as a free service for the Arvada Economic Development Association, dramatically improving local employment connectivity and reducing hiring friction. Key Skills: Searchable databases, user role management, secure hosting. Arvada Property LinkChallenge: Residents and investors needed a way to search local real estate with more precision than was available at the time. Solution: Developed a custom real estate search platform with 40+ multi-criteria filters and complex database integration, enabling precise property discovery years ahead of mainstream tools. Impact: Enabled highly targeted property searches, empowering buyers, sellers, and city planners with better data. Key Skills: Complex database integration, custom UI for advanced search. Arvada Economic DevelopmentChallenge: Local businesses needed more visibility and a way to connect with the community online. Solution: Created a searchable municipal business directory with category filters, location mapping, and branded UI — boosting visibility and engagement for local businesses. Impact: Increased exposure for local businesses and strengthened community engagement. Key Skills: Directory architecture, municipal branding, hosting. Gourmet Gift Net (1997)Challenge: Specialty retailers had no secure, affordable way to sell products online in the late ’90s. Solution: Engineered one of the first custom e-commerce platforms with secure online ordering, proprietary shopping cart, and integrated CMS — pioneering online retail before commercial solutions existed. Impact: Opened new revenue channels for gourmet retailers and set a precedent for early e- commerce usability. Key Skills: Database architecture, early CMS design, custom checkout flows. Bollé SunglassesChallenge: Seasonal retailers needed to boost both product sales and event attendance online. Solution: Delivered a custom e-commerce solution integrated with event listings and promotional tools, allowing customers to shop and plan visits in one place. Impact: Increased online sales and drove higher attendance at seasonal events. Key Skills: Product catalog management, seasonal promotions. Twist and Shout / CIMS CoalitionChallenge: Independent music stores needed a unified system for sales, events, and media. Solution: Built a custom retail POS and e-commerce system with wireless registers, barcode scanning, inventory management, and event media integration — adopted nationally by independent music stores. Impact: Streamlined operations and expanded reach for coalition members. Key Skills: Retail systems architecture, e-commerce, media production. Moteng / Knife Retail NetworkChallenge: Retail partners were overselling products due to outdated inventory data. Solution: Developed a real-time retail inventory management system with automated 15-minute sync across six e-commerce sites, eliminating overselling and enabling coordinated promotions. Impact: Improved inventory accuracy and marketing coordination across multiple retailers. Key Skills: Data automation, multi-site integration, targeted marketing tools. International Titanium AssociationChallenge: Industry members needed a centralized, searchable resource and scalable training tools. Solution: Created a database-driven membership portal with integrated multilingual training video delivery, synchronized multi-screen content, and SEO-optimized resource directories. Impact: Provided a scalable, immersive training format and maintained a 15+ year client relationship. Key Skills: Database-driven publishing, multilingual video production, SEO. Colorado Capital AllianceChallenge: Entrepreneurs and investors lacked an efficient way to find and evaluate each other. Solution: Built a secure investor–entrepreneur matching platform with criteria-based search and document exchange, enabling targeted investor–entrepreneur connections. Impact: Accelerated funding matches years before platforms like AngelList existed. Key Skills: Matching algorithms, secure document exchange. Planet BluegrassChallenge: High-demand music festivals needed to sell thousands of tickets online without crashing. Solution: Engineered a high-traffic event ticketing platform capable of handling simultaneous mass sales for events like Telluride Bluegrass Festival and RockyGrass. Impact: Maintained uptime during peak demand in the late ’90s, ensuring smooth customer experiences. Key Skills: High-traffic load handling, flat-file database integration. Home Improvement & Specialty TradesChallenge: Small, specialized businesses needed affordable, self-managed websites with industry- specific tools. Solution: Delivered custom CMS websites for specialty trades with tailored tools like aggregate calculators, enabling non-technical users to manage content and showcase products. Impact: Empowered tradespeople to showcase products, attract customers, and manage their own content. Key Skills: Modular CMS deployment, tailored industry tools. All Copy ProductsChallenge: A growing company needed unified sales tracking, incentive programs, and a stronger brand presence. Solution: Developed a custom sales tracking and incentive platform with integrated reporting, affiliate programs, and multi-channel brand assets, supported by large-format print and video production. Impact: Streamlined reporting, strengthened multi-channel branding, and improved sales team engagement. Key Skills: Data-driven sales tools, print production, video editing. |