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Creating web experiences with personality.
My name's Russ. I'm a web developer, designer, creative technologist and musician, based out of Byram, NJ, USA.
I design and develop websites, applications and interactive experiences. You won't find too many people who have been building websites for over 25 years! I've worked across a wide range of industries - corporate IT, pharma, marketing, gaming, government, recruitment, art and media, and almost everything else. I've lived and worked in the UK, Ireland and the US, and have UK, US and EU citizenship.
Here's a few sites to show you what I've been up to.
C.F. Martin & Co.
Employer: C.F. Martin & Co.
Legendary historic manufacturer of acoustic guitars.
Tech: Salesforce Commerce Cloud, multiple analytics and ERP systems
Gap, Inc
Employer: POP Inc.
Fashion and retail giant.
Tech: Kentico CMS, SCSS, Next.js
AssetMark
Employer: Method Inc.
Site for financial services company.
Tech: Migration of Sitecore and HubSpot sites to Wordpress
Sullivan & Cromwell Inc.
Employer: iMedia Inc.
Large legal firm.
Tech: Next.js, Crownpeak CMS
National Grid US
Employer: MouriTech
Utility supply company.
Tech: HTML5, CSS3, JS, Crownpeak CMS
GCHQ Careers
Employer: Penna
Want to work for the British signals intelligence service?
Tech: DNN, HTML5, CSS3, CSS/Canvas animations
Francis Bacon
Employer: HENI Publishing
Website for the estate of the late figurative artist.
Tech: Drupal, Wordpress, Angular, WooCommerce
Joseph Hage Aaronson
Employer: HENI Publishing
London-based law firm.
Tech: Wordpress, CSS animations
ADP Workmarket
Employer: iMedia Inc.
Website for ADP's Workmarket independent contractor management solution.
Tech: Next.js, Contentful CMS
Margenza
Employer: Eversana
Site for a breast cancer medication.
Tech: HTML5, CSS, Drupal backend, Salesforce omnichannel integration
Bafiertam
Employer: Eversana
Site for a multiple sclerosis medication.
Tech: Vue.js, Salesforce omnichannel integration
iMedia
Employer: iMedia Inc.
Site for a NJ-based digital agency
Tech: Wordpress, Salesforce integration
Gimoti
Employer: Eversana
Site for a diabetic gastroperesis drug.
Tech: Next.js, Salesforce omnichannel integration
Micro Strategies Inc.
Employer: Micro Strategies
Company website for a New Jersey IT services company.
Tech: Wordpress, helpdesk integration
From The Archives
As a web developer, it's inevitable that some of your work will end up being replaced or retired at some point. So I've dug a few of my favourite old projects out of the Wayback Machine. I did a load of Flash-based stuff back in the day too, but I haven't included those here since it's no longer supported!
GCHQ Careers (previous version)
The interactive content and animations were nicer in this version!
Tech: DNN, CSS/Canvas animations
Funding Tree
Crowdfunding site for small businesses. No longer active.
Tech: Full custom PHP engine, CSS, HTML5, Angular
Ken's Autos
Site for a UK garage chain.
Tech: Custom PHP booking system, with DVLA API lookup
Magic Town
Kids' storybook application. Loved this, and so did my son!
Tech: CSS/Canvas animation, Flash-to-HTML5 migration, JS, jQuery
Sosius
Innovative (for the time) collaboration and co-working application suite
Tech: HTML, CSS, custom .NET-based CMS and application
BT Marketing Services
Suite of applications for British Telecom's internal marketing division.
Tech: HTML, CSS, Classic ASP-based application