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ABOUT DIVE IN > Who's Here? Who's Here?
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Kathy Smith
After a previous life as an RN, I graduated in 1997 from the University of Oregon with a degree in English and a certificate in Electronic Publishing. Since that time, I have worked as a graphic and web designer.
I have been a web designer with MightyMerchant since Feb 2003 and think I have the best job around. I enjoy creating websites that look good and function well, and MightyMerchant's software features make that easy.
In my free time I like to watch movies, hang out in the backyard, and spend time with my husband. And I'm always up for a good game of Guitar Hero (yes, I am a rock goddess).
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Carrie Todd-Michelson
I joined the Datahost/MightyMerchant/HEROweb Marketing and Design Team in Oct 2005. My daily tasks are customer relations, domain management, bookkeeping, administrative support to the office team, and reception.
My work history includes variety, human resources, customer service, medical billing, retail sales, and floral.
When I am not juggling a busy schedule, taxiing teenagers, caring for 3 cats, a puppy, and 3 fish tanks, I enjoy gardening, and growing pretty colorful dahlias. With two active teenagers, my volunteer efforts are endless at Pleasant Hill High School, and the Pleasant Hill Community Theatre.
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Dave W. Reed
I joined the HEROweb/MightyMerchant team in mid-2009 as an online-marketing specialist, an industry I have been a part of for 5 years.
I came to Eugene from Salem in 1997 to attend the University of Oregon. Since then, I have worked in such varied fields as high-energy physics, campus ministry, jewelry manufacturing, and search-engine marketing.
When I'm not dazzling the HEROweb team with my PPC and Shopping Feed prowess, I am likely to be found on my bike, gathering vegetable scraps to feed to my worm compost bin, enjoying a good book at the Beanery, or keeping up my Urban Greenery blog.
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Nekhia Christian
Oregon born and raised, I graduated from the University of Oregon in 1999 with a specialization in entrepreneurship, a passion for business, and experience running a franchise of a home painting business. It was the height of the dotcom boom, and I jumped in and started a web services company up in Seattle specializing in websites and Internet marketing for brick & mortar small businesses.
After 10 interesting, rewarding, and successful years working with great businesses all over the Puget Sound & Pacific Northwest, I decided it was time to move on and try new things. It had been awhile since I spent much time with my family, so I came to back to Oregon for an extended visit, and ended up deciding to stay. My entrepreneurial spirit, as well as my interest in the Internet, has continued through my own eCommerce business: www.DiffuserStore.com.
I had been missing working with clients and helping to improve their businesses; then I found HEROweb/MightyMerchant. They are a company that shares my values of genuinely caring about helping their customer's businesses over the long term. I like them so much in fact, that not only am I now part of the HEROweb/MightyMerchant team, I am also a client myself.
I look forward to putting my wealth of experience and knowledge to work growing HEROweb/MightyMerchant and improving our client's/your businesses.
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Robert Asumendi
A nomadic path not unlike the plot line of The Alchemist brought me to the Willamette Valley in 2005, where I've met enough great people to convince me that this is Home. For a guy who started life among seemingly-endless Midwestern cornrows, this is a pretty amazing corner of the world.
My background in advertising design covers a variety of skills in addition to Web design and development, including brand identity, print design, art direction, packaging, and promotional merchandising.
I am well into my second decade of building Web sites. I joined the HEROweb/MightyMerchant team in 2010 because after having seen it all, I'm qualified to say we offer a really unique, bulletproof combination of people and technology. That's such a rare thing in this industry. I leave the office every day impressed with what we do.
Almost all of my spare time is spent salsa dancing and promoting the local salsa scene. I try to plug the holes in my dance schedule volunteering down at Food for Lane County.
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Greg Gant
Like most Oregonians, I'm originally from California. I started my college tour at Art Institute of Seattle and made my way back south where I (eventually) graduated from University of Oregon with a degree in Digital Arts. At this point in my life, I'm pretty sure I'm Eugenian as I consider skateboarding a legit means of alternative transportation, I can't ever get enough Thai food, and I aspire to one day put solar panels on my house.
My life prior to Heroweb has been working primarily in education on the tech side of things. I enjoy skating, running, hiking, music, eating anything absurdly hot, listening to too much NPR, and watching the Ducks (preferably winning).
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Julie Schulte
I live with my husband and dance-partner in Eugene, OR. My degrees are in Psychology, Computer Science and Journalism. With an educational background like that it is no surprise that I enjoy chatting with clients just as much as I enjoy being a "geek." I really like making your job easier.
Past lives include Project Management, Advertising and Information Management, Technical Support for Users, Layout, Typesetting and Copy-Editing, Programming, and Running and Marketing a small business.
I love home-brewing, hiking, biking, and playing soccer. You also might hear me on local public radio station KLCC filling in for a variety of hosts on Straight Street, Sisters, Saturday Cafe and Blues Power.
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Barrett Avery
My name is Barrett Avery. I was raised in a military family, born in Brindisi, Italy and spending much of my youth in the beautiful state of Alaska. Up in Alaska I lived on the Air Force Base in Anchorage, Elmendorf, for about five years then moved out to the Matsu. Valley in Wasilla, which is about 40 miles north of Anchorage. I loved it up there and hope to visit in a few years. Right after my 16th birthday my father retired from the Air Force, after over 22 years of service, and we moved down to the Denver area of Colorado. At first I did not like Colorado much, it was not Alaska after all. But once I made a few friends, one of them becoming my wife after a few years, Colorado was not so bad after all. My wife and I got married when we were 19 years old and have been happily married for over 11 years.
As the population began to grow in the Denver area my wife and I started looking for a quieter place to settle down, Denver was just too big. We both love to hike and I am really into nature photography, so Oregon was a natural choice. There are not many places in the U.S. where you have a temperate rain forest; snow capped mountains, glaciers, a pristine coastline and desert architecture all within an hour's drive. We have been living here in Oregon for about 10 years and are loving it! We spend much of our leisure time either cuddled up with one or more of our six cats, playing with our dog Tod, working in our garden or out exploring the natural wonders Oregon has to offer.
I have been into computers since I was in elementary school, running on the old Apple Classics. Since then I have self-trained myself in various web development languages, such as PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and a bit of Java as well as recently earning my Bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix. I also really enjoy building computer from scratch. Or, as in most cases, take dead computers and bring them back to life. On top of being an all around geek, I also enjoy playing Adventure RPG video games such as the Final Fantasy series when I get a chance.
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Mindy Linder
I joined the HEROweb/MightyMerchant team in the fall of 2011. I am an Oregonian, born and raised in Eugene. I have two degrees from the University of Oregon -- a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts, with a Minor in Business Administration, and a Master of Science in Arts and Administration with concentrations in Performing Arts and Media Management, and Cultural Policy.
I have dedicated my personal, professional and academic pursuits to my growth and development as a leader in the arts, culture and small business. The heart of marketing and customer relations is to inform, engage and inspire. I think of myself as a connector, connecting people, ideas and information to forge dynamic collaborative partnerships. Among my history of leadership and service to the community, I am one of the proud co-founders and steering committee members of the Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene.
When I'm not in the office I am spending time with my boyfriend, Jesse Lally, and our beloved dog, Lucy. I am also a theatre artist and can be found on stage in the local theatre scene. Additionally, I love to do yoga, rock climb, cook, play the guitar (learning to anyway) and laugh as often as possible. As Charlie Chaplin said, "A day without laughter is a day wasted."
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Johnathan Curry
Originally from Alaska, I moved to Oregon in 2007 with the love of my life.
My formal education and experience is in entrepreneurial management, information design, and website development. I began programming websites in 2002 as a paid hobby which quickly morphed into a lifetime obsession. All of my formal and self directed education revolves around architecting the perfect online experience.
I maintain a very active lifestyle full of bicycling, running, hiking, camping, dancing, and anything else that involves laughter and adrenaline. I really enjoy political and economic history, intellectual conversations about quantum mechanics, scalar technology, and theoretical discussions about where we came from. If I had not become an Internet enthusiast I would have pursued a career in the material sciences.
"When you want something you have never had, you have to do something you have never done."
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Teija Stearns
Hi, my name is Teija and I am back for my fourth summer working in the family business. I've observed the growth of this business since an early age (when it was only Mom and Dad working out of the basement in our house) Working at HEROweb/MightyMerchant has taught me so much and it has been a great experience working here!
I just graduated from Pleasant Hill High School where designing the yearbook consumed most of my time. This fall I will attend the University of Oregon. I like photography, running, tennis, reading, playing piano, hiking, and surfing the web.
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Quinn Stearns
Hi, I'm Quinn, and this is my second summer working at HEROweb/MightyMerchant. This year I've graduated from performing basic tasks in the office to heading up video production. In the fall I will be a junior at Pleasant Hill High School. I participate in cross country, track, and chess at school. In my spare time I enjoy playing tennis and making videos with my friends.
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