DSF WEB DESIGN’S TEAM OF TALENTED PROFESSIONALS…
We are a team of five. We think we’re better than the sum of our parts – though the parts are pretty good on their own, too. We bring together web expertise, graphic and writing skills and a depth of experience in communications normally found only in much larger companies. That’s because each one of us is accomplished in several fields, we’ve lived and worked all over the world, and we are passionate about what we create.
We think we have a couple of other advantages to offer you, too. A lot of web design companies out there are almost exclusively a man’s world. Fact is, though, the market for products and services is a man’s and a woman’s world, and in many market segments the majority of purchasers or clients are women. So in addition to having men who know how to speak to men, we bring a woman’s touch to the enterprise.
We also have younger and older team members. We can draw on the insights and wisdom, the language and culture, of both. Though each of us has his or her job to do, we also function as a whole, and bring our collective IQ as a team to bear on our work.
Here are the individual hearts and minds that make up our team.
OUR STAFF
DAVID S. FENTON
President, Web, Business, and Technical Communications
David is a senior business communicator, exceptionally skilled technical communications specialist, technical trainer, and web designer. For decades his professional life has been dedicated to creating and improving business and technical communications, for delivery via print, CD, DVD, video, face-to-face – and the worldwide web. He’s an accomplished photographer and videographer. Whatever the medium, he can deliver the message.
David has a broad business, economics, technical and scientific background, and his experience ranges from solo entrepreneur to heading training departments in the U.S. Air Force and communications departments for companies in global high-tech industries. He’s taught business and technical communication to university students, won awards as a leader, trainer and manager, and been a partner in a successful computer business. His experience has made him a master of information organization, and he’s a great writer. He has the background to communicate his clients’ messages as few others can.
For more information on David’s background and skills, please see his tech-comm blog and resume site.
VARDA BURSTYN
Marketing, Conceptual Consulting, Creative Director
Varda is an award-winning writer who has produced work for all media: books, films, radio, video, magazines and the internet. Her skills as a writer cover an exceptionally wide range of genres and fields. In addition to her own work, she has taught film studies at the university level, been a speech writer for cabinet ministers, written policy papers for governments and non-profit organizations, and worked on major media campaigns.
Varda has a remarkable ability to see the big picture – and in the case of web communications, this means sitting down with a client and helping them to devise broad communications strategies, on- and off-line, to create and deliver audience-appropriate messages with maximum (yet gentle) impact. Over the years she has developed a rare ability to identify and address each client’s unique issues and challenges, and help them present their messages in the most effective and attractive way.
Please visit Varda Burstyn’s writing website to get a sense of the experience she’ll bring to your project.
THOMAS TYSHKO
Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Keyword Analysis
Tom is a premiere SEO specialist. Many people make this claim, but he is the real deal, and he is a big reason that we can so confidently claim to be the top-tier web-optimization specialists you need. For the past five years Tom has optimized websites for clients of one of the world’s most well-known internet marketing optimization companies, Bruce Clay, Inc., in their Los Angeles office. Tom worked with all types of clients, ranging from small businesses to large corporations, to improve organic search listings. His emphasis was on SEO best practices, search engine algorithms, and ranking strategies. Tom’s particular strengths are in optimizing keywords and on-page content – of critical importance now that meta tags have lost value. Few people have Tom’s experience in partnering with designers, coders and writers to create user-friendly and search-engine-friendly content which increases traffic to client sites. Prior to joining Bruce Clay, Inc., Tom had more than two decades of experience in business accounting and troubleshooting. He knows internet marketing, and he knows business. Check out Tom on LinkedIn.
SARAH ATLEE
Visual Design, Editorial Illustration
Sarah Atlee is a gifted and acclaimed artist and illustrator. We are honored to have her as our on-call visual designer, specializing in editorial illustrations. Sarah makes pictures that have been exhibited – and acclaimed – in venues across the United States, from New York City to Santa Fe. Her work has been published in the Society of Illustrators Annual 51, Nimrod Literary Journal, and in two self-published volumes. Sarah has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (summa cum laude) from the University of New Mexico. For an artist of her caliber, she has extraordinary business savvy. She knows marketing as well as design. If you have special needs she can help. The best starting place to begin to see her work would be Sarah Atlee Makes Pictures.
SEAN FENTON
Small Business IT Owner/Manager, Entrepreneur, Security Freak, Exemplary Geek
Sean’s primary skills include customer service, project management, IT security, Windows, Mac and Linux workstations and servers, and energy efficiency. He currently owns and operates Breakwater Networks, Inc., in Oklahoma City. Over the last decade he has built Breakwater Networks (BWN) into one of Oklahoma City’s more successful computer networking businesses specializing in small businesses and professionals. The focus of BWN from the beginning has been to achieve the maximum security of data and network reliability for his clients, and as a result BWN’s services have been retained by doctors and lawyers, as well as a variety of other security-conscious professionals. Sean is always on the crest of the wave of the latest technological and social trends, and is currently expanding his network Windows/Mac/Linux/server business to include energy efficiency and handheld devices – with no loss of security. His business motto: “Your expert IT staff at a fraction of the cost”.