Tom Ogden

Tom is equally versed in aesthetics and programming, a left-brain-right-brain kind of person. His first goal in any client relationship is to provide value commensurate with the cost of the project. Long-term client relationships take a high priority and provide a basis for the company's business model.

History

In 1987 Tom Ogden began his career as a contract technical illustrator for NetLine, Inc., where he first discovered an affinity for graphic programming in an aesthetic idiom. Working mostly in the PostScript page description language with desktop publishing programs and his own perspective modeling algorithms, Tom branched out as a free-lance artist and designer, specializing in printed media. He worked with a number of entrepreneurs and software companies, including Novell, CAPSSoft and LAN Times.

Following primarily aesthetic beginnings, Tom felt the need to branch into a more technical field, controlling the processes of design more profoundly. He worked for R.R. Donnelley & Sons, the world's largest printing company, as a PostScript Engineer, writing imposition software. Not wanting to curtail his graphic creativity, he continued to work nights as a freelance designer. Later, his day and night jobs were reversed when he took a job as an art director for an Internet company, called HomeStar.net, while still maintaining contract positions in PostScript development.

In 1997 Tom began to settle into an amalgamation of the technical and aesthetic fields as a user interface designer for Corel WordPerfect Suite and later for ScenicSoft's Java-based Pandora. UI design required an appreciation for what looks good as well as an understanding of what was technically feasible.

Finally, in January of 2001, Tom Ogden fulfilled a lifelong dream of going into business for himself. Web site development has been the culmination of his professional aspirations. In spite of the dot-COM crash, the Internet has proved a fertile ground for establishing a business, as people have a more realistic idea of what the world-wide web can do for themselves and for their businesses.