Experience

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  Leeway Creative

  • Austin, Texas Area

  • Business Owner

    • Aug 2013 - Present
    • Austin, Texas Area

    My own business providing web development, e-business consulting, and creative services. Creating visually appealing and highly functional web sites, both by hand and through Wordpress, Hubspot, Shopify, Squarespace or other platforms; SEO, e-commerce consulting, social media management, mass email strategy and implementation, web site strategic and technical audits; logo design and branding; book and CD covers; miscellaneous design products such as postcards, business cards, flyers, posters. Clients include: iFetch, Global Animal Partnership, Gallant Branding, Nadamoo!, Roadwire, Xtreme Xhibits, Go Dash Dot, RF Code, and more.

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  HighPoint Fellowship

  • Cedar Park, TX

  • Worship Pastor and Communications Director

    • Aug 2004 - Aug 2013
    • Cedar Park, TX

    Lead worship from the acoustic or electric guitar. Plan weekend services, build teams, mentor young leaders. Select songs based on theology, message, congregational fit as well as write my own. Find or if necessary create video and other media to enhance experience. Manage budgets for my areas of responsibility. In communications, responsible for all church communications and marketing including: logos and branding; advertising; web presence and social media; and publications such as bulletins, posters and workbooks.

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  Heartlight.org

  • CTO/Webmaster

    • Mar 1996 - Feb 2007

    Founded non-profit web site in 1996 with one other person. Created extensive site of daily Christian writings and art which at one time was one of the top ten Christian web sites in the world. Hand-coded what is now known as a “Content Management System” from scratch since they didn’t exist at the time. Responsible for daily functioning, programming, backups, smtp, ftp, email lists, and new feature development. Wrote articles and created daily scripture illustrations. Implemented and optimized GoogleAds to help fund the site.

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  Goshen.net/Crosswalk.com

  • Webmaster

    • Aug 1997 - Aug 2000

    Responsible for daily operation and expansion of Goshen.net, which was at the time the world’s largest Christian web site. Assisted in the transition of Goshen.net sites to Crosswalk.com after their purchase of the site.