Members Directory

Adam McCombs

With a background in design and front-end development, Adam is the co-founder of Taecho group, specializing in web applications, custom tools and eCommerce websites. Co-author of The Definitive Guide to Magento, Adam is a proponent of web standards, progressive enhancement and clean design.

• Twitter: @adammccombs
• Business Name: Taecho Group
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adammccombs

Andy Hite

Andrew Hite is a Ruby on Rails developer who has a special place in his heart for Javascript and (disposal of) zombies. By day, Andrew is the lead developer at Impulse Development, a small web development agency based out of El Paso, Texas; by night, he’s a hired gun – an “Internet mercenary”, if you will.

• Twitter: andyhite
• Business Name: Impulse Development
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/andyhite
• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=13334753

Bob Wesson

In the course of a career covering virtually all aspects of developing, financing, operating, marketing and selling a company, Dr. Bob Wesson has proven to be a skilled executive, visionary entrepreneur, and adroit trouble-shooter and turnaround expert. He's been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to professional training software.

• Twitter: bobwesson
• Business Name: VoiZapp, Inc.
• Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/wesson.bob
• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobwesson

Bradley Meck

Program design and optimization specialist. Hope to one day integrate meta templates and runtime code gen.

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• Business Name: Nodejitsu
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Carl Brown

Mobile Application developer since 2005, iPhone App developer since 2008. Specializing in Apps that exchange or synchronize data with a server. Experienced with Cloud Computing.

More than fifteen years experience with structured, object-oriented and scripting languages, both designing and implementing whole solutions, and developing toward existing specifications.

• Twitter: @carlallenbrown
• Business Name: PDAgent, LLC
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlallenbrown

Chris Anderson

AutoIconic.com; TSNN.com; P90x'er; I enjoy communicating with people. Listening is underrated.

• Twitter: chrisandersonis
• Business Name: Automotive Rhythms
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisandersonis

Dan Lien

Dan is a software engineer who specializes in top-to-bottom web and mobile application development. He codes in C# (back-end), JavaScript (front-end), Objective-C (iOS), and Java (Android), but enjoys doing UI design the most. You can randomly find him around Austin running in his Vibram FiveFingers, baking cookies from scratch, or taking pictures of his food.

• Twitter: danclien
• Business Name: eduphoria!, Inc.
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/danlien

H.Sandra Chevalier-Batik

I am a research analyst and web content developer as well as a partner in Pleiades Publishing Services. A professional researcher and information technologist, I study technical data, conduct client-sponsored research, develop feasibility studies, competition and market analysis. I use this data to develop Search Engine Optimized web content including, newsletters, blogs, white papers, press releases, training materials and e-books. All of which are published on websites developed in WordPress. Tracking through statistical data, and oblique cross-references to find the relevant connections that help my clients solve a problem, or take action on a business venture is my passion. As a former SBA Business Counselor, I love helping my clients make money online, and to me WordPress is how I can do that easily and affordably.

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Jake Moilanen

• Twitter: moilanen
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James Weddle

James is living the entrepreneurial dream in one of the greatest cities in the world. James is a husband, father, friend, 12X entrepreneur and chronically optimistic person who believes that if you want a bright future, you have to build it. No excuses! Life is short. Get to it!

• Twitter: jamesweddle
• Business Name: Worksody
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesweddle

Jason Blackburn

Fascinated by what separates successful people from unsuccessful people since childhood, Jason has studied success for the last 20 years, applying what he learned to go from selling TV’s in college, to the Vice-President of Sales and Training for a national real estate products company. Jason has trained thousands of professionals across the country on real estate sales and success.

• Twitter: @laserfocuscoach
• Business Name: Laser Focus Training
• Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/jasonblackburn
• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonblackburn

Jeffrey Taylor

Jeffrey has been programming for 40+ years. He currently is doing freelance writing and Ruby on Rails development after decades of C/C++ programming with sidetrips through university teaching.

• Twitter: AustinBlues
• Business Name: Uncommon Software
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Joedie Villanueva

Joedie is an eDiscovery project manager with a strong information technology background. At Logik, his role includes data processing, document review platform consultation, training, and support for AMLAW 100 firms and Fortune 500 clients.

He holds a BS in Management Information Systems and over his career has worked locally and overseas in various roles that included content management, web development, systems administration, process improvement documentation, and software sales engineering.

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• LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/joediev

Kirtus Dixon

Kirtus Dixon is a family man, an entrepreneur, business builder and lean startup junkie. He's an avid learner, loves helping others and has plenty of wins and losses under his belt. Kirtus is the CEO of GroupCharger and a managing partner at Worksody. He also occasionally takes the trash out at Cospace. South Texas has been home for over half of his life, but he misses Southern California every day.

• Twitter: kirtusdixon
• Business Name: GroupCharger
• Facebook Page: http://
• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kirtusdixon

Kyle DeHaas

Entrepreneur and franchise business consultant. Twenty-year background in software, entrepreneurship, information technology and management consulting, serving Fortune 500 companies, government, and non-profit customers while working at firms including PriceWaterhouseCoopers, GE, eLoyalty, Convio, and SystemWise (as founder and CEO).

Holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship from The Acton School of Business, and a BBA in Management Information Systems from The University of Texas.

Values breadth of experience as well as depth. Believes that specialization is for insects.

• Twitter: kyled11
• Business Name: SystemWise Solutions, Inc.
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kyledehaas

Melinda Taylor

Melinda Taylor at Weborization is a master at transforming the visualization, content and intention of the client into a completed web marketing campaign that includes website design, email marketing, social media and print media. The finished product is user friendly, represents their business well and encompasses their business needs perfectly.

• Twitter: @weborization
• Business Name: Weborization
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/melinda-taylor/4/730/483

Mike Abernethy

Java and jQuery programmer, specializing in High Availability and Scalability of Java-based websites. IBM Master Inventor. MBA from UTexas-Austin.

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Nick Batik

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Noah Masterson

Financial services & e-commerce/marketing professional with over 12 years of web development experience. Equally fluent in marketing jargon and HTML. Able to bridge the cultural divide between sales, marketing and IT in a single bound.

• Twitter: @noahvail
• Business Name: Noah Masterson Consulting
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Pat Ramsey

Pat is the Design Chief & Accessibility Guru Extraordinaire for Inbound Interactive. Specializing in standards-based design, Pat believes in making code that works… beautifully. He leads the Austin WordPress meetup group and is active in Refresh Austin, a group of Web professionals “refreshing” the creative, technical, and professional aspects of their trade. Pat serves as both an adviser and trainer for Knowbility’s Accessible Internet Rallies. He’s been a speaker on the topics of accessibility and web standards at events around the country.

• Twitter: pat_ramsey
• Business Name: Inbound Interactive
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/ramseyp
• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/patramsey

Paul O’Brien

Seeking asylum from Silicon Valley, Paul is relatively new to Austin with 3 kids and a wife seeking a better life. A fractional marketing executive and entrepreneur, I serve as the marketing, business development, and monetization organizations for early stage companies. While not tweeting or seeding Sad Keanu images as Anonymous, what entrepreneur isn't building a startup; I'm passionate about Local, mobile, social networking, and eCommerce.

• Twitter: seobrien
• Business Name: SEO'Brien
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/seobrien.consulting
• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulobrien

Peter Wang

• Twitter: @pwang
• Business Name: Streamitive, LLC
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pzwang

Robert Banh

Rob is your typical code monkey. He hacked his way through a computer science degree at The University of Texas at Austin and earned his coding chops through the old men of IBM. He now is a web guru specializing in Expression Engine, Magento, and custom PHP apps in CodeIgniter/Zend.

• Twitter: robertbanh
• Business Name: Taecho Group
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertbanh

Sarah Cox

Sarah is the Operations Manager for Cospace. She takes care of Cospace members’ day-to-day needs and manages events, schedules, and cospaceatx.com updates. If you’ve got questions, she’s got answers (this also applies to pub trivia, which she dominates regularly). Fun fact: she can be bribed with chocolate chip cookies.

• Twitter: sarahkcox
• Business Name: Cospace
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• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbuser

Stephen Nold

Stephen Nold is a technology consultant who began his career in research and transitioned into market launch strategies. Calling attention to the impact of social media and other disruptive technologies, Stephen has become an advocate of innovation that evolves personal engagements. He has worked with a long list of clients including Hanley Wood, IBM, Gartner, Intel, and Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Stephen’s goal as a speaker, writer and consultant is to educate his audiences and clients about the efficient use of technology to save time and improve productivity. With his experience in technology development and marketing, he explores complex topics through an exciting, understandable approach. Stephen is an active member of International Association of Exhibitions and Events and Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO), serves as the technology advisor to Financial and Insurance Conference Planners (FICP) and sits on the Board of Directors for Presdo Match.

• Twitter: @stepnold
• Business Name: Tarsus Advon
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/stephen.nold
• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephennold

Toyin Akinmusuru

• Twitter: mrosprey
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• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/mrosprey
• LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/toyinakinmusuru