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Creating web experiences with personality.
My name's Russ. I'm a web developer, designer, creative technologist and musician, based out of Byram, NJ, USA.
I design and develop websites, applications and interactive experiences. You won't find too many people who have been building websites for over 25 years! I've worked across a wide range of industries - corporate IT, pharma, marketing, gaming, government, recruitment, art and media, and almost everything else. I've lived and worked in the UK, Ireland and the US, and have UK, US and EU citizenship.
Here's a few sites to show you what I've been up to.
Gap, Inc
Fashion and retail giant.
Tech: Kentico CMS, SCSS, Next.js
Sullivan & Cromwell Inc.
Large legal firm.
Tech: Next.js, Crownpeak CMS
National Grid US
Utility supply company.
Tech: HTML5, CSS3, JS, Crownpeak CMS
GCHQ Careers
Want to work for the British signals intelligence service?
Tech: DNN, HTML5, CSS3, CSS/Canvas animations
Francis Bacon
Website for the estate of the late figurative artist.
Tech: Drupal, Wordpress, Angular, WooCommerce
Joseph Hage Aaronson
London-based law firm.
Tech: Wordpress, CSS animations
ADP Workmarket
Website for ADP's Workmarket independent contractor management solution.
Tech: Next.js, Contentful CMS
Margenza
Site for a breast cancer medication.
Tech: HTML5, CSS, Drupal backend, Salesforce omnichannel integration
Bafiertam
Site for a multiple sclerosis medication.
Tech: Vue.js, Salesforce omnichannel integration
Gimoti
Site for a diabetic gastroperesis drug.
Tech: Next.js, Salesforce omnichannel integration
Micro Strategies Inc.
Company website for a New Jersey IT services company.
Tech: Wordpress, helpdesk integration
From The Archives
As a web developer, it's inevitable that some of your work will end up being replaced or retired at some point. So I've dug a few of my favourite old projects out of the Wayback Machine. I did a load of Flash-based stuff back in the day too, but I haven't included those here since it's no longer supported!
GCHQ Careers (previous version) (2014)
The interactive content and animations were nicer in this version!
Tech: DNN, CSS/Canvas animations
Funding Tree (2015)
Crowdfunding site for small businesses. No longer active.
Tech: Full custom PHP engine, CSS, HTML5, Angular
Ken's Autos (2016)
Site for a UK garage chain.
Tech: Custom PHP booking system, with DVLA API lookup
Magic Town (2012)
Kids' storybook application. Loved this, and so did my son!
Tech: CSS/Canvas animation, Flash-to-HTML5 migration, JS, jQuery
Sosius (2007)
Innovative (for the time) collaboration and co-working application suite
Tech: HTML, CSS, custom .NET-based CMS and application
BT Marketing Services (2002)
Suite of applications for British Telecom's internal marketing division.
Tech: HTML, CSS, Classic ASP-based application