Our Company

Meet the Nu-Designs Team

The Nu-Designs Web Marketing team contributes in unique ways to make the Web work for you. Since 1995 Nu-Designs has been designing and developing Web sites for businesses and organizations in Marin and Sonoma County. By carefully and meticulously hand-picking only the most competent design and development experts—artists in their own right—the Nu-Designs team has become the paramount Web design and development team in the North Bay.

Combining Creative Talent and Technical Know-How

Over the years our client base has grown steadily. We have in our portfolio a wide range of creatively-designed Web pages serving a variety of purposes. These diverse projects have imbued our staff with a depth of experience in Internet protocol and Web site development that is second-to-none, resulting in useable, cleanly-designed and robust Web sites for our clients.

Collectively our team has over 100 years of experience in Web design, development and marketing expertise and our clients are the beneficiaries of our knowledge. Combining real-world business experience with finely-honed technical capabilities, Nu-Designs provides practical, attractive solutions to Web site development needs.

Meet Our Team

David K

Vice President of Operations

David brings 15 years of business leadership to the team. He has a BA from California State University, Sacramento in Economics. He worked 10 years in business and marketing for Shell Oil Company. In 2002, David Co-founded and operated K2 Environmental, Inc, a successful specialty construction company. In 2006, David hung up his tool belt to join Nu-Designs and lead us in our future endeavors.

Ron L

Vice President, Founder

Ron Lowe started Nu-Designs in 1995 from his Santa Rosa apartment. Ron has an innate ability (and years of experience) to gauge a Web site’s “usability”, the ease with which a visitor can access information and navigate, and its effectiveness in getting the attention of search engines. Unlike many computer and Web experts, Ron didn’t grow up obsessed with computers. Ron has worked as a grocery clerk, as a farrier (horseshoer), even a professional photographer. Somehow, that history added up to the proficiency that guided Nu-Designs to where it is today.

Michele C

Sales and Marketing Manager

Michele is the initial point of contact for new clients at Nu-Designs and emphasizes customized, personal service above all.  “I  believe in the talent of each member of the Nu-Designs team,” she said. “If I didn’t, I couldn’t sell it.” If you’ve been thinking about having a new Web site designed, Michele will be there to listen, offer suggestions and show you how Nu-designs can help. She has many years of experience as a Project Manager and Coordinator and has made a career of sales, sales support and customer service. She laughs a lot and hers is the desk in the office with the candy dish. She loves to garden and admits that she talks to birds and sometimes “just breaks out into song.” In fact, she has been known to sing using oven mitts as hand-puppets.

Paul L

Operations Manager, Creative Director

Paul brings over 15 years of formal software development and delivery expertise to Nu-Designs. He has 7 years web development experience holding a BS in Computer Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Paul brings the requisite mix of right and left brain skills—a creative technician as well as our resident Fireworks and Flash expert. For the past 13 years he has also volunteered his time as a member of the Sonoma County Search and Rescue team and has been involved for 8 years with the California Rescue Dog Association. He is a coordinator and trainer for the National Association of Search and Rescue.

Mike E

Technical Manager

Mike runs our software development team. He is the one who can build a MySQL or PostgreSQL database and connect it to Flash ActionScript through a PHP interface or build a Mojavi or Cake Application Framework from scratch. In English: He’s a Web wizard and a darn fine object-oriented programmer.

Sean R

Project Manager

Sean Ramsey once pursued a career in engineering, until he realized he hated calculus. So he went to law school and got his degree. This helps here at Nu-Designs because as Project Manager, Sean acts as an advocate for clients - a liaison between the programmers, designers and the customer. He can translate tech-speak into plain language so the client understands what’s being done, and, conversely, communicate the needs of the client to the programmers. Sean is here to ensure customers’ projects run smoothly from start to finish. He is the go-to man if you have questions or concerns about your in-process project. He commutes on a scooter and finds amusement in tossing a Frisbee. Sean plans on someday learning the cow bell so he can join a Def Leppard tribute band.

Nancy G

Senior Designer, xHTML & CSS Specialist

Completely self-taught, Nancy’s amazing Web design skills set the standard at Nu-Designs and beyond. Motivated to do her best in whatever she does, Nancy says when it comes to Web site design, it’s all about making the customer happy. She frequently rides her bike to work from Sebastopol to Santa Rosa (“It keeps me sane!”) and is a huge San Francisco Giants fan. A music lover, she has over 4,500 songs in her i-pod and hopes someday to reach its capacity of 15,000 at which time her life will be complete. She laughs easily, loves working with her clients and says with a smile, “they love me right back.” Our resident Photoshop Guru, Nancy has a twin sister and we’re always kind of wondering which is them is really sitting at her desk.

Lynn R

Project Coordinator, SEO Analyst

Lynn is the Jack-of-all-trades here at Nu-Designs. He applies his many skills on a wide variety of projects. Lynn says he’s the “lost soul” of the office, but the truth is he’s too good to confine to one department. His proficiency and expertise is highly sought after for a variety of jobs, from project management to search engine optimization, design, xHTML, and more. He has been in the Web development industry over 10 years. When he’s not here he’s getting beat up by the girls’ basketball and lacrosse teams he coaches at Sonoma Academy.

Jennifer B

Lead Programmer, Database Expert

Jennifer has two great loves: ballroom dancing and computer programming, and, frankly, she could go either way at any time, writing code one minute and gliding across the room the next. Her father brought home a portable computer when she was very young and she immediately picked up a programming book and never looked back. She started ballroom dancing at around the same time and has thus far been successful in balancing these two disparate activities. Jennifer has been programming professionally for over 12 years (and teaching ballroom dance since 2003).  She is highly skillful at customizing ecommerce systems and online stores for our clients, as well as designing, programming and maintaining their databases. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the tango. 

Wayne I

Web Designer

Wayne brings over 10 years of solid web/graphic design and management to Nu-designs. He wears his multiple skills in Photoshop, xHTML, CSS, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash, JavaScript and Icon creation like tools on his personal Batman utility belt. A true renaissance man, Wayne can not only effectively design and build your new Web site, but work first-hand with you to make sure it’s exactly what you want. When nobody’s looking, Wayne likes to perform and teach break dancing. No, really. He owns a DJ business, loves drawing, hiking, music and working on his 1957 oval-window Volkswagen bug.

Gary T

Software Developer and Project Manager

When Gary was 3 years old, his parents bought him his first computer. At 3 and a half, Gary and his sister were figuring out how to program it and he’s been programming computers ever since. Gary wrote most of the content management system used by Nu-Designs. Unlike many computer nerds, he enjoys interacting with customers and is quick with a joke or wry comment. Gary says his daughter, Anna, is the cutest of all the children of the employees at Nu-Designs and he’s ready to prove it. When he’s not here he runs his own freelance programming and server administration business and takes care of his wife and daughter. When asked what he does in his spare time he responded, “What spare time?”

Quinn S

Software Developer and Programmer

When a customer needs something special or unusual to happen on their Web site, something that requires software and programming that doesn’t come in a box, we call Quinn to make it happen. Writing custom software—from unique shopping carts for retailers to custom shipping calculators for trucking companies—is his specialty. He also handles content management systems for Web sites. A former digital color specialist on DC and Marvel Comics, Quinn studied fine art in college until programming became his first love (though now his first love is his baby daughter, Zoe). “I love writing programming code,” he said. “It’s like poetry that does something.”

Tina K

Accounting

With all the wacky, creative types here at Nu-Designs, someone has to keep everybody in line. Tina is in charge of payroll, accounts receivable and payable and generally keeping everyone’s ducks in a row. We’d be lost without her because, frankly, computer-types aren’t known for being good at this sort of thing. Friendly and competent, she is always available to help employees or clients with accounting questions or concerns. A dedicated parent (“My first and most important job is being a mom”) with two children, Tina enjoys boating, camping and dirt bike riding with her family. It’s rumored that she never buys erasers or whiteout because she never makes mistakes.

Jim B

Production Editor

Jim specializes in helping business owners tell their story. He can hone in on those special qualities that set you and your business apart from the competition and write about them in a way that makes customers want to do business with you. With over 20 years experience in editing, writing and publishing, Jim can write your Web site’s content from scratch, or go in and tweak the existing copy to improve the flow and clarity. When he’s not writing, he’s either reading or playing air guitar. You can often find him and his band, Blacktop Moon, performing at various venues around Sonoma County, where he plays a real guitar.

Bean C

Assistant Editor

Now and then during the day, an infectious giggle rings out from the back office here at Nu-Designs. That giggle belongs to Bean Carter, assistant editor and resident queen of sotto-voce asides, cynical, acerbic witticisms and dry humor. Bean studied Evolutionary Biology at Sonoma State and hopes someday to write for science journals, but for now she writes and edits customized industry articles for Web sites, where her love and mastery of words and language are huge assets. Her quick wit never fails to crack up those around her. She likes Hondas and driving fast. She says that growing up she was a lot like Lisa Simpson, even down to the saxophone. She would like to assure everyone that she’s only crazy half the time. But she won’t tell which half.

Q

Office Dog

Q is our resident cheerleader here at Nu-Designs. A border/healer mix, when she’s not guarding Paul from predators, she enjoys sniffing and eating things. In fact, if she thinks you have something good to eat and that you might share some, she will be your best friend until it’s gone. Q is a working dog with the California Rescue Dog Association and holds three search and rescue certifications. This “search” training is why she always seems to know when there’s something good to eat in your trash can.