As Director of Development, Joe coordinates the development portion of all Blend’s work. He schedules and manages developer resources, and pitches in where he can to ensure timely delivery. He programs primarily in PHP and Ruby, with a broad range of experience in .NET, Java, and other languages.
Before coming to Blend, Joe was a development manager in the Internet development team at BankFIRST, where he built and maintained their credit card account service site that served over a million customers. He was also a Webmaster for the Sioux Falls School District, and produced an interactive learning CD for Dakota State University. Joe has extensive experience in Linux and Windows server implementation and management, including high-availability and multi-server scenarios.
When he’s not working, Joe enjoys spending time with his kids, biking, camping, geocaching, and skiing.