Rob Riggs, Principal & Project Manager

Rob founded Your Design Online after he discovered a unique niche in an over-flooded design market. He holds degrees in both Marketing and Business Management and specializes in PHP, XHTML, CSS, and Project Management.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Rob enjoys motorcycles, playing guitar and keys, and listening to a wide array of music. He also enjoys learning about a variety of subjects through audio books while fighting Atlanta traffic.

Rob’s Advice: Technology is one of the most cost-effective tools for growing a business. From marketing to operating, prospecting to conversion, there’s simply no better way to impact your target client.

Jeff Smith, Pickle Wrangler

If you are in a pickle or have a pickle of a problem we can help. Jeff comes to us with over a decade of experience in data driven websites and custom applications. If you are trying to do more with your website like inventory interaction, manage memberships, schedule events or set up e-commerce he’s your guy. He has a Master’s degree in Technical Communications and a Graduate Certificate from Georgia Tech in Project Management.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Jeff used to enjoy racing bicycles but now just enjoys riding them on the road, in the mountains or with his family on the Silver Comet Trail.

Jeff’s Advice: You would never allow a builder to build your house without a blue print so why would you build anything that is data driven and may be the backbone of your business without a similar plan? 

Shelly Kent, Copywriter

Shelly is a published writer and magazine columnist who helps YDO’s clients effectively impart their message on their web site and in their social media. She lives in North Atlanta and enjoys reading, writing, brainstorming, and learning about new businesses and concepts.

Shelly’s Advice: Look at your company from your consumers’ perspective. Instead of pushing your products or services, ask yourself, “Why would someone want to purchase this from me?”

Jodey Smith, Social Media

Jodey earned his Information Technology Certification with an emphasis in Web site Design from Gainesville State College. His specialties include WordPress, Flash, Social Media, and Web Video. He hails from Sugar Hill, Georgia and serves YDO clients all over the Southeast.

Jodey’s Advice: Red Adair had it right when he said, “If you think hiring a professional is expensive, wait ’til you hire an amateur.”

Christie Glascoe Crowder, Project Coordinator

Christie is a published author, journalist, and certified social media professional. Her passion for marketing, the digital space, and story telling has allowed her to work with large corporations and small businesses to help them creatively spread their brand message via social media.

Christie is originally from Silver Spring, Maryland and currently resides in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. When she gets a moment to herself, she enjoys writing/blogging, reading, movies, music, traveling, and anything else that involves having an adventure.

Zach Nicodemous, Developer

Zach comes to us from Basildon, United Kingdom, having trained at MSCE, City and Guilds. He specializes in HTML, CSS, PHP, jQuery, WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. In his spare time, Zach runs an Internet radio station and podcast and plays games such as Call of Duty and Forza. He loves thought-provoking television shows such as Lost, FlashForward, and Stargate.

Zach’s Advice: A good looking web site is only half the package. A good marketing presence is where you start seeing gold.

Ali Kashif, Developer

Ali holds a Bachelors Degree in Arts and was raised in Islamabad, Pakistan. He is a valuable asset to Your Design Online in a multitude of platforms.

Ali’s Advice: The Internet is growing every second; if you want to keep up, you have to command your presence on the Internet.

Al Pothiraj, Developer

Al holds a bachelors in Computer Science from Madurai Kamaraj University and has over 5 years of extensive experience in LAMP (PHP, Apache, MySql), CakePHP, e-commerce (Magento, Opencart, osCommerce, ZenCart) Ajax, and JavaScript. Al has also built several mobile applications for the iPhone and Android.He hates Facebook and engages himself with R&D in his free time to make a remarkable web application which would change the face of social media.

Al’s Advice: A research study found that “if people believe a website looks good, then this positive quality will spread to other areas, such as the website’s content…they will continue to use the website that made a good first impression.”

Chris Hutchison, Developer

Chris has a broad background with specialties in PHP, WordPress, Codeigniter, Object-Oriented Programming, Magento, and osCommerce.Chris is from Jackson, Georgia and enjoys drawing, hiking, music, design, programming, and social media.

Chris’s Advice: The average consumer spends hours online conducting research before making a significant purchase of a product or service. A poorly designed, hard-to-use website will kill your chances to bring in new business.

Danish Husain, Developer

Danish holds a master of science in Industrial Mathematics with a concentration in Computer Applications. His specialties are PHP, Smarty, osCommerce, Drupal, WordPress, Mysql, Javascript, jQuery, Yii Framework, and (PHP) Magento.

Danish is a native of New Delhi, India and when he’s not being a programming rock star, he can be found surfing the net, watching movies or playing cricket.

Sreedhar Babu, Developer

Sreedhar holds a bachelor in Computer Science from KIIT University and has over five years of extensive experience in several Microsoft Technologies like Asp.net, C#.net, vb.net, MSSQL, WCF, WPF, Silverlight, MVC,Sharepoint, and Ajax. He is also skilled in JavaScript and the Content Management Systems DotnetNuke and Sitefinity.

He loves to engage himself with R&D and has built several mobile applications for the iPhone and Android. His dream is to make a remarkable web application which would change the face of social media.

Sreedhar’s Advice: Developing creative websites and using new technologies to make people aware of what man can do using his own thoughts an innovations.

Roy Vanderploeg, Developer

Roy grew up in Conyers, GA, and is working toward a degree as a CIS Programming Specialist. Roy specializes in Asp.net, C#, VB.Net and SQL and MySQL databases. He’s worked with several high-profile Sitefinity sites, as well as Reader’s Digest.

Roy loves problem solving, whether it’s a puzzle or a sophisticated algorithm. In his spare time, Roy enjoys music and movies, building model cards, and programming.

Roy’s Advice: Good design starts before the designer opens Photoshop. It starts with great planning and content design.