 Stephen Love is the Group President of the Northridge Interactive and also works with key accounts as Client Practice Director. In the capacity of NRi Group President, Mr. Love is responsible for the strategic direction of NRi working with our Northridge executive team. As Client Practice Director, Stephen partners with clients to ensure business goals are being met by the solutions developed by the NRi team across all service areas. Key accounts include Time Warner Cable, AGL Resources, Holder Construction, JAS Forwarding, Emory University, and Lowe’s Racing.
Stephen Love is the Group President of the Northridge Interactive and also works with key accounts as Client Practice Director. In the capacity of NRi Group President, Mr. Love is responsible for the strategic direction of NRi working with our Northridge executive team. As Client Practice Director, Stephen partners with clients to ensure business goals are being met by the solutions developed by the NRi team across all service areas. Key accounts include Time Warner Cable, AGL Resources, Holder Construction, JAS Forwarding, Emory University, and Lowe’s Racing.
Previously, Stephen was President & CEO of Vervos, Inc. (acquired in 2005 by Northridge). While at Vervos, Stephen worked with many leading companies and non-profit organizations including HBO, EMC, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon.
Prior to founding Vervos, Stephen served as Executive Creative Director of the Commerce One Design Center (previously AppNet and NMP, Inc.). In his six years with the company, he built and managed a team of 40 brand consultants, designers, copywriters, and interface engineers. Stephen was responsible for representing the Design Center in sales engagements as well as ensuring the successful delivery of projects. He also served as Interactive Marketing Consultant and Creative Lead on several key client engagements, including Cablevision, Discovery Communications, BellSouth, Worldcom, BET, Wall Street Journal, and World Wildlife Fund.
Stephen annually serves as a judge of the Web Marketing Association’s WebAwards. He also has presented at various conferences on topics such as usability, design & branding, and online fundraising. Stephen was also contributing author to Fundraising on the Internet, the ePhilanthropy Foundation’s Guide to Success Online.
Stephen holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in American Civilization, focusing on cultural trends and how they impact society.
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 Jeremey Zela is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Northridge. Mr. Zela focuses his attention on operations, delivery methodology, and technology best practices. Mr. Zela is continually involved with researching emerging technologies in order to forge the technical direction of the company. Jeremey oversees all technology-related endeavors of the business including practice line development, best practices, thought leadership, software engineering, and systems design and architecture.
Jeremey Zela is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Northridge. Mr. Zela focuses his attention on operations, delivery methodology, and technology best practices. Mr. Zela is continually involved with researching emerging technologies in order to forge the technical direction of the company. Jeremey oversees all technology-related endeavors of the business including practice line development, best practices, thought leadership, software engineering, and systems design and architecture.
While at Northridge, Mr. Zela has led the design and architecture of the firm's robust Microsoft.NET-based class library which allows the company's web and software development teams to deliver reliable software within a reasonable timeframe and budget. In addition, Mr. Zela was the chief architect on the Northridge Content Management System which is a full content management suite providing security, workflow, authoring, publishing, and site management.
Mr. Zela has over ten years of professional technology experience including consulting, technical architecture, and software engineering. Jeremey has held senior technology roles with several leading firms including IBM, MCI Telecommunications, and Wang Laboratories. Mr. Zela is regarded as an industry expert in the areas of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 development, COM/ActiveX design, SQL Server 2005, ASP.NET, XML/XSL, and software engineering best practices.
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 Tor Gundersen serves as Creative Director for the Northridge Interactive business unit at Northridge Systems. In this role, Mr. Gundersen is responsible for all aspects of the creative delivery process and for leading a team of highly talented designers. Tor provides core leadership in the area of successfully blending design and technology ensuring goal driven results for our clients. In his time with Northridge, Mr. Gundersen has led successful client engagements for major accounts including Atlanta Gas Light, Peracon, Harry Norman Realtors, Modem Media, and many others.
Tor Gundersen serves as Creative Director for the Northridge Interactive business unit at Northridge Systems. In this role, Mr. Gundersen is responsible for all aspects of the creative delivery process and for leading a team of highly talented designers. Tor provides core leadership in the area of successfully blending design and technology ensuring goal driven results for our clients. In his time with Northridge, Mr. Gundersen has led successful client engagements for major accounts including Atlanta Gas Light, Peracon, Harry Norman Realtors, Modem Media, and many others.
Prior to joining Northridge Systems, Tor had successful tenures at several leading design and marketing agencies in the Atlanta area. Clients he has worked for in the past include: Cartoon Network , ACOG (Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games), USOC (United States Olympic Committee), IOC (International Olympic Committee), Randstad, Shaw Industries, CLAUS.COM, JC Penney, Powertel, Georgia Power, Interliant, Kimberly-Clark Healthcare, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, MedAssets and Chik-Fil-A.
Mr. Gundersen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design and an Associate degree in Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology. With a career that started in print and includes over a decade of web and interactive media experience, Tor has a highly valuable blend of traditional and new media expertise allowing clients to successfully utilize all available channels.
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 Jason Barrett is the Software Engineering Service Director at Northridge. In this role, Jason is responsible for overseeing and coordinating projects, resources, pre-sales, and delivery. Jason has an extensive background in consulting, technical architecture, and software development, and has held a senior role in all facets of software engineering.
Jason Barrett is the Software Engineering Service Director at Northridge. In this role, Jason is responsible for overseeing and coordinating projects, resources, pre-sales, and delivery. Jason has an extensive background in consulting, technical architecture, and software development, and has held a senior role in all facets of software engineering.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia. In over 11 years of professional experience in the Information Technology field, Jason has successfully architected, developed, and deployed solutions on a variety of platforms for organizations such as NASA, Ernst & Young, and RHIP Toyz.
In his time away from the office, Jason enjoys spending time with his wife Julie, playing tennis, watching Bulldogs football, and is an avid music fan.
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 Dan Read has been a Senior Software Architect for Northridge since 2005 and has been working in the IT industry since 1994. In his role at Northridge, Dan works closely with clients and with design and delivery teams at Northridge and Northridge Interactive to deliver high value business and technical solutions. In addition to designing, developing, and leading custom software development and SharePoint projects, Dan works in a consulting capacity for many clients in areas such as technical strategy, business process, architecture, organizational change, business intelligence, and marketing. Dan is proud to work at Northridge, where ethics, quality, and delivery of real value to clients are the highest priorities.
Dan Read has been a Senior Software Architect for Northridge since 2005 and has been working in the IT industry since 1994. In his role at Northridge, Dan works closely with clients and with design and delivery teams at Northridge and Northridge Interactive to deliver high value business and technical solutions. In addition to designing, developing, and leading custom software development and SharePoint projects, Dan works in a consulting capacity for many clients in areas such as technical strategy, business process, architecture, organizational change, business intelligence, and marketing. Dan is proud to work at Northridge, where ethics, quality, and delivery of real value to clients are the highest priorities.
Prior to joining Northridge, Dan has worked in Atlanta, GA and Jacksonville, FL as a software developer, consultant, architect, trainer, sales engineer, and/or technical writer for companies such as Equifax and Lanier—and at GE Power Systems, where Dan was the architect and team leader for a complex engineering and financial application that was responsible for a multi-billion dollar line of business. Dan has done work in domains such as insurance, accounting, retail, power generation, military recruiting, water purification, manufacturing, convention planning, and trucking. Dan was also fortunate enough to enjoy a wild ride at one of the early dot-com’s, which actually survived and ultimately thrived based on the SaaS software application designed and built by Dan and his team.
Dan is also co-author of three editions of the VBScript Programmer’s Reference (from Wiley/Wrox, also recently translated into Korean) and was the founder of since-retired developer.* (DeveloperDotStar.com), an award-winning online magazine and one of the early software blogging communities, and also developer.* Books, an independent book publishing company that published two books (since translated into Korean, Japanese, and Russian) by software development luminary Robert L. Glass. Dan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing and Anthropology from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) and also holds the Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) certification.
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 While Sean oversees a team of project managers, designers, engineers, and other strategists on a daily basis for delivering successful projects to clients – he is still a project manager at the core.
While Sean oversees a team of project managers, designers, engineers, and other strategists on a daily basis for delivering successful projects to clients – he is still a project manager at the core.
Before Northridge, Sean worked many years for a creative branding firm serving as both creative and technology director growing their service offering from print media to interactive websites. Prior to that, there was a day where Sean enjoyed roles from creative designer to user interface developer. With client experience ranging from MTV, Cartoon Network, and RHIP Toyz to Habitat for Humanity and North Point Community Church, Sean brings a wide range of expertise to the table when consulting with clients.
Originally hailing from the Baltimore and D.C. area, Sean holds a bachelor’s degree from McDaniel College in English Literature and a bachelor’s from Shepherd College in Graphic Design. He enjoys time away from work with his family, as well as the arts and athletics.
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 James Farquharson is a Business Development Director at Northridge. In this role, Mr. Farquharson uncovers new business opportunities, develops initial relationships with potential clients, and manages the proposal development and contract review process. Mr. Farquharson works on any project that can be addressed by Northridge’s capabilities, and is also responsible for bringing resources from Microsoft to assist in discussing potential projects. Mr. Farquharson leverages over 12 years of business development experience to ensure that his client’s needs are met.
James Farquharson is a Business Development Director at Northridge. In this role, Mr. Farquharson uncovers new business opportunities, develops initial relationships with potential clients, and manages the proposal development and contract review process. Mr. Farquharson works on any project that can be addressed by Northridge’s capabilities, and is also responsible for bringing resources from Microsoft to assist in discussing potential projects. Mr. Farquharson leverages over 12 years of business development experience to ensure that his client’s needs are met.
Prior to working with Northridge, Mr. Farquharson was in business development working on multicultural web development, electronic quality control systems, and technology education. Mr. Farquharson has a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing from Georgia State University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Spanish from Denison University.
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