VashonOrganics.com
VashonOrganics.com is an e-commerce site that sells natural and organic skin care products. We built this site with IAModules software, using XML, XSL logic and CSS. I currently manage the webstore, and the bulk of my time is spent on search engine optimization, building traffic, web marketing and more. This site is fully integrated with QuickBooks accounting software, and sends items, customers, orders and more bi-directionally between the webstore and QuickBooks.
Apicare.net
Apicare.net is a wholesale website, built off wordpress content management software. Utilizing this software, the client has access to a backend application which allows them to easily manage all of the content on the website. URL's are search engine friendly, and the wordpress template system allows for seamless adding of new pages, articles, etc...
NwExpeditions.com
NwExpeditions.com chronicles Peter Frost's sailing journey through Alaska in 2005. Peter is a personal friend of mine, and it was a real pleasure working with him on this website.
OrganicBirdFood.com
OrganicBirdFood.com is built with CRE Loaded software, which is OScommerce on steroids. The CRE Loaded team took the 50 most popular contributions written for OScommerce and packaged them into a feature rich e-commerce application.
Ryan Grant
Ryan was educated at The Evergreen State College and graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He got started with web design in 2004 while traveling in Northern Thailand, working on a volunteer project to create a website for a permaculture operation. Since then he has gone on to work for companies such as VashonOrganics.com, Apicare.net, BlueRidgeCompany.com, and IAModules.com.
His strong points include: a knack for listening to and communicating with clients and a well rounded knowledge of current web strategies. Ryan's goal is to work hard and efficiently to create websites his clients can look at everyday and smile.
Vashon Organics · 2006 - current
Started by 3 partners and I, VashonOrganics.com is now moving into it's second year in business. I currently manage the web store and recently I've been working on search engine optimization, launching an e-newsletter, product feeds, a forum, using XML, XSLT, XHTML, JavaScript and CSS.
Jade Island Trading · 2003 - 2006
Brian Louis, owner of Jade Island Trading Company, approached me in 2003 with the idea of creating an e-commerce site selling imported silks out of Thailand. Initially I worked with him as a consultant, helping him to form the business and setup a small home office. Within a short time, I had Brian up and running with an OScommerce webstore and a PayPal shopping cart system (perfect for his small business, as no merchant account was needed). For 3 years I maintained his website, providing technical assistance and small business consulting when needed.
BlueRidge Company · 2004 - 2006
During this period I participated in various e-commerce projects or directly in web site production. My primary focus was web marketing and search engine optimization. I also acted as director of Back End development for the site, working with employees and back-end programmers to create an efficient and manageable web store.
Skill Set
- (X)HTML, CSS, PHP, MYSQL5, XSLT, XML & JavaScript
- Information design
- Web Marketing
- Search Engine Optimization
- Custom Blog Creation
- E-Commerce Installation
- Usability
- Accessibility