About Us
- Kevin Johnson
- Paul Raupach
- Wesley Middaugh
- Davi Grossman
- Michael Phillips
- Matt Baily
- Jennifer Louie
- Elle Yoko Suzuki
Kevin Johnson
The Voice
Kevin creates an environment that allows both the team at Deluxe, and their clients, the ability to realize the possibility of work done with integrity. He's always looking to provide a long term solution no matter how large or small the project.
An industry expert with over 11 years of experience, Kevin has also served as the Curriculum Director of San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program where he helped create one of the world's first online training programs. He has taught, mentored, and encouraged new talent to realize their vision, and has contributed his time and expertise as a judge for the Web Marketing Association for the past 4 years.
In his spare time, he enjoys spare time.
Paul Raupach
The Brain
Paul is DDM's problem-solving programmer. Whether it's a shopping cart, trip display or community portal your website needs, Paul will figure out the best, fastest and most practical way to get your dynamic content online.
His proficiency in Ruby on Rails, Python, JavaScript, SQL and many other buzzwords and three letter acronyms makes it possible for him to get the job done without you having to worry about what any of those terms mean.
Wesley Middaugh
The Nerd
Ley does his job so well most of our clients never get to meet him - which is too bad because he's a really nice guy. Our servers and systems are secure and stable thanks to his daily efforts keeping up with software and hardware changes as well as maintaining website logs, email, and the all important backups.
Davi Grossman
The Artist
Originally trained as a commercial and biomedical illustrator, Davi was swept away by the computer graphics and internet revolution and has never looked back. In 1996 she fell in with the Deluxe crowd after mercilessly heckling Kevin Johnson in a media class he was then teaching and which she was attending.
As a creative director and graphic designer Davi has been working with Deluxe Digital Media since 1997. Davi has a BFA in Illustration from Cal State University Long Beach and has taught Graphic Design for the Web at the San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program.
When not strategizing the beautification of the Web, she can be found adoring her son and husband, taking aim at her homicidal cat with a squirt gun, and pondering just which parallel universe has the best single family house prices.
Michael Phillips
The Facilitator
Michael has over 9 years experience designing and managing interactive websites and online marketing initiatives for organizations such as Ziff-Davis UK, GameSpot UK, and small to medium-sized clients. Before working at DDM he was the Director of Online Creative Strategy for a Washington, DC company specializing in youth leadership programs.
His approach to client projects and initiatives focuses on providing a creative and strategic framework for online marketing efforts, including strategies to increase customer loyalty, improve customer acquisition, enhance brand awareness, and support direct marketing campaigns.
In 2004 he began a 13-month around-the-world journey with his wife. During their travels they were organic farmers in France and Greece, volunteers at a Liberian refugee camp in Ghana, high school and college teachers in Uganda and China, and rural development volunteers in India.
Michael also serves on the board of directors for Designers Without Borders, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit dedicated to delivering technology, instruction, and design consultation to schools and select non-profits in Africa.
Matt Baily
Front-end Web Developer & Designer
3 years ago Matt lost his taste for eating squirrels and hedgehogs and moved to the United States from a small village in England. He now lives in Berkeley with his wife, Tamina and their dog, Lucy.
Matt has an undergrad degree in Zoology and a professional certificate in Photography. Before joining the DDM team he worked as fine art printer, specializing in antique and alternative photographic processes. A lot of his free time is consumed by all things photographic.
At DDM he works as our Front End Web Developer & Designer. CSS, Xhtml and Javascript are the main tools of his trade. He keeps his skills tuned via his extensive blogroll.
Jennifer Louie
Web Programmer
Jennifer became interested in web development back in her early teens when she was creating fan sites for her favorite boy bands using WYSIWYG editors. Since then, she has received her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and become one of DDM's Ruby on Rails programmers.
Offline, Jennifer enjoys sewing, gourmet cooking, playing guitar, and dressing up her dog in fancy clothing.
Elle Yoko Suzuki
Web Programmer
Elle came to DDM with several years of Linux Systems Administration experience from Pixar Animation Studios. Her background also includes setting up and maintaining student organization websites for and studying Applied Mathematics at UC Berkeley.
When not thinking about or playing on the Internet, Elle can be found motorcycling, studying foreign languages, running, and writing.
