Hello!
My name is Chad. I make good websites.
I’ve worked with Christian nonprofits and businesses in the digital space for more than 20 years, using best practices long before they became buzzwords. These qualities are a given in my work:
- User-Centered
- Meaningful, relevant experiences that are enjoyable to use (UX)
- Responsive
- Design and content that adapt smoothly to any device, from mobile to desktop
- Accessible
- Semantic structures (HTML) and styles (CSS) that meet WCAG for all abilities
- Resilient
- Secure, straightforward code that works across platforms with graceful, layered features
- Optimized
- Refined systems that maximize clarity, efficiency, and communication
I understand the strengths and limits of the Internet, and how to make it work for us. The sites I build are sensible, simple to maintain, and satisfy clients and their customers. Their long life has proven their value.
Work
- Web Developer Freelance
- Current sites include challies.com, missionary.com, confessional.org (forthcoming), and radiusinternational.org (forthcoming); past sites include albertmohler.com, russellmoore.com
- E-Commerce & Technology Director Evangelical Bible / Schuyler Bibles
- Digital operations oversight with performance engineering, custom pipelines and analysis for inventory, fulfillment, customer, and product data, and updated brand and package design
- Web Product Manager International Mission Board
- Lifecycle stewardship of high-profile sites and e-commerce for a large missions organization with a growing donor base
- Technical Lead and Consultant SolaSites
- Viable business platform to support missionary presence abroad, including a scalable content management system for church sites built with a small South Asian team
- Missionary and Bible Translator International Mission Board
- Contextual strategies for church planting and Bible translation in the Himalayas, Scripture engagement among Bible-less communities, and exegetical advising for the Bodo New Testament project
- Webmaster The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Scalable content management system for seminary, college, Albert Mohler, and Russell Moore, with UX and web-standards improvements, multimedia and social syndication, and faculty and staff training
- Webmaster The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
- Audience growth for nonprofit with content-driven website and marketing design
Note: I wrote every line of this small site’s code for the fun of it. I remember when the web was young. (Go on, right-click and explore the page source.)
About
I studied design at the University at Buffalo, theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and linguistics at Dallas International University. I hold a UX certification from the Nielsen Norman Group.
I was ordained to Christian ministry in 2009 and worked for years among the peoples of South Asia. Like Paul’s tent-making, web work traveled easily and often paved the way. There, I learned the value of efficient sites on spotty networks and saw how web technology can extend the reach of ministry. I served alongside churches, schools, and businesses, growing in cross-cultural understanding. I loved that dizzying, vibrant, hospitable place. The backdrop design of this page is based on the view my family had, a silhouette in a Himalayan monsoon.
I’m skilled at my craft and work with heart. But what matters most to me has come least naturally from me. Love may not have come naturally, but it has changed me. I love Jesus Christ and all he gives: mercy to sinners, Scripture’s precious promises, church family, his Spirit’s comforting presence, and the work and welcome of God’s eternal kingdom. I love my wife and five children. And I’m thankful for the many people who have freely helped me, professionally and personally. It’s become a special joy to help others along the way.
I’d love to chat with you about these things.