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EyeMagine is an interactive web development agency that creates custom open-source applications and ecommerce websites with over 6 years of experience as a business. In April of 2003, EyeMagine was founded by Andy Etemadi, acting as Solutions Architect and principal. He started with a serious knowledge of the application development process vetted by major development engagements with industry leaders like Schematic, Still Water Interactive, and Rico Technologies.
Our principal, Andy, has over 10 years of experience working in the e-commerce and application development fields. We have performed light web development projects consisting of data-driven websites as well as data-intensive online application projects for organizations like Dell, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, and Amp'd Mobile.
We boast the accomplishment of being the Solutions Architect on the Amp'd Mobile team that won the 2007 MySQL Application of the Year Award. Winning this award is of high esteem and a testament to our efforts in creating a well-design e-commerce and mobile content solution.
Our talented team of developers is based in an office in Orange County, California. We are a dynamic team of experienced full-time developers available to handle simple website as well as demanding online e-commerce applications of the future. We also employ a staff of specialized US-based developers that are experts in their respective fields. Those fields include: e-commerce, content management, search engine optimization, corporate websites, and more. We operate on multiple software development platforms, including, but not limited to Flash, Flex, Java, .NET, PHP, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and ColdFusion.
We have the flexibility to scale our team and the experience to manage a successful online application from Discovery to Delivery.
We have fresh ideas and valuable experience when it comes to e-commerce, online sales, and online marketing. In these financially turbulent times, we can put wheels on your advertising dollars.
We have developed new and incredibly efficient custom online software for many modern organizations. All of the applications we have created are tools that add value by leveraging new technology, new media, and the best web development practices. We have developed and maintained online accounting software, e-commerce websites, and fully customized payment gateway applications. We understand how important accuracy and usability are to successful businesses.
EyeMagine is seeing exciting growth in our own organization as we see growth in the online frontier. Contact us today for an appointment or send us your RFP.
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Read Them NowAndy Etemadi
Andy Etemadi has been in the web development game for over 10 years.
With humble beginnings at Apollo Interactive, an online marketing agency, Andy carved a career path quickly and gracefully. At the forefront of new technology and new challenges, he ventured out to found EyeMagine.
Andy is now acting as Solutions Architect, handling project management and technical direction.
Mathew Epstein
With almost 10 years experience in strategizing, designing, and building websites, Mathew brings a fine eye for design and a healthy dose of knowledge for front-end development to the EyeMagine team.
Acting as front end developer and lead designer, Mathew will play a key role in delivering slick, functional web interfaces that perform as good as they look.
Rolando Granadino
For over 5 years, EyeMagine's lead developer has been developing highly technical web applications with a focus on software architecture, database administration, and test-driven development.
With a technical background that reaches far back as his college days, he brings a broad range of knowledge and experience to each project.
Melanie Etemadi
Melanie brings with her over 8 years of diverse experience in art, design, and customer service. As Project Manager, she has brought focus to the ever-changing world of web development while clearing the channel of communication between developers, managers, marketing directors, creative directors, and more. Her eye for design and attention to detail keeps projects on the rails, on time, and under budget.
Matthew Purdon
With over 13 years of experience in software development, Matthew continues to sharpen his knowledge as EyeMagine's Software Architect. His focus is application architecture, efficiency, scalability, and robustness. Matthew concentrates on the strength and longevity of each project and has an eye for spotting groundbreaking software development practices and developing his own.
Ahsan Shahzad
Ahsan is EyeMagine's strongest Magento developer. With 5 years of experience developing PHP and MySQL web applications and a background in a diverse group of programming languages (Java/JSP, ColdFusion, ASP.NET, C#, and C++), Ahsan is now producing Zend Framework applications, Magento online stores, and custom software applications.
Ben Faubion
Ben is a Flash/Actionscript powerhouse with over 8 years of experience in Flash animation, Actionscript programming, and even Flash to hardware integration. He joined EyeMagine while receiving an education at the Laguna College of Art and Design. Art, painting, and illustration have led Ben to a career blending technology with creativity on the software platform and the hardware platform. Ben leads unique Flash development projects with an eye for varying platforms and creative uses of technology to achieve business goals.
Tanner Teale
Tanner is a career designer with over 5 years of Flash, HTML, and CSS development. His diverse background is sprinkled with experience from photography, video, art, and technology. Tanner brings a harmonious combination of design and development to every project he is involved in.
Steven Deaton
Steven is a veteran System Administrator with over a decade of history in the internal workings of enterprise level systems. He is a RedHat Certified Engineer with a certification in RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 and a Certified MySQL Database Administrator. Other certifications include an A+ and Network+.
His days as a system administrator have given him the tools to work with any *NIX-based operating system as well as many long-living programming languages known only by veteran system administrators and members of secret societies.
