ABOUT PORTENT INTERACTIVE: STAFF
Ian Lurie - President
Ian started the company in 1995. His diverse background includes degrees in History and Law, experience as an information designer, graphic designer, marketing copywriter and programmer, two years working in a bicycle shop, and a brief stint as a political hack. As a child he used a TRS-80 Model One to print out fliers advertising his lawn mowing business. The rest is history.
Ian is the firm's chief internet marketing strategist and tactician. Read Ian's internet marketing blog, or see where Ian's presented recently here.
Tracy Beach - Chief Operating Officer & Creative Director
Tracy graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle in 2000, and came straight to work at Portent. After working as an office mover on his first day at the company, he helped grow the company from 4 to 25 people. Tracy guides the creative side of Portent's business and supervises the company's day to day operations. Tracy never gets far from his roots, though - sites he's designed include www.dessy.com, and this one.
Branden Root - Chief Technology Officer
Our fifth employee, Branden leads our development team and manages the technological infrastructure of Portent. He has experience in Java, Coldfusion, ASP, PHP, Unix, networking, and database management. He is a Macromedia-certified Coldfusion developer. He recently led the development of Bella Sara , as well as the e-commerce engine behind ShoppingStand's success.
Matthew Henry - Search Engine Optimization Guru
Matthew Henry has helped steer Portent's search engine optimization practice for more than four years. His keyword ranking methodology and SEO toolset back up every search engine optimization client.
Thomas Schmitz - Search Engine Optimization and Social Marketing
Tom is our newest addition to our search team and brings several years experience in search engine optimization, blogging and social marketing. His marketing expertise is the perfect compliment to Matthew's technical acumen.
Elizabeth Marsten - PPC Specialist
Elizabeth is a Google Adwords Certified pay-per-click marketing specialist.
Ariana Burgess - Traffic Director and Project Coordinator
Ariana keeps the Portent Projects Site running smoothly and makes sure that the day-to-day business of task management gets the attention it needs.
Christopher Bachmann - Developer & Flash Specialist
Christopher is Portent's Flash development expert. He's responsible for the tech wizardry behind Bella Sara's stables and nurturing games, as well as much of the Flash interactivity driving the Tour of California tour tracker. He's also the creator of PENG.
Anna Abraham - Designer & Interface Designer
Anna is one of Portent's most senior designers. Her ability to create great-looking, easy-to-use interfaces is the driving force behind projects like Princess Lodges and Parametrix's CMART system.
