Introduction

Hi, I'm Jesse.

I am Web Developer in the Nashville, TN. area specializing in web interface design and lightweight application development. I also am a versatile and creative web designer. Life in Gray is a website I started when I finished with my degree to show off my design and development work to potential clients and future employers.

My career has been an ongoing learning experience, and that has motivated me to mold the website into something much different. I want to share the tips, tricks, and time saving techniques I have picked up over my career. This will be an ongoing and hopefully rewarding process to those that are starting out and are in need of detailed instruction in areas not always covered in the textbooks.

My collected works are still housed within as well, and you can access them here. If there is a project you think I can assist you with, please contact me.

HTML5 / CSS3 is Here!

Should this site look a bit off, it is likely due to using an outdated browser.

It's dangerous to go alone, take these:

Web Development

What can I say other than this is what I do best?

• Custom Themes and Design
• Web Application Theming and Expansion
• Web Interface Development
• Interaction Enhancements
• Lightweight Web Application Development
• Email and Direct Marketing Themes
• Analytics and Campaigns

I make the DOM do awesome things with:

JQuery, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, RUBY, SASS, ASP, and whatever else it takes to get it right.

Interface Design and User Experience

We both know the big red buy button is just hiding the real problem.

The perfect interface does not come without trial and error. Every web experience is unique and it's path of least resistance is often hard to pinpoint. The key is testing and evolving to find the perfect balance of ease and results. We can fix the maze and endless loops to get you conversions, or start with something brand new.

Technical Management via Agile

But.. Scrum Master sounds like such a bad thing!

I think my favorite part of Scrum is the healthy working relationships that evolve once everyone gets into the swing of things. Seeing people be able to shed a few "hats" and focus in on their high value work does wonders for our ability to interact with each other.

Having seen the benefits of Scrum spread across multiple teams now, I find the most rewarding part of it to simply be the calm and focus that is centric to high performing teams.

• Current: Scrum Master / Agile Coach with MorphoTrust USA.
• Certified ScrumMaster with ScrumAlliance (Cert. #170857)