We make bold new technology on the internet and mobile devices
dojo4 explores your idea and discovers its possibilities
dojo4 designs & engineers a lean, appropriate technology solution
dojo4 propels your vision into the world, ready for action
dojo4 is a creative software design and development team. We research, design and engineer well-crafted software and interfaces for startups, established businesses, and impact enterprises. We help entrepreneurs realize the potential in their ideas; develop new innovations with multinational corporations; launch pilots, prototypes, and platforms; and have lots of fun along the way. Together we can make your dream real.
Our core capabilities include: technology product articulation, Ruby on Rails development, UX design, Node.js consulting, responsive web design, ExpressionEngine development, Javascript hacking, UI creation, HTML5 slinging, CSS3 miracles, mobile web engineering, and a heck of a lot more.
Our creative muse, Anthony Dimitre has a strong understanding of UX and specializes in user interface design, branding, and illustration.
Anthony has a BA in Graphic Design from WWU in Bellingham, WA. After finishing his degree, he contracted for Seattle-based Neverstop.com, a boutique agency specializing in event design and production.
In 2007 he co-founded localcents.com and participated in Techstars. In 2009, he became a full-time freelance designer in the flourishing startup community of Boulder.
His portfolio includes work for high-profile clients such as Ikea, Target, UniQlo and MSN. Some of his illustrations are being published in a vector design book in China.
Ara T. Howard (CTO) is an earliest adopter, minimalist architect, and prolific problem solver.
His background includes designing large-scale 24x7 satellite processing systems, building lean technology stressing startups, and contributing countless solutions to budding developers.
His work can be mined on the intertubes by googling 'ara.t.howard', but might better be discussed in person on an excursion high above the rocky mountain treeline, where he, his wife Jennifer, and children Axel and Nova do their finest work.
Frontend guru Brett Goulder worked and studied abroad in Japan and Australia for the last ten years before eventually winding up in Boulder.
He studied Japanese for four years at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and went on to do a Masters in Interactive Multimedia at University of Technology, Sydney.
At dojo4, Brett works on the frontend engineering team and helps drive intuitive user experiences. He's well-versed in HTML5 technologies and can write sweet, sweet CSS3! Moreover, he's is a Rubyist who can do Rails work.
Outside of the office, Brett enjoys bouldering, hiking, cycling and fly fishing—pretty much everything Boulder has to offer.
COO (and widely published photographer) Corey Kohn is a Boulder native who has lived all over the place, including NYC, California, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Germany, Holland, Austria, and India.
She started off studying biology and math, but ended up with a B.A. in Medical Anthropology from McGill University and a graduate degree in Communications from Concordia University.
Corey’s background in organizing high-level film and event production (from Oscar-nominated movies to conferences in Northern India) has given her a thorough range of experience in managing teams, transforming big visions into concrete products, and allowing innovative creativity and practical ingenuity to come together productively.
When not at the dojo, Corey likes to get around on her bike, reading books at the expense of lagging behind on her New Yorker subscription, wandering around with her camera to see what she can see, and having good conversations with the great people she is lucky enough to know.
Garett Shulman is a software engineer and systems analyst with a background in large scale enterprise identity management systems.
He specializes in designing and building secure and innovative web/mobile apps, as well as scalable and robust cloud-based backend data systems.
Garett has been helping people and companies flourish through the effective application of technology for nearly 20 years.
Justin Crawford is a senior technologist with substantial experience building teams and technology solutions for enterprise, higher education, startups and online publications. He has 20 years of professional history in information technology, if you include his two year stint as a paperboy in the mid-1980s. Since then Justin has been a database administrator, a lead software developer, a project manager, a drifter, a program director, an entrepreneur, an online publishing consultant, and a teacher. He has an M.A. in mass communication.
Justin has contributed original content to such publications as Nutrition and Well-Being A-Z, History of World Trade Since 1450, Wired Magazine, The Miami Herald and The Daily Camera. Not to mention the superlative blog at dojo4.com.
Justin likes building tools for people. His favorite tools are regexes and bicycles. Outside the dojo he may be found choring chickens, traveling through big empty places, reading dusty old books (on paper!) and trying stuff. Sometimes he may not be found.
Pete Lyons is software engineer and technical generalist with more than a decade's experience across a broad spectrum of platforms and technologies. He has built web applications as well as enterprise data center automation software in New York City before going nomadic and eventually landing in Boulder.
When not slinging code, Pete slings tunes on his saxophone. Pete studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory and performs regularly with two local bands. He also enjoys rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking and most of "that Colorado stuff".
Steve Bailey hails from the land of stone walls, birch trees, and maple syrup. A "near PhD experience" in Paris led to a less examined tho happier life—the rigid embrace of classroom furniture was not for him.
He's since sashayed about the USA, working as a medical translator, wilderness ranger, adjunct writing instructor, wildland firefighter, and weather observer.
Along the way, Steve cobbled together some frontend skills: creating responsive grid systems, making 2D designs interactive, and building object-oriented stylesheets. Still, he relishes the continuing education he receives from the "wicked good" designers and programmers at dojo4.
Steve pines for thick fog, thinks snow should be wet, and frequently calls creeks "streams." We don't hold it against him.
You have a transformative idea, an innovation that will shake the world, a dream for something new and powerful and exciting. You have one chance to get it right. You need a team of experts to partner with. That's us!
You're an incredible developer or designer. You know there is important work to be done, and you want to do it with a crew that rolls deep. That's us!
Jan 19 by Anthony
Jan 18 by Steve
Dec 27 by Pete
Dec 13 by Corey
