Nate Ritter has been a freelance web developer for over 13 years and has worked for Fortune 500 companies such as Land Rover and Microsoft. As a consultant and public speaker, he has appeared in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Wired Magazine, Fast Company, The Epoch Times, Lifehacker, and Mashable. Nate's work has also been quoted or mentioned in several business, new media, and technical web development books.

His early accolades came while at Western Washington University where he created dynamic keyword filtered RSS feeds. Then again in 2007, Nate gained publicity by popularizing the use of "hashtags", a context-giving short code for micro-publishing platforms.

Nate resides in San Diego, CA, holds a BA in Management Information Systems and is certified as a Practitioner Level Information Systems Analyst by ICCP. When building a site from scratch, Nate is the man for the job!

Favorite Quote: "I don't believe in the no-win scenario." -- Captain Kirk