Dan Hall

(senior web application developer, mcp)

Give Dan the biggest project you can think of, and he'll tell you it will only take ten minutes. Granted, he's prone to the occasional bull-headedness, but it's really just determination. He's also the part of our group that makes the sites work behind the scenes. He loves to feel things are complete and just keeps keyboard-stroking until they're done. He's the master programmer behind projects like Schumacher Home's custom Web applications and he seems to enjoy it Sounds crazy, but it's true.

Basically, Dan's tasks involve developing the back end portion of projects that allow you to maintain your Website (content management systems). He works on custom Web apps, content management systems and does the tougher programming. When he's not busy migrating databases, Dan also acts as backup support for our server administration and breaks in new programmers. Ouch!

When not at work, Dan's life revolves around:

• His wife Rachel, daughters Sarah and baby Laura, and family
• Computers
• Astronomy
• Head-banger and hair band music

Little Known Facts:

• Dan was a Cedar Point ride operator for the Demon Drop and Power Tower
• He wanted to be a stand up comedian when he grew up (he's still working on it!)
• He is extremely punctual and loves to save money

Where he gained experience and knowledge:

Ashland University
Dan was a Computer Science major. He also worked as a Web developer for Internet Ohio, a PC repair technician and as help-desk support. When Dan talks, watch out - phrases like ASP, PHP, SQL, and .Net generally crop into the conversation.