Ian H.

I've worked on teams as a lead programmer and vice president of development, and oftentimes I find myself spending my time helping others solve their issues with their code—in fact, it's one of my favorite parts about my job.

My expertise lies in a plethora of frameworks, languages, and systems. I love web technology and Linux, and am capable of explaining things in a way that makes them easy to understand. I worked at Brigham Young University's Office of Digital Humanities as a lead programmer and championed several new and innovative technologies for use in the classroom, many of which have been open sourced. I love finding new ways to do things. In my free time, I've experimented with pinhole photography--making cameras from chewing gum packaging, scraps of corrugated cardboard and cork, and even a toilet. My interests go beyond photography, too. In my free time, I've worked on linguistic projects, storytelling projects, humanitarian projects, political projects, theological projects, and in all of these I've found a way to use web development to help push forward these ideas.

To me, it's not about the programming, it's about the end goal. There are a ton of ideas and needs out there, and web development just happens to be a darn good way to implement a lot of them. And I'm good at it. I enjoy it because, like photography, there are a lot of different ways to take a picture, and no matter the constraints or domain of the project, I can adapt to those specific needs.