Our Team

Permanent Staff

Zach Hoffman

Position Held: President

Email: zach@phoogoo.com

Bio: I graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. in Advertising and Japanese. I spent 2 years teaching English in Japan before founding Phoogoo (formerly Woodsyworks). I have been helping companies grow their business for over 10 years. In that time I have also been involved with several other companies including English, baby!, Dotster and StrictlyDirect. My primary motivation for starting this business was to have a sustainable, well-balanced lifestyle that would play to his equal strengths for creativity, strategy and technology. Each businesses I meet presents a unique set of opportunities and challenges. I enjoy the variety of working with many different companies, trying to come up with a way to serve them and help foster a diverse business ecosystem of well-derving enterprises.

Marc Rudolph

Position Held: Designer / Front End Developer

Email: marc.rudolph@phoogoo.com

Bio: Marc has experience designing for both print and web and possesses an extreme passion for interactive design and development. Marc is a modest, well-rounded individual who takes pride in his work and lives for the satisfaction of working in a truly collaborative and creative environment. Prior to working for Phoogoo, Marc relocated to Portland from Tallahassee, Florida where he worked at the Department of Education.

Josh Hemsley

Position Held: Designer / Front End Developer

Email: josh.hemsley@phoogoo.com

Bio:At an early age I was struck in the head by a creative stick and managed to graduate from Platt College in 2007 with a B.A. in Visual Communications/Interactive Web Media. Through my 3 years of college I worked as a freelance web designer as well as having a permanent position for a small print shop designing print & marketing materials for local businesses. Immediately after graduating I packed up and moved from SoCal to Portland, where I now sit at a desk in the Phoogoo office drinking my daily hot chocolate.

I design anything from minimal to maximal, bright to dark, clean to grungy... then translate those designs into HTML/XHTML/CSS, hand-coding it or not.

Jamie Allison

Position Held: Application Developer

Email: jamie.allison@phoogoo.com

Bio:I've been a Web / Application Developer for 11 years now, focusing mainly on PHP and Ruby on Rails. When I'm not working I enjoy painting, writing, and spending time with my family and friends. About 8 years ago my wife and I packed up our belongings and moved to Portland sight unseen. It was a somewhat scary experience that turned out to be one of the best decisions we have ever made. We immediately fell in love with Pacific Northwest and it's creative and vibrant culture. Since moving here I have been able to put some of my creative energy to good use, working on some very diverse and creative projects. I enjoy creative problem solving and the satisfaction of doing a job well done.

Breen Nolan

Position Held: Sales & Marketing Intern

Email: breen.nolan@phoogoo.com

Bio: After graduating from Manhattan College in the Spring of 2007 I packed up my bags, sold all my furniture, and moved to Portland, Oregon. While many people thought I would be running my own company in New York City by now, I choose a different path and have never been happier and more free; surrounded by all the beauty the Pacific Northwest has to offer. In my free time I enjoy writing about my family members and putting them into miniature comics, reading J.D. Salinger, riding my sweet Schwinn bicycle, and baking.

Contributors

Amber Case

Position Held: SEO & PPC Advisor

Bio: I am fascinated by the way in which data is presented and located online. This is why I've chosen to specialize in organic search engine engine optimization and heuristic analysis. I enjoy teaching people, rather than throwing paperwork at them. My favorite thing to see is the joy that comes from understanding. I want to walk away from a company knowing that they have learned a more efficient way to manage their data or understand how others see their site. Visualization often trumps pure data, and analogies rule. I love the thrill of change management.

Dan McManus

Specialty: Marketing Consultant

Bio: Dan has 18 years of experience in general management, direct marketing and business development. The first 10 years of his career were at Reader's Digest in Pleasantville, New York where he rose from Product Manager to Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Dan also held management positions at Cendant Corporation and Lucent Technologies before starting Strictly Direct in 2002. Dan is an active member of the Board of Directors of several privately held corporations. He holds a Bachelor's degree in International Marketing from Pace University and an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Jennie Thede

Specialty: Copywriter

Bio: I’m a hybrid copywriter and instructional designer who specializes in creating marketing communications and online training content with a narrative focus. I’m fast, organized and I love working on a variety of projects in many industries. Research and creative collaboration are second nature to me. I spend most of my time writing website messaging for dynamic brands as well as designing content for interactive training courses: learning strategies, interactivity plans, storyboards, character narration and interactive games.

Kevin Klein

Specialty: Designer / Front End Developer

Bio:I have been a front-end web designer and developer since 1995, andsince moving to Portland in 2002 I have worked with small businesses and enterprise high-tech companies such as Mentor Graphics, Xerox, and Intel. My passion is usable, standards-compliant websites built using the best practices of XHTML, CSS, and the JQuery javascript library. I have a B.A. in Creative Writing/Journalism from the University of Arizona, and after graduating attended the Art Institute in San Diego, CA. I currently live in Southwest Portland with my wife and young daughter.

Matt Kantor

Specialty: Application Developer

Bio: Application Developer, Process analyst and Project Manager in a wide variety of business applications. Particularly interested in web design using Ruby, Python, Domino and Social Networks. Always interested in migration projects, as well as close interaction with smurfs. I'm a successful High School Dropout, with a Masters in Physics and Math, and an Associates in Culinary Arts from CIA. Writing software is both a creative process as well as a scientific discipline, which is why it is so appealing to me. Phoogoo gives me the opportunity to explore the great aspects of web development while testing out my recipes on the rest of the staff.

Christopher Jones

Specialty: Application Developer

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Mike Vaughn

Specialty: Copywriter / Voiceovers

Bio: I was an advertising/marketing copywriter and producer from 1995 to about 2006 working for everything from smaller ad agencies, J. Walter Thompson, some dot-com's, and eventually as a full-time freelancer. I wrote and produced so many TV and radio spots that I guess I just got tons of experience with voice work that I wasn't even aware of.

My dirty little secret is that I can still be coaxed into writing marketing copy and even producing ads for the right client.

Micah McNelly

Specialty: Network Engineer

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Vi Ho

Specialty: Copywriter

Bio: I have worn many hats as a writer, editor and public relations diva. I have traveled the world in search of a great story, and has written for for Travel Oregon, Backpacker, Outdoors NW, Bend Living and Northwest Airlines WorldTraveler. I've developed successful press plans for marketing and publicity campaigns, including the Portland Opera, Portland Brewing Company and Solstice Technical Gear. I also have a strong background working with internal teams and managing projects.