ODI TECHNOLOGIES - Key Persons
Andy Harmsen does Level I Tech Support for ODI. He holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from Portland State University and has experience with web design and programming. Always excited to develop new skills, Andy is also very much a people person, tutoring high school students in AP Chemistry and other science topics aside from gaining experience with database and web development.
Outside of work, Andy has a passion for music. He spends time off playing drums in his band, bed., who regularly tour up and down the West Coast. Each Summer, he also organizes CouvFest NW, a local music festival held at Esther Short Park in Vancouver.
Merritt Massuch, ODI's lead developer, is always building something. Weekdays, she's a database architect and PHP developer. On weekends, she makes and sells hand-made crafts (a coder and people person go figure). Thankfully, her work creations are virtual, so Merritt's crafting won't land her on the Hoarders reality show.
Our Creative Director Paul Wright calls himself an "old school designer" because he learned design principles at the Art Institute of Seattle when they were still using stone and chisels. Okay, not that long ago, yet before design was computer assisted. He says that founded his lucid, detailed design work. While Paul obsesses about delivering projects on time, he expects work to be fun - and the rest of us to have fun with him.
Paul is a jack-of-all-trades, and wears a couple of hats at ODI: technical support flunky, web developer, project manager, and jr. filemaker developer. Paul graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in language and literature. While studying the classics he taught himself HTML, web design, and enhanced his existing passion for technology. A couple of years in San Francisco's dot.com boom followed by six years at local Tech leader Intel gave him a passion for IT, web development, and project management. Living in the Pacific NW gave him passions for good coffee elegant pinot noir, hiking/skiing, and micro-brewed beer. He has a diverse background that includes training, communications, web development and graphic design. He is equally at home explaining technical concepts to non-technical people, and, non-technical concepts to technical people. When he isn't at work, he can frequently be found in Bend, OR where he wishes ODI had an office..