Meet The Minds
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Business Manager, COOSarah Hornberger
Sarah Hornberger
She Does All That Pesky Paperwork
Sarah learned through the joys of menial customer service jobs that she excels in organization and the mundane paperwork needed to keep any business worth its salt moving forward. For the last 10 years, she has enjoyed using her abilities to help MIND be a better, more legitimate-seeming company by making financial equations balance and causing paperwork to be impeccably completed through her skills of business magicianry (though she is still working on the elusive 0=10000). In her downtime, she is an avid cook, obsessive podcast listener, an apprentice in the yarn arts, and a compulsive comedy fan.
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Owner, CTODavid Zimmerman
David Zimmerman
He Makes It Work
Also known as “Zim”, he is an experienced developer who built his first website at age 10! His broad skill set includes PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript (plus Vue, Sass, jQuery, node, WordPress, and other open-source projects), general web development and database usage, server administration, and nachos. He has been involved in the management and development of several customized high-traffic consumer websites and web-based applications including system upkeep, maintenance, and configuration. Trained in employee management and customer relations, adept at communicating and adapting to meet demands according to new situations, has a black belt in Google-Fu, with extensive knowledge of operating systems and computer hardware... he's a big nerd.
Zim has two cats, two kids, one wife, and about a dozen computers. He likes numbers, physics, electronics, and code. For some reason, he has a reputation for being cheesy. -
SEO DirectorAshley Orndorff
Ashley Orndorff
Rumored To Be A Unicorn
After graduating from Lebanon Valley College with degrees in Psychology and Spanish, this military brat finally stopped moving around and settled in Central PA. She's been a professional marketing geek since 2010 and has seen first-hand some of the biggest changes in SEO.
She loves all things digital marketing, but has a special place in her heart for strategy, SEO, content marketing, social media, and data-crunching. An avid lifelong learner and self-proclaimed "nerd of many varieties," she's a fan of books, the Arts, funny hats, hockey, and animals (particularly ponies!) -
Development Operations ManagerAlex Barger
Alex Barger
Jack Of All Things Tech
He has been in the industry for over 23 years, with a wide range of technical experience. His interest in computers and programming started at an early age when his father purchased a Commodore 64 in the early 80s. He earned a degree in Electronic and Computer Technology from a local trade school and started his professional career servicing photocopiers. Seeking a different path, he transitioned to an IT/Help Desk role which led to web development, web server and database administration. Over the years, he continued to learn new skills and expand his experience, too many to list. His primary focus with Mind is helping the technical team improve their operation processes, expand their technical abilities and bring stability to the team’s workload planning.
Alex enjoys solving complex technical problems with a core value of helping people. When he is not dabbling in tech, he is often found hanging with his family and two dogs, woodworking, fishing, kayaking, building things, adding new tools to his workshop or experimenting with a personal project. -
Seafaring DeveloperHiep Dinh
Hiep Dinh
Code Monkey Extraordinaire
After spending a decent amount of time in college to pursue a degree in IT/Networking, Hiep found his way into web development and never looked back - because making money is more fun than spending it! His primary focus at MIND is crafting responsive WordPress sites. He enjoys using CSS preprocessors, and generally nerding out on all things front-end related. Hiep is lovingly referred to as the robot of the company as he can complete any task he’s assigned at an expedited pace and is seemingly always on…because robots never sleep.
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Seasoned DeveloperRhynn Mull
Rhynn Mull
The Woman Behind The Curtain
Some say she speaks binary, and that she /can/ divide by zero.
All we know is, she turns caffeine into code.
Technology and “build a thing to solve a problem” has been a lifelong fascination for Rhynn going back to preschool…if it bleeped, blooped, or she could make something with it, her parents couldn’t keep her hands off it. In high school, she turned her attention to robots for a time, serving as a systems programmer on a team that competed...and succeeded...at the national level. In her time on the team, she crafted a rudimentary artificial intelligence out of Lego Mindstorms, “invented” a couple of long-standing technologies she was simply unaware of at the time she needed them, learned CSS by reverse-engineering websites, and generally figured out how to make computers do tricks. During her nearly two decades as a professional and another decade plus as a hobbyist, Rhynn has worked on websites of all stripes, from the smallest personal sites all the way up through major tech review sites and one-off "software as a service" suites. Her many and varied experiences have left Rhynn with a broad skillset both inside and outside the realm of web development which allows her to have an unparalleled number of approaches to solving problems. At Mind, Rhynn has served since the company’s founding as its server-side developer, working behind the scenes to make sure everything works as it should. -
Stylish DeveloperSpenser Peiffer
Spenser Peiffer
Whiteboard Warrior
Born in 1992, the son of a dance teacher and a marketing specialist, Spenser knew he was destined for greatness from the time he saw his first computer. He aimed his sights high and then proceeded to trip over himself and tumble way down into the pit we call mediocrity.
Having graduated with a B.S. in Web Design and Interactive Media from The Art Institute of York in 2014, he mostly did contracts and favors for people within his community to start out his career. As his skills grew, so too did his desire for something more - mostly insurance, but also work with meaning and challenge. Then, came MIND. It was then Spenser knew he had made it. He had ascended out of the Pit of Mediocrity and graduated to the Pantheon of “Good By Rural Pennsylvania Standards”. Now, his skills and wit are growing at an exponential rate. He becomes more powerful every day.
He also likes dogs and hiking. You could say he’s a “fun boi”. -
Shamrock DeveloperJames Porter
James Porter
The Bucket
Meet James, the Irish-born, code-wrangling wizard who traded the rolling green hills of Ireland for the fast-paced hustle of the USA. With a software development degree from Ireland tucked under their belt (alongside a healthy appreciation for coffee and sarcasm), they now work their backend magic stateside for the Web Development Guru's at Mind.
Think of James as the backend version of Bono: making things run smoothly behind the scenes without ever hogging the spotlight—although they'd argue they’re more likely to debug your server than save the world with a power ballad. When they’re not cracking code, they’re probably quoting Father Ted or explaining to Americans that, no, they don't have a pet leprechaun but may devour all the potato based products at a Tech Meetup.
Cheers to clean code and even cleaner Guinness! -
SEO AssistantKaren Layman
Karen Layman
curator of the words
As a child, Karen read the encyclopedia for fun. No, really, she did. As a ferocious reader, she encountered many things in books she knew nothing about. Because this was a time before Google, she had no choice but to rely on the encyclopedia (and dictionary) to expand her knowledge. Even though she loved reading, she absolutely dreaded any type of writing assignment. That all changed in high school where she accidentally fell in love with writing. It took just one research paper (and an exceptional English teacher) for it all to click. The numerous hours she spent reading those encyclopedias finally paid off. She was floored at how easily writing came to her and she laughed at the irony of spending so much time dreading writing.
After spending some time in the Great White North (also known as Canada), Karen enrolled at Millersville University to master the skill of writing. There she was involved with the editorial team of the Made in Millersville Journal where she was able to exercise her love of editing. She also picked up a minor in Film Studies for fun.
In her free time, Karen collects way too many books, practices her baking skills, and dreams of life by any ocean. -
Creative ConsultantChad McComsey
Chad McComsey
He Makes It Pretty
Established in the design industry since 1999, Chad is an Honors Graduate of the Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts. His prior experience in graphic design with clients such as Visa, Bank of America, and Texaco/Shell help provide insight into the broad range of clients we now serve at the MIND. He learned web design because print design was "too flat". His collection of skills and proficiencies in the realm of design, and his appreciation for "doing it right the first time", are somewhat uncanny.
He is an avid martial artist, a fan of many styles and no style all at once. He's an enigma, a mystery wrapped in a riddle. He holds membership in various top-secret Illuminati whiskey bars and rubs elbows with people who stand too close to him. His chagrin for Helvetica is world-renowned; it's just "too neutral". -
Executive DeveloperAndrew Gehman
Andrew Gehman
The Executive Something
A former IT professional and graduate of Bloomsburg University, Andrew dabbled in web development for more than a decade as a fun and creative outlet before deciding to make it a career. He enjoys using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WordPress to bring creative ideas to life.
Andrew is a lifelong Philadelphia sports fan, coffee lover, running/biking/hiking enthusiast, and friend to all cats. He is still actively celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Championship.