Our Team

Jim Teece

President & CEO

As President of Project A, Jim oversees and manages all facets of our development, support, and administrative efforts. He also handles new technology integration for our company, and oversees its delivery to our clients. Jim co-founded Project A in 1990 with his wife and CFO Dena Matthews. Jim's enthusiasm about technology is contagious and keeps Project A at the forefront of recent advances in all areas of modern computing. Read more.

Dena Matthews

Dena Matthews

Treasurer and CFO

Dena helped form Project A to address the technology needs of growing companies. Dena has a Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird Campus) Glendale, Arizona and a B.A. in Political Science and Latin American Studies from the University of California at San Diego.

 

Rick Carter

Rick Carter

VP Development / Lead Programmer

"My goal is to provide our clients with the finest solutions possible, using the latest tools that make my job, as well as our clients' easier." Rick has a B.S. in Computer Science from Oregon State University. ... and before you finish the question you were about to ask him, he has already developed a database solution to your problem. "Just click here." is the only answer you will ever hear. 

Paul Steele

Paul Steele

VP Services

Paul heads the Web Development and eCommerce services. He is responsible for team and project management, as well as customer service and sales. Paul co-founded Vision Technology in 1995, a web design and computer-networking firm.  Joining forces with the Project A team in 1999, he helped solidify the element of small business website production on the vast list of Project A services.

Aaron Blenkush

Aaron Blenkush

Programmer

Aaron is a programmer with experience in a variety of frameworks and development environments, especially web development. He has worked on many facets of software development, including server-side code and business logic. He embraces creativity as an important skill as well. As a pianist and music director for local theatre companies, Aaron enjoys creating and experiencing art on a daily basis.

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Don Rowlett

Programmer

Don is an old-school programming geek with a passion for helping people overcome technological difficulties when he's not donning a fedora and channeling Sinatra at the piano. He's got gobs of computer software analysis, programming and telecommunications experience, yet acts like a kid in a candy store when given the opportunity to use the latest and coolest software development tools and techniques.

Jeffrey Baxter

Jeff Baxter

UX/UI Developer

Veteran website and motion graphics designer, "Bax" has over twenty years of experience creating web interfaces and animation elements for clients as diverse as Senator John Kerry, rocker Alice Cooper, Coca Cola, Turner Broadcasting, and countless others. 

Chris Knox

Chris Knox

UX/UI Developer

With over 15 years experience, Chris has a passion for creating striking user-interface design. He has designed, developed and maintained over 1000 websites including government, large corporate, small business, and e-commerce. 

Paul Schneider

Paul Schneider

Special Projects Manager

Paul has been with Project A since 2009 and has been in the web industry for over 15 years. He manages the flow of work for projects dealing with our SoloFlight and PilotCart software, and leads Special Projects in wireless technology. 

Brandon Kester

Brandon Kester

Systems Administrator

Brandon leads our Systems Administration team. He is an expert in security, cloud-based services, on-premise hosting and network solutions. He will soon be replacing most of our jobs with carefully crafted scripts.

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Mark Garrison

Systems Administrator

Mark manages the hosting and email systems for our Scarab Media division. At least we think his name is Mark. Nobody has actually met him.

Desiree Scott

Desiree Scott

Marketing

Desiree recently graduated from Southern Oregon University and is providing marketing services for Project A and our sister companies.