Such Nice Things from Colleagues and Clients
“I enjoyed working with Dale. He brings passion and creativity to his work. I counted on Dale to use his design skills in a broad array of assignments, from developing a “look and feel” for a customer’s new website to creating new literature and trade show graphics for Acumium. What impresses me most about Dale is how well his team liked working for him and how he kept a team of developers consistently moving in the right direction.”
Paul Ludwig , President & CEO at Hydro Electronic Devices (HED)
Former CEO of Acumium
“I have had the unique experience of working with Dale as a client and as peer since 2002. From 2002 to 2004 I was a client of Acumium. I worked directly with Dale on technology projects. During this time Dale impressed me with his ability to translate business needs into a graphic design or clear project plan. Dale also has a great personality that makes work enjoyable. I came to work with Dale in 2005 as the Chief Operations Officer for Acumium. Dale is an excellent web designer with the ability to speak easily with business types and come back with a web design that exceeds expectations. Along with these web design skills Dale also has the ability to manage projects very well. He earns the respect of the programming team and other peers very quickly by his overwhelming enthusiasm and dedication to meet goals and objectives. He was assigned many of the critical projects and excelled by being a great client advocate. As an employee he interfaces with all levels of the organization very well and demonstrates that he is a true team player.”
Bill Corl , VP Operations , Omega Laboratories, Inc.
Former COO for Acumium
“I worked very closely with Dale on a rewrite of a web based content management platform that is the basis for the majority of our service offerings. Dale’s primary responsibility on the project was envisioning and leading the execution of all user interface components of the application. He drove the development of the overall HTML DOM structure and CSS delivery methods that led us to a completely table less design and code less printing support.
Dale was also responsible for creating initial designs for management approval and ultimately implemented those designs in HTML and CSS so that we could incorporate them quickly into the application. His ability to quickly create comprehensive layouts in Photoshop, get management buy off on his ideas, and implement made for a very rapid vision to implementation cycle. In addition to his task level responsibilities, Dale also made sure to educate the rest of the team on web based UI techniques and patterns. The entire team feels they’ve become significantly better web developers based on knowledge shared by Dale, myself included. My experience with Dale has been very positive and I will be looking for opportunities in the future to work with him again.”
Anson Goldade , Lead Development Architect , Acumium, LLC.
worked directly with Dale at Acumium
“Dale’s one of those guys who sees the design and the function at the same time. He knows that design isn’t the veneer on top of the function, but that they are two sides of the same coin. In that vein, he doesn’t pursue cool design for the sake of coolness: he walks clients through a complex to end with a solid site that produces results. As someone who worked with Dale for over 2 years, I can tell you that his professionalism and skills kept big projects on track no matter the circumstances.”
James Ellis, Web Director at Wisconsin Alumni Association
hired Dale as a IT Consultant in 2006
“Dale is the best project manager I’ve ever worked with, able to balance giving the customer what they want with giving the developers what we need to work with. Dale also is a master of user interface and creative design. Often worked directly with Dale to give a customer an easy to use interface for the functionality they requested.”
Erik Ekedahl , Developer , Acumium
reported to Dale at Acumium
“Dale is very detail oriented and is very focused on staying on budget and on time when it comes to projects.”
Matt Jacoby , Web Designer , Acumium
reported to Dale at Acumium
“I worked with Dale in a multi-year complete overhaul of our company Web site. He always came to the table prepared, challenged us to change and grow from “the way it’s always been,” and excelled at turning our organization’s changing needs into results that benefited our clients. I’d recommend him (and his work!) in a heartbeat.”
Alyska Bailey Peterson, Owner and Lead Creator, PointyKitty Studios
hired Dale as a Graphic/Web Designer in 2006