About the Team
What a team! Working in the world of website design and computer consulting
since the early 1990's, we've worked with companies large and small.
An
award-winning web designer and certified Search Engine
Optimizer, Chaela Sumner's warm, friendly manner will
put you at ease as you watch your ideas materialize online. A unique
Web Goddess,
Chaela loves her work! Evolving from a creative life as a fine artist, she has
been working in the Internet industry as a web page designer/developer since the
early 1990's - an "old timer!" She worked 2 and ½ years on Microsoft
Sidewalk, traveling all over the country, helping set up 9 cities. She
was their "Top Ad Specialist" 2 years in a row, able to design
more merchant web pages than any other Ad Specialist on the project. She's since
worked for other large corporations - Charles Schwab, Brodia, Altoweb
- and numerous small companies and has hundreds of sites to her name.
Additionally, she has taught web site design, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and
computer graphics at the Santa Rosa, CA Junior College.
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John
McKenzie combines ten years experience planning and organizing
international conferences in the United States, Germany, Ireland, Brazil,
France, Italy, and the Czech Republic to his work as a computer consultant.
Coordinating successful events for 20 - 3000 attendees, while also serving as a
business consultant, John brings a wealth of experience to the team of
Sumner McKenzie, Inc. The result? An expert in knowing how to set up
your computer system, to best suit your needs and/or product. With extensive
computer technology hardware and software knowledge, in depth knowledge of the
Internet, networks, and information management systems, John is ready to be your
IT guy.
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Osaj
Begin, our Sound Engineer and founder of
Juxta-Posed, is an accomplished musician and a graduate of the
Berklee College of
Music in Boston. Osaj Begin has been in the Music industry for over
a decade. His skills range from Professional Musician, Songwriter, Sound
Designer and Producer/Engineer. He has studied under some of the most
influential musicians and technicians on both the West and East coasts. Osaj
studied Music Production and Engineering, Sound
Synthesis, and Contemporary Writing and Production at
the prestigious
Berklee College of Music in Boston. His professional expertise
extends through all styles and genres from conception through the final result.
After studying with Jon Aldrich, one of the most successful commercial writers
to date, Osaj started Juxta-posed Productions as a commercial production
studio. His mission is to combine the right sounds with the proper composition
and exceptional production to make your work stand out from the rest. Osaj can
create custom sounds for your web site or presentation, making your web site,
well, SING!
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