Pete Lawrence

Co-Founder + Development

An Adobe Certified ColdFusion Developer, Pete is skilled in putting easy-to-use interfaces on web-based business solutions. Pete's skills include Adobe ColdFusion, JavaScript, AJAX, DHTML, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and Adobe Flash. He has over 9 years experience developing websites and managing site development projects.

Pete served as the Web Application Development Manger at Digital Storage Inc. in Lewis Center, Ohio for 5 years, building numerous e-business applications and custom solutions to support the business.

Pete was one of 12 people nationwide selected to participate in the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund's Online Editing Internship in 1999. In the program, he worked in the Electronic News and Information Department at Indianapolis Star/News in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Pete holds a B.S. in journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Mario H. Takeyama

Co-Founder + Business, Technology

From 2001 to 2004, Mario served as Director of e-Solutions, Dexxon Digital Storage Inc.'s Information Technology Group in Columbus, Ohio. In this role, he led his team in managing infrastructure, application development, database management, and information exchange with customers and suppliers.

Under his guidance, the e-Solutions team re-focused its efforts to be business oriented, providing real-time solutions to internal and external customers.

As a member of the senior management group, he helped lead Digital Storage Inc.'s growth as a company from $105 Million to $180 Million in revenue, and a net profit increase of 300% in 3 years.

Prior to Digital Storage Inc., Mario had 15 years of successful sales and marketing experience as a senior marketing manager for the Sony Corporation, and for several leading Japanese advertising agencies. He has extensive experience in the international market, namely Asia and Europe, and has lived and worked in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.