Our People

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Gordon is a Senior Developer in the PHP group, specializing in Magento. With his ready smile and open-minded personality, Gordon enjoys the challenge of working with a great team at Guidance.

Catchphrase

“Absolutely!"

Hobbies

Photography, Sailing and Cooking

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Brett makes sure our clients’ customers are happy, that our clients are happy, and that his coworkers are happy. Brutally honest and hopelessly romantic, he keeps projects swimming along with his humor and hard work.

Catchphrase

"Math is hard…can you just show me a picture instead?"

Hobbies

Extolling the joys of airline travel, eating, Trappist beer, large-canvas painting

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Programmer who loves to breakdown real world problems to fit the architecture of the framework being used for the solution. Programming is easy - all pretty logical and rational. People on the other hand, not so much.

Catchphrase

"You live and learn." and "Que sera, sera."

Hobbies

Love to read about politics, macroeconomics, play lawn tennis, and most of all sipping coffee at some cafe somewhere on a rainy day.

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Jason works hard to keep his clients drunk with an overdose of Southern Hospitality.

Catchphrase

"Let's work together to keep it moving forward."

Hobbies

Spending time with the family, refurbishing classic 4x4's, surfing, golf

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Radu was on his way to becoming the next Hagi or Maradona, but due to a knee injury early in his career, he became a software engineer - and boy are we glad his default career wasn’t in Accounting!

Catchphrase

"It’s all gravy"

Hobbies

Soccer, snowboarding and catching the waves.

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Crazy about design patterns and architecture, Daniel is always looking for ways to make software more reusable and maintainable.

Catchphrase

"That should be a minor change."

Hobbies

Finding the best BBQ in L.A., restoring old cars, camping, beer making

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Rachele loves keeping her team happy, her clients ecstatic and her projects rockin' like Dokken.

Catchphrase

"Ready for our scrum?"

Hobbies

Biking, surfing, making jewelry, reading and geeking out on Sci-Fi TV.

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As the Office Manager, Catherine wears a lot of hats. You could say she’s our official “Cat” in the Hat as she juggles projects and keeps the office in “tip top” shape.

Catchphrase

“I’m here to help.”

Hobbies

Camping, reading, holiday decorating, entertaining, community service

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Gabby loves challenging projects because in crunch time she forgets to eat, and losing weight is always good!

Catchphrase

“What do you mean it can’t be done?”

Hobbies

All kind of crafts from making jewelry to painting.

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A Guidance employee since 1999, Craig is a master at ColdFusion development and enjoys sharing the knowledge with his teammates. He may be blond, blue-eyed and from the Valley, but you'll never hear him say "for sure, totally!"

Catchphrase

"Ok, where are the requirements?"

Hobbies

Name a sport and he'll play it or watch it.

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Roshan is one of our experienced developers, who is always looking to learn new skills and trends on innovative technologies that help make Web sites more useful.

Catchphrase

"My friend recommended this place to explore..."

Hobbies

Soccer, martial arts, traveling, photography, music

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Charlie keeps everything running from his desk in the IT department and he really lives up to his last name (we'll make you guess what it is).

Catchphrase

"No guts, no blue chips."

Hobbies

Playing hockey, watching baseball, tropical island vacations

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Ale is the powerhouse behind our Marketing and PR. She doesn't drink coffee, yet she has more energy than the Energizer bunny. Her passion for Marketing and Technology keeps her going, and going, and going…

Catchphrase

“Awesome, can we write a press release for that?”

Hobbies

Music (singing and playing), going to the beach, living an eco-friendly life, networking, finding good wines to try

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Kevin is constantly finding new ways to increase his clients’ net worth. With over 10 years in the business, you would think he’d run out of ideas…

Catchphrase

"Totally. We got it."

Hobbies

Surfing, enjoying outdoor activities and trying to keep up with his 2-year old daughter.

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Debbie works part-time running the front reception area and does a little bit of everything. Born and raised in Southern California, she loves living near the beach.

Catchphrase

“Let’s go for it!”

Hobbies

Cooking, reading a good novel, walking along the beach and adding to her sea glass collection

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Nancy has been described by others as "a breath of fresh air", "unflappable" and "able to run circles around others"; all while wearing fabulous shoes. Next, she's going for: "able to leap tall buildings"...

Catchphrase

"That’s fabulous!"

Hobbies

Traveling, taking dance classes, watching plays, bedazzling everything, creating unique items for jewelry, interior design, clothing

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Alfredo is passionate about business, technology, and health. If the body fails the mind follows.

Catchphrase

“Just Chillin'.”

Hobbies

Surfing, biking, martial arts, any exercise, reading non-technical books (last book: The Count Of Monte Cristo)

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Muliadi is Guidance’s in-house gadget freak and “go-to” guy for all technical questions.

Catchphrase

“Yes, we can do that.”

Hobbies

Playing piano, writing songs, playing Wii and Internet browsing

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Ticean is our resident PHP expert. This Kentucky native is passionate about learning new technologies and frameworks, about social media and how well it integrates with eCommerce, and about Magento (definitely, Magento).

Catchphrase

“I’ll get right on it.”

Hobbies

Hiking, outdoor lifestyle, brewing beer (oh yes, he does!)…

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Jason is always wearing that goofy earpiece, so you never quite know if he’s on the phone. But better he be on the phone talking to clients than on the golf course, I guess.

Catchphrase

“I was listening to an article on NPR this morning and…”

Hobbies

“Visiting” with family and friends, all things outdoors, photography, philanthropy, and teaching my sons math every day.

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Anna focuses on loving clients, loving Guidance staff and loving her job of bringing the two together. “Failing that she resorts to scolding warring parties into harmony and plenty” - Pride and Prejudice, Lady Catherine de Burgh.

Catchphrase

…aka The Queen Mum. "I wonder why?”

Hobbies

Writing books, knitting, climbing ladders for the purpose of home improvement, loving my family, pondering on whether it’s possible for humans to live in peace

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Sam has been here for longer than anyone else. Why? Because we stapled him to his seat. (Not really, but it almost feels like he is!)

Catchphrase

“It’s almost exactly as if …”

Hobbies

Computer gaming, building own PCs, RC airplanes, audiobooks

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Terry is one of Guidance’s certified ColdFusion developers. He loves getting his hands on cool Javascript technology and enjoys working with his teammates on several projects.

Catchphrase

"What should we have for lunch?"

Hobbies

Playing video games, watching DVDs, shopping online

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Ed is the first face that Guidance potential clients interact with ... and that's not a bad thing! He excels at understanding the specific business objectives of his clients and enjoys introducing Guidance's capabilities to as many organizations as possible.

Catchphrase

"I owe it all to my wife."

Hobbies

Shambala meditation, snowboarding and hosting delicious dinner parties

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Our resident CPA, Lisa has been crunching numbers around the world for over 15 years. With two kids in pre-school, a full-time job and an active lifestyle, financial books aren’t the only thing she balances. If only the day had more hours!

Catchphrase

“I can do that.”

Hobbies

Shopping, boot camp, summer days on the beach with the kids, wine, did I say shopping? ,

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Jon strives to keep our clients and our company in technological balance. He’s also the company librarian for technical information as he has a natural curiosity for all things (can you say “Erlang”?) and has never met a book he didn’t like.

Catchphrase

“No problem."

Hobbies

Cycling, camping, golf

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A veteran at Guidance, Dave is our database guru. His desk holds more Data Modeling, Oracle, SQL, and Unix books than the entire Computer Programming section of any Barnes and Noble. It also has the greenest, healthiest plants in the entire office.

Catchphrase

“Sorry, I’ve got a production issue!”

Hobbies

Volleyball, Surfing, Photography and spending time with the kids

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For JP, everything can be done in 15 minutes. And he’s not bluffing – he really can show you how. His specialty: coming up with technology innovations and cutting-edge ideas for Guidance – no wonder he’s the CTO!

Catchphrase

“Is there anything I can do to help you be more successful…”

Hobbies

Playing with my children, hanging with the dogs, living an eco-friendly life, playing basketball, exploring the nooks of the Web.

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Guidance database guru #2, Nat consumes his weight in sugar every day. His favorite pastime? Keeping tabs with the economy. Stocks up or down? Ask Nat. Financial markets crashing? Nat knew about it first. Our 401K accounts are safe thanks to Nat!

Catchphrase

"Nah!"

Hobbies

Keeping up with his tax preparation business, tutoring kids in Math, spending time with wife and kids, quaffing Italian coffee and hot chocolate ,