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Get to know the CyberSense Web Development Team.

CyberSense provides a full suite of services to include web development, web site design, search engine optimization (SEO), and other web-based technologies. Clients who partner with us inherit a diverse team of web developers, website designers, project managers, and consultants. To learn more about some our key team members, select a name below:

Robert Blackburn – President & CEO
David Ordal – Founder & CTO
Christel Okihara – Creative Director & User Interface Specialist


Robert Blackburn
ROB BLACKBURN is a team-based strategic planner who has helped to build and stabilize startups, improve growth organizations, and turn around divisions within Fortune 500 companies. He has 15 years of experience focusing on business development and operational leadership. In addtion to his expertise within the web development industry, he has extensive knowledge of the traditional consumer product and service sectors.

Rob began his career in the hospitality industry, where he was an integral part of several high-growth restaurant groups. He later accepted a business development position with Lanier Worldwide, now Ricoh. There he led sales and operational teams to national recognition. After a successful stint at Lanier, Rob establish a management consulting company that eventually led to the purchase of CyberSense. He is now a committed part of the CyberSense team with the goal of helping clients leverage the internet, automate critical business functions, and create marketing strategies that lead to measurable results.

Rob Blackburn has a BS in Marketing from the University of Tennessee. He also participated in an elite study group in the Netherlands, where he focused on international and cross-cultural marketing.

 

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David Ordal
No, he didn't invent the Internet, but CyberSense founder DAVID ORDAL has been involved with it since before the World Wide Web even existed. A computer whiz since the mid-1980s, David founded CyberSense, LLC, in 1996 to provide computer and Internet services to businesses and organizations in the Seattle area. He moved the company to California in late 1997 to focus exclusively on providing integrated Internet technology solutions.

Since that time, David has managed the development of projects for all types of clientele, ranging from small businesses to large corporations and organizations. He currently runs a popular blog about agile, small-team software development.

David is well-versed in both the technical and managerial aspects of developing on the Internet. Having constructed a myriad of solutions for a wide range of clients, David is driven by the business and management processes necessary to get projects done on time and on budget. He is also an accomplished Perl, PHP and SQL programmer and knows how to work directly with other programmers to translate specifications into code, and code into solutions.
A graduate of Pomona College, David holds a BS in Computer Science.

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Christel Okihara
A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, CHRISTEL OKIHARA brings a perfect blend of a laid-back attitude with a get it done mentality that comes in handy during critical project deadlines. She is a gifted user interface designer and developer, equally adept with the technical and human interface sides of Internet development.

Christel is both a talented graphic designer with a candid eye for designs that work, as well as a practiced information architect with a methodological approach to managing raw Internet assets. She expertly balances the requirements of budget and schedule with the high expectations of customers in a variety of industries.

Prior to CyberSense, Christel was an associate with ROI.works, a marketing communications agency in Walnut Creek, California. She also spent two years as in-house designer for her alma mater at Scripps College, in Claremont, California.

She holds a BA in Studio Art and Media Studies from Scripps College.

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