Eli Kirk - Geeky outdoor enthusiasts with an appetite for adventure

Ryan Adkins

Strategy and Social Media

Ryan started "Bow Tie Friday" and is trying to get it to catch on in the office. When he is not working on the strategy team, he enjoys cycling, songwriting, and creating board games.

Danny Birrell

Developer

Danny doesn't do bios.

Lance Black

CEO and Partner

Lance co-founded Eli Kirk in 2001. He loves playing with his family, going to the dunes, reading a good book, skiing on the slopes, watching the Jazz, and visiting his old country home in Antimony.

Bill Brady

President

Bill broke his mother's heart when he gave up becoming prime minister of Canada to become a Yankee brand strategist, instead. Now as President of Eli Kirk, he brings a healthy dose of the King's English to the team—but he doesn't say "Eh?"

David Cañar

Developer

David is experienced in multiple languages, multiple programming languages, and multiple operating systems. He is currently operating from an undisclosed location.

Chris Coray

Developer

As a developer, paranormal investigator, gamer, and amateur medieval siege weapon engineer, Chris is a self-proclaimed geek. He and his wife live with a pink pony named Nugget.

Jessica Depew

QA Tester

Jessica likes to nit-pick through web pages and find problems before customers do (and when she goes out to eat she can't help but QA the restaurant menu). She also likes spending time with family and doing artsy/crafty things.

Devin Eden

Developer

"A short bio? Leave me alone, I'm busy."

Kagan Eden

Kagan is our local celebrity involved with the making of many short films.

Emily Franson

Marketing and Social Media

Emily is most often found taking notes on a yellow note pad, speedily typing something, and tracking Lance. When she's not being the office pixie, she's probably with her cute kids or in some remote corner of the planet.

Kent Gigger

Developer

Ambitions: To take over the world! Likes: Vanilla Coke®. Dislikes: Peas and almonds. Vises: Cupcakes and fluffy unicorns.

Adam Gilroy

Developer

Adam is the self-appointed grammar enforcer. When he's not explaining the difference between 'compliment' and 'complement', he's calculating the materials needed to construct a Death Star™.

Austin Gunther

Account Manager and Copywriter

Adam, why are you looking at me like that?

Mace Hansen

Developer

Mace was the second employee hired by Eli Kirk and has been with the company since 2001. He has four girls that keep him very busy. He also likes to run, rappel, hike, and ride four wheelers at his cabin in Teasdale.

Roy Hayward

Developer

Roy is a web developer experienced in e-commerce and systems integration. He likes long walks on the beach, mystery novels, and projects with vague and changing requirements.

Camille Hill

QA Tester

If you need to blast your quads or tighten your tush, Camille can get you in to shape. When she's not training, she's the Novell Webmaster, handling customer and employee feedback.

Brandon Jeppson

Designer and Strategy

Brandon has a knack for creating marketing ideas. Always on the search for great advertising, he loves watching ads as much as movies.

Christian Jessen

Designer

Hails from the Pacific northwest. Has a penchant for collecting synthesizers. Makes guitar fx pedals for fun. Doesn't like squash. Has a strange liking for gira (kvass)

Cori Jones

Senior UX Designer

Cori is a veteran ux designer who spends his free time riding bikes, running, hiking, gaming, eating great food or knocking back a cold one while hanging out with friends and family.

Jarid Love

Lead Developer and Partner

Jarid started working with the Web in 1996 as a hobby, but quickly gave in to his technology addiction and turned the hobby into a career. He co-founded Eli Kirk with Lance and has enjoyed every minute of it.

Tsutomu Matsuzawa

Developer

Tsutomu has spent one third of his life in Utah, so don't ask him what's going on in Japan. But you can ask him if you have any question about Japanese food and web.

Matt Millette

Designer

Matt likes to draw and move things around on pages to make super designs.

Jenni Moore

Designer

Jenni is a native Wisconsinite who loves to game, spend time with her husband, and design in her sleep. In her downtime, she enjoys obsessing over super cars and defending her title of 'Plastic Guitar Guru.'

Bryce Morgan

Developer

Bryce is often seen playing ping-pong against near-average competition, building webpages, biannually celebrating his birth, and using the oxford comma.

Jared Morgan

Account Manager

Jared is the Eli Kirk reincarnation of Lance . . . Armstrong that is. Broken bones and flattened pedestrians won’t keep him off his bike. At work Jared tirelessly keeps clients happy and their projects running smooth.

Shawn Murdock

Art Director

When Shawn is not designing, he enjoys risk-taking activities—mountain biking, snowboarding, skateboarding, or trimming the rose bushes.

Bill Nicol

Developer

Jack of all trades - master of none. Some of his previous careers have been: a home builder, CATV technician, structural engineer, and environmental consultant. Now he is working on mastering one -- Web Developer.

Jodi Palmer

QA Tester

Jodi has been with the Eli Kirk family from the beginning. Falling into web programming by accident she now considers herself as a savvy tech girl.

Chantilly Park

QA Tester

Chantilly can take a mound of data and turn it into easy-to-read charts. She loves spending time with her family camping, fishing, hiking, and gardening. She enjoys baking and makes some great scones.

Kevin Robison

VP of Strategy

Kevin is one of the newer team members at Eli Kirk. He is currently the Vice President of Strategy.

Chris Rock

Developer

After escaping from teaching middle school science, Chris taught himself to program websites. His focus is on front-end development. He loves elegant code and open source.

Chris Seamsons

Developer

Chris loves hiking, camping, mountain and road biking. Winter sees him out snowshoeing with family and friends and he began climbing mountains covered in snow this year.

Scott Smith

Developer

Scott produces podcasts, demos, webcasts and training. Scott enjoys exploring Utah with his wife and playing table top games like Magic: The Gathering and Pathfinder. He was previously a Video Editor for Fox 13.

Seth Taylor

Creative Director

Seth knew what font he wanted on his tombstone before he ever learned how to tie his shoes. He's been designing…and stumbling ever since.

Walt

Developer

Record for consecutive days without bathing: 28.

Sheila Williams

QA Tester

A frugal shopper, Sheila is a pinchingyourpennies.com devotee and can find you a great deal on anything. When she's not shopping, she is just as dedicated to ensuring the quality of Novell's Web pages.