about

With over ten years of experience within all phases professional web development and expertise serving the needs of non-profit, e-commerce and open source software, Chris Miller brings a wise, steady hand to our team at Stauffer New Media Development.

Chris started his career developing enterprise telecommunications solutions while pitching venture capitalists startup ideas during the first dot-com boom. This led to a partnership with a college friend and a firm in Los Angeles selling diamond engagement rings online. Chris helped architect an aggregation portal for hundreds of wholesale and retail jewelers to offer their merchandise to customers while automatically selecting for the highest quality stones to offer at disruptively low prices.

Chris discovered Drupal right when version 6 was being released, and has been using it as his preferred development platform ever since. He has built and managed dozens of sites for clients leveraging Drupal 6 and 7, integrating it with CRMs such as CiviCRM, Salesforce, SugarCRM, and Salsa.

Some of the clients Chris has worked with include Earth Day Networks, Cornell University, USC, Intel, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, Interaction, and American Airlines.

With a diverse background of interests, Chris has served as the board of director's president of a non-profit that worked with international students at his alma-mater, UCLA. Chris has also taken roles as an art director in numerous independent films shot in and around Los Angeles.

Oscar Gutierrez is a Senior Consultant with extensive experience as a LAMP developer and database management. A graduate from California State University Chico with a B.S. in Computer Science, Oscar started his career with SearchFast Inc as a PHP Developer working on a Pay-Per-Click Bid to Position Ad Delivery System, and Pay-Per-Click Control Panel. After moving on from SearchFast Inc, Oscar came to work for Stauffer Consulting as a LAMP consultant. At Stauffer New Media Development, Oscar started developing solutions for small to medium sized business by using open source solutions such as: osCommerce , SugarCRM, Joomla, and Drupal. As a consultant, Oscar has learned to implement the processes to ensure that projects are completed on schedule fulfilling the client's requirements. Oscar's ability to wear different hats has let him work with companies such as Ignited Minds, OnQ, and Tokyopop as the Senior Developer.

Kristen Carter has been successfully working in the QA industry for over 6 years. She started out working for Vivendi Universal Games where she tested a number of notable games for PC, X-Box, Playstation, and Nintendo. She was promoted to associate lead within a year where she then helped supervise and manage her team and the test plans. She then moved onto Infospace inc. where she was a lead tester for clients such as Cingular/AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Virgin Mobile. She was placed in charge of delivering the Tony Hawk WAP site as well as a high profile web storefront, Moviso.com, which involved creating test plans based on mock-ups, flow charts and requirements. She now works at Stauffer New Media Development where she ensures the highest quality of product to delivered to the clients through her great attention to detail and thorough testing process.

Roger joined Stauffer New Media Development with a B.S. in Computer Science from CalPoly Pomona. He has experience as a LAMP developer, and has contributed on Drupal projects for several clients, including AAA (the American Automobile Association), UCLA, USC, and Cornell University.