early-adopter was started in 1999 by designer and artist Jay Van Buren. Since then it has grown to embrace an extraordinary team of design and web-development professionals, including:
Education: MFA, Parsons
Jay has been Senior Web Designer for the Forbes Favorite award-winning Multex Investor website; Designer at thirdmind.com, where he worked on websites for major international brands such as Conde-Nast magazines; and Art Director at Sensei Health, coordinating programs for major multinational companies. Jay also lectures nationally and internationally on web art and the future of the internet.
Education: BA, Oberlin College
Valerie is an experienced project manager and process developer. Before joining early-adopter.com, she had 8 years of project management experience at IBM and Siebel Systems (later acquired by Oracle). Most recently she helped grow and manage the software patch process used to deliver fixes to Siebel software customers such as ATT Wireless, PNC Bank, Abbott Labs, and XM Satellite.
Education: MFA, MICA
Kevin enjoys synthesizing the needs and interests of a variety of stakeholders into a final design that is both beautiful and practical. He draws on his experience serving clients in many fields, including technology (Intel, HP, Xerox), healthcare (Bayer Aspirin, Oregon Health Science University), consumer products (Bob’s Red Mill, Castor and Pollux Pet Food), and sports (National Football League, Nike, Adidas). He also worked for Reuters in the Financial District in New York City.
Education: MFA, Parsons
Catherine Garnier is an artist, designer, and educator. Since 1996, she's worked on high-profile Web sites including, most recently, serving as Online Manager for DC Comics. Prior to that, she held several high-level positions at Lycos-owned online community sites, including Senior Product Manager and co-site lead of Angelfire.com, a web hosting service with over 7 million members at the time.
Education: MFA, Columbia
Lynne Chan is a visual artist and Flash designer. She has created
Flash advertisements, websites, and email blasts for high-end fashion
and luxury clients such as Sothebys, Gaultier, Yves Saint Laurent, and
Bergdorf Goodman. Lynne's performance, video, and installation work
has shown internationally. She teaches video art and performance at
Williams College.
Joe Unander is a multi-talented, problem-solving, key part of the early-adopter team. He has become our go-to developer for Wordpress Drupal and Joomla development
Education: MFA, School of Visual Arts, BA, Brown University
Sarah Perry-Stout can design and build and has also become one of our best information architects helping to plan websites for several of our biggest clients.
Education: MBA, Pace University
Kathleen is a project manager with years of big agency experience at Young & Rubicam and McCann-Erickson. Kathleen also spend 2 years working at IBM on a variety of marketing communications programs with IBM Business Partners.
Ella Buckley joined early-adopter early in 2010 as a sales representative and has since started working in a number of capacities including web strategy and project management.
Education: BFA, University of Houston
Artist and designer Bridget Batch was Lead Designer at Multex Investor before launching into the position of Art Director and Senior Designer at ChelseaPaper.com (now part of Papyrus). She has designed websites for artists and galleries in New York. Her photography and digital art have been exhibited here and abroad, most recently at Tokio Pop in Mexico City. Commercial photo clients include Bayer, Johnson & Johnson and the French Culinary Institute.