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Ruth Siegel, Executive Director

Ruthie Siegel | BozartsA graduate of UC Berkeley and founder of Bozarts, Ruth Siegel has been in the field of internet technologies and IT for 20 years. Ruth's interest in the World Wide Web sparked at it's inception. While in school at UCB, she worked for credit at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, utilizing the government's network then called ARPANET right at the transition to commercial use (the internet). Her first experience with browser-based networking was on Mosaic 1. But Ruth gained the foundation of web development that she relies on today, when she formed Bozarts Digital Design in the mid 90's and was retained as a freelance designer for Red Eye Digital Media, one of the first web site design and multimedia companies based in the newly developed San Francisco China Basin. Redeye was acquired by Idea Integration, the second largest web development and consulting firm in the world. Ruth brings her strong conviction in the boundless opportunites of new media communications and her creative force to the team.

Paul Siegel, Director of Interactive Media

Paul Sigel | BozartsWith a degree from Syracuse University, Paul built his skills in web technologies on his educational background in communications. Working as the assistant to Jim Baker of 21st Century Media, one of the progenitors of Quicktime, Paul was among the first to reformat AIFF audio and broadcast video for the internet at a time of dialup connectivity. With his early start in rich media, Paul was hired as the web animator for Websight Design, a Sausalito based Web Development company that was an early pioneer of Web Design. As a sought after Flash Developer Paul not only provides best-in-class interactive design to the Bozarts team but brings his close and sustained relationships of strong web technology partners and mentors. Together we strive to raise the bar and set the standard for web design & development companies.

Chris Rubini, Sales Executive

Chris Rubini | BozartsChris Rubini is formally trained in Information Technologies. In his professional career, Chris worked as an IT consultant for IBM designing, developing and deploying customer’s disaster backup technologies and recovery continuity programs. Branching off on his own, Chris built a successful credit consolidation company and within two years time under his leadership he grew the business from $1M to $8M annually. With an interest in Internet Technologies Chris developed an online money management system that is used today by the financial management and debt consolidation industries. Chris brings his entrepreneurial spirit and understanding of the foundations of a successful business to lead us with our clients to growth and prosperity.

Wendy Hammond, Creative Director

Wendy Hammond | BozartsWendy's experience as a creative draws heavily on her unique and diverse background and interests. With a degree in Fine Arts from Keene State College she moved to NYC and began working as a photographer. Over the next two decades into the digital age, Wendy's joie de vie for the creative led her experiences in advertising, marketing, package design, art direction, print and web design including content development and strategic planning.
As an award winning designer Wendy's freelance client list includes; DKNY, John Frieda Hair Care, Dress Barn and her work has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire Magazine, and Vanity Fair. Wendy looks for unique challenges in every project – small or large – and delivers just the right blend of what a client wants combined with what sells the product or service. Leading our creative team, Wendy's direction is the face of Bozarts.

Missy Raye, Account Executive

Missy Raye | BozartsA graduate of University of Southern California with a BFA in Film, Missy Raye has had a versatile creative career. After a brief period in the Los Angeles area working in television development, she moved to NYC and began a lucrative 13 year career as an Advertising Art Director, utilizing her story telling talents into creating and selling advertising campaigns for such clients as Proctor and Gamble, Vicks, and Canon to name a few. In 1996 she made the move back to television and began working for a small up and coming cable network, CNBC. In the 10 years at CNBC, Missy quickly moved up from creating daily graphics for live broadcast to supervising the on air designers, and ultimately project managing the department. Missy oversaw the design development and implementation of three network re-designs. Missy brings to Bozarts her Strong creative and project management skills in broadcasting into web development and new media.

Susan Yun, User Experience Architect

Susan Yun | BozartsCreating intelligent and easy-to-use web navigation takes conceptual thought, behavioral analysis, the ability to organize and document data into coherent flow charts & wireframes, and most importantly but an often forgotten asset for the job - imagination. As the Information Architect Specialist for Qwest Communications an international telecommunications company, Susan was put to task to map the user experience for Fortune 500 companies whose web sites were multileveled and extremely complex. With a degree from Parson School of Design New York City and Paris Susan is the perfect fit in our team of creative professionals that strive to hit the balance between form and function.

Trevor Wencl, Software Engineer and Architect

Trevor Wencl| BozartsComing to San Francisco from Minnesota in the late 90's with his band Fluke Starbucker, Trevor found himself swept up in the dotcom gold rush and learned quickly that his programming and web design chops were invaluable marketing tools for his band and other musicians. Trevor has designed database driven web sites for U2, Madonna, Kiss, the Who, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and a host of other big names in the industry. Trevor and his associate partnered to build an all-in-one platform / web solution for musicians called FourFour. As a drummer is the "backbone" of a band, the programmer builds a strong framework to a good web site. Trevor provides powerful and creative custom application solutions and his expert knowledge of PHP open-source programming to the Bozarts technical team.

Steve Franzken, Applications & Network Engineer

Steve Franzken | Bozarts Starting out with his degree in Network Engineering from Pace University, Steve shares his experience of internet success by offering workshops at Ridley Lowe Technical College to train and mentor the students aspiring to break into web technologies. Having worked for 10 years as the IT Director for Giles Communications, an award winning NY Metropolitan Area PR Firm, Steve lead the way to bring specnew media & web development to their portfolio and service offerings. Steveializes in Enterprise Edition Technologies bringing value to our technical team by balancing open-source programming with proprietary offerings.

Jeanne Kardell, SEO Consultant

Jeanne Marie Kardell | BozartsJeanne Kardell is president of Write On Point Communications, a search engine optimization and Internet marketing firm. As a former attorney and public relations/marketing professional, Jeanne brings her strong analytic, research and promotional skills to every project. She uncovers and hones in on the search terms real people are using everyday related to clients' products and services, then strategically interweaves those terms into engaging and informative web content that enhances Internet visibility, rankings and the bottom line.

Ronnie Halpern, Production Artist

Ronnie Halpern | BozartsRonnie Halpern received her BA from Colgate University, BFA from Parson School of Design and a MBA from New York University. After working for American Express Corporate head quarters in New York City, Ronnie left the work force to have a family. Like many who have taken a sabbatical from their professional careers upon returning, Ronnie was looking for a change in direction. Inspired by the combination of business with technology and design Ronnie set out to build her skills in the field of Web Development. She came to Bozarts as a paid intern and is a vital part of our web development team. Ronnie's exceptional professional education and background, coupled with her commitment to roll up her sleeves to get-the-job done no matter how large or small, makes her an invaluable member of the Bozarts Team.

 

The foundation of a successful web & business development company relies on the strength of its programmers, the inspiraion of its creative director the innovation of its director of interactive media and the skills and commitment of the sales, project manager and support staff that together as a team realizes the full potential of our clients.

 

Company Background


Bozarts Inc. is a Hudson Valley New York web development, branding and Internet marketing firm with partner offices in Mid-Town Manhattan and Sausalito, California. The company was established in San Francisco during the Internet Boom in 1996 to provide – and help clients understand the importance of – front-end design in this new and amazing technology. Since then, we have continually expanded our services to keep pace with the world wide web's growth – all while remaining committed to providing truly innovative, effective, clean design. Our professional staff has been working in internet technologies for two decades, learning from success and trials in the trenches of "the net."

As a full-service web development company, we offer creative design, database programming, flash development, video production, hosting, branding, web analytics, multimedia integration, marketing plans and SEO consultation to clients large and small. Some of our larger clients include dressbarn Inc. (a women's apparel chain with assets over $1billion); Morrison & Foerster (the largest law firm in California); and rock legend Carlos Santana.


Bozarts is a Danbury CT web design company based in Orange County NY. With offices in Warwick, New York; Mid-Town Mahnattan; and Sausalito, California, Bozarts serves as a website developer to clients throughout the country.

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