Web Development Consulting and Contracting Services

I’m a Technical Strategist and Web Developer located in San Diego, though I work with clients all over the US, including Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York.

I specialize in helping nonprofit and higher education organizations build outstanding websites and applications powered by open source technologies.

I take pride in delivering on time and within budget -- skills that come from years of experience managing large Web development projects.

Why "ReturnControl"?

Too many organizations have lost control of their Web sites.

Fixing a bug often means filing a request with IT and hoping someone gets to it in a couple weeks. Adding a new feature may take months. And integrating with third-party services like Salesforce means making expensive modifications to proprietary, undocumented code.

It doesn't have to be that way.

I build sites that let organizations regain control of their Web presences. When you hire me, I work with your team to plan and develop a site that helps you achieve a goal -- whether it's to increase donations, generate more leads, bring together more people, or get your message out to the world. And drawing on my extensive experience in editorial, writing, and content mangement, I help you customize the content management system that underlies your website in a way that matches your workflow and meets your organization's needs. 

Background

  • 25 years of professional experience building and managing Web sites
  • Independent Drupal developer since 2007
  • Dozens of Web sites successfully planned, developed, deployed, and managed for clients
  • Experience building large content-focused sites with thousands of articles; community-focused sites with thousands of users; database-driven sites that provide complex search tools for large data sets; and more.
  • Computer Science degree from the University of California at San Diego
  • Writing & English degree from the University of California at San Diego
  • Insured

Services

  • Discovery -- helping your organization understand its main Web-related goals and problems, and exploring the tools and features that will solve them.
  • User Experience & Information Architecture -- organizing your site so that your customers or internal teams can do what they need to do.
  • Content Strategy -- reviewing your existing content and creating a plan for what needs to be updated; who will be responsible for the updates; how often new content will go online; what style of writing your users will be most responsive to; and how users (and search engines) will find that content.
  • Web Development (Front-end & Back-end) -- configuring Drupal and writing custom code to make your Web site look and function exactly the way it was designed to.
  • Training -- in-person or Web-based training that teaches your internal team how to manage content on the site and your technical team how to maintain Drupal and keep it secure. Custom "fast track" training also available for development teams that are new to Drupal.

Contact

To inquire about availability and rates, or to discuss your project and needs, please email:

amit [at] returncontrol [dot] com