Established 2011
Formerly: Ashley Kathleen
Established: 2003
AK Web Apps is a small business located in Austin, deep in the heart of Texas. The company continues to evolve over the years starting in 2003 as a Sole Proprietorship with local businesses growing into a Corporation supporting global clients within Fortune 500 companies. Although the client list has grown the primary MISSION of the company has stayed the same: build customer relationships and help make every day business functions more efficient using web-based applications.
The dandelion is so many beautiful things. It's a flower that transforms (my favorite) into a wistful cotton ball. Precious gifts to mothers. Grants wishes when blown. Carries seeds on the wind. Strong, resilient, and surprisingly, a weed. Available for everyone to enjoy.
Owner / Developer
Carb Addict
I'll eventually need to let go of some control and hire the team I planned to in the beginning of this journey. For the time being, it's just me - Ashley.
I graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2000 earning a BA in Psychology and a Bfa in Art. I started working at the SMU Webmasters Office in 1997 supporting student and organizational websites as well as teaching myself ASP and database architecture. In 2000, during the internet startup boom, I moved to Austin, Texas to begin my web career.
I've learned a few things. What to do, definitely what NOT to do. I've really gotten into the immediacy of jQuery/Ajax. I also love that you can manipulate layout using style sheets.
HTML
CSS
Javascript
jQuery
Ajax
ASP.NET(vb)
.NET Services
XML/JSON
ASP(classic)
MSSQL(transact-sql)
Application Architecture,
Application Development,
User Interface Consulting,
User Interface Design,
Responsive Website Design,
Website Templating,
Template "Carving",
Content Management Systems,
Microsoft Server Setup/Administration,
SQL Setup/Administration,
SQL Database Architecture,
SQL Programming
Personal relationships,
You're more than an invoice,
Your app built your way,
Free bug fixes,
I'm not happy until your happy,
Let's work together
I enjoy hearing "my job is so much easier since you added ..." My strength is listening to a basic job function, the frustrations, the current work arounds, the limitations, and then turning around and developing an application that makes their job easier.
Most projects start with a CMS. You've probably heard of WordPress or Joomla. I wasn't a fan of their combersome and finicky website management solutions so I bult my own.
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