Richard Kratz
President
Novus Technic was founded in 1994 with a mission to bring professional design and engineering to the world of web development. Founder Richard Kratz had recently left his motorcycle aftermarket industry business after noticing that he was spending more time helping friends build networks for their businesses and writing html code for their websites. Richard had been involved in the computer revolution since building his own PC in 1977, so it was a natural transition.
Richard has over 25 years experience in Computer and Information Technology, programming, networking, and Internet/Web development. He has over 20 years business experience, as well as 10 years of technical writing and 8 years of instructional design experience.
A former licensed FAA aircraft mechanic, Richard is also a former Screen Actors Guild member with five major motion picture credits, and almost forty network TV appearances, which is where he learned the craft of video, film and TV production.
Shawn Blackwell
Vice President
Shawn Blackwell brings extensive experience in the area of enterprise application development and management to the project team. Prior to joining Novus Technic, Ms. Blackwell was a Senior Manager at Nestlé USA, where she most recently was Enterprise Project Manager on Consumer Relations Management projects within Nestlé USA. Her career began at Andersen Consulting, where she worked at the Pacific Region Advanced Technology Center. Ms. Blackwell graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Southern California School of Business Administration. Her education and experience allow her to bridge the worlds of technology and business, ensuring understanding and communication between business groups and IT resources.
Dennis Archambault
Senior Writer/Designer, Project Lead, Multimedia Screen/Script Writer, Sales & Marketing Manager
Dennis has over 36 years experience including 25 years as a writing professional, over 10 years in sales and marketing, 8 years in project management and executive administration. Career Highlights include; Personnel Administrator, Vice-President of Marketing, Corporate and Internet Communications Manager, Published Author, Technical Writer and Instructional Designer. Dennis is a bit of an overachiever with three Master’s Degrees (two from University of Southern California—Public Administration, Terrorism Psychology Specialty and Cinema-Television, Film Production). Dennis is currently enrolled in a doctorate program at Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Kerry Kelly
Senior Writer/Designer, Senior HTML Coder/Web Scripter, Quality Supervisor
Kerry has 30 years experience in the banking/mortgage industry with 8 years technical writing and 5 years web design experience in Instructional Design. She is expert in HTML coding and page layout, and a consummate quality assurance resource (her nickname is “Rock” as in “Rock solid perfect”). Career highlights include; Branch Manager, Compliance Administrator, Operations Technical Specialist, Senior Writer/Designer. Her alma mater is California State University Los Angeles.
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