Partnerships and Strategic Alliances

Robert Young
Robert has been the architect and lead programmer for both large and small projects for over 10 years. Some of the larger projects include the development of a "student participation tracking system" which currently manages student accounts at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, as well as similar systems at Cornell, Wharton School of Business, and approximately 90 other departments around the world.

Robert has also been approved as a General Dynamics sub-contractor, servicing one of the most important Air Force bases in the country. Medium-size projects include custom Content Management Systems (CMS) -- where clients can manage their website and data structures with relative ease -- and custom Shopping Cart Systems. Smaller projects are usually "plug-ins" designed to integrate into existing web-based structures to enhance the client or customer experience. Some examples of these are calendaring systems, payment gateway systems, database tracking systems, etc.

Robert has a unique perspective on system architecture and design. Although degreed in Business, his experience as a Fortune 500 Marketing & Operations Manager always led to designing a better way to run the business, usually through technology. This developed the specific ability to create solutions that cater to the needs of the operation; using technology to enhance the operation, rather than the traditional "make Operations adapt to Technology" approach.

Robert's focus is on LAMP-based systems (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), as they seem to be the easiest for clients to manage and the most cost-effective. In addition, client systems are kept confidential, and not revealed for personal promotion. This is the reason that many of the specialty contractors look to Robert to handle sensitive projects. As such, projects requiring encryption, SSL or special security protocols are welcome.

Santa Barbara Web Hosting

First Crescent Designs, LLC has partnered with Santa Barbara Web Hosting for most of its' web site development projects. Since 1996, Santa Barbara Web Hosting, Inc. has been a leader in Web hosting.

They were the first commercial Web hosting provider to offer Microsoft's Internet Information Server version 4.0. Our servers are located inside Time Warner Telecom's secure facility in Goleta, California, providing us redundant environmental controls and generators.