About Me
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I'm Greg Gaines and I love this work.

I love the idea that something as straight-forward as a website can become the digital representation of an organization’s entire theory of action. I find the work of transforming my clients’ mission, purpose and passion into an interactive digital experience to be the most rewarding way to apply my skills and years of experience.

Apart from my work in the realm of web development, I’ve spent many years designing strategic data solutions and building custom tools in a variety of programming languages, across dozens of deployment environments. I have a passion for strategic problem solving and I love to apply my expertise to building applications and tools that allow my clients to automate processes and optimize their workflow.

Throughout my career, I have found that being able to make compelling business narratives, develop actionable strategic plans and execute on core business functions with fidelity requires excellent systems and a mastery of how to align that infrastructure to your daily business routines. Further, the best systems, with the most effective infrastructure, are almost always predicated on having highly efficient tools and accurate data available at all levels of the organization. It’s my hope that I can partner with you in order to bring those types of resources to bear within your organization and help you achieve your goals quickly and efficiently.

My Experience
I’ve spent most of my career working as an operations, technology and finance executive in Washington DC, in the public education sector. I have experience in every aspect of organizational operations management and I’ve worked in government, public non-profit and the private sector.

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Grad School & Introduction to Data Systems

I earned a Masters Degree in Public Policy from The George Washington University while working as a Data Analyst for the Arlington Public School system in Northern Virginia. While there, I served as the tech lead for the finance division during our ERP implementation. This would serve as my introduction to data systems integration and was my first database administrator role.

DC Schools Data Governance

I joined DCPS to help launch the District-wide Data and Accountability division. We were tasked with creating a brand new accountability framework for data collection, data storage/integrity, and state-wide reporting. I was the lead for our data governance policy and I designed an in-house application that linked student records, district-level operations data, staffing and org-wide goals. The application allowed us to track organizational mandates and generate progress reports for strategic goals.

School Operations and Custom App Development

For 5 years I served as the Director of Budget Operations at Friendship Public Charter Schools and my primary role was to develop the organization’s strategic framework for fiscal management and to build a custom system for budget forecasting, approvals and reporting. I leveraged HTML, Javascript, SQL and MS SharePoint to create a budget management tool that supported everything from quarterly Board of Trustees reviews to weekly school-level meetings between principals and their business managers.

Chief Operating Officer for APREP Charter Schools

In this role I was responsible for leading the organization in all aspects of our fiscal management, our facilities and operations systems, our data protocols and also our technology infrastructure. My final project with the organization was the design and deployment of a cloud-based intranet/data archive with a custom front-end for user access. This was a great transitional project for my journey into web development.

Web Dev and Data Engineering

Following my tenure as COO, I formally returned to building websites, web applications and business intelligence tools in a full-time capacity. I’m a skilled web developer with an extensive background in organizational management. I have deployed several websites for clients across a variety of industries. I've also taken on projects focused on system integration, process automation and data visualization. I’m fully immersed in the work of strategic problem solving through digital content development and it’s my absolute passion.

Testimonials
I’ve had the opportunity to partner with a truly fantastic roster of clients and I’m proud of the work that we’ve completed together. These are a few instances of feedback from some of those projects:

Greg is an outstanding digital developer. He guided the entire process - from intial concept/design through the launch of the site. We couldn't be happier with the end product. Greg's vision for the project was the cornerstone for the entire rebranding effort.

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Samira Cook

CEO/Principal Consultant

Purposeful World Strategies

Launching my company was a big step and I really needed an expert that I could trust to deliver a top-flight website that matched my vision for the work. Greg delivered in a major way!

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Steaven Hamlin

Founder & CEO

SPEDtacular Ed Solutions

Greg was truly committed to creating an awesome site for my firm! He helped to led us through all phases of the work and he even redesigned our logo. We have several digital media projects on deck and we’ll be engaging Obsidian Design Studios for all of them.

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Charlene Roach-Glymph

Founder

SPEDucator Solutions