Tracey has extensive experience in the interactive industries. Her background in visual art and computer-based technology and her hands-on style of leadership has helped Fastspot consistently create award-winning and industry recognized new media communications and marketing campaigns.

Tracey has presented a session entitled “Creativity-Charged Action Script” at the Flash Forward 2001 conference in New York City where the best and brightest Flash designers and producers share their projects with over 2,000 conference attendees.  Tracey co-chaired the ADDY awards in Baltimore and presented a session at the .edu Web Conference entitled “Visual Talk for Technology Thinkers”. Tracey was recently honored by SmartCEO magazine with a Brava! Women Business Achievement Award and she will be a panel participant at the 2010 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. She is also an associate member of the IADAS (International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences) and is one of the judges for the 2010 Webby Awards.

Tracey has worked closely with clients including the American Beverage Association, Under Armour, Bucknell University, Dickinson College and the International Dairy Foods Association. Tracey also has a strong commitment to assisting Fastspot’s non-profit clients including The Family Tree, Operation Warm, the Baker Artist Awards and the Maryland Humanities Council. Tracey has a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and a MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.

You can learn more by visiting her blog. http://www.traceyhalvorsen.com

Amber has worked as a designer and programmer for over seven years in a diverse range of environments, producing quality work for clients including Catholic Relief Services, National Aquarium in Baltimore, The Hippodrome Foundation, Mercy Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Black & Decker and Loyola College.  Amber brings both design and production skills to Fastspot, implementing CSS solutions for our scalable projects and ensuring future expandability and easy editing, while imparting her sophisticated and elegant design styles to every Fastspot project.  Since joining Fastspot, Amber has designed and programmed a wide variety of Web and interactive projects for clients including Russell & Mackenna, the American Beverage Association and Maryland Humanities Council.

Tim joined Fastspot after working as the senior Web developer for Starlab, as well as a software developer targeting eBay consignment businesses.  Tim has over 10 years of technology development experience for a range of high profile companies and clients.  His expertise ranges from PHP/MySQL to XML/AJAX to mobile interface development.  Tim’s strict attention to detail and testing brings a level of expertise to all of Fastspot’s back end development.  Tim is also an avid gamer and computer "user", keeping him focused in the realm of "usability" as the ultimate goal for any application or Website development.

Zach joins Fastspot after 4 years working as an IT Manager and Systems Engineer in the automotive industry.  Zach brings an expert knowledge of Web Development skills, including XHTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, Ruby on Rails, PHP, XML, MySQL and jQuery.  Zach has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Delaware in Computer Science with a minor in Philosophy.

Ben is the newest designer to join Fastspot, so we don't have much to write about him just yet, except that he rocks.

Stacy joins Fastspot after moving on from her role as Program Assistant to Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA), a statewide non-profit arts advocacy group. Prior to MCA, Stacy worked as the Web Content Editor for the Baltimore Greater Cultural Alliance's FunGuide.  Past clients include National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Maryland State Arts Council, Maryland General Assembly and Governor's Office and BACVA.  Stacy brings with her a strict attention to detail, organization and schedules as she facilitates project management and communication between Fastspot and our clients.  Stacy is a graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Ceramics.