After receiving her BFA in advertising & design from CCAD, Trace spent the first 7 years of her career specializing in brand development & packaging design for retail & grocery stores across the United States and EU developing such brands as Boots, Rite Aid, Albertsons & Duane Reade. She went on to become Sr AD for a large Ad Agency in Philadelphia directing healthcare campaigns and later became the Creative Director of a product & packaging design company where she designed, developed & marketed products that were sold in Target, MoMa, Borders and other retail stores & boutiques across the world. In 2000, after 11 years working in brand development & advertising, Trace started SKUBA design network. In her 20+ years of experience she has had the opportunity to work on thousands of projects ranging from trade shows + video & motion + product & packaging design + ad campaigns + web + marketing.

Fun Fact:She first came to New Orleans to rebrand K&B drugstore chain. Yes, rebranding the K&B purple! K&B was purchased by Rite Aid prior to the new brand launch but New Orleans was in her blood & she made it back to call it home.

The lead for all Interactive... animation, motion effects, mobile, web design and development. Dan is a master in research, analysis, design and development for interactive projects, helping clients to discover and define unique goals for user interaction, and translating ideas into functional web-based applications and platforms. He is a lightning fast coder AND not only is he one of the smartest guys you might ever meet he also happens to be one of the nicest.

Although a southerner, Jay grew up in the Netherlands where he attended college for two years for business & marketing. He then went on to the Art Institute of Atlanta to study design & after working for several years as a designer & web developer he went back to college to receive a BS in Web Design & Development from Full Sail University. Jay is a super coder, experienced developer & is passionate about custom PHP & jQuery.

Born and raised in Michigan, Earl moved down to the Big Easy after graduating with a BFA from the University of Michigan. A fancy for UX design and front-end development will drive Earl forward to continue learning and practicing well into the future.

Originally from San Andrés Island, Colombia; Rodwell has made New Orleans his new home since moving in '93. Rodwell has received his BFA from Louisiana State University and an Associates in Web Design & Interactive Media from the Art Institute of Atlanta. He spends his leisure time listening to music and watching Arsenal football matches.

Part of the original SKUBA team, Jeff received his BA from Tulane & then went on to school for motion & interactivity at Vancouver Film School. He spent 4 years in NYC where he developed over 50 enhanced music cd's for clients such as Yahoo, Sprite, Beck & Kappa Clothing. He also specializes in front-end web development with the primary focus on the use of Drupal CMS. When he's not at a computer 17 hrs a day he can be found playing soccer.

Although Paulina has lived in many cities she is originally from New Orleans. With a BFA from SCAD she has many talents that we draw upon daily. She also brings a little bit of sunshine into our lives every day. As a side project, and drawing on her superior illustrative skills, Paulina is developing an interactive comic book series that will be available for the iPad.

The reason for the "Mean dog don't open door" sign on the door. People walking by seem amused by him & take pictures of both he & the sign daily. He can be seen live daily on the Mean Dog Cam. Willie is a rescue & is truly in need of a home (he does however have issues, he'll be your best friend but he's a one person dog... no cats, dogs or children). He is quick & agile & has caught a bluejay in flight, a rat & a mouse.