OUR TEAM
JOE BOWEN
PARTNER. WEBSITE DEVELOPER.
Joe Bowen has beed living in the world of technology for 25 years. He has also been an actor in professional theatre since 1989. In 2003 he founded Borealis Systems, an IT Consulting/Web Hosting/Web Design company. He has worked as a consultant in industries such as legal, banking, advertising, real estate, financial services, health care, and software development. He has also been a Dell computer installer since 2004. He has been hosting, designing, and maintaining websites since 2002. Most of his experience has centered around user support and troubleshooting. All of his customer-facing experience has made him a great believer in the proverb “give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.”
JHENAI MOOTZ
PARTNER. WEBSITE DESIGNER. PROJECT MANAGER
Jhenai has eight years of experience in Front End WordPress Design, website architecture building, and content management. She is an actor and a fine artist and additionally she has extensive experience in non-profit and small business management. Seeing a disconnect between the website development community, personalized client care and smart design – in 2012 she co-founded Renegade Websites to help address that vacuum. Years of merging art and design with business savvy gives Jhenai’s unique qualifications in helping individuals and businesses create aesthetically well-thought-out designs and layouts for their websites.
WESLEY SCOTT
WEBSITE DESIGNER. CONTENT WRITER. COMPUTER REPAIR CONSULTANT.
Wesley Scott is a professional actor and writer living in Chicago. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood, where he studied Musical Theatre and Playwriting, drafting his own one-man show that appeared in showcase at the Academy. Since then he has written a weekly editorial segment for the podcast Daily Sonic, entitled Angry Planet. He also wrote and curated several posts during the early days of the comedy blog NewsGroper. Most recently he has begun shopping a television pilot entitled Group to studios in Los Angeles, and has begun workshoping his second play entitled Trial at Judea in Chicago. He has worked as a computer and network technician in Orlando, and has a wealth of experience in networking, system building, diagnosis, and repair.
LILA M. STROMER
COPY WRITER. CONTENT WRITER. PHOTOGRAPHER
Lila is an accomplished communications professional with more than 15 years of experience in editing and publishing. She is the founder of Lila M. Stromer Editorial Services. Lila is keenly aware of the various needs of different projects, and recognizes the importance of keeping a client’s voice and meeting expectations and deadlines. As an editor with substantial professional experience, she collaborates with authors and companies to make sure that their projects come to a successful completion. Also a photographer with a background in theater, she provides clients with a one-on-one relationship in order to capture their best image, which can be used for multiple purposes, such as social media portraits. Lila understands that every project, whether in words or images, has its own needs, and she brings that individual approach to each client.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Dear disillusioned, desperate and frustrated souls,
We were not trying to be cute or different when we chose our company name. We saw a problem with the norm.
A renegade is someone who rejects the conventional, and we are rejecting the conventions that have ruled people and their websites to date. Renegade Websites will take the mystery out of your website and PUT THE CONTROL BACK IN YOUR HANDS.
Let’s be honest. We have all seen bad websites and heard the horror stories. You can actually Google “website horror stories” and get some truly frightening bedtime reading!
Far from just hearing the stories, we have gotten caught in the traps ourselves as both designers and clients. We were burned out and disgusted, so we do what all people do when they are frustrated…we went for a beer.
Over a few beers and falafel wraps we decided that there had to be a better way.
And we figured it out.
Here is what we will do for you: We will do all the hard work. We are going to build you the sleekest, coolest, most elegant (please insert your own adjectives here) website, and then we are going to show you just how simple it is to maintain and expand on your own.
Oh yes, you heard right. We’re going to give you the keys to the kingdom and share the secrets of the website universe with you.
You are welcome.
Sincerely,
The Renegades