Team

From a little office outside of San Francisco, we operate a studio focused on graphic design for business—web sites, application interfaces, and brand positioning and identity.

Our role is to work with clients to solve problems from overall strategy to page-level navigation, balancing business needs and customer needs within realistic time and budget constraints. Every project is carefully planned, with thought processes, recommendations, and deliverables clear and concise.

Having worked in companies both large and small, we've come to realize that clients want the breadth of skills found in large firms, combined with the quality of work found in studios, and the trust they can only find in one-on-one relationships.

We try to deliver on all three.

Chris Peterson

Designer

Chris opened the doors of Chris Peterson Design in 2001. While his background is in traditional print and corporate identity design, Chris has been focused on interactive design since 1996. He has completed over 70 interactive projects for clients including Google, Wells Fargo, Innovacom (France Telecom), Cheskin and Knova.

Prior to opening the studio, Chris was a managing director at Scient, leading the customer experience teams on some of the consultancy’s largest projects. Before Scient, he worked for a range of design studios, including USWeb/CKS, Design One, Pentagram, and Landor.

Chris can be reached at chris@chrispeterson.com or +1 415 412 5560.

Mike Wooldridge

User Interface Designer

Mike joined the studio in 2008. Before joining Chris Peterson Design, Mike worked for the California Digital Library, where he was responsible for the design and implementation of a web archiving service. Mike has also done user-interface research for the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mike is the author of 18 books for Wiley Publishing's Visual series, including the recent Teach Yourself Visually Photoshop CS3.

Mike has a master's degree in information management and systems and a B.A. in genetics, both from the University of California, Berkeley.

Mike can be reached at mike@chrispeterson.com.

Nicole Najafi

Front End Developer

Nicole will be out of the office while interning with Lanvin in New York and completing a semester at the Sorbonne. She will return in January 2009.

Nicole joined the studio in 2007. Since then, she has been involved with projects for Google, Sofinnova Ventures, MarketTools, and Pearson Partners International. Nicole also built the front end of Foundation, our VC site code base.

She is currently earning her B.S. in economics at St. Mary's College. Her completed coursework includes micro- and macroeconomic theory, econometrics, economic development, and multinational corporations.

Nicole can be reached at nicole@chrispeterson.com.

Kelly Schrader

Accountant and Office Manager

Kelly joined the studio in 2008 to assist with accounting and running the office. Prior to becoming a part of our team, she interned at Porter & Yee CPAs.

In May of 2009, Kelly will graduate with a degree in accounting from St. Mary’s College. Her coursework includes tax accounting, auditing, financial statement analysis, and accounting information systems, which provides exposure to accounting software such as QuickBooks.

Kelly can be reached at kelly@chrispeterson.com.

Dr. Mark Sales

Stormweaver Programming

Mark has been writing application code and building databases for our more complex projects since 2006. Mark’s first project was the Hanover multisite system, which utilizes a single content management system to manage multiple real estate sites.

Mark also built the infrastructure for Foundation, our VC site code base, and supported its deployment for Sofinnova Ventures.

In addition to his work with the studio, Mark continues his post-doctoral work and operates his own programming business.

Mark has a Ph.D. in physics and an M.S. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S. in mathematics and physics from Vanderbilt University.