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Management Team

People Who Are More About Team, Less About Management.

Building the team and building great interactive solutions unites us as OHO's Management Team.  We've come together from different backgrounds to create a firm that makes a difference for our clients and for their audiences.

Edwin Hastings, Managing Director and President

Edwin Hastings knew that the web had something to offer even before eBay arrived on the scene. He was one of the thinkers at the World Wide Web conference in 1994, presenting his ideas on how businesses could use the web to reach their customers.

Ed has dedicated his career to helping companies move their businesses forward using technology. As managing director and president of OHO, he helps clients envision what the innovative and intelligent use of technology and the Internet can do for their organizations.

OHO’s boutique size enables him to work one-on-one with clients as a strategic consultant, helping them to discover what’s possible and set actionable business goals. It also enables him to personally shape OHO’s talented professionals into a cohesive team that produce exquisite results for their clients.

Ed has 20 years of experience with IT services and Internet companies in research, business development, and marketing as well as service and technology development and delivery.

He has founded and been part of the leadership team at several consulting and system integration companies, including online consultancy Granitar Incorporated and Onward Technologies, a Web-focused consulting, development, and systems integration firm, which is now part of Computer Sciences Corporation.

As a founder, CEO, and chairman of Granitar he led the strategy that focused on serving the financial services and publishing industries with Internet-based systems which enabled the company to grow to over $20 million in revenue. As vice president of consulting at Onward Technologies, he led the rapid growth of the organization by introducing a complete set of marketing and technology services using the Internet.

In addition, Ed has served as an advisor and director to startups in the Boston area. He has a degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Jason Smith, Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer

Combine a decade of design experience with seven years in television advertising, toss in an English degree, and you begin to understand the value that Jason Smith offers OHO's clients. As chief creative officer, Jason oversees the creative aspect of OHO client projects.

In addition to knowing his way around a color wheel, Jason has the branding, marketing, and design experience that enables him to quickly engage with clients and understand their business objectives. Every project brings a myriad of possibilities, but what his clients value most is that he is able to find the solution, tone, and concept that are exactly right for their business and culture. As one client recently put it: “Jason is always a beacon of clarity.”

Prior to founding OHO, Jason was a senior designer at Houghton Mifflin, where he led a team of 12 designers and editors to create educational materials that synthesized marketing and education needs.

A magna cum laude graduate from Brown University, Jason received formal graphic design and photography training at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Laurie Richards, Interactive Director

More is sometimes less, according to Laurie Richards. Laurie is a web technology guru, but she doesn’t believe in developing technology or applications just because you can. As interactive director, Laurie collaborates with clients to build web applications that meet their business objectives.

Laurie is responsible for the delivery of all client web projects and manages a team of information architecture, visual design, software engineering, and testing consultants. She brings to OHO the ability to synthesize the talents of her team to create robust web solutions that ensure her clients’ visions come to life.

Laurie has more than eight years of experience as a software developer and project manager and a track record of developing web solutions using reusable, maintainable software with superior user experiences. She has expertise with a variety of technologies (including Drupal, php, Ruby, SharePoint, and JavaScript).

Prior to joining OHO, Laurie worked at Keane, netNumina, IBM, and Rational Software. Most recently, at Keane, she was a leader within the global innovations group, identifying, selling, and delivering transformational projects to Keane’s largest clients.

Laurie graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell with a bachelor's degree in computer science.

Jeremy Binder, Interactive Director

Jeremy Binder makes it happen. He is the face and voice of our web development team to our clients. As an interactive director, Jeremy brings significant technical experience with networking and system design to the success of our clients’ web projects. He is involved from project conception to implementation and provides our clients with a consistent point of contact, monitoring project status to ensure on-time delivery. He conducts business analysis and sets goals, facilitates client communication, performs technical design and implementation, and mentors team members to keep everyone’s eye on the ball.

Jeremy pours his heart and soul into his work and truly cares about our clients and their technical systems.

Jeremy graduated as Valedictorian of his class at Full Sail University in Orlando, FL where he earned his associate degree in show production and touring.