About Vermonster

We are a small technology consulting firm based in Boston Massachusetts. We are good at what we do - helping companies big and small to design, build, and maintain simple and useful web applications. We’ve been at for nearly 10 years, and have seen many trends come and go, and have learned first hand what works and what doesn’t. During this time, we’ve built a great reputation for ourselves and are proud of what we do.

Integrity: Integrity and trust is critical to a good working relationship. This allows everyone to focus on the project and deliver the absolute best results. As consultants, we live and die by our reputation and integrity - it is what makes us who we are.
Transparency: Our entire process is transparent. From your project website, where all internal notes and code changes can be reviewed to project email lists where all news (good and not so good) is available.
Communication: Part of our great transparency is great communication. Keeping everyone in sync is critical for success. Our progress is viewable throughout the process on your project website. Our team is available on instant messenger and email. We are always available over the phone and are delighted to have you visit to our downtown office.
Simple, Modular and Clean: Some people believe that the KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) and the DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) strategies are mutually exclusive, we believe they actually work well together. For instance, a balance of understandable code can happily live within a well-thought-out re-usable library. Our style is clean - from consistent formatting and inline documentation to following clean design patterns.

People

Jay Powers

Jay is a co-founder of Vermonster LLC and has a passion for technology and has been building applications for most of his adult life. Jay previously worked at CMGI during the first rapid expansion of internet technologies in the late nineties, where he focused on new media advertising and marketing. Later, he worked for the internet startup Askfor.com, a company focused on product web searching and affiliate marketing for retail companies. Jay attended the University of Vermont in Burlington. He enjoys running and has successfully run the Boston Marathon a few times.

Brian Kaney

Brian is also a co-founder of Vermonster LLC. Brian has been a spirited entrepreneur since working as a monitoring and control engineering consultant in college. Here he worked with successful companies like Keurig, Analog Devices and Norton/Saint-Gobain. After a short stint at Power-One, a high-tech electronics manufacturing company, Brian co-founded Askfor.com. He earned an engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Brian enjoys his daily commute on his fixed-gear bicycle and is an advocate for helmets and bicycle lanes.

Rest of the Team

Our team is diverse, from creative graphic artists, to marketing and business management consultants to usability experts to seasoned computer programmers. For each project, we put together a tailored team of local experts - individuals we have experience working with and who enjoy working with us. This professional approach saves our customers money, as we focus on delivering the highest quality products and services.

Brief History

In the late 1990’s, Jay invented vermonster.com as a part-time, online Vermont gifts store with distribution of local products from Bennington Vermont.

Vermonster.com in 1998

The name was later used as an alias on initial consultant/client placement and opportunities boards. After nurturing a successful track-record, the name stuck. Vermonster has Vermont connotations but we are based in Boston, Massachusetts.