Our Team
The Media Net Link team members are innovative thinkers and problem solvers, with impressive professional credentials and leading-edge technical expertise.
Our technical staff can build virtually anything on the web. We have experience using ASP, C, C++, XML, Cold Fusion, PHP, Visual Basic, Java, JavaScript, Perl, HTML, DHTML, Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP, UNIX (Linux, Solaris, BSD, HP-UX, OS X), Mac OS, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle (Authorized Partner with Oracle Certified Professionals on staff), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash.
Our professional staff brings years of business, technical, consulting and project management experience from companies like Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems, Lockheed, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Miller Freeman.
Media Net Link's success is attibutable to the smart and dedicated people who bring their skills to every project. Each MNL employee brings a little something different into the mix.
Management
Ryan McGredy, President: Ryan was Media Net Link’s first full-time employee, starting in 1996. A graduate of the University of California at Davis, Ryan assumed the role of president in 2003 after the untimely death of our founder and Ryan’s father, Ric McGredy. Working with our largest clients and providing the vision for our company, Ryan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience especially in the always difficult position which lies between what the clients say they need and what our developers can provide.
Tom Brickley, Director of Operations: Tom joined MNL in 2003 and is in charge of all business development, marketing, and positioning MNL to leverage our status as a premier web development company. Tom’s main expertise is with client relationship and service. Prior to joining MNL, Tom spent over twenty years working in the personal financial services industry primarily with Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo. Tom has spent many years developing marketing systems and campaigns, and having been on the line knows intimately the needs and desires of sales and marketing teams that need tools to help automate their efforts. Tom attended Pepperdine law school and is a graduate of UC Berkeley.
Brad Dutton, Senior Developer & Manager: Brad is the genius behind many of our most complex custom projects as well as the key developer for most of our products. Versatile in most development languages, Brad brings the key component to Media Net Link, an incredible desire to make things work efficiently and effectively. Brad is in charge of our development staff and runs our systems group as well. One of the original employees of Media Net Link, Brad is instrumental to the growth of our company as well as our future.
Star Players
Mike Keller, Lead Designer: Mike is an exceptional web master, able to turn a "thinking out loud" idea into a full-featured web site. With experience forged by many years of doing, Mike has the ability to implement key functionality into any site that often the client either neglects or is not even aware. With a passion for doing things the right way, Mike is our “go to” guy when we need things done right and we need them done now. Mike is the soul of Media Net Link
Richard Kitamura, Project Manager: Richard joined MNL in March of 1997. Richard has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii. Before joining MNL, Richard worked for GTE (now Verizon) and KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (now BearingPoint). Richard has a strong technical and project management background and has managed the technical development of sites for corporate clients as well as medium to small businesses.
Inge Jechart, Project Manager: Inge started at Media Net Link as a Systems Analyst and has grown to become one of our top Project Managers. The key to any successful project is the communication that happens between client and manager. With her background as a PhD in physics from UCLA, Inge has the technical expertise to understand even the most complex of issues but also possesses a primary sense for understanding client needs. Inge comes from Austria and is fluent in several languages.
Ron Lawrence, Product Manager: Ron Lawrence is MNL’s elder player. Ron was a co-owner of four ComputerLand stores back when PCs and Macs were just coming to market. He joined MNL in 1996, and now runs MNL’s On Demand products and manages all aspects of customer support. Ron has degrees from Iowa State and Pepperdine, is a Vietnam Veteran and father of six.