We think so.

It’s pretty well known throughout our office and to our clients that we’re visual thinkers. We believe that clean (we’re talking spec-free clean, folks) whiteboards are an empty canvas with endless possibilities to:

• think clearly for our clients
• foster collaboration
• push great ideas forward

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Hello World!

My name is Zach Stevenson and I am a developer here at Caxiam Group. Today is my one year anniversary with Caxiam Group and to celebrate I am writing my first of many blog posts. As many in the industry know, when you start learning a new language or framework, you usually create a very simple application that just outputs the text ‘Hello World’. So I feel it’s fitting that as a developer joining the company’s blog that my first post be ‘Hello World’.

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Hi there! I’m Jessica and I’m the new Creative Development Manager at Caxiam Group.

I was more than thrilled (ecstatic, ridiculously grateful, super excited…) to get a job straight out of college with a company like Caxiam. I’ve always been a fan of small businesses and I think Caxiam is comprised of talented and dynamic people. As a team they identify each person’s individual talents and really capitalize on those. It helps not only the business, but the employees flourish.

There are many things I’ve learned in my first months of work at Caxiam; here are some of my favorites.
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It’s busy season here at Caxiam Group as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches and this year we have much to be thankful for. Several months ago we hired three new team members for our technical department and by now, each of them have adapted to our process to the point of being regular contributors to the big picture.

Tyson Willey joins us as an experienced software developer with front-end development skills. For the past several months Tyson has been learning our B2B E-Commerce website framework and developing a custom solution for a client in Washington D.C. As this project nears launch he will begin working on two other custom B2B E-Commerce web solutions for large wholesale distributors in the Orlando / Tampa area. All projects had undergone design and front-end development phases prior to his arrival. He was delivered a client approved, front-end prototype and was thrilled to begin the software development process with such a clean starting point. Tyson is deliberate, detail oriented and extremely focused. Welcome aboard Tyson!

Luis Camilo joins us as an experienced software developer with additional skills in Linux server administration. Luis has been tasked with supporting some of our largest clients’ production applications by way of routine maintenance and large scale enhancements. In just two months with Caxiam Group Luis has already performed several major enhancements on large B2B E-Commerce websites for wholesale distributors. He is slowly working his way into our custom application development side and learning the ins and outs of several high-traffic sites. Luis is reliable and bright – able to work backwards through e-commerce sites and custom applications that he did not originally develop and make sense of all the pieces. Welcome aboard Luis!

Zach Stevenson joins us as a rookie software developer right out of Full Sail’s web development program and brings a wide array of skills perfect for supporting everyone on the team. Zach has worked on websites, custom applications, and several of our many B2B E-Commerce websites. He has performed website maintenance, assisted on large enhancements to custom applications and even built a smaller custom web application from scratch all by himself. Zach brings energy, a positive attitude, and a strong work ethic to the team. He is growing as a developer with each passing week. Welcome aboard Zach!

As far as new work goes, we are happy to announce recent contract signings from clients in Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa, Flemington New Jersey and Palm Bay. We have signed multiple custom website projects, B2B E-Commerce projects and custom application development projects which touches on three of our four core offerings. Awesome!

We’ve officially been operating out of our new Altamonte Springs location for six months now and couldn’t be happier. We’re still putting the finishing touches on our new space but it definitely feels like home. Believe it or not we are already considering office expansion as our team is now comprised of 11 full time employees and 2 part time contractors. While we are hoping to avoid expansion in the late months of 2010 we are excited about the possibilities 2011 will bring!

Stay tuned for more news on additional hires, new projects and site releases!

Caxiam History 101.

Ready?

Once Ethan and I started to outline the long-term vision of our collaboration and the benefits of a merger in early 2004, establishing a new company was the next big challenge on our list.

Now I’d love to reveal some elaborate brainstorm that lasted months, and I hate to disappoint my inquisitive readers, but the CAXIAM name was truly an overnight phenomenon. It came to me as I was burning the midnight oil for a client in the home office of our shared town home. I energetically hopped to the whiteboard (yes, adrenaline can exist at 2 am) and the ideas began to outpour.

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