Chicago Web Developer Team

Mac Heller-Ogden Chicago Web Developer

Mac Heller-Ogden

Partner & CEO

Having served clients throughout the country, from Seattle to Chicago to New York City, Mac's diverse professional background offers a unique balance of the creative and technical. The sites he designs and develops are notable not only for their clean, creative presentation but also for their accessible and highly professional coding.

Mac has worked for clients including XM Satellite Radio; Oprah; Bob Dylan; The American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology; the Washington, D.C. Department of Transportation; and Bob Edwards. His interactive flash development work on The Medici Summit website was featured in the Mar+Apr 2008 issue of Create Magazine.


Daniel Jorgenson Chicago Web Developer

Daniel Jorgenson

Partner & COO

Daniel oversees Pixel Dreamer's daily operations and the overall account management of each client. His experience includes a mix of marketing and management consulting, with an expertise in the development of online communications strategy.

Prior to joining Pixel Dreamer, Daniel worked in the Information Technology Department at Reingold, Inc., a Washington, D.C-based communications consulting firm. As a lead strategist and the department manager, his clients (among others) included the U.S. Department of the Treasury; the U.S. State Department; the Washington, D.C. Workforce Investment Council; the Washington, D.C. Chamber of Commerce; the American Association of Community Colleges; the American Society of Plastic Surgeons; and the U.S. Green Building Council.


Thomas Lahr

Thomas Lahr

Senior Web Developer

Joining Pixel Dreamer in the Summer of 2010, Thomas works primarily on front-end design and development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. For server-side functionality he develops in PHP and is proficient in development for WordPress, Drupal and Zend Framework platforms.

Thomas began his career in web development by working on small database applications for VarsityBooks.com between 2005 and 2008. After that, he joined DC communications firm Reingold, Inc as a web developer and designer. There he worked on both front-end and back-end solutions for a variety of clients such as the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, DC Department of Transportation, and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education. He also developed full-scale e-commerce solutions for private-sector clients such as the Chicago-based restaurant, Alinea, and New York Vintners, a wine retailer in Manhattan. His responsibilities included custom database development, ASP.NET e-commerce development, Adobe InDesign document automation using JavaScript we well as font-end HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development.


Thia Hamilton

Thia Hamilton

SEO & Marketing Director

Thia brings over 20 years of marketing, message development, and strategic growth success to the Pixel Dreamer team. An expert in SEO and strategic content marketing, Thia oversees ongoing promotion and traffic generation for Pixel Dreamer clients and their websites. "The best built website on the planet will do you no good if the search engines don't serve you up on the first page of a searcher's results. That can't be left to chance."


Deborah Young

Deborah Young

Senior Marketing Consultant

Deborah helps entrepreneurs and local business owners understand the impact and importance of online marketing so they can be more visible on the Internet, increase their client base and become more profitable. She has worked for small businesses and Fortune 50 corporations, non-profits and sole proprietorships, managed teams in every corner of the globe and traveled in person to all those corners. She single-handedly established the initial Web presence for a $50 million business and brings over 20 years of marketing and project management experience to bear to create, integrate and track campaigns using all the tools in the online marketing arsenal. Finding solutions is second nature to Deborah. In fact, a colleague recently described her this way:

"Deborah is the type of person you look to when you have an impossible project, impossible timeline, and so many variables you don't know where to start counting. She is the person you bring in and know it will all get done and people will walk away satisfied. How often does that happen even in the best of circumstances?"