It's my great pleasure to announce our newest full time developer, Shaun Pezeshki (opens new window). Shaun's name should sound familiar to you, he has worked as a student assistant in our department for the last few years. Shaun will be taking the place that Nick West left vacant (opens new window); he has some big shoes to fill.

The search took longer than we expected but I am confident we found the right person for the job. Hiring from within has been a pattern in our department. Almost all of our staff started out as a student assistant and moved their way up to full time. We pride ourselves as a teaching department and Shaun is just another example of that. Changing his major countless times (really not our fault), we took him from someone who had a mild interest in the Web to a fully fledged Web rock star. We are honored to have him join our staff.

Some things Shaun has impacted

• Academic Success Center tutoring reservation system (opens new window)
• Student Senate website (opens new window)
• Blackstone Launchpad website (opens new window)
• Office of Development newsletter subscription (opens new window)
• Division of Research website (opens new window)
• Online Programs website (opens new window)
• Scholars Day website (opens new window)
• Human Resources website (opens new window)
• Keith Center website (opens new window)
• Law School news center (opens new window)
• Student Service Center website (opens new window)
• Living Green website (opens new window)
• Explore Detroit website (opens new window)
• Office of the Provost website (opens new window)
• Physics and Astronomy website (not launched yet)
• Planetarium website (not launched yet)
• School of Business website (opens new window)
• School of Library and Information Science website (opens new window)
• And many more..

Often pulling the weight of a full time developer as you can see by his (massive) involvement above, we wouldn't be where we are today without him. Shaun brings to the table a new perspective and eye to the Web as a recent graduate. I was reminded of this by Susan Evans (opens new window) in a recent post on her blog. In the post, Watch out for the 20-somethings on the job (opens new window), Susan gives her first hand experience with millennials and how much recent graduates have to offer. I can say confidently that Susan's interactions are in line with ours.

I am confident you will be hearing a lot from Shaun in the next few months. He has been put on a few high profile projects that are due to launch soon. Feel free to congratulate him below or on Twitter, I'm sure he would enjoy it. 😃