Our team is unusually versant in technology outside of their main realm. You can compare them to swiss army knives, basically.
President, Strategist, Developer
Michael Diedrick
President, chief strategist, developer
After studying architecture and design, Michael started Byte Studios in Milwaukee in 1998 to do what he loved the most: design and programming. He hired a team of the best people he knew at his university and started creating websites for DAF Corp, the people that became The Dickman Company, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee Public Radio, Summerfest and CBS58. (DAF Corp and Dickman are still clients today.) In 15 years, he's led Byte to work with brands including Sephora, Givaudan and Diagio/Jose Cuervo.
While at Byte, Michael opened The National, an award-winning, local, sustainable and organic restaurant two doors down from the Studios. He subsequently sold it for $100 to one of Milwaukee's most promising chefs. It made the news. In Canada. And the UK.
Before founding Byte Studios, Michael worked as a short course instructor, systems manager and information technology trainer and practitioner for I&MT at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, which is where Michael studied architecture and art. He graduated with an BFA in graphic design.
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Developer
Bryce Meyer
Developer
Bryce's bio coming soon!
Director of Technology
Joel Glovacki
Director of Technology
Joel's mission is to simplify our development workflow and reduce the need for tedious, mundane coding. His points of focus are Byte's commerce system, Web analytics for our client dashboards, obscure third-party APIs, and our internal framework which we use to help build the majority of our websites. His dream is to someday work primarily on iOS apps, so get those great ideas to us!
When he's not at work, he enjoys browsing reddit, watching doctor who, listening to nerdist podcasts, writing about himself in third person, and breaking the fourth-wall. He devotes much of his time to learning about the latest web technologies and techniques; curating the best to campaign for at Byte or to just improve his own programming skills.
He believes the first step towards world peace is using a webkit browser. please, do your part: Apple Safari, Google Chrome
Developer
Emily Hasenzahl-Reeder
Developer
Emily's love affair with HTML and CSS began when she was just eleven years old. Over the years she has gained experience in graphic design, PHP, MySQL, jQuery and even Objective-C. As a member of Byte's team, she is continually learning innovative ways to use and strengthen these talents.
In her spare time Emily wears a lot of (figurative) hats: tabletop and video gamer, photographer, artist, gardener, quilter, bookworm, cat lover, amateur life coach, chef, and adventurer. However, she doesn't claim to be an expert at any of these activities (except maybe being a cat lover). If she could be anything she wanted she'd be a Hobbit and live in the Shire happily ever after to the end of her days. Occasionally, she awkwardly blogs about her hobby ADHD at WickedLeaf.
Emily received a Technical Diploma in Web Design from Milwaukee Area Technical College in 2010 and will graduate from Madison College in Spring 2014 with an Associate's Degree in Web Analysis/Programming.
Senior Video / Animation Artist
Evan Maruszewski
Senior Video / Animation Artist
Evan is our chief interactive developer and director of motion media. He's directed and produced hundreds of videos, including documentary, corporate and instructional videos for clients including Baird, Speech Tails, Girls Scouts of America and more. He's also a 3D creator and developer for interactives for LEO Science Lab, Snap-on Tools, City Chase and more.
Evan speaks multiple languages and studies Old English, Polish and Middle English poetry. He's also an accomplished multi-instrumentalist with a focus in playing the melodion. Evan is also one of the November Criminals, a band that's crossing the lines of polka and hip-pop.
He's also been working for UW-Milwaukee's Dance department creating dance interactives and videos, including proximity sensors with dynamic 3D video projection over the stage and dancers.
He studied film and holds a BFA at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
Creative Director
Joy Patrice O’Brien
Creative Director
As creative director, Joy directs the look and feel of our websites, interactives and web applications. She oversees the user experience, creating both wireframes and visual designs, along with all the interface details necessary to make a site work, including navigation systems, application elements, form elements and anything visual. Joy is the reason our websites and applications speak so clearly and feel so strongly of our clients.
Joy is an avid blogger, amateur interior designer, house renovator, cottage dweller, old school collagist, vintage seeker and overall art junkie. Joy has shown her own artwork at many Gallery Night galleries in Milwaukee. Recently she provided the interior design for North Avenue Grill in Wauwatosa.
Before coming to Byte. Joy was the Art Director for several magazines, including Vital Source Magazine, a local monthly focusing on art, culture and diverse opinions.
Joy studied Commercial Art at Milwaukee Area Technical College.