"Its not with the heart,
that one sees clearly.
What is essential
is invisible to the eye..."
—The Little Prince
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ABOUT BLACK RHINO DESIGN...
Deborah Dennis is the talented and passionate User Experience/Web Designer, social media guru and high-tech entrepreneur who founded Black Rhino Design. She started her web design company, Black Rhino Design, after her return from an Earthwatch expedition tracking Black Rhinos in Zimbabwe, Africa. Part of her business model is to assist Not for Profits, so her company has designed and built many non-profit websites including Restore the Delta, California Labor Foundation, Sports4Kids, Meals on Wheels LA and more.
Deborah has worked in Silicon Valley Companies for over 20 years, starting at Apple Computer. She has extensive experience in many technologies such as user interface design, user-centered design methodologies and best practices, content management solutions, WordPress, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. She has also worked extensively developing social media marketing plans for businesses, online branding and affiliate promotions, as well as email list building, SEO and using Google analytics to grow traffic and optimize lead generation pages.
She has managed in-house web design and production teams, as well as virtual designers & web developers from around the world. She has given client presentations to fortune 500 companies, and taught technical training workshops. She also co-founded an online software company so she has an entrepreneurial energy & a bootstrap mentality to take the initiative & have the confidence in her abilities to design and build the best websites.
THE HISTORY BEHIND BLACK RHINO DESIGN...
Black Rhino Design was founded in 1996 by Deborah Dennis after her return from an Earthwatch expedition tracking black rhinos in Zimbabwe, Africa. While working at Apple Computer, Ms Dennis was granted a 6 week sabbatical. She joined the expedition in Hawange National Park where she camped in the bush and helped to track, radio collar and dehorn black rhinos in the wild. There she applied her photography and computer skills to assist in setting up a rhino hoof print database, website and expedition slide show.
Upon her return from Africa, Black Rhino Design was officially launched, with the goal of helping non-profit organizations and small businesses have access to well designed websites.
In 1996, her first client was a local Bay Area women's sports catalog company called Title 9 Sports. Deborah convinced the company's owner to venture into the budding online shopping world and designed and built their first online presence for the web. In 1999, she upgraded their website design and e-commerce architecture.
In 1999, she launched a second trek to Southern Africa in search of the last remaining truly wild black rhinos who live with no conservation status, fences or borders in northwest Namibia. She met and stayed with Save the Rhino Trust volunteers, who diligently work to save these rhinos from poachers and loss of their wilderness habitat.
Over the years, Deborah has built up a solid base of coders and developers that assist in developing outstanding websites and top notch web development.
Do you need quality design work at an affordable price? Would you like to work together? We are currently seeking new and exciting clients and would love to hear from you. Contact us today for a free estimate on your next project.