Aaron Schaap

Aaron Schaap is a highly accomplished & award winning developer, with expertise comprising of information architecture, interface design, accessibility and web standards deployment. These rare skill-set enables him to present brands in new and innovative ways, while understanding (and often bending) the technological rules that apply.

Aaron Schaap’s Specialties:

information architecture, agile software development, web business strategy, credit card processing, web hosting

Aaron Schaap’s Experience

Founder

Coworking West Michigan

(Executive Office industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)

We are a coworking space located in downtown Grand Rapids, MI. We’ve come to realize that people work better together, than apart. So we put together a modern open office for community leaders, entrepreneurs and business professionals to come and get awesome work done.
Founder

Downstream

(Internet industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Downstream is digital life given back. Our lives are increasingly played out online, important pieces of ourselves scattered about the cloud. What happens if that information isn't available? What do we lose by fragmenting our identity? Downstream helps pull yourself together. It brings down your digital life and hands it back to you, in a variety of online and offline ways. Downloads, hard drives, flash cards, annual reports, Downstream lets you better your life by giving your digital life back to you. It's your data. Your pocket. Your life.
Founder

Public-Collections L.L.C.

(Internet industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Getting paid for the work you completed is always important. Especially in this economy. When clients aren’t paying up and even worse, stop taking your calls, it may seem your only option is to go to small claims court or turn their information over to a collection agency. But that can be a time-consuming and complicated process. Public Collections provides an online outlet for “the owed” to post who owes them and how much, bringing awareness to problem clients.
Founder

Elevator Up

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

April 2004 — Present (5 years 8 months)

We develop things that people want to use and come back to. We focus on what is trying to be said and delivering that to an audience the way they want to receive it.
Web Strategist

The Image Group

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

September 2004 — March 2007 (2 years 7 months)

Web Strategiest and Team Leader
Web Developer

Holland Sentinel

(Newspapers industry)

2002 — 2004 (2 years )

A local Holland, MI newspaper since 1896. www.hollandsentinel.com
Founder

Mandarax Web

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)

My first company out of high school. Started with an office in downtown Holland, MI
IT

Greenridge Realty

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Real Estate industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )