you deserve to have a web partner in your corner.

A team you can rely on.

A partner you can trust.

a solution that makes an impact.

Your success is our mission.

An average agency simply takes direction from a client even if they aren’t an expert in web design and development. This approach often leaves companies with inadequate and underperforming websites that do not meet their objectives. At First + Third we do not start projects with tasks- we start relationships with business objectives. As a team, we design and build best in class websites; investing ourselves in our clients’ goals as if they are our own. Because when our clients succeed, we do too.

we're anything but cookie cutter.

Discovery

Optimize

Execute

Waiting for direction

Do what's told

Typical Teams

Do what's told

Waiting for direction

Giving back.

At First + Third we believe strongly in Open Source and are passionate about sharing our work with the development community.

The majority of our libraries are made public on GitHub.

See what we’ve worked on

Who we are.

We’re a tight knit group that spans the globe.
Learn a bit more about each of us.

Greg Allen

Hermosa Beach, CA

Greg started First&Third as an outlet for his creative development skills and approaches every project with an open mind and never-ending optimism.

Troy Whiteley

Oxnard, CA

Troy writes code with one hand and eats tacos with the other. His cats supervise him.

Jason Shindler

Seattle, WA

Jason is passionate about solving problems and delivering value to clients. When not at work, he’s hanging with his family and volunteering in his community.

Cheyenne Cenk

Denver, CO

Cheyenne is passionate about strategy and all things product. When she’s not online she’s probably knitting.

Jeremy Wilson

Seattle, WA

Jeremy has been both as a front end dev and project manager for over 20 years. When he’s not online, he’s definitely skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, backpacking, and or camping.

Brock Meltzer

Bend, OR

Brock brings his product, operations, and data driven decision making experience to help each project succeed. When he is not online, he is likely on a family adventure in the wilderness.

Alexis Sanchez

Cholula, Puebla

Alexis turns designs into websites and maintains the code for our already launched sites. True believer of “all you need is cappuccino”.

Justin Blaisdell

Denver, CO

Justin turns our beautiful designs into code. He loves to create experiences that delight users.

Fabio Fistarol

Curitiba, Parana

Fabio has been a project manager for almost 10 years. Curious and wanderlust, he has lived in 3 continents with his family, and when offline, loves cooking and rock’n roll.

Enrique Torres

Monterrey, Nuevo León

Enrique has been working in the digital world for more than 5 years as a UX/UI designer. He loves burgers, dogs, rock climbing, and playing music.

Eric Willis

San Luis Obispo, CA

Eric spends his time taming the beast that is the cloud, and ensuring that all the API’s answer their questions appropriately.

Caitlin Castelaz

New York, NY

Caitlin is a project manager with more than a decade of experience delivering products for web. She likes solving problems and collecting houseplants.

Shama Sivalingam

Austin, TX

Shama draws energy from streamlining the people side of our business to be as positive and user-friendly as possible! Enjoying time with family, friends, and food are all of high importance, when he’s away from work.

Drew Adams

Austin, TX

Drew likes to expend his creative energy by inventing new ways to break our stuff. Utilizing both automated and manual methods, he ensures our projects are functional and user-friendly.

Chris Harris

Little Rock, AR

Chris wrestles behind-the-scenes with the systems that power First&Third’s delightful user experiences.

Gyms Dunbar

Linden, NJ

Gyms is a Seasoned Digital Project Manager with a decade of expertise in e-commerce. He approaches digital strategy from a holistic view propelling industry giants to new heights.

Ben Diamond

Cape Coral, FL

Ben is a self-proclaimed multimedia ‘eh’-xtraordinaire and front-end web designer with a hunger for learning and seasonal indie game sales.

A note from our founder.

How I Got Into This Business & Why I Care So Much About Your Website

I have spent most of the last 15 years working in web development and the one thing I know for sure is that businesses spend a lot of money building websites that just don’t work. They are slow & difficult to navigate, losing a visitor’s interest quickly. This frustrates me because poorly designed sites are making it difficult for businesses to succeed and I know that it doesn’t have to be this way.

In 2003, I set out to bring a different and more hands on approach to business leaders, hoping to partner with them to understand their organizations and how their websites can help them achieve success. In doing so, I formed a fully remote agency to help leaders solve complex problems with well designed and executed websites. It was my goal to provide businesses with a partner that they could rely on to get it done right, a team they could trust to have their best interest in mind, and a solution that would make the most impact on their overall business.

Having had the privilege of working with such incredible organizations as Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org and Facebook has allowed me to see how much fun it is to take someone’s vision and turn it into reality. And it’s even more rewarding when the deliverable is something that makes such a positive impact.

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