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Christopher P. Baird
Chief Executive Officer
Christopher graduated college in 1994 with a B.S. in Business Administration and A.S. in Entrepreneurship.
He started freelance website design in 1998 until the formation of Automatit Inc in 2001. Automatit's primary purpose at that time was to develop market and maintain hundreds of websites for the purpose of selling hotel, care and airline inventory in order to receive commission. Working on the internet and being paid commission after the sale, help create a unique perspective for a website designer, development to customer conversion.
Market conditions later required Automatit to move towards a full service web development company offering development and marketing services to small business across the United States. Christopher took on the role of CEO, providing business development and marketing for the company.
Today Christopher is CEO of Automatit Inc. and is speaking in several places around the United States offering education about website development and marketing.
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Dee Jay Skinner
Chief Operations Officer
Born and raised in northern New England, Dee Jay moved to Tucson Arizona in 1993. He has been designing websites and custom applications for over 12 years. In 1996, he became business partners in one of the first online travel companies based out of Phoenix, Arizona. His main responsibilities with the company were to create and maintain company websites and online reservations applications. In 2000, he decided to go in a different direction and form another partnership called Automatit with Christopher Baird.
Dee Jay has now been in business under the Automatit name for almost 8 years. Automatit has almost 200 clients throughout the United States with a customer retention rate of nearly 100%. He truly loves what he does and hopes to continue in this industry for many years to come.
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John Curtis
Web Designer
John has been a Tucson resident since the late 70's. He has an associate's degree in Computer Information Systems and a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona. His experience ranges from surveying grassland birds and radio-tracking bats, to working in the IT field designing and maintaining websites for nearly 10 years. He joined the team at Automatit Inc. in 2006, where his primary roles are graphic design and website layout. His other skills include Flash development, javascript, HTML, CSS, and PHP programming.
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Amy Jen
Web Designer
Amy was born in Tucson, AZ and has lived here her whole life. In May of 2010, she graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelors degree in Economics and a minor in Business. Soon after, she joined the Automatit team with a position as a web designer.
Since the age of 13, Amy taught herself how to build websites, initially as a hobby, through books and online tutorials using web-based languages, such as HTML and CSS. She also has great passion for graphic design and illustration and has been drawing and designing since she was 12. Today, Amy continues to broaden her knowledge and skills while pursuing a career in web and graphic design.
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Kathy Popovitch
Office Assistant
Kathy moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1998 being originally from a small town in Connecticut. Since moving to Tucson, she has worked in a variety of company settings. She worked as a reservationist for a large local resort, worked for a major defense system company, and has also worked in the management office of a school.
She currently holds the Office Assistant position here at Automatit, Inc. Her duties range from answering the phones, customer invoicing, and posting payments to entering new customers into our systems. She brings to this company her knowledge of various office skills and the knowledge of operating various office systems.