George Song
Founding Partner
george@55minutes.com
George is a co-founder of 55 Minutes. He solves complex user interaction challenges and develops web applications.
George believes a great user experience and a collaborative development process are keys to successful projects. With almost 20 years of software engineering experience, he understands first-hand that projects succeed because of people, not technology.
George also believes that design and development are crafts that require constant refinement. He is always looking for ways to introduce more communication, deep thinking, and creativity into each 55 Minutes project.
For development, George likes to use Python and the Django web framework. Outside of work, his lifelong passion is photography.
Matt Brictson
Founding Partner
matt@55minutes.com
Matt is an interaction designer, application architect, and co-founder of 55 Minutes. He believes that emphasis on user experience and meticulous attention to detail are the keys to successful software projects.
Matt comes from a rigorous computer science and software engineering background, and has over ten years of experience building web applications. He leads both design and development on client projects, and is the resident Java technology expert.
Prior to founding 55 Minutes, Matt was a lead developer at WebWare, a digital asset management solutions provider. His technical and design contributions to WebWare’s fledgling ActiveMedia Access project made it an enormous success: Access became the company's flagship application and was eagerly adopted by clients such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and Nintendo of America.
Matt holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received the prestigious Bronze Tablet and a perfect 4.0 technical GPA.
Matt lives in San Francisco and enjoys attending international film festivals in his spare time.
Professional experiences of the founders
George and Matt bring to 55 Minutes over 20 years of experience in the fields of requirements definition, information architecture, user interface design, and development. Here are some of the companies they have worked with:
- BBDO Detroit
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, UI Design, Development
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, Development, Training
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, UI Design, Development
- Harcourt
- Requirements Definition, Development
- Boeing
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, UI Design, Development
- Charles Schwab
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, Development
- TracyLocke
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, UI Design, Development
- Scripps Networks
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, Development
- CommonHealth
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, UI Design, Development
- Martha Stewart
- Information Architecture, Development
- DuPont
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, UI Design, Development
- National Football League
- Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, UI Design, Development
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