RP Design - About Us

Since 1997, RP Design Web Services has been headquartered in Cheshire Connecticut. In 2004 we opened a branch office in Charlotte, North Carolina followed by one in New Jersey in 2006 and Maryland in 2009. We offer a full spectrum of web-related services to local, national, and international companies.

At RP Design we value the relationships we have with our clients. Our team of knowledgeable professionals treats you and your projects with great care and attention, providing the outstanding service that you expect and deserve. No matter how large or small your company or professional office is, RP Design welcomes the opportunity to work with you.

Our Team:

Robert Davidson

Robert P. Davidson, Ph.D. (President of RPD. Inc.) is the author of numerous multimedia electronic documents, as well as six acclaimed books in data communications. He has over twenty years experience with telecommunications sales, marketing and engineering with companies as diverse as AT&T, General DataComm and Bell Telephone Laboratories. Bob is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a recipient of the IEEE Computer Society's Golden Core Award, past member of the editorial board for Spectrum Magazine, and past chairman of the IEEE Computer Society International Test Conference. Bob is also very active in community affairs. He is active in local and state business and charitable organizations such as the Rotary International Club, Cheshire Occupational & Career Opportunities Inc.(COCO), School/Business Partnership, ReferralNet and the Chamber of Commerce among others.

Barbara Sussman Goldberg, Ph.D. (Vice President-Marketing) represents RP Design in New Jersey. She has over two decades of experience in tele/datacommunications, principally with AT&T. In addition to her business activities, Barbara is President of the Women's Political Caucus of NJ, a founder and past Chair of the Somerset County Cultural Diversity Coalition, on the board of directors of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, member of Leadership New Jersey, and recipient of a "Woman of Distinction" Award by La Tribuna. Barbara received her Ph. D. in Linguistics from Columbia University and is the co-editor of an international linguistics volume as well as co-author of several e-books on datacommunications.

Patreena Parsons (Director of Web Development) technically manages the overall programming of our web site applications. She is a hands-on developer, constructing and maintaining website forms and form/database interaction. She also implements website search engines and statistical analysis and reporting for Website traffic. Patreena has a Master's Degree from Cornell University and is knowledgeable in several database programming languages and statistical software tools, including MySQL and PHP. Patreena is also the volunteer webmaster for a variety of community organizations.

Amy Cole (Art Director) is responsible for creating and programming the design and layout of all of our web site projects. She also creates all of our marketing materials such as print advertisements and postcards. She creates all graphics and Flash animations used in our projects as well as oversees the updates and maintenance of the web sites once the initial design is complete. Amy has a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design from Paier College of Art, and is fluent in HTML, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, CSS, and JavaScript.

Svetoslav Markov (Developer/Systems Administrator) has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Central Connecticut State University and has a Master's Degree in Computer Information Technology. He has launched a start-up web company in his native Bulgaria so he is familiar with web development and Linux/Windows administration of web, mail, DNS and SQL servers. He is fluent in PHP, MySQL and object oriented Java programming.

Alan Davidson (Director of Sales) has over fifteen years of business experience in marketing and sales working for diverse companies such as General Electric and Schrader-Bridgeport. Alan holds a Bachelor's degree in business marketing from Central Connecticut State University. He also has a degree in Computer Information Systems from Central Piedmont Community College where he graduated with high honors and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. Alan directs our web services team in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is an active member in the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Business Network International and Mecklenburg County South Rotary Club.

Milen Savov (Developer) is a member of the programming team. He has graduated from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering and is taking a Master of Science course in the same field and university. He is fluent in supporting server software and building dynamic web sites based on PHP/MySQL. Milen is also familiar with C/C++, Pascal/Delphi, Java, Perl and Assembler languages and hardware. Milen works for the company via the Internet, from his homeland.

Kevin Davidson, MBA (Marketing Manager) has over 11 years experience in sales, marketing, and project management. Kevin has a MBA from Southern Connecticut State University. He is also a graduate of Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Kevin is a former member of Toastmasters International where he achieved the designation of Competent Toastmaster Award and Competent Leadership Award.

He handles our online marketing, and search engine optimization. Kevin is a Google-approved Qualified Individual. Kevin also has experience in Yahoo! Search Marketing and Microsoft AdCenter.

Todd Steinackle (Systems Administrator) has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Central Connecticut State University where he was Vice President of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society. He has many years experience administrating Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems. He also holds A+, Network+, and Java 2 certifications and is skilled in various languages such as C/C++, PHP, and Perl.

Todd Steinackle

Zdravko Nikolov (Developer) has graduated from Sofia High School of Mathematics and is taking his Bachelor of Science course in the University of Sofia. Zdravko is familiar with Adobe Flash, XHTML/HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, C/C++, (Strawberry) Prolog and Assembler languages.

Cory Zibell (Technical Marketing/Developer) is currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Eastern Connecticut State University. Cory is skilled in XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, C/C++, and Objective-C. Cory has extensive knowledge of open source software, and participates in the development of well-known software projects, such as Mozilla Firefox and Drupal.

Dan Horner (Account Executive) has over 25 years experience in Business Process Redesign and eCommerce Sales for the largest transportation company in the world. In the last 10 years, he has consulted with over 400 companies; working with each to understand their unique business challenges and then design custom technical solutions. Dan is based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, is an experienced Industrial Engineer and holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Azusa Pacific University.

• If you are interested in joining our team, resumes are always welcome.