Our Story
We were founded in NYC in 2011 by designer/developer Ty Fujimura. Since then we’ve grown to a staff of fifteen incredible people working from six different countries.
Our Impact
We have a triple bottom line – People, Profits, and the Planet. We measure our success not only by our paychecks but by the effect we’ve had on the world around us.
Our Partners
Cantilever partners with best-in-class tools to increase the value and quality of the sites we build and maintain.
Imgix
Webflow
Ghost Inspector
Sanity
HubSpot
Agency Partners
We’re the Website experts, but we know our clients need much more than just Website help. We partner with like-minded firms in related fields to deliver exceptional results for our clients.
Socium
Plywood Pictures
Saint Hugo
Our Expert Team
Our team consists of some of the world’s top designers, developers, strategists and project managers. We are headquartered in NYC, with staff in six countries, speaking over twenty languages!
Core Team
Ty Fujimura
Ty Fujimura
Ty’s career purpose is uniting creativity and business. Put simply, “When creativity meets business, we find solutions to problems people thought were impossible, and we generate value beyond what people ever expected.”
After a successful career as a freelance designer, developer, and copywriter, he founded Cantilever in 2011 as the vehicle to build a team, take on larger projects and add value to the digital world on an ongoing basis. As CEO of Cantilever, he is committed to outstanding results for clients and building the kind of environment that brings out the best in staff and allows them to thrive while creating those results.
He has written on design for the Huffington Post and has been interviewed for CNN.com, VIBE Magazine and radio. Outside of Cantilever, he co-hosts a US soccer podcast called We The Peeps. He lives in Fair Lawn, NJ with his two young children.
Ryan Gibbons
Ryan Gibbons
A digital storyteller at heart, with a degree in photojournalism, Ryan first put these skills and training to use at NPR in Washington D.C. He went on to work as VP of Operations in the educational travel space with an international company he helped grow from 2,500 to 11,000 travelers annually.
With extensive experience working with designers and developers, overseeing the development of websites and thousands of pages of design and print production, he wanted to deepen his work in helping people tell their stories on the web. He had been a client of Cantilever’s and therefore knew the quality of the work and commitment to client relationships. When the opportunity to step into this leadership role opened up, he knew it was the right fit. Ryan brings a unique blend of marketing, management, and business experience to all of his work with our clients. He lives in Phoenix, AZ with his family.
Andrew Heins
Andrew Heins
Andrew grew up in small-town Ontario, Canada, watching his dad build, fix and maintain things, both as a passion and as an entrepreneur. While the tools of the trade may be different for this Heins generation, Andrew seems to have picked up his father’s appreciation for the care and maintenance of things. He spends his days working to make Cantilever sites run just a little bit better every day.
Brian Kuperman
Brian Kuperman
Brian is a graphic designer and front-end developer with a passion for pushing boundaries with design and creating unique experiences on the web. He previously worked for Penske Media Corporation as their Interactive Art Director and was responsible for the redesign of Rolling Stone, Variety, and Deadline. His background is formally in design and his interest in development has allowed him to wear both hats and know exactly how to design something that will translate into the digital world. Brian lives in Los Angeles, California with his husband and two dogs. He is an avid gamer and even created his own mobile game - Sputter!
Roman Vanivskyi
Roman Vanivskyi
Roman works at the intersection of aesthetics and functionality in design and development. His eye for branding/graphic design, love of complex systems and details are the perfect combination of skills for his work at Cantilever. With a depth of experience in systems and branding design, his goal is to work with our team to create a unique and highly accessible experience for end-users, bringing an unparalleled level of value to our clients. He is currently based in Lviv, Ukraine.
JT Fridsma
JT Fridsma
JT lives to explore. Whether looking for street art down an alley in a new city, listening to the latest up-and-coming musical artist, or learning a new javascript library, he is always collecting moments of insight and inspiration. From these varied experiences, he applies his background in graphic design and front-end development to craft unique, engaging, and polished solutions for our client’s brands and websites. His prior experience includes working in the NYC start-up scene at Grooveshark and freelancing in Austin, TX — opportunities that allowed him to design major advertising campaigns, event experiences, and rebrand companies. JT has been interviewed by the NY Times and Fast Company about his poster designs, and helps manage Street Art Cities: Austin He probably has one too many hobbies, and lives in Chattanooga with his two cats.
Benny Rostron
Benny Rostron
Benny's nomadic upbringing instilled in him a profound appreciation for novelty and the thrill of adventure. Whether scaling a mountain or unearthing hidden delights in everyday life, he remains convinced that life always has something wonderful and novel to offer.
With a focus on people and a knack for problem-solving, Benny's ultimate goal is to make others happy. He's got a background in music and theater, so he's always bringing his unique creativity and vision to the table, no matter what the conversation is about.
Benny's tech journey began in design and video game production before leading him to the realm of web development. As a project manager at Cantilever, he skillfully blends his diverse experiences and talents to deliver exceptional results.
Natalie Van Maerssen
Natalie Van Maerssen
Natalie is a strategist living in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She's worked as a designer, developer, and project manager, and just about everything in between, making her a strong collaborator with different teams. In her spare time, she loves to cook and travel to new places.
Andrei Scarlatescu
Andrei Scarlatescu
Andrei uses his love of and extensive experience in graphic and digital design to both oversee and create the powerful visual experiences that are part of our signature style. Before joining Cantilever, he worked with companies around the globe including UEFA, BMW, Rambus, and Novo Nordisk. For Andrei, design serves as the vehicle through which his favorite part of the job – understanding client needs and expressing them – is brought to life. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, he loves cycling, climbing mountains, and good coffee.
Ashok Ladumor
Ashok Ladumor
I'm Ashok Ladumor, a web developer based in Surat, India. I specialize in backend and frontend development, with expertise in languages like PHP and React.js. I have experience working with CMS platforms like WordPress and tools like Google Tag Manager. As a contributor at Cantilever, I bring my analytical skills and attention to detail to every project
Enric Clemente
Enric Clemente
Enric is a technologist and UX/ UI designer enthusiast based in Copenhagen, originally from Barcelona. Enric enjoys transforming new ideas into meaningful results. He has experience with digital marketing, advertisement technology, and data-driven marketing and he's highly passionate about using design to build meaningful experiences.
Enric is currently pursuing his master's degree in human-centric design, with a focus on the data-driven design, development, and evaluation of IT systems with a particular emphasis on how people interact with information, IT systems, and each other.
Enric loves playing the piano, traveling & summers by the sea together with the sun, and good friends.
Contributors
Pravin Kumar
Pravin Kumar
Pravin is an Aeronautical graduate turned self-taught designer and no-code developer. He applies his technical expertise and experience to designs, using Webflow to build modern & powerful websites with a single goal: bringing a client’s vision to life. Pravin is a fitness junkie and occasional marathoner who enjoys watching and playing cricket. He owns an adorable dog and is currently based in Bangalore, India.
Rebecca Testrake
Rebecca Testrake
Rebecca, as a home-grown Quality Engineer, is uniquely suited to the job of all things QA at Cantilever. If she can’t “break” a website, we know we can confidently deliver it to a client with the assurance that it can’t be broken. She also directs our Client Documentation Division and all things pertaining to our internal Cantilever processes. Rebecca loves baking, gardening, dancing, and generally being all things creative. She is based in Portland, Oregon, and describes her dog “Teacup” as “the best dog ever”.
Peter Field
Peter Field
Peter is a fractional marketing executive who we work with to help our clients elevate their full-funnel game. He provides strategic guidance on in-house team development, content, campaigns, and paid media.
Justin Holt
Justin Holt
I provide Craft CMS, Expression Engine, and Laravel web application support, consulting, and development. I have an awesome background building websites using PHP, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, SASS, Gulp, Node, Photoshop, Sketch, and Figma. I enjoy using Tailwind and other modern frontend methodologies. I'm also a public speaker and run a local Craft CMS developers meetup group.
Kathrin Laser
Kathrin Laser
Collaborative and strategic Senior Art Director with 7+ years of relevant professionalexperience. A proven track record of award-winning creative and conceptual executionacross all marketing channels. Previous agencies include Droga5, Huge, Google CreativeLab, and Razorfish.
Alison Bechdol
Alison Bechdol
Hi, I'm Alison Bechdol, a data-nerd with specialities in Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, data analysis and growth marketing. I am 6ft tall, my husband James and I live in Milwaukee, WI, have a Bernese mountain dog named Taylor and a (new) son named Bo.
Harris Davis
Harris Davis
Harris discovered a love of writing and branding in college and continued to hone his craft at Portfolio Center (now part of Miami Ad School), in Atlanta, GA. Since then, he’s spent the last 25 years immersed in the creative advertising space, working alongside incredibly talented folks at agencies like Publicis, 360i and VML/Y&R. There, he led digital creative efforts for clients like Heineken, LG Electronics, Dentyne and Guinness with award-winning work that included a jelly bean count in a full-size refrigerator, and turning an office conference room into a live-streamed, twitter-powered snowglobe that raised funds for Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.
More recently, Harris founded his own creative content studio, working with brands like IBM, The Weather Company, Ashley HomeStore, Asbury Park Boardwalk and Boys & Girls Club. Harris has also branched out as a freelance writer for HP, Bedrosians Tile & Stone, Odyn Tools and Kibeam Learning, as well as providing writing and creative support for agencies like Cantilever.
Harris lives by the beach in New Jersey, is married to a writer, and has two daughters, a rescue cat and a leopard gecko. He is an insufferable Phillies fan, amateur meditator, and handcrafts vintage-inspired pennants in his spare time.
Vitaliy Pastukh
Vitaliy Pastukh
I am passionate about software development and everything related to it. In my free time, I enjoy cooking new recipes and hiking in the Carpathian Mountains. I am looking for a challenging and rewarding job where I can use my skills and experience.
Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson is a designer with over twelve years of experience in disciplines ranging from branding to web. She loves to support businesses and organizations through design, using an approach that combines equal parts storytelling and strategy, to craft identities, websites and marketing materials. Lisa is also the founder of Verve & Concord, a branding and design studio that works with faith-driven female entrepreneurs. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and rambunctiously wonderful toddler son.
Mike Mella
Mike Mella
Mike Mella is a highly experienced designer and developer based in beautiful Toronto, Canada. He has been creating websites professionally since 1999, before some of his colleagues had even discovered the Internet. Today, he works primarily with non-profit organizations and specializes in Craft CMS, ExpressionEngine, Statamic, and Tailwind. Mike speaks English and French, and co-hosts the Website 101 Podcast, now starting its 8th season.