Crates McDade
Web Developer, Small Business Owner, and Musician in Norwalk, Connecticut
Crates McDade
Web Developer, Small Business Owner, and Musician in Norwalk, Connecticut
I'm the de facto CTO of FranSuite, a venture built and owned by PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the "Big 4" advisory firms.
I have an international retail business I built from scratch which has 37500 fans on Facebook, as well as an independent record label, a clothing manufacturing company, an event production company that rents stages, lights and sound equipment to music festivals and parties all around the northeast US, and a media development and marketing firm that does websites, apps and advertising.
I do a lot of music production, and I'm writing a book on building and running agile development teams across oceans.
I'm working on a non-profit to try and address the disparity of burden placed on lowest-income citizens as a result of climate change (a phenomenon termed "climate gap"). I'm also working on a productivity / organization / life management app called VieDay (View and Improve Every Detail About Yourself: V.I.E.D.A.Y.; also from "vie", to struggle towards superiority).