Jacques Choquette
Jacques got started with web technology in his early teens with the Mosaic browser, and a 2400 baud modem. Jacques attended Ryerson University - School of Image Arts, graduating in 1999 with a Bachelor of Applied Arts In New Media. After university Jacques partnered with three of his classmates to found Lavapants Design which received accolades as one of the top 100 Canadian websites in 2001. Jacques shifted his focus to freelance web development and over the next 3 years worked with various advertising agencies to develop numerous high profile websites for companies such as Taxi.ca, University of Toronto, Health Canada and many more. In 2004 Jacques moved to Whistler B.C. to work full time as the web designer for whistler.com, one of the most active websites in British Columbia. Jacques also worked as the lead on website development processes and web marketing programs. In 2006 Jacques was recruited by Colonies.com, a web start-up company specializing in action sports. He was instrumental in the development of their web properties including Snowboard.com, Colonies.com and DigitalCameras.com. Jacques, through his company Whistler Web & Print, has assisted in the development of the clickTributes Platform. He and his team provide clickTributes with day to day technical resources, architecture design, software design, maintenance and graphic design services.