We are eleven designers and developers with a passion for making things simple. Our designs are clear and our tools are intuitive. We build exceptional websites and applications that never require training sessions or instruction manuals. We realize that creating content is difficult—managing it shouldn't be.
Working from our South Philadelphia studio are:
Geoff DiMasi leads up P'unk Avenue. He is also a co-founder of Independents Hall, the coworking space in Philadelphia. He was identified as one of 76 Creative Connectors in Philadelphia.
As part of his role as all-around community rabble-rouser he organizes the Junto, co-founded and currently curates Ignite Philly, and has lent a hand in getting events like BarCamp Philly started.
He was a full time Multimedia professor at the University of the Arts for several years and currently serves as an adjunct member of the faculty.
Other community experience includes co-founding the Passyunk Square Civic Association in South Philadelphia, serving on the marketing committee of the board of the Free Library of Philadelphia, and being an artist and board member of Vox Populi, a respected cooperative gallery. He has deep experience in design and communication that go back to his first job out of college with Rolling Stone magazine.
He holds a B.A. from Rutgers College in History and an M.F.A. in Book Arts & Printmaking from The University of the Arts.
Alex Gilbert, P’unk Avenue’s lead developer, is a graduate of The University of Art’s Multimedia program. He has been developing web solutions since 2000. He previously worked at Mobius New Media in Wilmington, Delaware. Alex has been working with the Symfony PHP Web Framework since early 2006 and has developed numerous projects with it.
Tom Boutell is a developer for P’unk Avenue. His background in software development and long experience with the web brings a unique perspective to the team. As the head of Boutell.Com, Inc., Tom created the original WWW FAQ, which continues to be a frequently-consulted “how-to” resource for web developers. At RealNetworks (then Progressive Networks), Tom was instrumental in the creation of RealAudio 1.0, the first streaming audio solution for the web.
In the open source world, he is best known as the author of GD Library, a dynamic graphics code library for websites, now standard in PHP distribution and for originating the PNG project that lead to the creation of the PNG image format. He has recently released several open source tools such as aS3StreamWrapper, pkLockServer and OptimumPHP.
He is the author of a book on Windows and Linux Integration published by Sybex and a book on CGI Programming in C and Perl published by Addison- Wesley. He has written a number of Facebook and iPhone applications, as well as autobiographical web applications.
Jake Hiller came to P'unk Ave fresh out of the University of Delware in 2009, where he studied graphic design in the Visual Communications program. He's learned a thing or two about the web since coming on, and is now one of the lead front-end developers on the P'unk Ave team.
Matt Grosse is a member of the development team at P’unk Avenue. After graduating from Rowan University in 2003 with a degree in Computer Science, he continued his work in the web application field. He has worked on numerous web applications including the IndieMerchstore and10bestthings. com. Matt also has a passion for game design and the indie development community. He is a member of the IGDA and started a small game design studio in 2010.
Wes John-Alder is a developer at P'unk Avenue. He graduated from Oberlin College where he studied computer science and digital signal processing. After graduating he thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. He maintained a freelance practice developing a highly customized content management system for The Keewaydin Foundation as well as maintaining an escrow management system for Vertecto. His programming experience ranges from web applications to software synthesizers in programming languages from old-school C to PHP.
Kerry Gilbert is a front end developer/designer at P’unk Avenue. After studying Multimedia at The University of the Arts, Kerry went on to work at Cipher Prime Studios, an interactive design firm in Old City. There, he played the role of content developer for a number of games including Auditorium HD, Fractal and co-created the acclaimed iOS hit, Pulse: Volume One.
Tim Quirino is an Interactive Designer and before joining P'unk ave, he was the lead singer of a ska band.
It may sound ridiculous, it was the catalyst in the decision to pursue a Graphic Design degree at Drexel University. Upon graduating, he started Big Red Tank and freelanced for the music industry working with Fueled By Ramen, Warner Bros. Recording, Sony/BMG, and many others to design websites, merchandise, and album art.
He was then named Multimedia Designer at QVC, where he designed user interfaces for the flagship iOS and Android mobile applications. In a span of 2 years, QVC went from having just 1 app, to releasing an entire suite of apps catering to their loyal (and tech-savvy) customers.
Tim also co-founded Geekadelphia with Eric Smith, which led to his involvement in Ford Automotive's Fiesta Movement Chapter II in 2010. The movement led to the highest amount of pre-orders for any Ford vehicle to date.
