Web Developer

As a Web Designer and Information Systems Technician Petty Officer Second Class for the United States Navy, Chris Fambrough began his career in the most professional of environments, accountable to high ranking officers aboard a top heavy command, Commander Third Fleet embarked on the flag ship USS Coronado. His experience in web technology began with hands on training in accordance with the Navy’s philosophy “Train like you fight.” In a matter of months Chris went from a “booter” to the primary knowledge resource with regard to the web for all six departments, including his own highly qualified IT department. In 2001 he had already begun recommending to his superiors that they start optimizing for the then relatively unknown Google. While in the Navy, he earned Junior Sailor of the Quarter, several letters of commendation from Vice Admiral McGinn, and was promoted within the 98% percentile every time he was eligible, going from E-1 to E-5 within three years.
After being honorably discharged from active duty in 2002, Chris has been providing for various clients not only web design and development, but Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics, and Search Engine Marketing. Since these methods were relatively unheard of at the time, successfully selling the services was difficult at best despite the advantages that he attempted to purvey to the client. In order to showcase the potential of SEO, Analytics, and SEM, he joined with iLevel Internet in 2004 and created several low maintenance e-commerce stores that rocketed to a profitable $2 Million a year business within the first year using the web marketing techniques he recommended to his clients.
Realizing the potential of SEO, Analytics, and SEM as a marketing tool vice a web technology, he has since been employed with Ottaway Communications in providing web development, design, and new technology, while contributing to it’s highly focused and forward thinking digital marketing department. During the time since his Honorable Discharge from the US Navy he has been finishing his 4 year degree at Wayne State University School of Engineering and has been sent by the US Navy to several overseas locations, including NATO Headquarters, London, and Armed Forces Network, Tokyo, where his expertise could be maximized in commands that consider internet public affairs as a priority.