What we're made of
Nestled in the midwest, we have happy clients from all over the world, from Amsterdam to Los Angeles, California. This whole thing got started in 2007 and as rewarding as our history has been, it’s the future we’re most excited about. Each member of our team is here not only because they're ridiculously talented--but because they love what they do.
Matt Sears
Founder
Matt Sears was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. He spent most of
his childhood drawing and painting. He ventured into the digital
world by earning a degree in computer science and business. He
founded Littlelines with his brother, Josh, in 2007. A proud Ruby
on Rails engineer, these days Matt strives to combine the
high-tech with the aesthetically pleasing. When he is not running
Littlelines like a pro he enjoys bike rides with his lady
and sharing Instagram shots of his dogs Simon and
Griffin.
Josh Sears
Creative Director /
PaperTelevision
Josh Sears grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and credits the art of graphic
novels as much as posters by Alphonse Mucha for steering him onto
the artistic path. After working as Visual Marketing Manager at
Scott Hull Associates, he would go on to found
PaperTelevision
, where he creates mobile apps and websites. In his spare time,
Josh can be found nostalgically perusing flea markets for vintage
comic books, along with various and assorted specimens of '80s
gadgetry.
Chris McCord
Rails Developer
Chris began his programming career writing Pacman games on
his Texas Instruments calculator in the eighth grade. Ready for
the big screen, he soon moved on to computers, creating a flash
game website at the age of sixteen. After earning his bachelor's
degree in Computer Science, he joined the Littlelines team as
a Ruby on Rails programmer. Away from the office, he enjoys
science fiction novels, snowboarding, probably too
many chick-flicks, and staying up to date on the latest tools of
the trade.
Beth Morris
UI/UX Designer
Beth gravitated towards the arts as a child. In high school, she
was drawn toward any career involving making things look
great. When she decided to go to design school, she started
getting books from the library on color and layout. Beth began
with a humanities degree and then went on to graduate
valedictorian of her art school. When Beth's not designing, she
enjoys nature walks, long boarding with her husband, and playing
Settlers of Catan with friends.
David Stump
Front End Developer
David tinkered with AppleScript when he was little and he'd make
tiny applications––like quizzes for his Dad's dental lectures. As
he grew up, development was always a hobby, but he decided to
pursue it as a career. He's earned a bachelor's degree in
electronic media with a minor in public relations along with a
master's degree in Human Computer Interaction. David began in a
startup in Cincinnati as one of the two main developers for an
application. Going to Butler basketball games and traveling
(taking trips) around the world with his wife Gwyn.
Steve Busch
Ruby Apprentice
Steve was born in Kettering, Ohio and apart from living in
Fairborn while attending university he has lived in the same zip
code – 45440 his whole life. He’s partial to Fool by Christopher
Moore. He is looking forward to learning a new craft. Previously
Steve was doing VBA development so this is all totally new and
exciting. His fears are spiders and intolerance and he is aware of
the hypocrisy of his intolerance towards spiders. Steve earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems in
2010.
Made in the Midwest
We're located in Ohio, but we have clients on both coasts and everywhere in between. Stop by and visit us!
We give back to the development community
You know what they say: the highest level of learning is teaching. We do that, too. Whether it's by speaking at conferences or hosting meet-ups, we like to get involved.
Dayton Ruby Brigade
We established the Dayton Ruby community meet-up, which is a
group of programmers, students, and technology enthusiasts who are
excited about the Ruby programming language and the Ruby on Rails
web framework. We designed the community page for
daytonrb.com
and host the monthly gathering at our headquarters.
Rails Rumble
Rails Rumble is a distributed programming competition that
Littlelines participated in that gave teams 48 hours to build an
innovative web application with Ruby on Rails or another Rack-based
Ruby web framework. Check out our entry:
floatt.me
Dayton Clean Code
Dayton Clean Code is a meet-up that Littlelines helps host once a
month that provides an environment to teach, learn, and experiment
with software development patterns, practices, and tools for
creating high quality software.
Speaking At Ruby Conferences
Our founder Matt Sears has been developing Ruby and contributing
to the Ruby community for a few years now and this year he'll be
taking on some new roles in the community by way of speaking at a
few conferences. Wish him luck using our
contact form.
Open Hack Meet Up
Open Hack is a meet-up with one purpose: code together, on
anything. Littlelines hosts this event on the first Thursday of
every month to get programmers of any experience level together to
code.
Conference Sponsorships
Through the years, it has been our privilege as a Ruby development
shop to proudly sponsor various Ruby activities and conferences
with the Ruby community. We love this language and do what we can
to contribute and support its growth.