Desiree Renaud, co-owner and geeky gurl

"Wow, the internet rocks!"

At the risk of sounding techni-corny, Desiree has been known to blurt at strangers: "Wow, the Internet rocks!"

She loves the reach of the Web and the googol* of information available to anyone with Internet access. (*Read how Google's creators were inspired by this mathematical term.) "It is fantastic how the Web is making everyone on the planet smarter. The Internet inspires projects like One Laptop Per Child and Computers With Causes, which help bring knowledge to every corner of our world. The Web truly rocks!"

As a small business owner, Desiree's knows that advertising funds have to be stretched like taffy, especially for start-ups and non-profits. So Desiree's focus and mission is "to help all small businesses, emerging entrepreneurs and non-profits get on the Web" by offering affordable, professional web sites that help them harness the power of the Web using proven design and development practices. And now blogs are becoming one of the most affordable options as full websites for businesses.

"A Web site for all!" became her battle cry.

Back in the day (1993) no institution of higher learning was offering degrees or certifications in Web design. Fortunately for Desiree, she did find one guy, a former IBM-er, teaching HTML (the programming language used to create sites) and other Internet classes as part of the Continuing Education program and the University of Colorado in Boulder. A proponent of uncluttered, simple site design, Art Smoot has remained one of Desiree's mentors all these years.

Desiree then studied the web design practices of gurus, authors and trainers Lynda Weinman and Eric Meyer (among others). Lynda continues to be one of Desiree's mentors and she still uses Lynda.com's online training Web site to keep her skills current. After spending two years in school working towards her Computer Science degree in Colorado, Desiree left school to jump into Web design because it was new and fresh and interesting. And few were doing it.

Desiree spends the lion's share of her time managing projects at Site Sensations, offering years of experience to her clients.

When she isn't on her computer Desiree is enjoying live baseball games (especially the Colorado Rockies), karaoke with her friends, 70s rock, and is recovering from her Adam Lambert addiction.

You can reach Desiree directly at desiree.renaud@sitesensations[dot]com.