Melissa Snyder

Melissa is a graphic designer, user experience (UX) web developer, branding pro, and marketing strategist with 25 years of experience. In addition to co-founding Trillium Digital Internet Design & Strategy, Melissa owns and operates Barleywine Graphics, a small web design shop that has grown over the years from just a few local "mom & pop" clients to include municipalities, large non-profits, and enterprise-level consumer packaged goods corporations such as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.

Passionate about great design that enhances the customer experience, she works closely with her clients to develop powerful branding and marketing solutions that motivate audiences and exceed sales goals. Ever detail-oriented, she oversees the quality of work at Trillium, ensuring that messaging is on target, strategies are carefully planned, designs are artfully executed, and deadlines are met.

She began her career as a freelance graphic designer for the television industry, working for production and post-production facilities in New York City on projects that varied from television commercials to motion pictures to daily network programs and specials. Her clients included Viacom, PBS, Miramax Films, Imagine Films, CBS, NBC, ESPN, Lifetime Television, and MTV.

She graduated from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro with a BA in Communications.

Stephen Snyder

Stephen  is an accomplished strategic communications professional and freelance writer with expertise in cyber security, public relations, social media marketing, and Web communications management. Steve has served in diverse private, public, and academic settings in efforts ranging from medicine to energy and cyber security, including eight years at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School. Snyder is co-owner of Trillium Digital and the author of six nonfiction books with Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and Gibbs Smith, the most recent of which are New Green Home Solutions (Sept. 2008) and The New Solar Home (fall 2009).

Stephen graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with a BA in Mass Media Communications.