Gulf Coast Local Blogdescription...https://gulfcoastlocal.com/Blog-DetailsEmployee Spotlight: Donald Johanssonhttps://gulfcoastlocal.com/Blog-Details/PostId/68/employee-spotlight-donald-johanssonCompany NewsMon, 06 Jun 2016 15:16:14 GMT<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=U3kNh4oUfd0%253d&amp;portalid=21" style="width: 600px; height: 600px; text-align: center;" alt="Donald Johansson" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Donald Johansson wears many hats for BIS Designs. Not only is he the president&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">of BIS Designs, but he&rsquo;s also our lead designer and front-end developer. &nbsp;Donald founded BIS Designs in 2009 &ndash; along with Phillip Long and Kevin Welch.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Web design has been his passion since 1995. After graduating college in 1999, he worked at a local printing company. Soon, the printer realized Donald&rsquo;s talent for web design which would allow them to expand their client offerings. From then on, Donald has been the go-to designer for each company he has been with.&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Today, Donald designs and develops websites for BIS Designs&rsquo; clients. As an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, he also designs logos, brochures and other printed materials clients request. Donald&rsquo;s expertise is an incredible resource as he also helps with the troubleshooting and maintenance our client websites require.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Not all his time is spent behind the computer screen. In fact, Donald has received numerous awards for painting miniature figurines, his greatest hobby. He also enjoys playing the classical guitar, photography and helping his wife in her garden.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">In his own words, he&rsquo;s quite adept at:&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Minesweeping<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Design<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Playing guitar<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Tetris<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Ping pong<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Miniature painting<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Slicing bread<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Morse code&nbsp;<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>CSS<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Photoshop<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Eating candy<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Picking strawberries<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Untangling knots<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>HTML<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Doing things quickly<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Directions, running<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Board games<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Colors<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Making spaghetti sauce<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Repetitive tasks<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Typing<br /> &nbsp;<br /> In the spirit of full transparency, Donald admits he could use some improvement on:&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Throwing&nbsp;<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Touching his toes with straight legs<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Singing<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Creative writing<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Dancing<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Remembering names<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Ironing<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Going to bed on time<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Maintaining a good posture<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Pop culture<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Remembering which switch is the light and which is the fan<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Throwing things away<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Running fast<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Napping&nbsp;<br /> &bull;<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Binge watching TV shows<br /> <br /> <em> We&rsquo;re thrilled to have Donald lead our team at BIS Designs. Every day is filled with creative assignments, and being able to work with the witty, even-keeled, inspiring webmaster Donald makes each task that much more enjoyable.</em><br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>68