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Hal co-founded Smalltown in January, 2005 to create a better way to connect local businesses, community organizations and neighbors. Leveraging his extensive experience with both technical and aesthetic design, he helped develop Smalltown's Webcard interface. Hal's vision for Smalltown revolves around a truly local community a place where it's easy for people to interact and find the things they need close to home. Prior to Smalltown, Hal served as Vice President of Professional Services for Laszlo Systems. In this role, he managed a team of designers and engineers that specialized in building rich Internet applications for companies including EarthLink, Yahoo! and Travelocity. Previously, Hal was owner and president of Rucker Design Group for twelve years. Rucker Design Group created award-winning user interface, web and corporate design solutions for many of Silicon Valley's success stories, including Apple, Sun, HP and Adobe. In 1999, @Home Networks purchased Rucker Design Group and Hal took on the role of Vice President of Product Design. In addition to his experiences in high tech design, Hal spent 4 years making an animated film called "Manic Denial" that premiered at Sundance and was showcased at MOMA in New York. In his spare time he builds robots that compete in the Robot Fighting League. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Product Design from Stanford University. | 