Seth Graybeal
Let me tell you a story. Sicily. 1912. Picture this. Two young girls, best friends, who share three things: a pizza recipe, some dough and a dream.
No, no wrong story.
For me it started after high school, landing my first job as a tech support at a local ISP (internet service provider). This was in the early days of the internet, known then as the "Information Superhighway". People sped along the superhighway at speeds upwards of 56k, and if you lived on the wild side you traveled via ISDN.
During my time at the ISP, a network tech got me interested in a fairly new scripting language called PHP. It was used for creating dynamic websites. Once I started using PHP, I was hooked. I would lay in bed at night and dream of new sites or applications that I could create using PHP.
Looks like all the dreaming is starting to pay off. After meeting Brandon Rome, we both decided that the combination of my PHP skills and his design skills would be an amazing mix for a company we now call: Catalyst Media.
Brandon Rome
In early 2005, a freelance gig became a full-time possibility, so I packed up and moved to Birmingham to accept my first job as a full-time web designer! In late 2005, I learned CSS and have stayed away from tabular design ever since. Early 2006, I took a job back at IBEC as a "pixel-flipper", maintaining their company sites, as well as working on new web applications. Seth and I started working together in 2007, one thing led to another, and here we are today: Catalyst Media.
Outside of work, I'm fascinated by industrial design and graffiti. That stuff blows my mind! I'm also an avid outdoorsman, enjoying camping, hiking, and biking. I also play a litte game called World of Warcraft, and my girlfriend always threatens to delete my characters.
I'm a fan of LSU football and the New Orleans saints, quality beer, and the underdog (which fits in to my Saints fandom).