Featured Case Study
Agway
Tortus designed a website with two separate informational areas; an articles area for research and scholarly articles, and a know how area with how-to articles broad enough for every home owner, farm owner or pet owner.
Tortus helped fulfill Agway's plan to become an informational resource to farmers, bird watchers, pet owners and home owners.
More about Agway
Visit the site www.agway.com
Company
Tortus Technologies was founded as a website design and development company in 1996. We continue to serve the growing companies of Western Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New England and beyond.
After the "dot com" boom, we changed our focus. Now, we look at your business model first. Then we apply a custom solution. This may mean we redesign your website, create an email marketing campaign, develop an e-commerce system, or start from scratch. Whatever works for you.
We don't just build websites. We build businesses.
What Makes Tortus Unique
Business Continuity: Since 1996 Tortus has been a firm, not a network of outsourced designers, IT people and programmers. Tortus has a U.S. based team of full-time W-2 professionals that are available to you throughout the web design, integration and software development process and beyond. This ensures that your website and business will continue to operate smoothly, regardless of turnover.
Scope of Services: Tortus is a one-stop Internet, web, and business solutions provider. We collaboratively create business solutions- we can implement and manage as much as you decide. This includes business planning, ecommerce, email campaigns, marketing programs, web development, secure hosting, IT, outsourcing and much more.
Results: We realize that our only measurement tools are business results: increasing your revenues or decreasing your expenses. We have a team of experienced professionals focused on completing each project on time and to your satisfaction.
Experience: Our staff understands business. We ask the questions that our clients may not know to ask. We deliver true and real "value added" not only to the project, but also to your entire enterprise. We pride ourselves on helping your organization grow and succeed - at whatever speed you set.
Accountability: The buck stops here. We take responsibility for your complete satisfaction. Whether it be your first website, hosting, a consulting project, or design & programming. We are committed to your organization's success.
Service: We respond with ideas which add value to your organization. The Tortus difference is our staff. They are trained to provide timely, accurate, and professional answers to your questions.
Contact Tortus today, and we'll start developing your solution.
Our Mission Statement:
Tortus helps growing organizations by creating web-based solutions while combining traditional best practices with leading edge technology.
We believe that business should be fun and profitable… not always in that order!
Staff
This is just a handful of folks who help us get things done. We have years of business and web development experience and we strive to offer you timely, cost-effective service.
Feel free to contact us with any questions. That's why we're here.
Trista Hevey, Client Services Coordinator
413.314.6926
thevey@tortus.com
Trista is a Media Management and Computer Information Technology graduate of Elms College. Trista is passionate about product development, marketing strategies and excellent customer service. She brings a deep knowledge and understanding of the social media world, as well as traditional communications. As a Tortus Client Service Coordinator, Trista is responsible for providing clients with prompt, courteous customer service while managing their projects in great detail.
Sean Porth, Systems Administrator
Sean has been monitoring and maintaining the Tortus servers since 2000. As a Navy veteran, he brings a strong work ethic that is instrumental in ensuring that our client's sites are up and running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Sean is experienced in linux, apache, postgresql, mysql, and perl and is also the administrator of the Tortus Help Desk.
Stephen Friedman, Programming Supervisor
Steve came to Tortus with 10 years of experience developing and programming in HTML, Javascript, Perl, PHP and mySQL. Since arriving at Tortus, his skillset has grown to include Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL and Web 2.0 & AJAX. Over the past two years, he has helped develop Tortus' strong set of Ruby on Rails e-commerce, data import, login, and content management packages as well as many custom solutions tailored to the specific needs of our clients.
William Makley, Programmer
William joined Tortus in 2011 with several years of experience in modern "Web 2.0" application development using a number of languages and technologies, including Java, PHP, Python, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and AJAX, and has since added Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL to his repertoire. William has a BA in computer science, and enjoys playing the piano and solving difficult problems.
Alison West, Web Designer & Content Developer
Alison joined Tortus in March of 2006. She brings to Tortus a commitment to using the latest technologies, such as XHTML and CSS while still maintaining a focus on accessibility and usability for each site she designs. Alison strives to provide seamless user experiences through each design by continuously researching the design, usability and writing industries.
Clarke Moore, Director of Business Development
413.314.6884
cmoore@tortus.com
Clarke Moore is pleased to offer web and business solutions as the Director of Business Development. Clarke spent 13 years in the floral industry before joining the Tortus team in April of 2008. He will be working with businesses in Franklin, Hampshire and Western Hampden County.
Jill Fitzsimmons, Director of Client Services
413.314.6888
jfitzsimmons@tortus.com
Jill joined Tortus in March of 2008 and has dabbled in marketing, project management and now client services and operations. She attended American University before graduating from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelors degree in Communication Disorders. As the Director of Client Services, Jill spends her time developing new products for Tortus and also consults clients on how to achieve success using web-based marketing tactics.
Mike Peritore, Director of Product Development
413.314.6922
mperitore@tortus.com
Mike began as a Programmer for Tortus bringing 9 years of in-depth programming experience. Mike is always looking ahead in the world of technology and brings an abundance of fresh ideas and different perspectives to the company. As Director of Product Development, Mike uses his experience to guide our clients down the path of technology success.
Other Overhead
Harry Moore, CEO
Harry has been a successful entrepreneur for more than 30 years. In 1976 he founded Moore Business Systems, Inc. working out of his home in Easthampton, Ma. He sold MBS after 20 years of successful growth to a Fortune 100 company. At that time, MBS had grown to over 100 employees and multiple branch locations. In addition to Tortus Technologies, Harry has founded, invested in, purchased, merged, and sold businesses of all sizes.