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Our blog covers the gamut – a new employee Q&As, opinion pieces about web design, cool & new things happening in the tech industry, and so much more. We know the web, and we want to share news and helpful tips with you so you can get the most out of your website – even if you don't have a website built by Visionary.
Get to Know: Software Engineer Jim Kraai
Published on: Thursday, September 30, 2021
Start by telling everyone about yourself: I think, and I know things. I have a wife, two sons just out of the house, two old cats, and a middle-aged dog. I studied Math & Computer Science at the University of Northern Iowa. My resume is “rich and varied.” I bought my first Instant Pot in 2013. What are your hobbies outside of work? Amateur...
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Visionary is Hiring a Project Lead
Published on: Friday, August 6, 2021
Visionary is looking for a highly-motivated individual to join our team to design and support data-driven web systems for our customers. The Project Lead will assist project managers with various tasks, such as: creating mock-ups and design plans for implementation in web systems, updating project plans, creating and updating development assignments...
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Get to Know: Software Engineer Paul Sample
Published on: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Start by telling everyone about yourself: I love living in the Midwest and am as laid back as it gets but, I typically can’t sit still. I am usually always doing something. I enjoy living in smaller and closer communities, so it is nice for us not to live too close to Des Moines. Whether I am running, biking, driving, or walking the dogs, I will wave at people that I pass. It’s good to be...
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VTO Spotlight: Hold Our Youth Tight
Published on: Friday, July 9, 2021
We are so proud of our Visionaries work inside and outside the company. One of our initiatives has been to offer our employees Visionary Time Off, where Visionaries go out into the community and volunteer their time. This past weekend, Holly Murphy and Kelly Orr volunteered at Hold Our Youth Tight. Hold Our Youth Tight is a triathlon-style...
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Kelli Huerter VTO Spotlight: Break The Cycle 200
Published on: Thursday, July 1, 2021
We love seeing our Visionary employees serving our community and Senior Client Manager, Kelli Huerter, did exactly that last week. Break The Cycle 200 (BTC200) is an organization that puts on 200 mile bicycling and running challenges around the world to help raise money to fight human trafficking. Kelli biked in the Iowa one-day event last week...
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Monica Langin Named President of Visionary
Published on: Thursday, June 24, 2021
We are proud to announce the promotion of Monica Langin to President of Visionary Services! Monica has been a part of the Visionary team for almost twenty years. During this time, she witnessed the decline and fall of the fax machine, and the rebirth of 80's fashion at least twice. Over the course of her tenure at Visionary, Monica has managed medium...
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Get to Know: Project Lead Kristin Lang
Published on: Thursday, June 10, 2021
Start off by telling everyone about yourself! Hello everyone! My name is Kristin Lang and I am a Project Lead at Visionary. I grew up on a farm in Oskaloosa, Iowa but went to school in Pella at Pella Christian. After graduating high school, I moved to Des Moines and attended Des Moines Area Community College. I worked full time and went to classes in the evening....
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Enterprise Web Applications Developer
Published on: Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Visionary is looking for a highly-motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team to develop and support data-driven web systems for our customers. Candidate should have strong skills in PHP (Java, C#, or other object-oriented languages will be considered), SQL, and JavaScript/jQuery. Must be highly motivated and excited to work in a...
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Feed Your Mind - Simple Ways to Make Your Website Work for You!
Published on: Monday, February 8, 2021
Many businesses have a website and an online presence, but is that website really helping you accomplish your goals? In such a chaotic time - with a pandemic raging - your online presence may have never been more important. We will discuss how to set some simple goals for your website. And we will present some methods to help you make better use of...
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We're Looking for a Project Lead!
Published on: Monday, December 28, 2020
Visionary is looking for a highly-motivated individual to join our team to design and support data-driven web systems for our customers. The Project Lead will assist project managers with various tasks, such as: project communication within the team and with customers, task planning for implementation in web systems, updating project plans, creating...
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Visionary & Combat Hunger
Published on: Tuesday, December 1, 2020
We may be all separated this holiday season, but Team Visionary is still finding ways to come together! Join us in participating in our virtual Combat Hunger food drive. We have set a lofty goal of raising $7,500 for this initiative with Visionary matching the donaton up to $5,000. So, what do you say? Let's see what we can accomplish...
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Emergency Hosting Maintenance October 13, 2020
Published on: Monday, October 12, 2020
Scheduled maintenance will be performed at our hosting facility where your site resides from 12:00am - 1:00am on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Although there may be a brief connectivity interruption, we do not foresee an extended outage from this maintenance. Your site will be available by 4:00am at the latest. All your website's content, graphics,...
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Business Continuity Plan
Published on: Monday, March 16, 2020
As novel coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnoses continue to increase in the Des Moines metro area and around the world, we want to take this opportunity to share our continued commitment to you, to ensure business continuity and provide a safe environment for our employees. We are confident that coronavirus (COVID-19) will not significantly impact...
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Get To Know: Software Developer Nate Phifer
Published on: Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Start by telling everyone about yourself. I’m Nathan Phifer, I grew up in Monroe, IA where I went to school. After high school, I didn’t have an idea in mind of where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do. I always knew it had to be something with computers. Therefore, I enrolled at DMACC for Web Development and really enjoyed it. When learning there is always a,...
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Get To Know: Data Analyst Nick Murphy
Published on: Monday, July 1, 2019
Start off by telling everyone about yourself: I'm originally from Sioux City, IA, went to Bishop Heelan HS. I was a 4-year letterman in Cross Country and Track. I got a scholarship to run at Iowa State, fastest recorded mile 4:16.9. I studied Kinesiology and got my degree in 09. It was at ISU, I fell in love with dance/hip hop. The culture, the history is fascinating! Love sharing. Did some...
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