Arlene Hedgecock

The doyenne of design.

No, no wait... she'll hate that. I mean, she likes design, but doyenne is over the top. What about a creature of creativity? Vizier of visuals? A crayon geek?

Basically, she makes things make sense, then makes them look good. There's probably a word for that. If you know it, please email.

Translation

Arlene is the creative head at 5 after 9. In the industry for over 17 years, her experience spans executive project management, process analysis, technology evaluations, and peer training. Plus all things creative & fun. Yes, she thinks process analysis is fun. Go figure.

Her explanation for the name of the company:
the average height of the 5 after 9 partners is 5'9".

Doug Reitz

I can't believe he wrote doyenne of design again. This is why he needs to stay near a keyboard: programming, composing, singing.

As long as there's a keyboard, he stays busy and off the alliteration. And there's always a chance of being serenaded. He's made our voicemail messages famous over the years.

Translation

Doug is head of programming & production at 5 after 9. In 19 years, he's reveled in the changes from desktop publishing to high-end interactivity and connectivity. Besides experience in html, actionscript, java, php and perl, he's also our go-to troubleshooter.

His explanation for the name of the company:
9am coffee plus 5 minutes equals Go Go Go!