As a user interface engineer and WordPress developer, Brian Gillespie has built his web development career creating goal-oriented, mobile-friendly websites for small- to medium-sized businesses. With his own business, Gigabeep, Brian operated a one-man web development shop.
Brian began his career in Tokyo, Japan at Gillespie Consulting performing cross-cultural consulting and developing business plans for companies seeking Asia-Pacific expansion. He then launched a Tokyo office for LockStream, a digital rights management start-up based in Seattle, Washington. Later, at GCG Alliance, Brian performed analyses of domestic and international strategic investment opportunities.
Brian holds a bachelor’s degree in international business and economics from Sofia University in Tokyo, Japan. In addition to his native English, he is fluent in Japanese and coding languages HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript/jQuery, and PHP. He’s particularly interested in branding, A/B testing and user experience design.
A Texan to his core, Brian loves Torchy’s tacos and rooting for the Texas Rangers and Dallas Cowboys. Outside of work, he is known as “Beep,” a childhood nickname derived from his first and middle initials, BP.