Bud Parr - Design & Technology
After a fifteen-year career in finance, Bud’s avid interest in literature and technology led him to found Sonnet Media in 2003. He also founded MetaxuCafé, a pioneering social network for book bloggers. A passionate advocate for literature in translation, he serves as content strategist for Words Without Borders and is on the advisory board for the Americas Series at Texas Tech University Press. He earned his B.S. and M.A. from New York University.
Jim Hanas - Strategy
Jim has worked as a writer, editor, and online strategist for fifteen years. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in dozens of publications, and he has had an editorial hand in five Webby nominations. He uses his wide-ranging experience—most recently as social media director at New York City's award-winning tourism website—to help clients get the most out of their online platforms.
Rory Bernstein - Web Development & Project Management
Rory started building websites in 1996, when she learned HTML on the side while earning her M.F.A. in Studio Art from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Upon returning to New York, she signed on with Roger Black's Interactive Bureau. She comes to Sonnet Media from her own Brooklyn-based studio, Rory Bernstein & Co., which she founded in 2001.
Sean Concannon - Sales & Marketing
Sean has worked in the book business for sixteen years as a bookstore manager, an independent bookseller, and a sales representative for publishers like Routledge, McAdam/Cage, Continuum, and Perseus. He uses his inside knowledge to help clients find digital solutions that fit the practical needs of today's publishing industry.