We’re very proud of our development team at Brattle, but the closest some of us have gotten to attending the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology was creating their Physical Education and Recreation websites. However, it was undoubtedly an MIT grad-worthy job.

MIT’s Physical Education site was designed prior to Brattle’s involvement, so our task was to maintain the “look and feel” while expanding the current functionality of the site’s design template. We worked diligently with MIT’s Communications Committee to meet their precise needs and create a user-friendly site students could navigate with ease.

The project consisted of:

• template to translation from HTML to .NET
• content deployment
• online course registrations module
• multimedia integration
• content management system deployment
• hosting consultation
• organic SEO consultation

The response from MIT was a positive one. Tim Moore, General Manager of MIT RecSports, said, “Working with Brattle Consulting Group is great! Our process involved the input of a full committee which can be time-consuming. Bob remained patient and extremely helpful during the complete process and remains very responsive with all of our additional requests. In addition, Brattle Consulting Group’s content management solution is an invaluable, robust, and easy-to-use tool that makes our daily task of updating information simple and quick. Their experience and knowledge consistently provides us with the results we need. We have recommended, and will continue to recommend Brattle Consulting Group.”

To view the results of this project, visit http://mitrecsports.com/ and http://mitpe.com/ .

We have been busy here at Brattle Consulting Group this month! Here are some updates on the companies and sites we have developed.

Inkcups Now is a “specialty manufacturer that provides the highest quality supplies, equipment, and technical support for the pad printing and screen printing industries”, and has been a client since Brattle’s beginnings. Since completing the development of Inkcups’ site in March 2008, they have continued to be loyal and enjoyable clients. Most recently, Brattle developed a new application completely unique to Inkcups Now’s entire industry. It is a search utility to find a specific ink pad type to fit any kind of machine that Inkcups Now provides to their market. We are pleased to continue working with Inkcups Now and are proud to have helped them develop this one-of-a-kind application.

Thanks to Brattle’s continued success, we have been able to expand the business by hiring our newest application developer, George Dirth. Brattle President Bob Cote says Dirth is a “skilled developer and a fast learner.”

Dirth and Cote met at a web development firm in New Hampshire several summers ago, and Cote was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Dirth again. Originally from Bedford, NH, Dirth recently graduated from Oregon State University with his BS in Information Systems and Business Management. He is happy to bring new ideas and fresh knowledge to Brattle.

Dirth’s previous experience is in web development, website management, and code writing in many languages. In his spare time he enjoys hiking with his dog, Diesel.