We Are Sundaram

Sundaram means "beautiful" in Sanskrit, and is one of the many worthwhile qualities that will envelop your project when you become our client. Our partners have a combined total of 65 years experience in advertising, marketing, web development, and marketing communications. Sundaram meets each task before us with integrity, precision and sincerity. We hope to share the excitement for life and enthusiasm we have with you on your next project. Meet the team that makes us who we are.

 
  • James Tootle

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    Founding Partner, Creative Director

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    James loves what he does as a designer and creative problem solver. A 20+ year veteran of the advertising industry, James permanently relocated to Austin in 2008 to form Sundaram. In addition to his passion for designing, James writes and records music in his home recording studio. Weekends find him designing and handcrafting screen printed goods at the Artists Screen Printing Co-op, Austin’s one and only screen printing cooperative group he founded in 2010 with a solid idea and an ad on Craigslist.

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    • Indian motorcycle enthusiast & straight up wheelie popper
    • Total gearhead
    • Hand-feeding squirrel dude
    • Thin Lizzy 4ever
    • Tom Waits aficionado
    • Reason 8
  • Taylor Davis

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    Partner, Senior Web Designer

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    While a blank white screen may intimidate some, Taylor accepts every design challenge and laughs in its face (respectfully, of course). He prides himself in turning design challenges into stunning solutions. While his primary responsibilities involve design, he is no stranger to front end development. Not only are his designs aesthetically pleasing, they are also functional. When he doesn’t have a mouse in his hand, you can usually find him geeking-out on video games or binge-watching a series on Netflix. Despite enjoying the comfy Taylor-print in his couch, he also enjoys kayaking, hiking, touring museums, and trying new restaurants.

    TL;DR
    • Dave Grohl Man Crush
    • May the Force be with you
    • Keep it classy
    • Just keep paddling
    • Are you going to finish those fries?
  • Erica Baggett

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    Partner, Director of Digital Strategy

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    A 10-year veteran of digital marketing and Internet strategy, Erica has worked on a wide variety of initiatives from enterprise level search strategy for Fortune 500 companies to planning complex web applications. Interested by almost anything, Erica is great at a few things and sort of good at a lot. When she's not playing Destiny, you'll find Erica attending one of her son's many violin performances, watching House of Cards with her wife Cora, reading graphic novels, taking photos, or playing guitar.

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    • 3rd place - MS's best up and coming guitarist
    • Published poet
    • Cheese ball over birthday cake
    • Master cornbread maker
    • Hedhead
  • Dave McClinton

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    Senior Designer

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    Dave’s experience has the run the gamut from creating logos, designing in print media to creative direction for the digital platform. He understands the one true thing that has bound these seemingly disparate disciplines together is that success is tied to effective communication. Dave has several logos included in design publications and remains remarkably low key about it. Ask him. His spare time is minimal as he stays busy creating art of some kind during idle moments. He is a huge proponent of cleaning as you cook, and has recently discovered the perfect steak process. Also, he doesn’t understand the feeding of squirrels.

  • Stacy Frank

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    Front End Developer

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    A stickler for detail, in a good way (usually); Stacy has the uncanny ability to foresee design obstacles and is excited by the challenge of conquering them with code. When not dreaming of complex looping queries you can find her scaling rock faces, giddily planning for her next baking competition or spoiling her dock-diving-champion of a dog (whose trophies get prime mantle real estate, obviously). Clicking heels, recalcitrant curls, spontaneous handstands and lack of a mute button are all bellwethers of the coming storm that is Stacy.

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  • Ken Whisenant

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    Server Admin, Developer

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    Having served two terms in the military, Ken faces every challenge with unwavering determination.  A true problem solver.  His ability to see through the obscurity on toward a viable solution is rarely matched.  As our resident Linux Administrator, and a fanatic of all things code, Ken is armed with the tools necessary to make light work of even the most intimidating of tasks.  Apart from writing shell scripts to automate mundane tasks, or fending off the legions of hackers bent on ruining everyone's day, you'll likely find him hanging out with his wife and kids, modding Android devices, scoping out the latest restaurants, or even laying down killer vinyl mixes on the turntables like old school.

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    • Adventurous Introvert
    • Deadpan Jokester
    • The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate
    • Hashtag Hashbang
  • Paige Brown

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    Content Developer

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    The written word took hold of Paige's heart at a young age. She spent much of childhood with her nose in a book and putting pen to paper. A few decades later, her love of words has led her on a journey from magazine editor to one who crafts dazzling marketing copy. When she is not researching a new client's industry or furiously typing the day away, she relishes time spent with her husband and three kids, as well as honing her photography skills and inadvertently proofreading every billboard, menu, and website she encounters.

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    • Queso all day
    • Grammar maven
    • Bring on the baseball
    • Pint-sized powerhouse

Well Mannered Frivolity.

Sound awesome? That's because it is. Join our team!