About Us

4Site Interactive Studios is a design and development shop located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. We conceive and construct Websites for a wide range of government, non-profit, and industry clients. We also shoot, edit, and publish high definition video.

We have extensive experience in:

  • Drupal site development and theming,
  • Grassroots internet strategy,
  • Event videography and Webcasting,
  • Website hosting and maintenance.

Staff

Heming Nelson

President

Since founding 4Site in 2001, Heming has overseen all of 4Sites projects, with a particular emphasis on its video services. He produces live Webcasts, shoots television commercials, and creates podcasts for clients big and small. His previous experience includes: Director of Production for Ntercept Communications, an online opinion research firm; Director of Content Development for SpeakOut.com, a political activism portal; Internet Researcher at The Washington Post; Associate at the Council on Competitiveness; Legislative Assistant for Congressman Sherwood Boehlert; and Staff Assistant for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He has a Master's Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Boston College.

   

Brandi Jones

Director of Creative Development

Brandi utilizes her past experience with Flash, HTML, and CSS-intensive development to create compelling, standards-compliant websites. Brandi graduated magna cum laude from Arkansas State University with a Bachelors Degree in Digital Media and Design and a minor in Printing.

   

Christopher Conroy

Director of Content Development

Chris produces and maintains websites for a diverse portfolio of clients. Prior to working at 4Site, Chris worked at several newspapers and scholarly journals, where he wrote, edited and published materials for the Web. He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Professional and Technical Communications.

   

Gregory Engel

Development Consultant

Gregory Engel creates web applications using innovative and open source technology. He has previously worked as a freelancer and as a developer at Community IT Innovators and Trellon. Greg's preferred toolkit is Drupal, jQuery, PHP and MySQL, but he also gets excited about Python, Scheme and C++. He has a B.A. in Computer Science from Oberlin College. In his spare time, Greg enjoys rock climbing, mixing drinks, and happiness research.

   

Anthony Smith

Videography Consultant

Tony records events and edits video for our clients. He graduated from Pacific University with a degree in Film and Video and has since worked in every capacity in the motion picture process, from production through post. His client roster includes the Associated Press, BBC, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel.

   

Lucky

Director of Security

From his preferred sleeping area under Tony's desk, Lucky keeps an eye on the facilities. Using the keen Cattle Dog skills his ancestors developed in the Australian outback, Lucky has successfully defended 4Site headquarters from numerous potential incursions by squirrels, rats and other subversive elements in the Columbia Heights neighborhood.