about the gorillas

10 Pound Gorilla is a female-owned minority business providing web development, design, and marketing services worldwide since 2003.

Our Values

Dedication

The 10 Pound Gorilla team is dedicated to helping our clients reach their goals and improving our internal processes. We are driven by our clients’ success and the quality of our work product.

Excellence

Our entire team is motivated by excellence in work, relationships, communication, and services. We meet weekly to evaluate, optimize, and improve all aspects of our organization.

Leadership

​We pride ourselves on being technological thought leaders. Several team members speak regularly at technology conferences. We’re here to lead our clients to impactful change.

Contribution

We believe we should give more than we take and are committed to giving back. A key measure of our accomplishments is our ability to better our communities with knowledge and resources.

Our
Story

About 10 Pound Gorilla, Our Story

Top
Talent

10 Pound Gorilla hires industry leaders located throughout the United States and Canada. Boasting a 10-year average employee tenure, we attract committed team members well-versed in industry best practices.

Cassidi Peterson

Founder + CEO

Dustin Peterson

Director of Innovation

Chris Behling

Director of Development + Business Analyst

Laura Pierson

Director of User Experience & Quality Assurance Manager

Mark Saunders

Technical Manager

Paul Gilbert

Senior UI/UX Designer & Front-end Developer

Paul Czech

Senior Front-End Developer

Gabriel Crandall

Front-End Developer

Bob Peterson

Office Manager

Benny Su

Senior Front-End Developer

Aaron Crandall

Senior Software Developer

Leadership
Design
Development
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international
speakers

Several of our 10 Pound Gorilla developers and designers have been honored to speak and train at national and international technology conferences.

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industry
leaders

10 Pound Gorilla is known as the Navy SEALs of Web Development and Marketing because our small team can efficiently execute and lead large projects with precision and top-notch results.

Cassidi, our president, is a DNN MVP and President of the DNN Association. Mark Saunders, our Technology Manager, is a DNN MVP and serves on the Technology Advisor Group for the DNN open-source project. 10 Pound Gorilla also helps organize and host the DNN Summit educational conference.

Meridian, ID
Rockford, IL
Big Rapids, MI
Winter Park, CO
Jacksonville Beach, FL
Denver, CO
Erie, PA
Akron, OH
Golden, CO

1K+

Clients

Industries

44

US States

14

Countries

Motivated by excellence

Our desire to deliver the best has led us to become technological leaders. We produce solutions and products with longevity, usability, accessibility, and maintainability in mind. Offering clear communication and industry-leading results, we are an asset to any organization.

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