About

Cantina Consulting is a boutique Internet technology consulting firm with a goal of creating a partnership of seasoned Internet professionals to bring extensive experience to bear on client projects. We've built a partnership of professionals who love technology, want to work on interesting projects, and use the best of breed technologies and methodologies to deliver projects efficiently, with a minimum of overhead, applying best practices and “common sense” to to the business problem at hand.

At Cantina, we focus on superb delivery of technology and ensure that our service aligns directly with the client business needs. We're a boutique, which means we're not as large as other firms, but we bring many years of experience to our clients. We have worked with some of the top businesses in many vertical markets (retail, finance, insurance, publishing) and have developed in all the major internet technology stacks that are in use today, including: Ruby on Rails, Groovy on Grails, Java/EE, .NET, and PHP. We also have extensive experience in the Rich Internet Application space having delivered several Flash, Flex, Adobe AIR, and AJAX-based applications.

Principals

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Matt Chisholm
Matt has 1.5 years in the social network space as the CTO of PawSpot.com and over 8 years experience in technology architecture and development as a consultant for Molecular and Edgewater Technology. His client list ranges from consumer-oriented organizations such as Staples, Pearson Education, and Mathworks to high-tech organizations such as Analog Devices and Endeca to major financial institutions such as UBS, JP Morgan, and the Financial Times. Matt holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Systems Engineering from Boston University.
 
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Adam Stachelek
Adam has over 8 years experience in web application design and architecture as well as experience in multimedia production (audio and video) and delivery. He was a consultant at Molecular providing technical analysis, design, architecture, and implementation services for clients ranging from real estate organizations to large healthcare providers including Colliers International, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and Fallon Community Community Health Plan. Adam holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as well as a Diploma in Sound Design for Visual Media from the Vancouver Film School.
 
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Chris Lamothe
Chris is rounding out nearly a decade of interactive development experience that includes several award-winning multimedia projects. Most recently at the Harvard Business School, Chris was instrumental in moving forward the adoption, impact and effectiveness of e-learning and courseware as a vital component of the HBS curriculum. Prior to this, Chris too was a consultant with Molecular where he was instrumental in developing some of the very first Rich Internet Applications. Clients included Yankee Candle, Showtime Networks, Cognos, Analog Devices, Fleet Bank, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity Investments, and Harvard Business School Publishing. Chris holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emerson College.