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Who We Are

FirePig Partners, LLC is an independent web consultancy firm based in Maryland founded by people who care a little too deeply about creating standards-based, accessible web solutions. We left long careers building these kinds of solutions at a prominent behavioral and social science research firm to take our strongly held beliefs and philosophies on web design and put them into practice in our own firm.

So, what are these beliefs we're touting? Most importantly, that technology should be made to fit the organization, not the other way around. There are plenty of web professionals out there who understand the technical stuff - XHTML, CSS, SQL, OLAP, and all sorts of other acronyms and jargon designed to make you feel less confident in your ability to contribute to your organization's internet strategy. At FirePig, we feel strongly that the most important activity we engage in isn't typing - it's listening to our clients. It's figuring out exactly what they need, even when (especially when!) they aren't quite sure themselves.

But getting the technology to work for you is only half of the equation; we also make sure it works for your users as well. We emphasize usability and accessibility in every product that we deliver, from straightforward informational sites to complex web applications. After all, without an intuitive interface that anyone can use, all of the fancy typing and clever programming in the world won't help you meet your goals.

FirePig believes that the internet has the power to help virtually any business or organization, by reducing costs, increasing reach, and answering questions that couldn't even be asked in any other way. We are committed to working side by side with our clients to figure out how best to harness that power for them.