About

I'm Amir R Muntasser. I like to build things. I particularly love building websites and web apps (there's a pedantic distinction!). But my real passion is in building teams, processes, and org charts.

At Granicus Destinations I launch 100+ new client web projects annually, provide support for 800+ clients each with 1-3 distinct applications, launched 10+ new market products, scaled a department from 20 heads to 60, and expanded staffing globally from the US to Costa Rica, UK, Norway, and India. And with all that I have the lowest attrition rate of ant department in my company,and many of my staff are 5+ years with the company and handful are 10+ years. I'm particularly proud of that last stat. And last, but not least, I've maintained a CSAT score in the mid/high 90s.

On the tech side of things, I'm a big CSS nerd. It's my favorite language to work in. I think because, at the end of the day, I like building systems and well done CSS is system building as an artform.

My biggest claim to fame, though I've launched some huge sites and engineered several novel solutions to practical problems, easily has to be being one of the Vuenicorn winners at the first VueConf Toronto. I told my wife and my team that I was going to bring one home and I did! I won it by making a clone of Simon. It's sat proudly on my desk ever since.

I also love to draw. Always have! I thought about making it a career at one point. Especially animation. But I never pursued it and dropped it for a number of years. It's a pastime I'm rediscovering.

All that is well and good, but at the end of the day what matters most to me is my quiet life at home with my wife, our kid, and our cats. Lazy sunday afternoons cuddled up on the bed with soft light coming in through the french doors while gentle tunes from the record player waft through the air; that's where I'm happiest. Being a parent has been a bitterly, beautiful experience and getting to share this life with my best friend is the greatest honor I'll know.