About Dtek
We are media enthusiasts who believe in the democratizing potential of the Internet and digital technologies. Principally, Dtek is Andy Hieb and Rhys Daunic -- college friends from Washington University in St. Louis who co-founded Dtek in 2000 to help "the little guy" benefit from these emerging media.
We created Dtek together in Atlanta, then developed the business virtually from Seattle and Brooklyn for 8 years until reuniting at our new office in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn.
The Dtek community includes other like-minded individuals and organizations such as: Bad Feather, our graphic design and web development partners; The Media Spot, our media literacy education initiative; and Dtek Industries, our salon and gallery.
Code by Andy Hieb
Andy has been building web sites since 1997. He went from intern to lead web developer for an independent software company in Atlanta before co-founding Dtek. He's a devotee of the written word, and a big fan of web standards and Free and Open Source Software. He loves music, reading, soccer and bicycling with his son.
Design by Rhys Daunic
Rhys has been working in media since 1997, managing graphic design and video production for Dtek since 2000. He's been producing videos since he was a teenager, and studied film history and video production in college and grad school. Rhys has been teaching media literacy through media production for The Media Spot since 2001, and earned an MA in Media Studies from The New School University in 2005. His wife Nicole is a dancer and doctoral student in Performance Studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
