Whether she’s designing beautiful user-centered, interactive websites, creating compelling marketing campaigns, or painting evocative pieces, Daniella Matutes is a true professional. With a B.A. in Marketing Communication and a B.F.A. in Layout Design/Color Theory, she brings a rare blend of high-level artistic ability and technical expertise to the Firecat team.

Daniella excels at applying usability techniques to solve business and organization goals. She makes it her mission to stay abreast of the latest coding techniques and is adept at getting to the best user experience possible through her understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the applied technologies and delivery platform.

An experienced coder, Daniella creates flawless xHTML and CSS-driven designs that can be updated easily. She thinks through content structure and creates modular designs with built-in flexibility. She has experience in Director, Authorware and Flash.

Daniella dove into website design and development in 1996 and has created several online businesses, designed e-learning campuses and learning management systems and built branding and marketing solutions for major corporations, small businesses and large nonprofits. Daniella's portfolio is diverse, both stylistically and organizationally.

Her strong desire to be of service allows her to push the envelope of what is expected. Daniella is keenly interested in cultural iconography and symbolism, which gives her designs additional power and impact.

A native of Utah, Daniella lived in southern California and Boulder before moving to San Antonio. She enjoys cycling, kayaking, organic gardening and other sustainable activities with her husband Carlos.