Shallow end

Colby Emann

I build websites from the shallow end to the deep end: the pages people see, the systems behind them and the servers they run on.

1 m

Projects

I’ve worked on over 100 sites, and you’ve probably used a lot of them. Here are a few I can talk about.

Calgary Zoo

The website for the Calgary Zoo, where visitors plan a trip and learn about the animals.

ASICS Canada

The Canadian online store for ASICS running shoes, apparel and accessories.

Libro Credit Union

The website for a Canadian credit union offering personal and business banking, loans and financial coaching.

Saskatchewan Blue Cross

The website for a health insurance provider, covering personal and group plans, travel coverage and claims.

2 m

How deep it goes

Front end

Responsive layouts, interactive graphics and pages that feel fast.

Back end

Custom themes, content structures and plugins that let editors run their own sites.

Servers

Hosting and deployments, set up and looked after myself.

SEO and GEO

Structure and content that help sites get found in search engines and cited in AI answers.

Accessibility

Sites people can use with a keyboard or screen reader, from the skip link onward.

Tools I work with

  • WordPress
  • Shopify
  • Webflow
  • React
  • Next.js
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • Node.js
  • SCSS
  • AWS

3 m

How I got here

  1. Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

    Web Development

  2. Mount Royal University

    Bachelor of Computer Information Systems, Computer Science

  3. Evans Hunt

    Junior Web Developer, May – August 2019

  4. Arcane

    Web Developer, October 2020 – October 2024

  5. Freshwater Creative

    Senior Web Developer

Deep end

Got a site to build?