The United Coal Foundation is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Johnson City, Tennessee.

https://www.unitedcoalfoundation.org/

The mission of this website is to positively impact and inspire local and global communities by collecting and contributing charitable funds and providing humanitarian aid.

Challenge

The Foundation needed a professional online presence to:

• Communicate its mission clearly.
• Collect donations securely.
• Share updates on initiatives (e.g., Ukraine crisis relief).
• Build trust with potential donors and partners.
• Their previous online presence was limited and lacked functionality for fundraising and outreach.

Solution

• Designed and developed a responsive, mobile-friendly website with clear navigation.
• Created a mission-focused homepage highlighting urgent causes.
• Integrated donation functionality with secure payment options.
• Added storytelling content sections for humanitarian projects.
• Implemented SEO-friendly structure to improve visibility.
• Optimized for fast load speeds and accessibility.

Results

• Increased visibility: Website visits grew by 150% in the first 3 months.
• Fundraising impact: Online donations became a primary funding channel.
• Community engagement: The site allowed supporters to easily learn, share, and give.
• Brand credibility: Professional presentation helped attract partnerships and volunteers.

Key Takeaways

• A clear, donor-friendly digital presence can directly support nonprofit fundraising.
• Simple but effective design helps highlight urgent causes.
• Integration with secure donation platforms is critical for building trust.

Judith “Judy” Fox is a sculptor based in the Hudson Valley, NY. She is known for figurative sculpture, often with themes around the human figure, biology, myth, surrealism, identity, vulnerability.

https://www.judyfox.net/

The mission of this website is to showcase Judy Fox's Talent, Works and achievements.

Challenge

Judy Fox needed a professional online presence to:

• Balancing design with artwork focus.
• High-Quality image handling.
• Organizing decades of work
• Archival & catalogue integration.
• Explaining artistic process clearly.

Solution

• Showcase a portfolio of selected works and installations.
• List biographical / academic credentials and achievements.
• Document media / publications, interviews, catalogues.
• Process insight: showing how she works, stages of creation, technical notes.
• Contact / representation / gallery info.

Results

• Increased visibility and engagement.
• Showcase portfolio with emphasis on art direction and detail.
• Student engagement: The site allowed students to easily learn and study Judy Fox's work.

Key Takeaways

• Audiences for this site include: art historians / critics, curators, collectors, other artists, students, galleries.
• The depth and seriousness of content supports her standing; it shows she's not just a sculptor who shows work, but one who reflects on methods, themes, and engages with critical discourse.
• The site serves both archival/documentative functions (catalogues, media) and promotional (selected works, installations, contact).

Haunted Places was created to explore and discover active haunted locations.

Reason

At the time I wanted to create somthing that was not out there to explore and stur interest in active haunted locations in the USA:

Haunted Places was created for enthusiasts, amateurs, professionals, and the curious to explore and discover active haunted locations around the United States. Users could browse by state to explore locations and to also see the geolocation of the haunt. Users could also view/post comments about a certain location. Community interaction was incouraged to bring many more places that were not listed.

App had over 10,00 installs within a year and was released in 2018.

Guitar Woods lets you browse guitar woods for body and neck. Woods are explained and displayed from usage to tonality.

Reason

Guitar Tone Woods was created to explore and discover varies guitar woods and their properties.

If a guitar's body shape produces the sonic equivalent of a meal, think of tonewoods as the seasoning. The unique acoustic properties of woods help color a body shape's fundamental sound. The key is to find the woods that match up best with your playing style and intended applications. It might be rosewood's low-end growl and sizzling trebles; the midrange overtones of mahogany; the focus and projection of maple; or the warmth of a cedar top for fingerpicking. As you play different guitars, pay attention to each wood pairing's distinctive acoustic traits, along with the feeling of responsiveness in your hands. Guitar Woods lets you browse guitar woods for body and neck. Woods are explained and displayed from usage to tonality.

Was design to unify different departments (operations, finance, maintenance, workorders, safety, etc.) into a single platform that provides real-time data visibility, better decision-making, and improved efficiency.

Internal Use

Reason

In mining, this is crucial because the industry deals with many challenges under many different companies and branches.

• Complex supply chains.
• Heavy equipment and asset management.
• Regulatory compliance (environmental, safety, reporting).
• High operational costs and fluctuating commodity prices.
• Explaining artistic process clearly.

Key Modules & Features for Mining

• Geological data storage.
• Equipment performance monitoring.
• Vendor management.
• Transport and shipping coordination.
• Preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Downtime analysis.
• Budgeting, cost control, and accounting.
• Incident reporting.
• Workorder management.
• Inventory management.
• Land management.
• Analytics & reporting.
• Purchase orders system.

Benefits of a Custom ERP in Mining

• Operational Efficiency: Automates manual tasks, reduces errors.
• Data Integration: Breaks down silos across departments.
• Cost Optimization: Tracks expenses, reduces downtime, optimizes inventory.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensures accurate and timely reporting.
• Scalability: Can adapt to expansions, new mines, or different commodities.
• Competitive Advantage: Provides insights for faster and smarter decisions.

A Custom Mining Work Order Module was developed as part of the company’s ERP platform:

Internal Use

Challenges

• Maintenance requests were created manually, logged separately from production tasks, and tracked inconsistently..
• Lost or delayed approvals caused equipment downtime to stretch beyond acceptable limits.
• Supervisors lacked dashboards to view active, pending, and completed work orders.
• Operations managers couldn’t prioritize based on asset criticality.
• Field staff had no mobile-friendly access; updates required returning to offices.
• Information gaps between production, maintenance, and logistics teams created bottlenecks.

Solution

• Create, assign, approve, and close work orders digitally.
• Categorization by production, maintenance, safety, logistics.
• Color-coded badges (High, Medium, Low) for priorities.
• Real-time status updates: Pending → In Progress → Completed.
• Preventive maintenance schedules auto-generate work orders.
• Dashboards showing overdue work, cost of delays.
• Workorder system intregrated with purchase order system.
• Field Managers receive notifications and update progress via tablets.

Results

• Reduction in Downtime.
• Improved Compliance.
• Enhanced Productivity.
• Centralized Visibility.
• Integration with inventory for parts reserving/purchasing.