I’m John Sundberg, and I started Black Hills Web Works in 2009, in Spearfish, South Dakota.
As of this writing I’m the entire staff at Black Hills Web Works, and I’m responsible for setting company goals, pondering, sales, coding and building websites, managing our clients’ website hosting, bookkeeping, researching and keeping up with new technology, and everything else involved in running this small business.
When I started building websites in early 2009 WordPress was still more of a blogging platform than a CMS (Content Management System), so my first few websites were built with Joomla. WordPress was changing fast in those days, and it didn’t take long for WordPress to become a full-fledged CMS.
My first website built entirely with WordPress was this one, blackhillswebworks.com, in late 2009, and within another year or two I had transitioned all of my client sites from Joomla to WordPress.
I’m a problem solver by nature and I really like figuring out creative ways to use WordPress for a variety of websites and client needs. I also enjoy running a small business (usually!), working out with kettlebells, going on long walks with my wife, reading, teaching and preaching in our local church, and helping out with causes that I care deeply about. I recently rediscovered motorcycling and have been racking up some miles on my Triumph Tiger here in the Black Hills and the surrounding states.
Building websites isn’t the only thing I’ve done. Since graduating from high school in the mid-1980s I’ve served as a Combat Engineer in the US Army, worked on a commercial construction crew, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical studies, served as a wilderness trip guide for several Christian camps, got married and started a family, started and operated a small construction company in Spearfish from 2000-2011, began work on a Master’s degree, founded Black Hills Web Works, and helped plant a church.