About us

We're 15 talented humans who design, build, and support websites and applications for businesses like yours.

Meet your dedicated team

When you work with Rapid Development Group, you work directly with the designers and developers assigned to your project, not a manager or middle man. Say hello to the team!

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Jonathan Chaffer

Senior Developer
Drupal Expert
Board Game Inventor
Mike head and shoulders, with blonde hair, beard, and black dress shirt

Mike Bopp

Managing Director
App Builder
Dovetail Joiner
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Brett Chaffer

Business Strategist
Wordsmith
Composer/Arranger
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Sam Oltz

Senior Developer
Typescript Guru
Jazz Pianist
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Joe Maag

Front-end Developer
Theme Architect
Avid Biker
Haley head and shoulders, with glasses, brown hair, black shirt with light denim overshirt

Haley Troyer

UX Lead
Front-end Expert
Hedgie Whisperer
Ashley head and shoulders, with glasses, brown hair, and burgundy shirt with cream cardigan

Ashley Helminiak

Accessibility Lead
Theme Whiz
Music Jammer
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Benjamin Braker

Developer
Laravel Expert
D & D Master
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Lisa Gilewski

Director of Operations
Planning Coordinator
HDVCH Volunteer
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Frank Holub

Developer
Site Builder
Mountain Man
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Riley Rittenhouse

UX Designer
Visual Communicator
Bookworm/Crafter
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Dan Billingsley

Senior Developer
Full-stack Master
Eclectic Participant
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Chase DeVries

Developer
Algorithm Designer
Mogul Master
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Megan James

UX Designer
Purposeful Designer
Water Bug
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Dan Davis-Boxleitner

Senior Developer
Drupal Expert
Surf Guitarist

How we work

One of the best ways to ensure that your project moves from concept to completion is to have the right development team. Of course, there is one more key member of the project team—you. You'll be able to participate in regular calls and working sessions with your developers at RDG to ensure that your best ideas are expressed in the finished product.

Our expertise

Community involvement

Meetup

GRupal (opens in a new window)

RDG hosts the Grand Rapids Drupal User Group every month. This meetup allows Drupal users, site builders, and developers from the area to gather and discuss a wide range of topics about the content management system.

Grupal
Meetup

GRWebDev (opens in a new window)

RDG members frequent GRWebDev, a monthly meetup where members can learn from each other about best web practices, cross-browser compatibility, Javascript frameworks, HTML 5, and other web-related topics.

GR Web Dev
Conference

Beer City Code (opens in a new window)

Members of our team have helped coordinate and given presentations at this annual software development conference held in our hometown of Grand Rapids, MI.

Beer City Code

Find us at The Factory

We work at The Factory—a coworking space in downtown Grand Rapids, MI. Here, we are surrounded by others within the design and development space, allowing us to collaborate with and learn from a diverse group of people.

Address: 77 Monroe Center St. NW Suite 600
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Email: info@rapiddg.com

Phone: 866.582.7555

Interested in learning more?
Set up a consultation to find out if we're the right fit for you and your project.