About Us
...because it's always nice to know a little about the people behind the camera.
Jessica Taavo
Jessica grew up in Juoksengi, a little village located way up in the north of Sweden, where the Torne River and the Arctic Circle cross. Juoksengi is small, very small, but it has a great little market, a church, a middle school and daycare, and that's about it. The population is around 500 people and 200 cows. The nearest gas station is about 10km north in another village called Svanstein. The closest town, Övertorneå, is 24km south. Jessica has a brother named Charlie.
After traveling around the world at the age of 19, Jessica decided to visit the US in 1998, where she met me. Three months later she came back to the US, and a year after that she and I got married at the beach.
Bill Sutherland
I was born in Los Gatos, California and lived there for about a year before talking my parents into moving into a bigger place. We moved a couple miles east to the wonderful city of San Jose, you know, that big city just south of San Francisco. In contrast to to Juoksengi, San Jose has a population of almost one million and there is more than one gas station. I have a twin sister, Julie, and an older sister, Brenda.
I moved around the bay a few times... Mountain View, Berkeley and Redwood City before meeting Jessica. She moved in with me while in Redwood City, but we soon moved to San Francisco, then Berkeley. Eventually we moved to San Jose... AGAIN!
I am the User Interface Engineer for Searchme, Inc., a search startup in Mountain View, CA. I also own a small consulting company called Wannawow Consulting which caters to individuals and small businesses who need website development & hosting, as well as general computer & internet support.
Zoe
Our daughter Zoe was born February 19th, 2004 in Santa Clara, CA. She is quite possibly the cutest child on the planet. (Not that I am biased or anything.)
Kalle & Kicki
Jessica's father, Kalle Taavo, runs the local cable network which provides cable television and broadband Internet service to the community. Kicki owns a catering business and makes the best smorgås tårtas in all of Sweden.