Original Web Solutions - History

Original Web Solutions (OWS) was started by Ishbel (more commonly known as Ishi) and Kin Lane, a husband wife team located in beautiful Eugene, Oregon. They both worked for a non-profit web development organization prior to setting off o­n their own with Original Web Solutions in early 2000.

"We gained so much valuable experience and insight into the needs of "the little guy" from that".

What really inspired them to start OWS, was seeing the needs of many small, but important organizations around Oregon being overlooked due to the lack of funding and knew that they could provide an affordable web design service to both businesses and organizations.

Kin has had an interest in computer programming since childhood and started gaining real world job experience in high school when he was hired to work on the Cobol database used by 50% of the school districts in Oregon. Ishbel received a B.S. in Environmental Studieskin and Economics from the University of Oregon with hopes of doing something in Rural Economic Development.....but ended up falling into web design "and I love it!".

"I feel like the Internet is a tool that small businesses in rural areas can use to achieve a higher rate of success, by reaching beyond their local economies."

With Kin's in depth knowledge of programming and Ishi's management and design skills, OWS developed a way to provide small organizations and businesses with high tech web sites for a fraction of the cost. Original Web Solutions is now selling these management solutions and complimenting services to small businesses and non profits locally in Eugene, Oregon and throughout the United States.

With a deep understanding and experience in the programming, an often neglected side of web design, Original Web Solutions often partners with other design oriented firms to provide fully functional web sites with high end graphic design.