About · Philip Sneller
A bit about me.
I'm Philip Sneller. I run Sneller & Co, a small consulting and web practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page is the longer version of the story behind it, in case you want to know who you'd actually be working with.
I split my time between two things: building websites and helping organizations run better. Sneller & Co is the practice that's grown around both.
My background isn't a straight line. I came up through multi-unit restaurant operations, where I learned pretty quickly that the difference between a smooth Friday and a disaster is usually whether somebody wrote things down. After that, I worked in freight and logistics, which is the same lesson in a different industry. The businesses that scale are the ones that built systems for the boring parts so they had bandwidth for the urgent ones.
Alongside all of that, I'd been building websites and digital tools for years. It started as a hobby. Then it became something I did for the operations teams I was working with, who needed real systems instead of the cobbled-together spreadsheets they'd been making do with. Eventually it stopped making sense to keep the two sides of my work separate, which is how Sneller & Co ended up existing.
Today the practice does two things. Web development: custom sites, WordPress builds, full-stack applications, and the ongoing care that comes after launch. And operations consulting: helping organizations work through the messy parts of running a business. Documentation, processes, data systems, compliance, and the kind of communications that keep boards and donors and executives in the loop.
I work like a partner
I take responsibility for the details and the outcomes, and I tend to stay reachable for a long time after the work is done. I'd rather have a few clients I know well than a long list I don't.
I've done the job
A lot of my clients are operators, and I think they can tell pretty quickly that I've sat in their chair. I've run shifts, managed vendors, and explained budgets to boards.
I leave things working
Whether it's a website, a process library, or a data system, I build it with the assumption that someone other than me will need to run it eventually. Documentation is part of every deliverable.
I keep the client list small on purpose. Usually two or three active engagements at a time. I'd rather be the right partner for a handful of organizations than a passable vendor for a lot of them. Right now I'm the web and digital consultant for Compassion Community Care Center (C4) in Chattanooga, and selectively available for new work.
If you've made it this far, thanks for reading. The decision to hire someone like me is mostly a decision about who you want to actually be doing the work, and I'd want you to think hard about that part before reaching out.
A short resume
A rough timeline of where I've worked and what I've learned from each piece. The order matters less than the fact that every chapter feeds the one after it.
Technologies, Platforms & Tools
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Tell me what you're working on. I'll be honest about whether I think I can help, and if I can't, I usually know someone who can.