About Us
Why We're Better
There are three simple reasons why we're better, and we're proud of each of them
- Our software is very good. We have spent years building and improving our solutions, always with the client in mind. We have high expectations for ourselves, and strive every day to create software and solutions to meet those expectations.
- We're the best return on investment. With the other guys, you seem to have only two options: "complex and expensive" or "not quite what you wanted, but cheap." But with Blue Campaign Solutions, you get the features and quality you want at a price that fits your budget.
- We're flexible. Don't be stuck using software that doesn't do everything you need it to. Need a new feature added to our software? Talk to us. In many cases we can add new features or functions to our software in a matter of days, and in some cases, at no cost to you.
Who We Are
Blue Campaign Solutions is a provider of software and services for political campaigns and small organizations. Founded in January 2007, Blue Campaign Solutions has a proven track record of software and services that have been utilized in local, state and federal campaigns, as well as services utilized by small businesses. A sampling of our client list can be reviewed here.
Executive Bios:
Peter Lytle - Founder
Peter Lytle is the founder of Blue Campaign Solutions, an idea born out of his work with political campaigns. His goal with Blue Campaign Solutions is to help Democratic campaigns more effectively utilize technology.
Chris Marshall - CTO
Chris Marshall has been in the technology field for nearly 15 years, as Senior Network Engineer at Denison University and Senior Network Administrator at Abercrombie & Fitch. His enthusiasm for technology and his belief in its ability to promote positive change led him to accept his position at Blue Campaign Solutions. His role at Blue Campaign Solutions focuses on providing user interface design, website and logo design, as well as hardware, software, and network support skills.
Chris' career has given him a unique set of skills well suited to his current role with Blue Campaign Solutions. Previous work has tasked him with user interface design for web enabled cell-tower power backup systems, design and installation of the data infrastructure for a $60-million construction project, and configuration and administration of wireless networking for over 900 domestic and international retail locations.
In his personal life, Chris enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, traveling, home improvement projects, and embracing his inner geek. He is a Columbus native, and has enjoied living and working in the Central Ohio area for virtually his entire life.
What We Believe
At Blue Campaign Solutions, we believe in helping progressive minded campaigns and companies use technology to succeed. We believe that technology should empower, not inhibit or distract from your success. Additionally, we are strong believers in "dogfooding" when it comes to our own software and services. For example, we run our website on the very same servers we host our customer's websites on, and manage our site with the same tool--Website Manager--that we provide to our customers. We embrace open source technology wherever possible when creating our own software, and seek out ways to participate in the open source communities from which we benefit. A few of our favorite open source projects are:
