About Two Toques
Two Toques is a design and development company run by John and Melle Curtis, based in Surrey, BC, specializing in creating custom-quality web designs for Canadians.
At Two Toques, our unique blend of technical expertise and creative artistry brings the best of both worlds to your project. John has spent over 25 years as a software engineer building products for companies like Twitter, Best Buy, and Wal-mart. With this extensive background in enterprise and consumer software and Melle’s experience as an artist, designer and former small business owner, we’ve built a collaboration that brings the best technical and design talent to help your business grow.
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We have been teammates throughout our lives. It began as teens and continued into adulthood. The connection we have is part of what makes working with us so great. Our communication and collaboration skills are part of the foundational tools we utilize daily when we work with every client. Our customers feel confident that we're ready to tackle any problem pragmatically while addressing their needs.
I started programming at 11, copying BASIC games out of Compute! Gazette magazine -- this started a life-long love for writing software. I attended the University of Waterloo where I obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and started my 25 year career developing software at startups and Big Tech companies. I have carried this knowledge and passion into building solutions for "little big companies" that are quickly outgrowing their current software and operational infrastructure.
I see an opportunity to create art in everything I do. It's a part of my DNA to see everything through an artist's lens. My career arc has taken me through many creative avenues, starting in the Beauty Industry (for 25 years). While my full-time job kept me in the salon world, my creative core needed to explore new ways to create—interior design, drafting house plans, and a short run with designing concrete art installations. I rekindled my love of graphic design through these varied avenues and have now settled into my groove in web design.