About
A studio built around two disciplines.
Design and engineering, each owned by a founder, so neither side of the product gets treated as an afterthought.
Co-Founder · Engineering
Jonathan Smith
Jonathan leads technical delivery: architecture, mobile and backend development, integrations, security, and release engineering. He sets the studio's engineering standards and does the build work on client projects.
Co-Founder · Design & Business
Ann Boland
Ann leads design and the business side: user experience, interface design, design systems, brand, and the client relationship from first conversation through launch.
How we work
Remote by design, not by circumstance.
Our two founders are in different states and have been from day one, so working with a client we have never met in person is simply how the studio operates. We work with clients anywhere in the US, and distance has never been the reason a project went sideways. Unclear scope is.
Why the studio exists
Plenty of businesses know exactly what is slowing them down and have no idea whether software can fix it, or what fixing it should cost. Plenty of founders have a real idea and no technical partner to turn it into something people can download. Both groups tend to get quoted numbers with no explanation behind them.
We wanted to run a studio where the process is written down, the price is fixed before work starts, and the client owns everything at the end. That is most of what separates a project that ships from one that quietly dies.
The name
Gleam for precision, polish, and refinement. Wave for movement, signal, and momentum. Together: ideas refined into digital experiences that move.
The details
GleamWave Studio operates as Scalable Studio System LLC, a Florida limited liability company, owned equally by its two founders.
Want to talk it through?
Send us what you are working on and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right studio for it. We reply within one business day.