about side creative
Side Creative was founded in late 2006 by Jake Ashcraft. At the time, Ashcraft was working as a Sr. Software Engineer at
Incuity Software. Having always had a passion for being more creative, Ashcraft left Incuity in November 2006 and founded Side Creative.
Prior to starting Side Creative, Ashcraft began his career in 93 working for Davisco Foods as an entry level factory worker. In 7 years Ashcraft worked his way into a position as the Plant's Application Engineer, designing and developing all the control interface software for the entire plant.
In 2000, Ashcraft was recruited by Progressive Software Solutions, Inc. to join their team in Albany Oregon. At PS2 Ashcraft specialized in writing custom applications including Active X controls, SQL Applications, and .net applications.
After PS2 Ashcraft left Oregon and moved back to Southern California, taking a job as a Software Developer for Parsec Automation. At Parsec, Ashcraft worked with many high profile clients such as, Nestle, Merck Pharmaceuticals, and McChormic Spices.
In 2004 Ashcraft was offered an opportunity to work on a top notch development team for Incutiy Software, formerly DataWorks. Incuity Software is an Business Intelligence application for Manufacturing. Ashcraft worked on the development team writing critical components of the software, including, the InSql connector, Server Configurator, product installation package, and many other pieces of the product.
Taking his skills that he has gained over the years, Ashcraft has what it takes to give his clients high quality apps that they are looking for.