Sharon Bending
President/Creative Director

Prior to forming Bending Design, Sharon spent two years as the lead designer of electronic communications at Zurich Life, where she designed and built various B2B and B2C websites, html emails, and flash presentations for the company and its clients. She was also responsible for the graphical user interface and usability of web-based software applications.

Before joining Zurich Life, Sharon held a creative director position with Manta Media, Inc., where she was responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of all projects including print, web and multimedia. Sharon also held a web designer position at Motorola, Inc., where she created various designs for product websites.

Sharon earned a B.A. in Advertising Art from Columbia College Chicago.

In her free time, Sharon enjoys spending time with her family, playing in two volleyball leagues, reading, learning and watching the Cubs and Bears. She also donates her time as a tutor for The Literacy Connection, an organization that helps adults aquire fundamental literacy skills.

Cherylyn Bredemann
Senior Designer

A 15 year veteran in the graphic design field and a life long artist, Cherylyn has developed concepts, designs and strategic marketing campaigns for a variety of clients. At prior positions including Leo Burnett Technology Group, Deforest Creative and ABS Graphics, she has worked alongside and learned from many talented people.

Cherylyn has created various materials for technology, health care and food clients including logo creation and identity, label design, packaging, brochures, html email campaigns, website interfaces and flash animations.

Cherylyn earned her degree from the American Academy of Art in Chicago with concentrations in Fine Art and Graphic Design. She continued her education at the College of DuPage where her focus was Marketing and Business.

Christina Naselli
Office Manager

After a 14 year career in the import custom brokerage/freight fowarding industry, and with a second child on the way, Christina decided to take a different path by working part-time in a completely new arena — her sister's graphic design firm. Christina utilizes the skills she's mastered in her previous life to maintain the books and keep the office running smoothly. Art and design is in her blood so she's excited to be a part of the Bending Design team.

Joe Liu
Web Developer

Joe Liu is the principal of Floodlight Design, a web development firm located in Elgin, IL. He is passionate about bringing design to life by creating customized coding solutions for a variety of web based applications. With his background in Electrical Engineering he approaches all projects from a system architecture standpoint first and an implementation standpoint second. Using this dual phase approach uniquely positions Floodlight to create solutions that meet the bigger picture needs of their clients. When not sourcing your site, Joe enjoys putting in miles on his road bike and spending time with his wife Kerri.

Jackie O'Reilly
Writer

Jackie is the president of Plain English Communications, a marketing communications and public relations firm dedicated to the idea that the best message is a clear message. Jackie shuns unintelligible marketing lingo and buzz words, preferring instead to convey your message clearly and meaningfully. No jargon. No ambiguity. Plain English.

Jackie has worked in marketing and PR for over 15 years. She has written both internal and external marketing materials for organizations such as JPMorgan Chase, Protective Life Corporation, Gallagher Bassett Services, Product Action and the American Senior Benefits Association. Jackie began working with Bending Design in 2010.

Ryan M. Ross
Digital Media Specialist

Ryan got his first Commodore 64c while in high-school, paving the way to his career as a Digital Media Specialist. Majoring in Computer Graphics & Multimedia, Ryan graduated from Columbia College Chicago with honors. He began this journey at Northeastern Illinois University where he was focusing on traditional art and later, computer graphics. 15 years later, Ryan still enjoys his career and the challenges that come with it. Ryan has been working with Bending Design since its inception in 2003.

Peter Savio
Writer/Content Developer

Peter is a freelance writer and web content consultant with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, having previously held writing, consulting and management positions at Allstate, Zurich Life, Bank One and Clark Consulting. He has worked with Bending Design since 2005.