About

CRIANA is a strategic digital production studio that works primarily with small businesses, agencies and nonprofit organizations. Since our founding in 2001, our emphasis has been on building exceptional, strategy-driven client relationships.

We use a team-based approach to design and develop highly appealing, functional and easy-to-maintain websites. We leverage our unique blend of creative and technical experience to inform ongoing efforts such as website content solutions, social media, search engine optimization, and marketing.

Our years of experience allow us to assist clients with determining the best hosting solutions, crafting a maintenance package and securing support for their sites on a long-term basis.

We believe that our knowledge, experience, and way of working will prove to be a great fit for your digital needs. Whether your business requires a website, growth strategies, design or development — we look forward to working with you.

CRIANA-Process

Who We Are

Diana

Founder and Creative Strategist

Diana has twenty-five years of experience making the web a better place to interact. Her career has enabled her to work with clients such as Martha Stewart, Ethan Allen, Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Tommy Hilfiger, TIME Inc, Johnson & Johnson as well as many small businesses and non-profits. Using her skills and experience in design and development she has helped these clients best reach their audiences through the web and mobile devices.

She continues to enhance her skills by keeping up with the ever-evolving field of web design and development. She attends conferences and meet-ups; some of which have included “An Event Apart,” “Future of Web Design,” “Build Guild” and “WordCamps.” She co-founded DanburyIO which provides the Danbury area with a community for sharing and learning web development skills. She is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Diana earned her degree in Graphic Design from Mitchell College and graduated magna cum laude.

In her spare time she enjoys taking photos, reading up on business and technology, geeking out over productivity and has newly taken on learning dungeons and dragons.

Craig

Certified Media Specialist

Craig collaborates daily with designers and developers to assure that the overall scope and budget requirements for each project are met. He manages social media accounts and audio/video production.

Craig holds degrees in education and technology from Fairfield University and is a Connecticut certified teacher in school media. He is a member of the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA). Further, Craig enjoys traveling, writing music and running 5Ks.

Our Additional Team Members

We've spent 20 years meeting and securing partnerships with designers, developers, copy writers, photographers and other agencies. We know how crucial it is to have a reliable, experienced and professional network to work with to make projects succeed.

Richard-Portelance

Diana and I have known each other since she was a student intern at a small digital advertising agency I worked for many moons ago. Even then, Diana's enthusiasm for all things digital was both apparent, and refreshing. Over the years our paths have crossed several times, and each time has been pleasurable because of her sincerity and easy nature. Recently I hired Diana to run a website development project I was charged with. Her professionalism, management, creative input and technical competency were quickly apparent, allowing the project to develop smoothly, and without issue. Diana performed beyond my expectations, and ultimately produced an exceptional website. After 25 years in the digital marketing and SaaS business, Diana is one of the very best talents I have worked with.

Richard Portelance

Founding Partner, CEO at CareerPath