Robert "Dude" Spellings, Jr.
A native Austinite, Dude grew up in Austin and attended the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with an Economics degree in 1992. He met his wife Veronica at UT and they were married in 1995. Also in 1995, Dude and Veronica moved to Houston where Dude started a career in web development during the "dotcom boom." During this time, Dude managed website projects for several Fortune 500 clients, including Hewlett Packard (formerly Compaq), Microsoft, Intel and ExxonMobil. In 2002, Dude and Veronica moved to Eugene, Oregon where Dude worked as a webmaster for Harvest House Publishers building their website and hosting infrastructure from the ground up. In 2003, Dude and Veronica became proud parents of a baby girl. In 2006, they were blessed with another baby girl. After having children, Dude and Veronica realized that they wanted to move back to Texas to be closer to family, so in 2006 they moved back to Austin. Shortly after moving back, Dude started working at QuantumDigital as a Systems Developer. In 2008, Dude helped start QuantumDigital's eMarketing program, which continues to be a focus for him. As part of the eMarketing team, Dude has become very knowledgeable about email delivery and email marketing best practices.