Shane lives in Montana with his wife, two kids, and three dogs. He loves finding new ways to help folks make their site faster with less hassle. But when he’s not working on web performance, you’ll often find him out at the local disc golf course. Always looking for that next ace!

Trinity Bible College

2001 — 2004

Bachelor of Arts

FOUNDER

Jan 2011 — Present

Exactly WWW LLC

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

Jul 2008 — Jul 2016

Dawson Community College

The EWWW Image Optimizer started in 2012 when I saw a need for a reliable image optimization plugin for shared hosting sites. After forking the CW Image Optimizer, EWWW IO quickly gained traction with 500 downloads in a week. As the user base grew, I bundled tools like jpegtran, optipng, and gifsicle, but the variety of hosting environments posed challenges.

To solve this, I launched the Compress API on September 24, 2013, making image optimization accessible to all by offloading the process to third-party servers. Inspired by my grandfather’s passion for helping others, I’ve always aimed to support users in optimizing their websites. Today, EWWW IO helps make websites faster, whether it’s for work, a hobby, or a passion.