Meet the Moonstone team

Our team has a diverse set of backgrounds, including digital marketing, business strategy, web design, web development, custom application development, and project management. They collaborate and respond actively, becoming invested in your success. Moonstone Interactive brings a wealth of industry knowledge and works alongside your marketing direction to ensure a site's success. Thus, we are a premier web design and development agency in the Bay Area.

Stephen M. Herz

President & CEO

As President of Moonstone Interactive, Steve is responsible for the company's strategy, client consulting for online business strategies and client relations.

Steve has a wealth of experience in strategic planning, product/business development, creative problem-solving, process improvement and P&L management. He developed his vision and practical expertise through his love of the internet business model and prior roles as Senior Vice President responsible for ELOAN's Auto Financing Business, COO of Paymap, Senior Vice President-Global Electronic Commerce for Visa International, plus several senior management roles at Chase Manhattan including SVP-Market Segment Executive, SVP-Branch Automation, SVP Consumer Banking Distribution.

In his spare time, Steve likes to enjoy everything outdoors; skiing, boating, tennis, hiking, mountain biking, beaching, or just soaking up the sun and fresh air.

JJ Jenkins

Senior Project Lead

JJ Jenkins is a solutions-oriented leader with 15 years of success, leading product management, development, and integration initiatives utilizing Agile methodologies and processes. He possesses a strong business acumen with an ability to think strategically as well as tactically.

Coming from a background of experience as a UI Designer and Web Developer, JJ has a unique perspective. He began cutting his teeth, so to speak, working for gaming companies in the early 2000s. His experience allows him to manage communications between cross-functional teams easily.

In his last role as an Engineering Manager for Business Wire, he recruited and led a team of 25 world-class developers and designers to design and build a Drupal-based enterprise CMS. It eventually scaled to host over 300 sites with third-party integrations, including SMS, email marketing, video transcoding, and stock market data.

Some of his past experiences also include playing college football and recording/touring as a professional musician. On the weekends, you’ll probably find him working on his Sunday driver: A 1957 Studebaker he restored from the frame up.

Kyle Del Bonis

Lead Producer

Kyle Del Bonis is a Strategic Business Manager with a deep technical background specializing in brand development, product management, project management, account management, and customer success.

His expertise includes Agile Coaching, end-to-end project & product management, relationship management, team-building, vendor management, presentation and leadership skills.

He began his career with General Electric, where he received world-class training in IT Leadership and Project Management in their renowned Information Technology Leadership Program (IMLP), which focused on Business Analysis, Project Management, Six Sigma, and International Leadership skills.

Since then, he has moved on to strengthen those skill-sets as a consultant, entrepreneur, and agency production lead, broadening his talents mainly into the areas of AGILE / SCRUM and IA/UI/IX Strategy, and has been operating in these spaces for the last 7 years.

Eric Erskine

Director of Technology

Eric has more than 15 years of development experience including 10 years’ experience with .Net. For the past 8 years, Eric has been architecting, developing and deploying CMS solutions for clients ranging from higher education institutions to Fortune 500 companies. Eric is responsible for providing direction and guidance for the development team, ensuring that Moonstone projects are running optimally and following industry standards.

Eric is a “foodie” and enjoys trying out new restaurants and cuisines. He also enjoys traveling and fishing with his Dad.

Jason Herz

Senior Developer

Jason is very well organized, with an extremely keen eye for details. He is ISTQB certified and is very meticulous with the management of our QA department. He also has detailed knowledge of website structure, design, and code, as well as the knowledge of multiple CMS systems.

On Jason's days off he enjoys hiking, camping and fishing during the summer weekends. During the winter months, Jason is usually found watching movies and listening to music.