Since 1995, we have been designing award-winning corporate and e-commerce web sites for companies in a diverse range of industries. Our straightforward, bottom-line approach produces results, and that keeps our clients happy. And we are proud to say that many of our clients have been with us since the beginning!

Our mission is to help businesses effectively build a presence on the Internet. To accomplish this, we provide high quality, high impact services at reasonable prices. We offer a free, no-obligation Internet marketing consultation to help you understand what the Internet can do for your business. Our success is based on the success of our clients, so we will do everything within our power help you obtain the best return from your Internet investment.

Donna Logan, owner of Checkmate began her career with Intrepid Technologies, Inc. shortly after they opened their Hagerstown POP (Point of Presence). At that time, the Internet was in its infancy. Web sites were nothing more than grey or white pages with a little text on them and perhaps one or two little graphic images (and I do mean small because the average web surfer had a 1400 baud modem!). Times have certainly changed. Today, the average web surfer has either high speed access such as DSL or cable modem or at least a 56k modem.

What started as a small offshoot of Intrepid's Internet access business, web site development soon grew into substantial part of Intrepid's services. At the close of her relationship with Intrepid (and for a short while Stargate Industries which acquired Intrepid in later years) Donna was the web development manager. Intrepid built their web design business with the same business ethic as their Internet access — quality service at reasonable prices.

After leaving (what was then Stargate) Donna maintained most of her client base that had been developed with Intrepid. For the next few years she worked as an independent contractor in conjunction with Web Wonder Design Group (a company owned by her sister, Marilyn Wojcik). Though they still collaborate on business projects, the logistics of everyday business maintenance necessitated the opening of her own firm. Thus Checkmate was born in January 2002. The essence of Checkmate's business philosophy is still the same as it was with Intrepid — quality service at a reasonable price!

Over the years our client base has grown from Western Maryland and the Eastern Panhandle businesses, to Chambers of Commerce, to academic organizations, to a chain of hotels around the country.

Checkmate utilizes State-of-the-art tools such as Macromedia Dreamweaver (UltraDev), Flash and Fireworks; Adobe® Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (and Pagemaker), and Acrobat software for our web development services.

We also realize that professional web sites often have special requirements. Through the years we have developed a group of skilled designers, artists, and programmers who are available to provide that unique art work or that complicated javascript or database programming whenever the need arises.

The Internet is a
24/7 storefront
for your business

Make your best
first impression!