Hi Todd,
Yes, I am a native of mainland USA, I grew up in Vermont where it's nice and cold.
I've run two semi-successful web design companies in the past, one in Vermont (Kaddash Tech/Kronos7) and one here in PR (PonteCyber), and have a lot of experience in HTML and PHP backend code (I tend to avoid Windows servers but can develop asp and aspx scripts as well). I'm not the best frontend designer but I can get the job done there as well. I can also develop Flash animation as well as Java applets (including browser games...I have two in the works right now). My main system is FreeBSD and my servers run CentOS so I'm pretty capable in the Unix department. I have some experience with graphic design, mostly Photoshop and Poser. Writing is probably my best skill; I've been a writer for a good number of years but have mostly focused on storylines for video games and anything else where high fantasy is required. One of the things I'm specifically looking for right now is Spanish translation jobs to take advantage of ccbill's new program, and to this end, I have four translators at the ready. :D