About
Professional Bio:
Updated: March 2009
Cotton Rohrscheib is a veteran web & application developer with over 10 years experience and has worked on over 500 projects in his career. These projects range from small business e-commerce solutions to Fortune 500 applications. Today Cotton primarily develops applications using PHP/MySQL. Cotton is also very active in the Wordpress CMS development community and has contributed to various plugins and projects within the community. Cotton is also very involved in the Facebook Developer Community and has worked closely on a number of projects built upon the Facebook Connect API, including the integration of Facebook Connect into Wordpress CMS.
Rohrscheib founded Powersite in 2000 to provide web and application development solutions. In 2003 he purchased Webworks Web Solutions, a managed hosting provider with an established hosting operation. This allowed Rohrscheib to enter into the web hosting industry. In 2004, along with business partners Greg and Stephen Smart, he co-founded Pleth Networks, LLC, a managed hosting & web development firm. Pleth is headquartered in Batesville, Arkansas with satellite offices in Jonesboro and Conway, Arkansas. Since it’s formation, Pleth’s infrastructure has grown exponentially, and they now have datacenters located in Dallas and Houston, Texas. Pleth has also expanded to offer additional products and services including; Graphic Design & Print, Premium Email Solutions, and VPS (Virtual Private Servers) Solutions to smaller design and development firms & ad agencies across the United States.
Over the years, Rohrscheib and his partners have acquired Real Estate together, and launched several other projects together in addition to Pleth. One of these projects is EzCYA, an online file storage and disaster recovery solution that is geared toward small business and enterprise users as a means of offsite file storage. Most recently Cotton and his partners relaunched an online property they acquired in 2004, NascarView.com. NascarView is an online community portal geared toward the growing Nascar demographic that includes a news portal, live racing chat, message board, and blogs. Rohrscheib and his partners also have a news aggregator project that is still in beta and should be released later this year. This new project will closely resemble digg.com but will have a strict emphasis toward only Nascar related content.
In 2009, Rohrscheib also plans to re-brand Powersite to offer ministry website solutions to churches and non-profit organizations under the umbrella of Pleth Networks, LLC. This vision came from a website project that Rohrscheib developed for his own church, The Church Alive, in Conway, Arkansas that was recently awarded the coveted “Best of Show” for the interactive category at the 2009 Northeast Arkansas Advertising Federation Banquet. Rohrscheib and his partners also picked up 4 silver addy awards and 1 bronze at this past years banquet.
Cotton has had the privilege to serve on numerous boards of directors during his career, including acting as a regional President for a state funded tourism organization. In 2008, Rohrscheib was named to the board of advisors for Mailtrust, a Division of Rackspace (NASDAQ: RAX). He provides the corporate leadership at Mailtrust with insight on a wide variety of topics including their current and future products and service offerings.
In 2009, along with a small group from the Central Arkansas area, Rohrscheib helped spearhead the formation of the Central Arkansas Refresh Community, a user group consisting of web and application developers, broadcasters, and agency personnel that meets monthly to discuss the rapidly evolving technology that drives their industry.
Cotton and his wife Donna reside in Conway, Arkansas and are members The Church Alive. Both are very active in ministry, while Cotton occasional assists as a youth leader and full-time webmaster, Donna is a member of the praise team and assists with coordinating various events throughout the year.
In addition to the products and services offered by Pleth, LLC, Rohrscheib is also available as a web2.0 consultant or guest speaker for businesses looking to increase their exposure online and in various forms of social networking. For additional information, or to contract Cotton for consulting services, click here…
Client Testimonials:
Excerpts taken from LinkedIn.com
“It is a pleasure to recommend Cotton Rohrscheib because of his keen eye for detail, new technology and knowledge of the industry. I have worked with Cotton since 2001 and have had nothing but great experiences with him. I consider Cotton and leader in his industry and I am sure that you will have the same great results I have had with him.” December 2, 2008
Ammie Thomas
Owner
MLS Software
Pueblo, Colorado
“As the Marketing Director for Celebration Church, I’d like to highly recommend a technological and web-design master who has greatly helped me and our institution with our website project. Cotton Rohrscheib, the owner at Pleth Networks, LLC, delivers practical technological advise, gains the long-term trust of clients, and creates unique web solutions for a wide variety of marketing goals and plans. Cotton is always available and connects with people using every means at hand to make sure there are quick and visible results. He is trustworthy and knows technology so well that he is always on the cutting edge above and beyond his peers. Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character. Cotton is a champion service provider that comes highly recommended!” January 2, 2009
Tim Langley
Marketing Director, Webmaster
Celebration Church
Fresno, California
“I have engaged Cotton on numerous occasions and highly recommend him and the services he provides. Cotton possesses a value system and integrity based approach that enables you to trust him as a true partner in your endeavor. You will not be disappointed.” May 25, 2008
Kent Adcock
Director
Habitat for Humanity
Gulf Coast Region
“I have had the pleasure of working with Cotton on a number of web projects over the last 7 years, and he has consistently delivered high quality with great results. From concept to execution, Cotton works with you to achieve great results. I highly recommend Cotton and Pleth Networks for all your web related needs.” May 24, 2008
Rod Landers
Cobalt Group / Tom Williams Lexus
Birmingham, Alabama
“Cotton is one of the hardest working people I know. He truly cares about his clients and the success of his projects. Not only will Cotton be a great service provider, he will end up being your friend. You can’t help but love the guy and his work.” May 22, 2008
Matt Ramsey
Outsource Records Recording Artist
Music Geek Media, Inc.
“I became friends with Cotton many years ago while I was the account manager for a company he worked for. From day one I knew this was someone who was knowledgeable in the Internet industry and had both the smarts and the drive to make an impact in it. To this day I remain in contact with him and see him as an invaluable resource. If you ever have a chance to work alongside Cotton, take it!”
Mike Muise
Senior Account Manager
Register.com
“I have contracted Cotton several times in the past to help with Web Development, hosting/ database management and he has always done an outstanding job.”
Geoff Rosser
Acxiom Corporation
