Software Engineer / Hunter Cross founded Ponticlaro in 2006 to build websites for artists, businesses, schools, and non-profits. As a software engineer and web developer, he works across a range of software stacks including React.js, Drupal, WordPress, Python, and LAMP. Past engagements include The Contemporary Austin, Columbia University, Charles Schwab, The New School, World Wildlife Fund, Boston University, Queens Museum, and Loyola Marymount University. In 2021, he won a Best in Show W3 Award for designing and developing the rubycity.org website. His collaborations with Pentagram, Fifth Wall and Blopboard, were featured in the New York Times and Wired.

Artist / C.V. / Hunter Cross graduated from Trinity University, earning a BA in Studio Art, where he studied with artists Liz Ward and Trish Simonite. He contributes to art communities in the USA, Europe, and Mexico. He completed a permanent public artwork for the City of Austin in 2014, and his works are in several permanent collections. In 2005, Hunter co-founded the Austin, Texas-based Open Doors Art Collective and from 2005-2009 produced 4 exhibitions: Open Doors, Open Doors Downtown, Open Doors In Between (Doughtery Art Center), and Open Doors Expansion (The Dallas Contemporary).

Musician / Currently recording and playing shows as Hunter Cross and the Strays. Previously, he played as part of Cross & Castillo and Forty Second Scandals. Hunter Cross has played SXSW, Sidewalk Cafe (NYC), Bass Concert Hall (Austin), Fitzgerald’s (Houston), Continental Club (Austin), Emo’s (Austin), Beerland (Austin), and Liberty Lunch (Austin). His animated music video “Twisty Ties” was nominated for a SXSW Music Video award.