Overview

Federico Muchnik has spent most of his career as a producer, director, actor and educator; his work has been screened at the Sundance, New York and Toronto Film Festivals. His first short film, You’re Not Telling Me Everything, Mrs. Malloy (1982), was licensed and aired on HBO. As producer of Destinos (1990) at PBS/WGBH-TV, Federico traveled throughout Europe and South America filming this acclaimed television series. He co-wrote and played the male lead in Raul Ruiz’s cult film comedy The Golden Boat (1992), which won the Audience Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival and was shown at the Sundance and New York Film Festivals.

Federico also directed Secret Courage: The Walter Suskind Story (2004), a documentary about the Jewish resistance movement in Holland during World War II. His other films include Touching History: Harvard Square, The Bank and The Tasty Diner (2005) and One Brick At A Time: Building People At An Inner City Youth Center (2007). Most recently he created a trio of shorts for Enterprise Media destined for the business community and led CDIA’s first filmmaking workshop abroad in Prague in 2007. Federico earned a BFA in Film and Television from the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU and speaks four languages.

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Alexis is a non-linear editor, DVD designer/author, camera operator, writer, and Apple Certified Trainer for Final Cut Pro. She started her own production company in 2004 to pursue media that matters, focusing on environmental, social, and health issues. Prior to starting her company, she spent close to fifteen years working in broadcast and print media at advertising agencies and public relations firms, including Ogilvy and Mather, Dentsu Young & Rubicam in Los Angeles, and Porter Novelli, in Washington, DC. She worked as a media buyer, media planner, media supervisor and project manager on national, regional and local consumer and business-to-business campaigns. Alexis holds a BA in Political Science from U.C. Berkeley, and is a graduate of The Edit Center in NYC. She serves on the Executive Committee of the DC Chapter of Filmmakers for Conservation.

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Howard has been involved in film and video work for over 20 years. His first venture was a business specializing in corporate and music video productions, earning a slot on MTV’s Basement Tapes with his production of Fools for Fashion by The Talk. In 1988, after working as a freelance cameraperson in the US and in Europe, he moved to Boston and founded The Edit House, Avid’s first dedicated 24fps beta site which provided film editorial and postproduction services to over 80 feature films. Over an eight-year period, Howard made significant contributions to Avid’s Film Composer quality assurance team and was invited to share in Avid’s second Technical Oscar® (SciTech Award) in 1998. Howard currently teaches and provides testing/ consulting services to companies such as Aaton, Arriflex, Avid and Panasonic. He studied film and television at Montana State University and is fluent in French. Recent projects include assistant editing, camera and translation for the Jon Fauer ASC’s Cinematographer Style, and postproduction manager on independent and CDIA film and digital video projects.

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Ted is an award-winning independent producer, writer and director, based in the Washington, DC area for nearly 20 years. His work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, TLC, History Channel, ESPN and National Geographic. Ted is a creative storyteller and a strong manager, skilled at crafting compelling programs in various genres including long form documentary, reality and hosted infotainment.

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Franco is an independent director/editor/producer and senior Avid-certified instructor. He directed, produced and edited American Eunuchs, a feature length documentary that aired on the Sundance Channel in 2004 and was an official selection at several national and international film festivals, including the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. In collaboration with CDIA he co-produced and directed the feature length documentary This is Nollywood about the Nigerian film industry. Franco has collaborated with two news magazines of RAI International as a broadcast journalist/producer/editor. In 2007 he was the recipient of a grant from the Sundance Documentary Institute to co-direct Waiting for Armageddon, a feature length documentary about the growing number of evangelical Christians in the US who believe the Apocalypse is imminent. Franco graduated from the University of Bologna with a degree in political science and holds an MA in Mass Communication from Emerson College. .

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Pruitt began his professional life in the non-profit world managing homeless shelters and after-school care programs. He began selling computer networking equipment, eventually ending up in a top-tier sales position in New York City. After deciding to make a career change, the independent film community in New York provided an ideal training ground for a new start. Originally Pruitt came up as a field audio engineer, lighting grip, gaffer and lighting designer for CBS/Viacom, Fox, ABC, PBS and a variety of corporate and non-profit clients. He soon began working as a cameraman and then Director of Photography with occasional forays into directing and producing work. He has served as DP on two low-budget independent features (Come What May and another still-untitled drama), several documentaries, many short films, corporate and non-profit videos and music videos.

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Christopher is a freelance editor and cinematographer currently based in Boston. As an Avid Certified Instructor and Avid Certified User, he brings years of editing experience to the classroom. He has also been teaching film production, cinematography and digital non-linear editing at Boston University’s College of Communication for the past eight years. 

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Nikki has a passion for telling compelling stories with vivid imagery. As technical director at Uncommon Productions, she was associate producer on the PBS documentary A Life Among Whales and assistant editor on the award-winning films Racing Against the Clock and The Price of Sugar. Nikki was a videographer/editor/producer for Syracuse University and Coffey Productions. In Boston, she freelanced for Red Tree Productions, WGBH Greater Boston Arts, Nick Kauffman Productions, MHT productions, Grazioso Pictures, Conservatory Lab Charter School, and The Freedom to Marry Coalition. She is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.

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Mark is an editor specializing in long format documentaries, with more than 24 years of experience in broadcast, promo production, independent film and experimental television. His credits include Crash of Flight 11 for NOVA, Drugs on Trial for Frontline, Surviving Mars for the Discovery Channel and Hitler’s Lost Plan for the History Channel. Clients include Providence Pictures, Resolute Films, Pinball Productions, Smash Advertising, Northern Light Productions and Context Media. He is an Avid Certified Instructor and has worked with various groups including the CNN Middle East office, members of the US military and members of the White House Communications staff. Mark graduated cum laude with a BA in Mass Media from UMass-Amherst. 

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Greg has directed for clients including Dunkin Donuts, Saucony/Hind, Washington Mutual, Life is Good and Grand Slam Tennis Tours. In 2007 his boutique production company, Three Times, moved into broadcast commercials and created their first feature film, The Aristocrat. Greg is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication. 

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Frank has been in the film industry for over 20 years. He started his journey as evening production manager for WBUR-FM radio, moved to Hollywood and worked on sound for projects such as Big Brother, Celebrity Mole, ESPN’s Sports Century and many other documentaries, reality shows and sporting events. He returned to Boston where he is currently working on various projects. Frank holds both a BA and MA from Emerson College.

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Kevin holds an MFA in Film Production from NYU. His work as a director-producer has garnered him grants and awards from the Louis B. Mayer Foundation, WorldFest-Houston, the International Telly Awards and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.  He has optioned four screenplays for theatrical feature films and serves on the advisory board of the internationally distributed magazine, Creative Screenwriting. He teaches (and has taught) producing, directing, screenwriting and film studies classes at Georgetown University, George Washington University and Watkins College of Art and Design. Many of his former students are award-winning filmmakers who work in the professional film industry.

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Brian received his bachelor’s degree in Media Studies at Colorado State University, where he also first gained an interest for film and video production when he was granted independent study credit to document his one-year bicycle trip from Alaska to South America. He directed A Season of My Life: The BikeAmericas Experience and was cinematographer on Federico Muchnik’s One Brick at a Time. Brian was the gaffer on the set of The Aristocrat and currently earns his living as a set lighting technician.

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Justin is a Boston-based documentary filmmaker and instructor. His work has appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting, NECN, Forbes.com, Bloomberg Television, HGTV, as well as in film festivals and video installations. He is currently working on three non-fiction projects: a long-form documentary about gender that follows the all-female performance troupe All the Kings Men, a social-issue documentary about the human ecology of New Hampshire, and a poetic biography of the minimalist composer Richard Crandell. He holds an MS in media studies from the University of Oregon and has been teaching production for five years.

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President of MarksmanShipPictures.com, Adam is an Apple Certified Trainer in Final Cut Studio. He has trained at Future Media Concepts, local access TV stations, and has also consulted and instructed film and video productions on editing in the areas of corporate, documentary and narrative. He freelances as a trainer and filmmaker of all trades, including writing, editing, directing, producing, 3D animation and music composition. His first feature, The Carving, was completed in his senior year of high school, starred SAG actors and premiered at the Capital Theater in Arlington, MA. Adam is a graduate of the New York Film Academy and has a BA from Bard College in both Creative Writing and Film.

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Jack is a television producer and editor based in Annapolis, MD. After receiving a history degree from Virginia Tech, he found himself in the multimedia department of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Within a few years he was covering Capitol Hill as a writer/producer for PBS. Jack has worked as a producer, editor (Final Cut and Avid) and shooter for Voice of America, Bloomberg TV, Speed TV, Court TV, HGTV HD, Discovery HD Theater and others. He is currently shooting the high-definition feature Fighting Words for PBS. 

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Phil has been in the film and television industry for the past five years working in Boston, New York and Los Angeles. He found his niche authoring DVDs professionally for Quattro Media, a production, marketing and representation company in LA. At Quattro he produced various DVDs for creators and executives for clients such as Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Marvel Comics and Miramax Films. Phil studied Communications with a concentration in Film at Fitchburg State College. 

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Gary is an award-winning documentary and feature film cinematographer and producer whose documentary credits include NOVA, National Geographic, Frontline and many PBS series, Discovery Channel series and independent documentary projects. Recent documentary credits include Forgotten Genius, a two-hour NOVA about Dr. Percy Julian featuring Ruben Santiago Hudson; NOVA Ape Intelligence; Raptor Force; and Time Warp, a Discovery Channel series using the new Phantom HD high speed camera. He is most proud of producing, directing and filming the award-winning independent documentary, The Puppeteer. Recent feature film projects include The Legend of Lucy Keyes, starring Julie Delpy and Justin Theroux; Made-Up, the directorial debut of actor Tony Shalhoub, starring Shalhoub, Brooke Adams, Gary Sinise and Eva Amurri; and Bluebeard, based on the ancient folk-tale. Gary is a continuing guest teacher at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and also teaches dramatic and documentary filmmaking at CDIA. He is a member and manager of the Carter/Thor Studio, a Los Angeles-based acting studio founded by Cameron Thor, now in Boston.

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Eric is a TV director with a background in feature film art direction and production design. Specializing in recreations and re-enactments, Eric has directed 32 episodes of a dramatic series television, as well as a dozen music videos, commercials and PSAs. Eric combines the visual and aesthetic sensibilities of cinematic style with the production ethos and budgets of independent digital filmmaking.

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Chi-Ho is a freelance editor and an Apple Certified Final Cut Pro trainer. His editing experience includes feature films and documentaries. His previous documentary, The Diary of Sacco and Vanzetti, aired on WGBH in 2004. His recent projects include editing The Bat Women of Panama and The Busker, an HD independent film shot locally in Boston. He has been teaching at various training centers such as Future Media Concepts, Boston Film and Video Foundation, the International Film & Television Workshops at Rockport, ME, Milton Academy and other training and educational institutions. Recent corporate clients include Oxygen Design, the government of Dubai, IBM, Schering-Plough, Springfield College and Center for Advanced Special Technologies. 

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Steve’s first feature film, The Autumn Heart, starring Tyne Daly and Ally Sheedy and released in September 2000, was in the Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Choice award at The Nantucket Film Festival. He is Artistic Director of the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC), which presents free productions of Shakespeare on the Boston Common. His CSC production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream won the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director, Small Resident Theatre Company. His production of Suburbia for the SpeakEasy Stage Company also won Best Production, Fringe Theatre Company. Other productions include Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Julius Caesar and The Tempest for CSC; Turn of the Screw for New Repertory Theatre; Santaland Diaries and Porcelain for the SpeakEasy; Top Girls and Weldon Rising for Coyote Theatre; and The LA Plays by Han Ong for the American Repertory Theatre. Steve is a graduate of the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. 

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Lisa is a film editor who spent the past 11 years in Los Angeles working in postproduction on a variety of feature films. She worked mainly for Miramax Films and Wes Craven as assistant editor on Scream 2 and Scream 3. She also worked on projects with the Coen brothers, Wachowski brothers, David Zucker and John Frankenheimer. She has experience in editing on both film and Avid and was nominated for Best Editing for Hellraiser: Hellseeker. Lisa is currently editing at Powderhouse Productions in Boston, MA. She graduated from Boston University with a BA in Communications. 

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Theresa is a freelance film/video editor, graphic designer, writer and artist living in Washington, DC. Prior to her four plus years as a freelancer, she worked at Avid Technology headquarters where she gained her certification as an Avid technical representative and Avid instructor. Theresa also represented Avid for several years as a speaker at events including the annual NAB trade show in Las Vegas and MacWorld. She has a passion for documentary filmmaking and will soon expand her repertoire by providing voiceover for the US version of several international films.  

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Julie has been working in the DC area since 1994 as a freelance editor and visual effects artist. She has cut several hours of television programming for National Geographic, TruTV, MSNBC and Discovery. Her corporate work includes image pieces for AOL, Netscape and General Motors. Proficient in Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, Julie is often hired as a hybrid post operator; both editing and creating motion graphics for many of her projects. She is a graduate of the TV/Film program at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts and holds a BS in Communications.

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Bob is an independent filmmaker and educator whose films cover war and politics, economics, urban issues, culture, history and the environment. His films on cities include Building Boston (PBS), which examines the impact and meaning of the built environment; Waterworks (PBS), a look at the history and features of Boston’s water system; and Off Track, which follows a grassroots effort to improve public transportation. His work as an educator includes development and production of the Jason Project, an effort to bring remote, ecologically sensitive locations such as rainforest canopies, lava fields and underwater cliffs to students in classrooms around the world with real-time, interactive video. Bob teaches documentary filmmaking at Emerson College and is active in grassroots groups working to improve sustainability and livability in local urban areas. 

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JP began filmmaking at the age of 14 and pursued it professionally after completing undergraduate studies in English and Graphic Design when he moved to LA, apprenticing first to filmmaker Russ Meyer, then director Orson Welles, and was also mentored by television directing legend Don Richardson. JP worked in independent films for such companies as Cannon Pictures, New Line Cinema, Orion Pictures and Roger Corman’s New World Cinema. He learned all of the aspects of filmmaking hands-on, including camera from Jan de Bont and Corman DP Gary Graver, lighting from award-winner Bill Klages, and stunt directing from Glenn Wilder. JP directed the second-unit action sequences for the Hemdale/Orion film The Terminator, directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. He directed the cult hits H.P. Lovecraft’s The Unnameable and its sequel, writes feature screenplays and produces and directs documentaries and industrial projects.

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Colby Peterson is a media artist and producer based out of Massachusetts. After graduating from Fitchburg State College, Colby began work in the film industry around Boston in various capacities. From serving as editorial production assistant on The Game Plan (2007) to construction accountant on Mall Cop (2008) left Colby well-rounded for his proceeding freelance post-production business he currently runs. Colby now works on post-production for film, video, and multimedia projects for clients of all sizes, from HBO identity pieces, web-based Flash movies, to television pilots. Colby also collaborates with other media makers in the area to experiment, broaden horizons, and keep fresh with new technology, and has been involved in helping Boston realize its true media center potential.

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Doug is a picture/sound editor, broadcast designer and multimedia developer specializing in educational and documentary film. Experience as lead rep for Avid’s Nitris support team gave him a unique technical background in high-definition workflows, which has allowed him to educate and inform through video, interactive and museum exhibit projects. He has put these skills to use as online editor, colorist and consultant for over 50 programs for the Discovery HD Theater channel, an episode of NOVA (The Deadliest Plane Crash) and several prime-time History Channel specials (Bible Battle, Aftershock, and Last Stand of the 300). With fluency in Final Cut Pro HD, Douglas has spent the past few years at the Harvard-Smithsonian Science Media Group editing an award-winning educational television series for the Annenberg Channel and serving as lead multimedia developer for several exhibits at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. 

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A Director of Photography in the International Cinematographers Guild, Tom has worked on feature films, commercials, music videos, documentaries and corporate projects. He has also written, produced, directed and edited commercials, PSAs and narrative shorts. His work has been seen in numerous festivals and has won awards for filmmaking, cinematography and editing. Prior to film and video, Tom was a sculptor; his work is in private and corporate collections and has been commissioned for large scale floating installations in the Charles River.

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As a comedian and actor, Mark has been entertaining for over 17 years. He has been featured in many commercials for companies such as Nike and Verizon. His resume includes films, documentaries and television, including Law & Order and the Science Channel. His expertise includes emceeing corporate and private events
for clients such as Verizon, IBM, Fidelity, Liberty Mutual and Boston Works. Mark also teaches acting, comedy and directing for Boston University, Toastmasters, John Robert Powers and several private clients. 

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Wendy trained in Europe with French New Wave ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch and received her PhD in his program. Her films were shown at the Cannes Film Market, the Cinema du Reel and numerous other national and international festivals. She currently teaches at several colleges and is in production on the final part of a three-part trilogy about home, memory and identity, Dwelling in Displacement. 

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Judith is a Washington, DC-based independent producer, writer and researcher for television and web. She is a frequent contributor to nationally syndicated TV shows and has shot segments on location from Colorado to Capitol Hill. Her work can be seen overseas on Voice of America (VOA) television. She provides archival footage for PBS documentaries, corporate and non-profit clients. Judith gained Internet content development skills while working at National Public Radio and now trains VOA radio reporters to manage web content. As a veteran freelancer, Judith believes a broad range of hands-on experience is invaluable to building a sustainable career in digital media. Judith earned her MS in Radio/TV Broadcasting from the Newhouse School
at Syracuse University. 

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Hillary works in New York City as a cinematographer and camera operator on documentaries, music videos, feature films and commercials. Her work has screened at film festivals including South by Southwest, Tribeca, Slamdance, SilverDocs, HotDocs, Los Angeles International and Doku.Arts in Berlin. Her television and commercial work includes content for the Independent Film Channel, Delta Airlines and Getty Images. Hillary’s recent work includes the award-winning documentaries Darkon (2006) and Alice Neel (2007), currently in distribution, and the dramatic feature, The Aristocrat. 

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Richard spent 12 years in banking and financial services before finding his way onto sets for The History Channel, the BBC, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and the feature film Gone Baby Gone. He has done on-location sound recording for clients such as AARP, Project Joy and Grand Slam Tennis Tours and various short films. Most recently he co-wrote and recorded sound for the feature film The Aristocrat.

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Eric has been a film and video-maker since he was 14. He graduated from Northern Arizona University and began a 17 year career as a producer/director for television stations in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Baltimore and San Francisco. In 1992 he formed his own production company, Canyon Productions, Inc. Eric has since produced and directed the award-winning PBS documentary Edward Abbey: A Voice in the Wilderness, co-directed the PBS documentary The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, and more recently produced two concert documentaries for singer/songwriter Tom Russell. He is currently directing two feature-length documentaries: With One Voice and California Bloodlines. Eric is also a skilled cameraman and editor, working with the latest high-definition cameras and lighting techniques to bring projects successfully to the screen.

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Macaela earned her BS in Digital Media Production from The New England Institute of Art. A storyteller at heart, she prides herself on her ability to bring tone and aesthetic while staying on brand. As a freelance video editor in the Boston area, Macaela’s clients range from international advertising agencies to major network stations. 

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Howard Kaplan has 10 years of experience in digital arts and animation and has been teaching computer graphics for over five years. He has worked as Lead Animator and Art Director on numerous animated movies, websites and commercials and was a freelance Technical Artist for Wacky World Studios’ animated film, The Roach Approach. Most recently, Howard has worked with the MA State Police Department on 3D models. He also often utilizes his fine art skills, having illustrated the children’s book, The Boy Without a Throne.

Howard is a member of IGDA-International Game Developers Association and AMC Siggraph. His work has been featured at The Siggraph Conference, Animation Theater, Layers Magazine, Boston Herald, Fox News and in the Sarasota Herald Tribune. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design, where he earned his BFA in Computer Animation and later returned as an Instructor. Howard co-owns a production company where he brings 3D characters to life.

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Blake specializes in Maya technology and 3D animation, and has a strong background in image manipulation. While in the undergraduate cinema program at Binghamton University, he learned the art of filmmaking and composition from Ken Jacobs and Vincent Grenier. He has been a director, producer, actor, writer and editor, working on the campus cult Professor trilogy, Marc Dworkin’s Armageddon for Andy and The Collector.

Blake was lead animator on various animation projects including S.A.M V5.0, Virtual Horoscope, The Highlighter and Episode 604: The Final Project, for which he received the prestigious EVVY award for Best 3D animation in 2004. He has also created several animations, including pieces for the Thoreau Society’s educational film Life Without Principle, Ken Niblock’s feature Let’s Jack Jimmy and many others. Blake received his MA in New Media Production at Emerson College with a focus in 3D animation.

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Peter is a character artist with Turbine Entertainment in Westwood, MA, working on the critically acclaimed massive multiplayer online video game, Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Prior to Turbine, Peter worked as a freelance contract artist for Electronic Arts, Sony Interactive and Vivendi Universal on such titles as Bulletproof, Everquest II and From Russia with Love.

Prior to the gaming industry, Peter worked as a 3D generalist and illustrator for the Program Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command of the US Army in Orlando, FL. His illustration work has been published in newspapers such as The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald and The Chicago Tribune. Peter holds two degrees: a BFA in Illustration from the Ringling School of Art and Design and an AS in Digital Animation and Visual Effects from the Digital Animation and Visual Effects School.

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Peter has refined his skills as a multimedia production artist over the past eight years, working both for American Power Conversion (APC) and as a freelance 3D artist. Beginning his professional career in film editing and audio production, he moved quickly to 3D Industrial Modeling, prototyping and creating interactive videos and web-based tours from engineering schematics at APC. From product demonstrations and inter-active tours, to simulations, page layout and package design, Peter was responsible for introducing and maintaining the entire 3D asset library for APC. He was also their chief technology director and internal Maya instructor, training the creative services staff in 3D content creation. Using Maya, After Effects, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools, Peter has created animations for video presentations, corporate videos, movie theater ads, online product tours and product renderings for magazine ads and retail packaging.

Peter works on a freelance basis with APC and numerous production houses, including Sonalysts, Johnny Animation and Three-Headed Monster, working on TV commercials and online animations. He has an AS in Information Technology from the New England Institute of Technology and majored in English and Communications at the University of Rhode Island.

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Liz is a 3D artist working primarily in gaming using Autodesk Maya. She received her MS at DePaul University, concentration in 3D Animation. She started out making educational Flash games for the US Geological Survey where she worked as a designer on Thibodeaux’s Treasure and Coastal Louisiana. Liz has also dabbled in Architectural Visualization, making fly-through animations of areas modeled using satellite information, as well as interiors modeled using CAD floor plans in 3D Studio Max.  She then delved into the world of 3D gaming where she started as a character artist on independent projects making an unannounced Real-Time Strategy game. After working as a character artist, she switched to working on environments at Midway Amusement Games in Chicago, where she worked on such titles as Mortal Kombat vs DC Comics and Game Party 2.

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Brian is a 3D animation instructor with a concentration in Maya software. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Design from the University of Advancing Technology. He has 10 years of experience in 3D, working for various 3D firms and consulting companies. He was previously a Senior Digital Artist at an architectural firm where he oversaw the development, design and completion of all 3D renderings and animation.

In 2006, his rendering of a suburban development was featured on the cover of Builder Architect magazine for the unique utilization of photorealistic rendering and animation. Brian developed a fresh and innovative approach to 3D rendering, including incorporating the use of green screen technologies and other film techniques into his productions. In his spare time, Brian ventures into freelance projects involving 3D, website development, interior design visualization and architectural animations.

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Harry is an artist and game designer who has been developing games professionally for over 17 years. A graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, he had never touched a computer before getting a job at MicroProse Software working on the original Civilization by Sid Meier. Working with Meier and other game design gurus at MPS Harry quickly became addicted to games, game design and the issues of problem solving in both creating and playing games.

From the strategy of Civ and the adventure of Pirates! Gold, to first-person shooters like Half-Life and Counterstrike, Harry’s involvement in the game industry has been wide ranging. Currently Art Director at Turbine for the MMO Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, he is most interested in exploring the limits of design as it relates to player perception, social networks and user interface interaction.

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Kiran is a 3D animation instructor with knowledge in Maya, ZBrush, Flash, and the Adobe Production Suite. She first started learning 3D art while attending Brandeis University, where she also received a B.A. in History and Art History. Kiran has worked on freelance projects such as architectural visualization, logo intros, and educational videos, including an animated project for the
World Health Organization to be used on the web. She enjoys teaching and also has experience in project coordination and software training.

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Anthony has over six years experience as a professional multimedia artist, working as both manager and graphic designer for Park Square Printing Inc. a Reprographics Corporation with multiple locations throughout the Boston area. Anthony has developed his skills as a freelance 3D generalist, teacher and personal tutor. His broad skill set has allowed him to incorporate elements of 3D Animation, Graphic, Web, Video Editing and User Interface Design into many varied freelance and independent projects. Anthony's work has been featured by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's American History and Civics Initiative and by The United States Library of Congress during a Symposium demonstrating the application of 3D technology in historic preservation.

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Bob Gray, owner of Bob Gray Graphic Design, became design director of AARP Web Publications in 2007. Before this position, he was a design editor at National Geographic magazine for seven years and the art director of National Geographic Traveler for five years. He came to National Geographic from a Washington, DC, studio, The Magazine Group, where he art directed five publications about travel, education, business and marketing. Bob also spent a year as art director of the Washington Journalism Review.

In 1989–1990 Bob was creative director at Clarke/Thompson, an editorial and advertising design studio in New York. There he directed design for magazine startups, packaging for the wine and spirits industry, and editorial promotion for M magazine, Barnes and Noble Booksellers, New York Life and McGraw-Hill. He spent seven years at Sports Afield (Hearst) magazine in New York as senior associate art director for this National Magazine Award-winner.

Bob has been a guest lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New York and an adjunct professor at The Corcoran School of Art and Design in Washington, DC. His work has won awards from the New York Art Directors Club, Print Regional Design, Communications Arts and the Society of Publication Designers.

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For the past seven years, Beth worked for National Geographic magazine. She was the design editor for the Departments section and, in 2005, played a major role in the re-design of the magazine. Since 2000, Beth has also run a freelance design business working with small businesses and non-profits on everything from branding campaigns to web sites. Prior to that role, she worked as an in-house designer for ICF Consulting, where her clients included the United Nations, the US Environmental Protection Agency, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and Department of Housing and Urban Development. Beth graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Graphic Design from North Carolina State University’s School of Design.

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Peter recently moved to the Boston area from Philadelphia. His teaching assignments have taken him to the Rhode Island School of Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Art Institute of Boston, Middlesex Community College and The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He has also guest lectured at Northeastern University and UMass-Dartmouth. Client projects include Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, transportation graphics and vehicle identities; the City of Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin Park environmental signage; Olin Partnership Architects, revitalization plan of the University of Pennsylvania reports and manuals; corporate identity for Greater Philadelphia First and Corlears School in New York City; CD and video cover designs for QVC, Helen Reddy, Bobby Rydell and Paul Sorvino; and print collateral for The Philadelphia Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Peter received his BFA in Graphic Design from The University of the Arts (formerly Philadelphia College of Art). He is principal of McSorley Kery Design, a graphic design studio.

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Al has over 10 years experience in web and graphic design, video editing, Flash and motion graphics. He has been teaching Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator and various other software application programs and topics in the corporate environment and private sector since 1996. He has developed original learning activities and materials for New Horizons Computer Learning Center, Harvard Business School and Northern Essex Community College. Al is a certified Adobe Photoshop expert and a member of the Adobe Flash and InDesign Users Groups in Boston. He hosts four technology blogs focusing on current trends in web design and technology, Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator. Al received his MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

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Jim is a freelance web designer and teacher in Washington, DC. Formerly he was Technical Design Manager for National Geographic Digital Media, overseeing the site's visual design and front-end development. During his tenure, he directed three site redesigns, designed a navigation scheme which lowered bounce rates 36%, directed a usability testing lab, and oversaw the design of partnerships with YouTube, iTunes, MySpace and Joost. Before National Geographic, Jim designed infographics for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper.

Jim’s commercial photography is represented by the National Geographic Image Collection and Getty Images. He teaches with National Geographic Photo Camp, helping inner-city teenagers document their lives and communities. Jim studied photojournalism and web design at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His speaking engagements include the Society for News Design, for NPR and PBS, and UNITY: Journalists of Color.

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Jeremy has over 15 years of experience in web and graphic design, filmmaking, writing and publication development for print and digital media. He has authored, co-authored and been technical editor for several titles in the Adobe Classroom in a Book series. Jeremy has also provided in-depth training and consulting for student and corporate clients including Sony, Canon, Staples and Harvard Business Review, and has taught at universities around the US. Jeremy holds an MS from the Graduate Center of Marlboro College and a BFA in Film/TV from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

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As a web technology communications specialist, Gene helps businesses grow and professionals prosper. His customer-focused teaching style led to the creation of two services to help students transition from classroom to workplace: Beantown Web, a blog designed to monitor career and training opportunities for web designers and developers in the greater Boston area; and Web Apprentices, a service offering apprenticeship projects to designers and developers looking to practice skills while giving small businesses an opportunity to afford web-based design, programming and database services. Gene’s technology focus includes XHTML, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, MySQL, ASP.NET, SQL Server, CSS and XML.

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Suzette has been a graphic designer, illustrator and fine artist for over 20 years. For the last nine years, she was an art director at an advertising publication in Needham, MA. Her freelance illustration clients include: American Girl, Boston Globe, Cosmopolitan, Gourmet Magazine, McGraw-Hill, Newsday, San Diego Tribune, Scholastic and WGBH. She illustrated One Red Rooster, a children’s book published by Houghton Mifflin, and has had many illustrations included in a variety of text books and anthologies. Suzette graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. She has taught illustration at the college level and is a member of the Graphic Artists Guild. She is Adobe Certified in Illustrator.

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As senior design editor of National Geographic magazine, Elaine has been a magazine art director and designer for the past 23 years. Before joining the magazine, she was senior art director at the Magazine Group studio. Elaine began her publication design career at the award-winning Outside magazine in 1985 where she worked as associate art director for four years, after which she became founding art director of Vermont Magazine. After five years she moved onto Harvard Magazine where she was responsible for a complete redesign as well as ushering the magazine into the digital era.

Elaine has been adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore’s Masters in Publication Design program, and professor at the University of Vermont’s continuing education program. She holds a BA in art history from Loyola College in Maryland, as well as an MA in Publication Design from the University of Baltimore. She has been recipient of design awards from the Society of Publication Designers, the Washington DC Art Directors Club, Print Books and Regional Design Annual, and Communication Arts.

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Kimberly has been building websites since 1995. Just as the Internet was burgeoning, she picked up Laura Lemay’s Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in a Week, read it in a weekend and since then has combined this interest in technology and visual design with her lifelong passion for the arts. Kimberly’s work has included a wide range of experiences and places: from backstage at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall as production manager for the American Symphony Orchestra, to a yurt in Uzbekistan with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble; from the marble-lobbied international Sony Corporation in Manhattan as Sony Classical’s website producer, to a small non-profit Internet start-up building the world’s first searchable cultural events database.

As a recent career highlight, Kimberly presented a paper at the Archives and Museum Informatics’ Museums and the Web conference about a collaboration between the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Freer & Sackler Galleries and the Silk Road Project. In her work, she regularly uses Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, BBEdit, HTML/XHTML, CSS and Flash. Originally trained as a classical musician, Kimberly especially enjoys working with musicians and projects for the arts. In addition to teaching and advising her students, she freelances and consults on a wide range of design projects for various clients.

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Ed is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop has been designing and developing websites and print collateral for 12 years. Ed has a BA in Information Systems and an Advanced Certificate in Human Computer Interaction; combined with his graphic design skills and foundation in painting Ed bridges the gap between design and technology. Ed’s skills include Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, BBEdit, HTML/XHTML, CSS, Flash and InDesign. Ed is a member of NAPP and has a background in graphic design, website design and development, direct marketing, and software instruction.

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Joe has more than 10 years of experience in graphic design, illustration and education. Prior to joining CDIA he was senior designer for the Globus Family of Brands and worked for organizations ranging from Fortune 1000 companies to small non-profits. Joe is a member of AIGA and has a background in fine art and illustration, where he blends traditional materials and practices with the latest technology. His client list includes McGraw-Hill, APC and US Sailing. Joe is also a frequent contributor to several monthly magazines.

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Michael has worked for almost 20 years as a professional graphic designer and web developer. Trained as a fine artist, he holds an MFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Educated also at Harvard University and California Institute of the Arts, he holds a Certificate of Special Studies in Administration and Management from Harvard. Michael has served as lead designer on projects for organizations as diverse as EMC Corporation, ABB, Emerson Electric, Textron and the Harvard University Forest. For three years he designed Massachusetts Benchmarks, the quarterly journal of economics published by the President’s Office at the University of Massachusetts. His areas of expertise include art direction, graphic design, digital imaging, publication design, technical illustration, website design and development, strategic communications and strategic planning.

Michael understands the importance of developing a comprehensive strategic communications plan, the role it plays in influencing design, and how both ultimately affect an organization’s ability to achieve its goals. Throughout his career Michael has assisted large corporations, small business and major universities alike develop effective design, marketing and communication solutions. Michael thus brings a unique combination of design expertise and business knowledge to every project.

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Sibyl is an interactive designer based in Washington, DC. She has over four years demonstrated experience in the areas of interactive design and identity branding for businesses and non-profits. Before settling down at GMMB as an interactive designer, Sibyl freelanced in and around Washington, DC and Dallas, TX at companies such as MSHC Partners Inc., Goddard-Claussen and Adworks. Her work can be seen for such clients as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, United Nations Foundation (UNF) and the Communication Workers of America (CWA).

Sibyl also volunteers for organizations such as DC Web Women where she is a steering committee member and Idealist DC where she is an organizer and a moderator. She is also co-chair for the Technology Network of the Women’s Information Network (WIN). Her interest is in helping non-profits and activist groups with their grassroots/netroots organizing, utilizing Web 2.0 tools. Sibyl received her Associates Degree from the Art Institute of Dallas and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Corcoran College of Art and Design.

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Charles is a designer, illustrator, professor and visual journalist. With a love of learning, and a focus on science and technology, he strives for a consistent emphasis on clear communication and problem solving in all of his projects. After undergraduate degrees in fine arts and biology, and a masters in industrial design, he worked on a wide range of projects, gaining experience in medical labs, manufacturing facilities, NASA design studies, engineering, publications and art director at National Geographic Magazine. His story assignments were in energy, medicine, aerospace and biology. His work has been utilized in print and on the web.

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Justin is a designer and educator. He is the co-founder and creative director of velle magazine.com, an online space exhibiting established and emerging talent in fashion, design, art, literature and music from around the world. Justin has extensive experience in prepress, web design and has served as an adjunct instructor at Montserrat College of Art teaching web and technology-based courses. 

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George is art director and a partner at MSHC Partners, one of the nation’s leading political advertising firms. He is a leading voice in an award-winning creative team widely recognized for innovation and excellence in political media. Over the past six years he has worked on hundreds of political campaigns from the local to the federal level, producing direct mail, print collateral and interactive campaigns. In addition, he has directed work for dozens of national membership groups, working on issue advocacy and raising public awareness. His most recent client work includes projects for the United Nations Foundation, Sierra Club, American Cancer Society, Greenpeace, EMILY’s List and AFL-CIO. Prior to joining MSHC, he was art director at a boutique design firm in Central Florida. George also has a background in fine arts and spends his free time moonlighting as a painter and photographer.

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Karol has been a graphic designer for over 25 years. In that time she has worked with magazines including Mid-Atlantic Country, Regardies and National Journal. In 2002 she opened her own business and has redesigned several publications including China Business Review, Passagemaker, Focus and Chimera. She received a grant from the Federal Highway Administration to design signs for walking tours in Historic DC neighborhoods. She recently designed a series of text books for the California Department of Education with National Geographic. Other clients have included Georgetown University Press, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, George Soros, the DNC and Move-on.Org. She was an interim Chair of Graphic Design for the Corcoran College of Art and Design as well as adjunct professor.

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Janel worked at National Geographic for almost five years, beginning as a proofreader and working her way up to designer. After earning an MA in Communication Design from the University of Baltimore, she embarked on a freelance design career. Clients included SAIL Magazine, Johns Hopkins, Villanova, The Baltimore Sun and Discovery. Most recently she was Assistant Dean for Public Relations at UMass Boston, where she created print collateral and managed the website for
the College of Liberal Arts.

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Joshua worked for six years in the art department at National Geographic, where he helped create graphics and art-based layouts. He has freelanced for Smithsonian Magazine and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership as well as many other organizations. He has an MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and is currently pursuing an MFA in Studio Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

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Mike began his career in the printing trade in NYC making corrections to images on letterpress printing plates for high-end advertising agencies. Thirty years later he does it digitally. In addition to advertising, Mike has worked on images that have appeared in Victoria’s Secret catalog and similar publications. Mike is currently production manager for quality assurance at National Geographic, where he has the privilege of working with some of the best photographers in the world. An avid Photoshop user, Mike also provides photo restoration and retouching services through his company, Just Imagine Photo. He is also a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.

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Megan has over 15 years of experience teaching graphic and web design. Megan’s education experience began as a special education teacher in The Boston Public Schools in 1993. During that time, because of her experience in technology she was asked to train other teachers throughout the Boston Public Schools in courses, including but not limited to, Intro to the Internet, How to use E-mail, Photoshop and The Microsoft Office Applications. At this time Megan took evening courses and received certifications in HTML, Adobe Photoshop, and Internet Business Strategy. Megan was a full time web and graphic design instructor at another Massachusetts’s College for seven years before coming to CDIA at Boston University. Megan is currently a graphic designer for the City of Boston and independently maintains numerous websites.

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Keith worked as a freelance photographer while studying the techniques of printing and processing of film at the Art Institute of Boston. While serving our country, Keith finished his college education, earning an AAS degree in Business Management. After leaving the army he reestablished his photographic career to further explore his passion. Keith is a graduate of CDIA’s professional photography program, where he studied the many facets of digital photography. He is currently working as a freelance photographer, providing digital imaging services for professionals, teaches Photoshop and is also digital manager for commercial photographer Lou Jones.

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David is a graphic designer for Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, MD, specializing in retail packaging, layout and corporate brand identity for award winning campaigns such as Planet Earth and Shark Week. Prior to this role, David provided freelance consultation to the exhibit design firm Staples and Charles on international traveling exhibit, Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World. He was also an in-house designer for Safeway Corporate Advertising, executing packaging and logo development for new brands and art directed product and lifestyle photo shoots. Previous clients include LucasArts Entertainment, EA Entertainment and Mrs. Fields Retail Packaging. David earned a Bachelor of Arts in Design degree with honors from Collins College School of Design.

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Deane has twenty-five years of experience in advertising, graphic design, publication design, direct mail and websites. He has worked for a diverse group of clients, including WETA, MCI Telecommunications, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer and washingtonpost.com. He is past-president and life member of the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, where he has used his solid organization and marketing skills to create programs, events and workshops for the design community.

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Jeffrey has worked for twenty-five years as an art director and graphic designer. After ten years at National Geographic, he left as Deputy Director of Art in 2006 and founded Burning Q Media, a multimedia company based in Washington, DC. His work experience includes visual journalism/editorial art direction, a full spectrum of print design, signage, exhibit design, in-store displays, and a variety of multimedia projects. Clients have included National Geographic, Nikkei National Geographic, Japan-America Society of Washington, DC, Society for Science & the Public, Intellectual Ventures, Boeing, Weyerhaeuser, Apple and Westin Hotels. Teaching assignments have included a visual journalism class for students participating in a summer program at Johns Hopkins University.

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Irene has been a digital artist for over 10 years. She is a freelance designer, illustrator, motivator and educator. Prior to graphic and web design her background focused on issues of social justice through human and civil rights work. Her current focus is helping DIY artists and craftspeople, green builders, social service organizations and small businesses establish a presence on the web. Her clients include The Theater Offensive, Partners Health Care, FirstGiving, The Professional Center for Child Development as well as numerous local artists and musicians

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Chrissy has been working on the Web since 1995. A Maryland native, she graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in zoology. After a brief stint as a zookeeper, and then an animal technician in a genetics lab, Chrissy discovered HTML, and then later Flash. She now creates applications using various combinations of Flash (mainly with AS 2.0 and 3.0), XML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, HTML and other technologies. When she’s not busy working on projects, Chrissy teaches as an adjunct instructor at several local colleges and as a corporate trainer. Chrissy has also been an author, contributing author and technical editor for several books about Flash.

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Greg has over 10 years experience designing and developing web sites and finding strategies to assure those sites succeed. He graduated with a BA in English from University of Delaware and is currently the Senior User Experience Designer at The Motley Fool in Alexandria, VA. He has a leading role in building the world’s greatest online investment community. Greg is an active member of Refresh DC, DCDB and UX Professionals association.

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Alex is Chief Cartographer at International Mapping in Ellicott City, MD. He has a BA in Geography from Dartmouth College and an MS in Cartography from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison. He has worked as a mapmaker at the National Geographic Society and the Washington Post and ran his own company, EquatorGraphics, for ten years before merging with International Mapping. Alex is a longtime user of Illustrator, Photoshop and other Adobe applications. His professional focus is on the design and production of maps, geographic illustrations and information graphics for various of clients. He has completed award-winning designs for Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, US Census Bureau and the National Park Service. 

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John has 27 years of experience in the graphic arts including several positions in commercial prepress, customer education, marketing management and electronic prepress consulting. His clients have included commercial printing companies, Scitex America Corp., Time-Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated and Electronics for Imaging, Inc. After pursuing a scholarship at Carnegie Mellon University, where he worked with professors to restructure traditional classroom materials into online learning tools, John then spent two years as a field support engineer and five years as a senior curriculum developer, designing and delivering educational programs in color theory, color science, and digital color management in North America, Europe and to online audiences worldwide. In March 2005 he joined the Graphic Arts Systems group at Canon USA, Inc. where he is currently Regional Field Analyst.

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Nicholas is a freelance web consultant in Washington, DC. Most recently, he was VP of Marketing Technology and Web Development at Erickson Barnett, a leading DC-area full-service marketing agency. During his 10+ years there firm, Nicholas played lead roles in strategy and development for many online and interactive projects for clients such as Greenpeace, NASDAQ, Unisys, VeriSign, and a site announced in a Presidential address at The White House. He holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts.

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Dan has been focused on interactive design since starting his career at the National Museum of American History in 1995. While working as a freelance designer in San Francisco, his clients included Macromedia, Excite and Interbrand. After moving to Washington, DC, he became an art director at America Online, leading the design team of the new broadband division. He also worked at the National Gallery of Art designing online exhibitions to accompany real-world counterparts, including Dada, Dan Flavin, Gilbert Stuart, and Small French Paintings. As an art director at OmniStudio, Dan worked for non-profit clients including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Africare and the National Wildlife Federation. As a freelance designer, he has worked with a number of organizations in the DC-area including NPR. Dan has an MFA in graphic design from California College of the Arts and has received a handful of awards for his work. 

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George is an experienced illustrator and graphic artist with over 20 years experience creating illustrations and informational graphics for newspapers, magazines, presentations and interactive CD ROMs. He earned a BFA in Graphic Design at The Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA in illustration from Syracuse University. He has also studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and The School of Visual Arts in New York.

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Jackson is a technologist, designer, and communicator residing in Washington, DC. He works with the web-loving team at Viget Labs, which helps existing businesses and startups work better online.

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Liz has over 10 years of experience in audio production and multimedia. As an audio systems engineer, she specializes in system commission and integration, premises wiring and custom fabrication. She has served as a project technical coordinator and lead system technician for clients including the New England Aquarium, Sprint Communications, Verité Music, Boston University, Converse and Tewksbury Hospital. Liz also works as a freelance recording engineer, mix engineer, producer and musician; projects range from music production for records to audio postproduction for film to sound reinforcement for concerts where she has worked with acts such as Herbie Hancock, A Perfect Circle and Jonathan Brooke. Liz graduated from Dartmouth College and Berklee College of Music.

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Associate Director: Gabe Herman A formally-trained musician and audio engineer, Gabe has engineered and produced numerous groups in genres ranging from classical string quartets to modern rock to contemporary world beat music. His work has been featured on national television (NBC), radio (NPR’s Fresh Air and Australian National Public Radio), the
Internet (AOL), and The New York Times. His film scores and sound designs have won awards at film festivals around the world including The Black Mariah Film Festival, The Rhode Island International Film Festival, ION International and the Chicago International Film Festival. Gabe is heavily involved with the local music scene in Boston and is a member of AES (Audio Engineering Society). He owns and operates the recording facilities at JamSpot in Somerville, MA, where he has recorded performing acts ranging from Dresden Dolls drummer Brian Vigliano to Blackground/Universal Records pop star JoJo.

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Matt is a mastering engineer with over 1,200 album credits spanning an enormous spectrum of genres. In addition to his mastering work, he is also an active mix and tracking engineer, with a special focus on live to stereo recording. Matt has played saxophone, Theremin and guitar in various bands over the years, and is currently performing and composing with modular analog synthesizers.

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Peter is the composer/producer of the theme to the popular This Old House TV show and hundreds of other broadcast tracks. He has performed/recorded with Bonnie Raitt and Susan Tedeschi and has been a faculty member at Berklee College and Harvard Extension School. His awards include two Emmys and numerous ASCAP Awards.

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Frederick has been involved in a wide variety of music technology applications including composition, audio production, live performance and real time interactivity. His pioneering work with Virtual Orchestra technology has resulted in over 50,000 performances worldwide and includes work on Broadway, Off-Broadway, London’s West End, Cirque du Soleil and theatrical tours in America and Europe. He is a co-founder of Realtime Music Solutions in New York City.

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Steven 'bono' Bonarrigo has been recording audio for television and film for over 20 years. He has recorded audio for Emmy Award winner for Best National News documentary "H. Ross Perot" in 1993, and more recently, recorded audio for the Tribecca Film Festival nominee "El Tiante.” He has spanned the globe for corporate and broadcast productions. And from 2007 to 2008, Bonarrigo was the sound recordist for "Food Trip with Todd English", currently airing on PBS.

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Dan is a freelance recording and live sound engineer in the Boston area. He has done work for Warner Records, Rounder Records, FSN television network and Kufala/Live Archive, and has engineered and produced many independent releases. Dan specializes in front-of-house and live multitrack recording, wiring and acoustic treatment, and guerrilla recording techniques. 

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Steve is a freelance audio postproduction sound engineer with a focus in sound design. He has been working independently at numerous postproduction houses on national TV and radio commercials, documentaries and 3D bumpers for the video gaming industry. Steve created and contributed as sound designer and independent producer to sound effects collections for Sound-Ideas including Radioactive. He was also a contributing sound designer for The Big Drone and the Sci Fi Series 8000 Warp Three collections. Steve’s sound effects are included in Bias Inc’s Peak audio software (versions 3–5). He also developed preset templates for Waves audio plug-ins. 

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Dana has 30 years experience working with sound, multimedia and performance. He co-founded the 90’s low rock band Morphine with Mark Sandman in 1991 and spent the next decade touring the world. He co-owns and operates Hi-N-Dry recording studio, now in the Armory building in Somerville, MA. He has produced recordings with his own bands Twinemen and A.K.A.C.O.D. and has played as a studio musician on many recordings over the last three decades. Dana is currently involved in the Mark Sandman Music Project, a non-profit organization designed to give kids an opportunity to experience community through musical collaboration in Somerville, MA.

Matthew Girard Matthew is a freelance engineer, producer and bassist. A graduate of the University of Hartford’s Hartt School with a degree in Music Production & Technology, he has affiliations with local companies Jamspot Studios, Bopnique Musique and Digital Bear Productions. Recent projects, clients and artists include the Museum of Fine Arts, Will Dailey, Monique Ortiz, the Daughters of St. Paul in Jamaica Plain and NYC-based filmmaker, Danica Mills. Matthew is also a member of the much-lauded indie band The Motion Sick. Accolades include Grammy Entry #60 in Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, and Grammy Entry #127 in Best Pop Vocal Album, 49th Grammy Awards. 

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Daniel has worked in several facets of the music industry including technical support for Cambridge-based music technology company MOTU and Framingham-based BOSE Corporation. Recording projects have included the Boston bands Lifestyle and Freezepop, and projects both here and in the UK with members of internationally-known bands The Cure, Psychedelic Furs and Morrissey. Daniel has also taught audio recording at institutions of higher learning in the Boston area. Daniel is also a Pro Tools Certified Operator.

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Ralph studied the newest technological advancements in MIDI and sampling at Berklee College of Music. He then took his education in music and cutting-edge technologies on the road and into the studio as a performer. Ralph later attended UMass-Lowell to study engineering while working at Berklee in the Music Synthesis Department. He currently runs KIP (Kinscheck International Productions), producing local music and various video projects. Ralph is an Apple-certified trainer in Logic and Final Cut Pro.

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Kate interned at Starc Studios in Dublin where she worked with Johnny McEvoy, members of the Dubliners and the Chieftains. Next she went to Powerplay Studios in Zurich, where she worked with the group Wet Wet Wet as a sound assistant, recording two songs, including their hit UK single, Goodnight Girl. She then won a scholarship for voice at Berklee College of Music and studied Music Production and Engineering, later graduating from Tufts University with a BA in Sociology. In 2002 she organized a 20-day American tour for the Irish band Charis, appearing as their opening act as Katie McD. Other recent accolades include the score for Marina Carr’s play, The Bog of Cats, and Music Supervisor to director Stephen Croke’s film The Busker (2007). DVD film production credits include Reservoir Dogs, Rambo, The Graduate and Angel Heart. 

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Gary is a producer for WGBH Radio in Boston. In his 11 years at WGBH, Gary has produced national and regional series and specials for radio, including PRI’s Sound & Spirit with Ellen Kushner, NPR’s Says You, A Christmas Celtic Sojourn with Brian O’Donovan, Live from the Lowell Folk Festival and Live from Tanglewood Jazz. He has also produced classical, Celtic, blues, and folk in-studio performances, and created features and interstitial pieces for local and national broadcast at WGBH’s Culture Desk. Gary also developed the website for NPR’s Says You, curated content for WGBH Morning Stories and A Celtic Sojourn, produced a classical music performance for public broadcasting in the virtual world Second Life and, as assistant editor of WGBH Morning Stories, pioneered the development of podcasting.

Gary’s productions have won the Gabriel Award, the Clarion Award, and recognition from New York Festivals. He holds a MA in Mass Communication from Emerson College.

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Jason is a producer, engineer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2004 with a dual degree in Music Production and Engineering and Music Synthesis. Since graduating, Jason has worked as an engineer on the records of singer/songwriter Lindsay Mac, harpist/singer Maeve Gilchrist, folk singer Watson Reid, and singer/guitarist Chris McDermott, as well as the PBS Kids show, Postcards from Buster. In addition to his work as an engineer, Jason produced the debut records of artist Charlie Christos and singer/songwriter Liz Stahler. Jason has recently worked with DJ Jefr Tale producing dance mixes for a weekly satellite radio show and partnering to form Talespin Records, a dance music label featuring his original music and remixes.

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Robert is a studio designer, acoustician and systems engineer. As the founder and principal of Rosati Acoustics + Multimedia, Inc., he provides design and engineering expertise, integrating architectural acoustics, sound reproduction, audiovisual systems, electro-acoustics and cutting-edge technology. He has designed professional recording studios, high-tech theaters, auditoriums, museums, conference facilities and houses of worship. Rob has engineered numerous albums and toured as a chief sound engineer for a famed rock group, engineering a Platinum album with over eight million copies sold. 

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A Berklee Music Production and Engineering alum, Corey is currently a staff engineer at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA, specializing in jazz and classical recordings. His credits include Dave Holland, Steve Reich, the Borromeo String Quartet and many renowned resident and NEC-sponsored ensembles. Corey also works around Boston as a freelance engineer/producer, mixing and mastering projects by pop and rock artists. 

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Dave is a recording engineer, music scoring mixer, music editor and producer, working with film composers to complete the music underscore for film and television projects. He has worked extensively with composer Mason Daring; his credits include numerous films by John Sayles including Honeydripper, The Secret Of Roan Inish, Lone Star, The Opposite Of Sex and Music Of The Heart, as well as the prime-time TV series State of Mind on Lifetime; many television movies; and several episodes of Frontline, American Experience and Nova. He has also recorded many jazz and folk album projects for Daring Records. Dave holds an AB in Music and Government Studies from Bowdoin College and completed the Audio Recording and Production program at the Institute Of Audio Research.

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Abe is lead sound designer, recordist and mix engineer at Clambake Animation in Watertown, MA. His sound design work can be heard on the Cartoon Network series Assy McGee and in various national television and web-based ads. Prior to working in animation, Abe was a sound designer and mix engineer on The Habitable Planet, a series of educational documentaries focused on current issues in environmental sciences. Some of his other credits include Aqua Teen Hunger Force (dialog recordist), Hit or Miss (sound designer, mix engineer), This is Nollywood (mix engineer), and FSN’s International Fight League Broadcasts (dialog editor). Abe cut his teeth as an audio engineer in Philadelphia, working with engineer Scott Herzog at Third Story Recording Studios.

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Keith Zizza has been a professional audio designer since 1991, and has worked for more than 13 years exclusively in audio for video games, most recently as Audio Director for SimCity Societies (EA), Caesar IV (VU Games), and Children of the Nile (Tilted Mill Entertainment). He is known for his work on the classic, multi-platinum selling City Building Series of games from Sierra, including Pharaoh, Caesar, Zeus, Cleopatra, and Poseidon.

Keith has worked on more than 25 AAA titles. He has written audio articles for Gamasutra.com, as well as contributed to developing game audio curriculum for CDIA at Boston University and Berklee College of Music. Keith is also a Gold member of the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.).

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Joel McNamee brings ten years of experience in development to CDIA. After graduating from UMass–Dartmouth with a BS in Computer Engineering and a minor in Mathematics, he began coding embedded software professionally for the consumer electronics group of Gemstar-TV Guide.

In 2006, he moved to a Professional Services position as a web developer and implementation engineer at Framingham, MA-based Courion Corporation. Through this position, Joel was not only able to push his technical abilities to new levels, but also gained experience in managing customers and business partners. He is the co-founder, web developer and publicist for a reputable music website, established in 2001, and continues to hone his web development and management skills through a variety of hobbies and professions.

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Chris Brown has been a technology consultant for the last 20 years and has been working with Internet-based technologies since 1996. He currently blends technology consulting and a photography business for a unique perspective on today’s mediacentric culture. Chris grew up in Wales, the son of a photographer, and started taking photography seriously at age 13. At the same time, he also received his first computer and started down the road of self-taught programming, writing everything from computer games to early graphics animation. After studying Applied Computer Systems at Brunel University in London, Chris started consulting for corporate clients in the UK and then moved to the US in 1992.

Over the last 10 years Chris has worked on web initiatives for JP Morgan Chase, space.com, Lucent Technologies, Golf Digest and the UK and German branches of The Financial Times and Cirque De Soleil. More recently he has been consulting in the areas of web content and digital asset management, merging his technology and creative skill sets. Chris also runs a successful wedding photography business and has won various awards for work.

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Jim is a freelance web designer and teacher in Washington, DC. Formerly he was Technical Design Manager for National Geographic Digital Media, overseeing the site's visual design and front-end development. During his tenure, he directed three site redesigns, designed a navigation scheme which lowered bounce rates 36%, directed a usability testing lab, and oversaw the design of partnerships with YouTube, iTunes, MySpace and Joost. Before National Geographic, Jim designed infographics for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper.

Jim’s commercial photography is represented by the National Geographic Image Collection and Getty Images. He teaches with National Geographic Photo Camp, helping inner-city teenagers document their lives and communities. Jim studied photojournalism and web design at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His speaking engagements include the Society for News Design, for NPR and PBS, and UNITY: Journalists of Color.

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As a web technology communications specialist, Gene helps businesses grow and professionals prosper. He created two services, Beantown Web and Web Apprentices, to help students transition to the workplace. Gene’s technology focus includes XHTML, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, MySQL, ASP.NET, SQL Server, CSS and XML.

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Dan has been involved in web development for 5+ years. His experience includes both front and back end development for corporate, agency, and startup clients. He believes that lightweight and accessible code starts with taking a clean, simplistic approach. Dan primarily focuses on XHTML/CSS, Javascript, PHP/MySQL and Flash. Much of his work has been developing custom content management and workflow solutions for his clients. You can find him online at www.balancerockmedia.com.

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Sean brings 10 years of software engineering consulting experience to CDIA. He has a Bachelor of Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a Minor in Computer Science. He began his career in change management and release engineering, he brings process to solving problems through technology.

As President and CEO of AndPlus Design, Sean has led efforts to develop websites for clients ranging from small businesses to large corporations. He uses business case reasoning to offer software consulting services which produce technical solutions enhancing work flow management as well as supply chain management. He primarily works in the Software as a Service (SaaS) business model and enjoys continually learning through client interaction. His focus includes PHP/MySQL, Perl, XML, XHTML, CSS, and implementing solutions in the spaces involving SEO, SEM, eCommerce and payment processing.

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Jim is a freelance web designer and teacher in Washington, DC. Formerly he was Technical Design Manager for National Geographic Digital Media, overseeing the site's visual design and front-end development. During his tenure, he directed three site redesigns, designed a navigation scheme which lowered bounce rates 36%, directed a usability testing lab, and oversaw the design of partnerships with YouTube, iTunes, MySpace and Joost. Before National Geographic, Jim designed infographics for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper.

Jim’s commercial photography is represented by the National Geographic Image Collection and Getty Images. He teaches with National Geographic Photo Camp, helping inner-city teenagers document their lives and communities. Jim studied photojournalism and web design at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His speaking engagements include the Society for News Design, for NPR and PBS, and UNITY: Journalists of Color.

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Lisa Crowley is an active web developer with extensive experience in database development and design. With the advent of the world wide web as a commercial business tool, she has become a specialist in e-Commerce. She holds a BS in Accountancy and MS in Computer Information Systems from Bentley College.

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