| Justin Ahrens Creative Director Rule29 For more than 12 years, Justin Ahrens has led Rule29 in the firm commitment to 3making creative matter. Through a collaborative approach to both strategy and design, Rule29 has fostered a culture that encourages the pursuit of wonder through story and involvement in many social causes. Justin has also been a consistent voice for the design community on balancing life and career: he’s the author of Life Kerning: Creative Ways to Fine Tune Your Perspective on Career and Life. | |
| Haig Armen Founder & Creative Director LiFT Studios Haig Armen is a designer and artist living in Vancouver, Canada. For a number of years Haig has been exploring the intersection of art and programming, focusing on the areas of data visualization, gestural interfaces and wearable technology. His most recent area of research is within the physical manifestations of data and computation.
Haig has had the honour of winning a variety of awards throughout his design career, including three Webby Awards, two Prix Italia for Web Arts and Drama and a Gold Medal from the Art Director’s Club of New York to name only a few. As a producer of CBC Radio 3′s groundbreaking online magazine during 2001-2005, Haig created editorial and design strategies that have earned international accolades.
Haig currently holds a position as an Assistant Professor of Design and Dynamic Media at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. When not teaching or designing he might be found playing jazz guitar or messing with electronics.
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| Christopher Butler COO Newfangled Christopher Butler is the COO of Newfangled, where he directs strategy, design and personnel, as well as consults on a wide variety of topics surrounding design and technology. Christopher is a prolific writer and speaker. His articles have been published in PRINT, HOW, Smashing Magazine, Salon, and elsewhere, and he is the author of The Strategic Web Designer. He has spoken at events for HOW, the UCDA, AIGA, and the American Marketing Association.
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| Catherine Farman Developer Happy Cog Catherine Farman is a Developer at Happy Cog, where she builds standards-based websites using HTML, CSS and Javascript. Catherine has taught responsive web design, Javascript, and Sass courses for Girl Develop It. She lives in Philadelphia and when she's not at a computer enjoys sewing, soccer, food, bikes and books.
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| Andy Fitzgerald Associate Design Director and the User Experience Lead Deloitte Digital Andy Fitzgerald is an Associate Design Director and the User Experience Lead at Deloitte Digital in Seattle. Andy has spent the better part of a decade massaging truculent bits of information into difficult digital spaces. His recent work focuses on designing for effective experiences across diverse digital touchpoints and on creating flexible structures for understanding in the connected environment. Andy has given talks and workshops at the Information Architecture Summit, Google Dev Fest, and AIGA Into the Woods. He is also a frequent contributor to UX magazines and blogs including UX Booth and O’Reilly Radar.
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| Sam Harrison Sam Harrison is an in-demand speaker and best-selling author on creativity-related topics and pitching/presentation skills. He has years of successful experience in agency, corporate and consulting roles. He was also a senior vice president of branding, marketing and creative services with an S&P 500 firm. He provides keynotes, workshops and coaching to organizations throughout North America and beyond. He also teaches at Portfolio Center’s graduate studies program. His books include IdeaSelling: Successfully pitch your great ideas to bosses, clients and other decision makers, IdeaSpotting: How to find your next great idea and Zing: Five steps and 101 tips for creativity on command. He is also a frequent contributor to HOW Design, Fast Company and other publications. | |
| Kevin M. Hoffman Information Architect and Design Strategist Kevin M. Hoffman is an information architect and design strategist that has been building web stuff since 1995. He founded the distributed design network Seven Heads Design, a network of highly experienced digital design thinkers who operate independently, but love working together. Formerly he served as Experience Director for the award-winning web design agency Happy Cog.
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| Dan Hon Consultant Dan Hon is a former creative director from the independent advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, based in Portland, Oregon. He's worked as an interactive creative director on Nike, Kraft, Sony and Coca-Cola and most recently as a creative director on Facebook, bringing to life their first brand campaign. A recovered lawyer, he helped Mind Candy build their first product, Perplex City, and co-founded Six to Start, an award-winning entertainment production company in 2007. He has been blogging for a very long time and now writes a popular email newsletter. He doesn’t play World of Warcraft anymore. | |
| Jim Krause Jim Krause Design Jim Krause lives in the Pacific Northwest and has worked as a designer, a photographer, an illustrator and a writer (all four in a single day, surprisingly often) since the 1980s. He's done jobs for a wide range of clients, large and small, including Microsoft, Kodak, Cingular Wireless, Seattle Public Schools, Levi Strauss, Washington Apples and more. Krause is the author of fourteen books on design and creativity, including his latest, D30: Exercises for Designers, published by HOW books. When he isn't working, Jim likes to hike, read, do art projects, race on his fast motorcycle and drink espresso. | |
| Cassie McDaniel Lead Designer Mozilla Webmaker project Cassie is lead designer with the Mozilla Webmaker project, helping to spread web literacy across the globe. She founded the interview series Women&&Tech and her design publications include A List Apart, Smashing Magazine, Distance and Offscreen Magazine, among others. Her ultimate aim is to inspire people to use their talents for good, to work open and to be kind. She’s based in Toronto.
Check out more work at www.cassiemcdaniel.com and feel free to say hello to @cassiemc on Twitter. Seven Successful Habits of Designers and Developers Who Actually Like Each Other | |
| Cameron Moll Founder Authentic Jobs, Inc. Cameron Moll is the founder of Authentic Jobs, a targeted destination for web professionals and the companies seeking to hire them. He’s also the artist behind a unique series of letterpress type posters that re-imagine buildings as if constructed entirely of type.
Cameron is a sucker for anything that involves his four sons and sports equipment. He lives in the coastal town of Sarasota, Florida with his lovely wife Suzanne.
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| Stefan Mumaw Creative Director Callahan Creek Stefan Mumaw is the Creative Director and Purveyor of All That Rocks at Callahan Creek, a Kansas City-area ad agency. He has authored six books, the most recent being Creative Boot Camp, a 30-day crash course on creativity. Previously, he authored Chasing the Monster Idea, co-authored Caffeine for the Creative Team and Caffeine for the Creative Mind with Wendy Lee Oldfield, as well as Redesigning Websites and Simple Websites. He has spoken at numerous creative industry gatherings over the years and been known to embarrass himself and those around him if given the opportunity. | |
| Matthew Muñoz Chief Design Officer and Partner New Kind Matthew Muñoz is chief design officer and partner at New Kind. Leveraging his
background as a communication designer, Muñoz provides design leadership on New
Kind’s projects, which help organizations align perspectives, visualize ideas, and
ultimately, form their future with intent.
Matthew is a nationally award-winning designer, and in 2013 was honored as a Triangle Business Journal "40 Under 40 Leadership Award" winner. His work has been recognized by AIGA chapters, The Webby Awards, NYC Type Directors Club, Ad Club, HOW Magazine, and Communication Arts. | |
| Gregory Ng Chief Marketing Officer Brooks Bell For more than 15 years, Gregory Ng has developed effective, integrated, results-driven marketing programs for Fortune 500. An award-winning creative director, designer and optimization strategist, Gregory has combined the art of marketing with the science of testing, something he learned through work with clients like Dell, Bank of America, American Express, Comcast, Adobe, Brooks Brothers and AOL. As CMO for Brooks Bell, he leads all business development and marketing initiatives including content marketing, lead nurturing, value assessments, and new client onboarding. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Gregory now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and children.
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| Clarissa Peterson Co-Founder Peterson/Kandy Clarissa Peterson is a UX designer and developer, and co-founder of Peterson/Kandy, a digital consultancy specializing in building responsive websites and training organizations in responsive design workflow. Clarissa frequently speaks on responsive design and mobile content strategy. She is also the author of Learning Responsive Web Design, coming soon from O’Reilly Media.
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| Bill Shander Founder Beehive Media Bill Shander is Founder of Beehive Media, a Boston-based data visualization and information design consultancy. Bill specializes in creating interactive experiences for thought leadership, research, advocacy and knowledge management. Having focused on “Digital Design for Knowledge” for most of his career, he brings unique insight into what it takes to deliver rich, engaging and impactful content to diverse audiences. Clients over the years have included PricewaterhouseCoopers, Strategy&, Harvard University, World Economic Forum and the EPA. Bill has a B.A. in English from Wesleyan University and a M.A. in Journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. | |
| Angela Vitzthum Assistant Vice President The Creative Group Angela Vitzthum is an assistant vice president of The Creative Group, a specialized staffing service for interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations professionals. In this position, she oversees the downtown Chicago branch. Angela joined The Creative Group in October 2010 as an account manager and was quickly promoted to division director. She was promoted to branch manager in July 2012 and her current role in June 2014. Prior to her career in staffing, Angela spent more than six years in the creative industry as a print designer with an emphasis on marketing strategy. Angela is an instructor at the Chicago Portfolio School, where she teaches their “Mastering Your Book” class. She also is a frequent speaker on career issues in the creative industry and a member of the local chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). She holds a Bachelor of Arts in advertising from the Illinois Institute of Art. | |
| Sara Wachter-Boettcher Content Strategist, Editor and Writer Sara Wachter-Boettcher is a content strategist, editor, and writer based in Philadelphia, where she runs a content strategy consultancy. She is the author of Content Everywhere from Rosenfeld Media, a book that helps content professionals, designers, and others plan for flexible, adaptable content systems that can be accessed across channels and devices. She is also the editor in chief of A List Apart, a magazine about web content, culture, and code, and a speaker at conferences like SXSW, Confab, the Content Strategy Forum, Mobilism, Web Directions, UX Week, and Beyond the Desktop.
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| Jessica Walsh Partner Sagmeister & Walsh Jessica Walsh is a designer & art director working in New York City. She is a partner at the New York based design studio Sagmeister & Walsh. She teaches at the School of Visual Arts & speaks internationally about her work. Her work has won numerous design awards from the Type Director’s Club, Art Director’s Club, SPD, Print, and Graphis. She has received various celebrated distinctions such as Computer Art’s “Top Rising Star in Design,” an Art Director’s Club “Young Gun,” and Print’s “New Visual Artist.” | |
| Cap Watkins Senior Design Manager Etsy Cap Watkins is an interface designer living & working in Brooklyn, NY. He's a Senior Design Manager at Etsy, conference speaker, blogger and lover of startups and technology.
Cap believes in thoughtful, holistic design solutions that get out of the way and empower people to accomplish more. His past work includes Zoosk, Formspring and hush-hush stuff at Amazon. | |
| Brian Wood AskBrianWood.com Brian Wood is a web developer, an Adobe certified instructor in Acrobat X Pro, Illustrator CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, the author of 8 books including Illustrator CS6 Classroom in a Book, Adobe Muse CIClassroom in a BookB (published by Peachpit Press), and the author of numerous training DVDs including Muse, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator and Acrobat 8, Acrobat 9, Acrobat forms, and more. In addition to training many clients, including Nordstrom, REI, Boeing, Costco, DDB Seattle, Starbucks, Nintendo, NBBJ and many, many others, Brian speaks regularly at national conferences, such as Adobe MAX, Getting Started with Dreamweaver and CSS, The InDesign Conference, The Web Design Conference, The Creative Suite Conference, as well as events hosted by AIGA and other industry organizations. Brian has a youtube channel at:http://www.youtube.com/user/askbrianwood, and a video learning site at: http://www.askbrianwood.com/ | |
