Faculty
The Rich Media Institute is pleased to be able to bring many of the world's top experts in their technologies to Los Angeles for intimate workshops. We are also very proud to host a resident faculty of individuals who are both excellent educators devoted to community development and who excel in professional, real-world development services.
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Brendan Sera-Shriar
Specialties: Flash, ActionScript, red5, PHP, CSS
About: has been an interactive designer, developer, author and teacher for over 10 years. read more... -
Chris Charlton
Specialties: Web Standards, Accessibility, Dreamweaver, CSS, ActionScript, MXML
About: Los Angeles' CSS & ActionScript community guru read more... -
Chris Georgenes
About: Chris is an Adobe Community Expert, principal of Mudbubble, and a world-renowned Flash animation expert. read more... -
Colin Smith
Specialties: Acrobat, Creative Suite and Production Studio
About: Senior Solutions Architect for Adobe read more... -
Derrick Hodgson
About: Derrick Hodgson is a Toronto based artist and illustrator. His focus is in the application and development of character design. read more... -
Dr. Pete Markiewicz
Specialties: Web-based programming (e.g. building back-end database with Ajax front ends), Second Life programming using the LSL scripting language, and marketing - US generations and their influence on popular culture (e.g. "Generations and technology").
About: Dr. Markiewicz currently heads Indiespace’s initiative in Second Life and other virtual worlds, while finding time to teach at the Art Institute... read more... -
Franci Duran
About: Franci Duran (MFA York University) is a Toronto based media artist and graphic designer who has been producing experimental documentaries since 1991. read more... -
Grant Skinner
About: Grant Skinner is the CEO and chief architect of gskinner.com, a Flash development and consulting company. read more... -
Greg Hamer
About: Greg has been developing web applications since 1997 (and database and client-server applications even longer). read more... -
Gustavo Machado
Specialties: Marketing, Advertising, Design
About: Gustavo Machado is an award-winning designer and educator with over 17 years of experience in print and new media. read more... -
Hasan Otuome
Specialties: Flex, AIR, PHP
About: Hasan has been involved with Web development for over 10 years. During that time he has worn many hats... read more... -
Jacob Bullock
About: acob, the manager of LA Flash Online, is an RIA developer working with Flash, Flex, PHP, MySQL and related technologies. read more... -
Jacob Rosenberg
About: Jacob Rosenberg is a filmmaker and published author who continues to push projects read more... -
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James Walker
About: James joined the Drupal project in 2002 and has written some of Drupal's staple core and contributed modules. read more... -
Jason Theodor
About: Jason Theodor is a lecturer, writer, and Creative Director who focuses on ideas, inspiration, brainstorming, and the internet. read more... -
Jerry Chabolla
About: Jerry Chabolla is a self-taught Actionscript expert with a specialty in Flash Media Server technology. read more... -
John Grden
About: With more than seven years of experience in working with Flash technology... read more... -
John Lindquist
Specialties: Flash, ActionScript, Papervision 3D
About: John is part of the Papervision3D team and runs the official tutorial and example site at pv3d.org. read more... -
Josh Davis
About: Joshua Davis is a New York artist and technologist producing both public and private work on and off the Web. read more... -
Laura Escude
About: Los Angeles-based Laura Escudé is an accomplished and in-demand violinist, composer, sound designer, music technologist and educator. read more... -
Markus Almer
About: Markus Almer is president of Almer/Blank, an Adobe Solution Partner based in Venice, California. read more... -
Michelle Irving
Specialties: Max/MSP, Final Cut Pro
About: Michelle Irving is a media artist, and international electronic music producer. read more... -
Noah Pred
About: Producing electronic music and performing live for over eight years... read more... -
Omar Gonzalez
Specialties: Specialties: Flex, Web Standards, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
About: Omar is a senior developer at Almer/Blank... read more... -
Pearl Chen
Specialties: Flash, Electronics
About: Pearl Chen is a freelance web developer and electronics specialist based in Toronto. read more... -
Phillip Kerman
About: Phillip Kerman is a teacher, writer, and Flash programmer lauded for his ability to simplify technical subjects. read more... -
R Blank
Specialties: Flash, ActionScript, Flash Video, Business Practices
About: Holds four Adobe Flash certifications and was one of the first 50 certified Flash developers in the world. read more... -
Ralph Hauwert
Specialties: Papervision 3D, Flex, AIR and Flash
About: Ralph Hauwert is a dutch Flash / Flex expert focused on creating compelling expressive content for the Web. read more... -
Rick Mason
Specialties: Flex, AIR, Coldfusion, Guitar Hero
About: Rick spends his days building Flex, AIR and Coldfusion based applications. read more... -
Robert Reinhardt
Specialties: Flash, Flash Video
About: Robert Reinhardt is internationally regarded as an expert on multimedia application development, particularly in Adobe Flash and Flash Video. read more... -
Sam Rivello
About: Sam is the Director of Multimedia Development for a major Los Angeles based interactive media design company. read more... -
Seb Lee-Delisle
Specialties: Flash, Animation, 3D
About: Seb has been working in digital media for over 15 years and is now Technical Director at Plug-in Media. read more... -
Sebastian Distefano
Specialties: Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
About: Sebastian Distefano is the Business Development Manager for Adobe Systems read more... -
Tim Willison
Specialties: Application Architecture
About: Tim is the lead application architect at Oddly Studios, an interactive studio specializing in rich media. read more... -
Tom Green
About: Teacher. Author. Lecturer. Raconteur. Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. Professor... read more... -
Trish and Chris Meyer
About: Trish and Chris Meyer are principals in CyberMotion, an award-winning Los Angeles motion graphic design studio. read more... -
Victor Gaudioso
About: Victor is a senior application engineer at IdentityMine, a top-tier software company ... read more... -
Zach Stepek
Specialties: Flex, ColdFusion
About: Zach has an insatiable appetite for discovering and mastering new technologies. read more...
