Frank Chenn
Frank Chenn
Executive Producer / President

Responsible for: relationship building, sales and marketing strategy, user experience, project management, integrating design with technology.

Memorable experiences:

Firefly Mobile: interactive product demonstration & partner portal

Getty Images: website strategy, creative & user experience

Microsoft Mobile; product demonstration & installation kit

Avista Advantage: Dr. Wapower website; northwest Addy award-winner

Wizards of the Coast: Magic the Gathering & Pokeman Demos

Nintendo: Zelda N64 market launch, website, and interactive games

Sprynet.com: Website & portal; PC Magazine Editors choice award

PhotoDisc: Image Finder product strategy, Gold PhotoDisc award

Nordstrom: Interactive store kiosks

Creds:

Advisory Board Member – Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA

President, MAGI Group, Inc.

Young Entrepreneurs Organization

Interactive Communications Society, Vice President

Authorized Adobe (Macromedia) Director Trainer & Developer

Founder, New Times, San Luis Obispo, CA

BS in Print Management from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA

 

Quotes:

‘We are all human; responding to different triggers. Effective marketing is all about touching someone’s senses and emotions. Part of our role is creating a reaction. We have long term relationships with our clients because we understand their thinking, their long range strategy, and their immediate needs.’

‘Most people don’t have the patience, wisdom, and craft experience to understand the repeatable nature of things. We see a lot of companies waste time and money on the latest social experiments, cutting edge technologies, and marketing trends. But sometimes, you need to stand alone and be different. Isn’t it ironic that we’ve created all of these digital worlds to connect us, yet those worlds are now having their greatest success sending us back to the real world.’

Ted Evans
Ted Evans
Creative Guru/VP of Creative

Responsible for: creative concepts and strategy; creative and art direction; storyboarding and prototyping; user interface design; visual design; 2D/3D animation and motion design.

Memorable experiences:

SeaChange Intl: designed video-on-demand portals for Comcast, Cox & Time Warner

Virgin Media TV: launched Challenge, U.K.’s first totally interactive TV games channel

Disney: designed user interface for virtual reality rollercoaster CyberSpace Mountain

Virgin Media TV: produced Bafta nominated interactive TV show Casino Casino

Sierra/Vivendi Universal: created The Cypher, an award-winning web-based murder mystery

Microsoft: multimedia design/production for Windows 3.1 launch

Nintendo: multimedia production for launches of Nintendo 64 and Game Boy

Creds:

Executive Producer, Playday TV

Director of Creative Services, SeaChange International

Executive Producer, Interactive Programming, Virgin Media TV (UK)

Design Director, B.E. Studios (London)

Founder/Creative Director, EPG Studios (Seattle)

Art Director, Watts-Silverstein/Jack Morton (Seattle)

Quotes:

‘Who do you want to talk to, and what do you want to say to them? You give me a problem and I’ll creatively solve it. I’ll find a cool way of presenting that solution in any medium. I’m a problem solver. That’s me in a nutshell.’

‘Essentially all communications is about people connecting ¬– not about selling products or services. That happens after the connection is forged. Our customers have to emotionally connect with their potential customers to get them in. We can facilitate that.’

‘Social networking is about people’s desire to connect with other people. To get somebody to reach out to you. People want to connect with a real human being, not a machine. This world now is all about those connections. I make the creative/visual glue that glues our customers to their customers. Storytelling that evokes an emotional response.’

Vicky Speake
Vicky Speake
VP of Technology

Responsible for: developing and deploying all technical aspects of a solution, blending technology and design considerations, directing company technologies, determining coding standards, setting direction of future technical applications.

Memorable experiences:

Among first female graduates in an emerging field called Computer Science

Oracle Consultant of the Year

Oracle Principal Database Consultant dedicated to the Boeing Company

Recognizing the future - the Internet!

Believing in the creation of engaging, educational, multi-dimensional forms of communication

Creds:

B.S. in Computer Science from Cal State

Extensive database and large scale project experience

Creative, analytical and pragmatic server-based Web development

20+ years experience developing/delivering digital media solutions

Microsoft .NET Architectures; XML; XSLT; Database Integration; AJAX; rich media technologies; emerging standards

Quotes:

‘In today’s development world everything moves a lot faster, and there's a lot of room for technical diversity. It's important to keep the solution simple while achieving the goals of our clients.’

‘We are a solutions oriented company, we’re good at creating tools and technologies that solve our clients problems.’

Linda Magnotti
Linda Magnotti
Chief Financial Officer

Responsible for: managing financial, day-to-day accounting, and human resources for ChannelReady and its related business entities.

Creds:

Over 30 years of accounting experience, including management and public accounting

CourtLink, Vice President of Finance & Human Resources (1994 through 2000), an Internet company with annual revenues of $20M and over 300 employees

Comprehensive knowledge of accounting and business practices