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 | Pariah S. BurkePariah S. Burke is a design and publishing workflow expert bringing creative efficiency into studios, agencies, and publications around the world as principal of WORKFLOW:Creative. He is the author of Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production and other books and the publisher of the Web sites QuarkVSInDesign.com and Designorati.com |
 | Diane Burns Diane Burns is one of the pioneers in electronic publishing, and in 1984 founded TechArt International. TechArt was one of the first Macintosh-based design firms in the country and today is one of the leading firms for print and web design specializing in East Asian languages. She is an Adobe Authorized Instructor and the author of several books and many articles on publishing. She is a frequent contributor to InDesign Magazine. |
 | Sandee Cohen After a long career in advertising, Sandee Cohen began teaching computer graphics in 1990. She has taught for New York University, New School University, the University of Hawaii, City College in New York, as well as many private organizations. A dynamic and entertaining speaker, she has been a frequent participant at Barrycon events such as the InDesign and Creative Suite conferences, and Macworld Expo. She is the author of all versions of the InDesign Visual Quickstart Guide as well as co-author of Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2. She has also written books on Fireworks, FreeHand, Illustrator, and desktop publishing. |
 | Anne-Marie Concepción Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion is an accomplished design studio owner, consultant, trainer, author and speaker on all things related to digital design and production. Her Chicago-based firm Seneca Design & Training creates print, web and interactive PDF projects for clients including the Joyce Foundation, the International Housewares Show and LobsterGram. Anne-Marie is also a seasoned Adobe and Quark authorized trainer with clients across the country, recently helping BBDO, McDougal Littel, Loyola Press, Playboy Enterprises and McDonalds Corp. move to Adobe InDesign, often helping them incorporate Adobe InCopy as well. Her free bimonthly e-zine, DesignGeek, with "tips and techniques for the digital designer" is enjoyed by thousands of designers around the world. Visit DesignGeek Central at her studio's web site, senecadesign.com. |
 | Chris ConverseA graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology with a BFA in graphic design, Chris has evolved into a multimedia designer and developer in the Philadelphia area over the past fifteen years, and has worked in the mediums of print, CD-ROM, websites, animation, DVDs, photography, and package design. Chris brings real world project experience to the conference arena. His expertise in Adobe's Creative Suite, is showcased through work-flows and the integration of the tools to get the job done and your meet deadlines. Chris designs and maintains the InDesign User Group and Acrobat Users websites for Adobe Systems, as well as advertisements for Adobe for placement in the creative pro's publication,InDesign Magazine. His portfolio includes work for international pharmaceutical companies, ivy-league academia, as national consumer brands including Nexium, Campbell's Soup, Pepperidge Farms, Tylenol, and Motrin. See examples, watch videos, interact with his work at chrisconverse.com. |
 | Dov Isaacs Dov Isaacs is a Principal Scientist in his eighteenth year at Adobe Systems Incorporated. He has responsibility for workflow and product interoperability issues associated with print publishing workflow products as well as serving as the "spiritual venture capitalist" for the Adobe PDF Print Engine technology. Additionally, he monitors numerous InDesign, FrameMaker, PDF, VDP, prepress, and printing mailing lists and on-line forums, not only contributing advice and solutions, especially in the area of printing and PDF creation, but also using the issues raised and problems identified as feedback for Adobe product development. Previously, Dov founded Adobe's corporate Product Interoperability Group and also served in other engineering and marketing management positions within Adobe including serving seven years as Director of Quality Assurance for Adobe's PostScript printing products and drivers. |
 | Olav Martin Kvern Olav Martin Kvern is an award-winning illustrator, graphic designer, software developer, and writer. He is the co-author of Real World Adobe InDesign and the groundbreaking Real World PageMaker, and the author of the classic title Real World FreeHand. He is currently the InDesign scripting guru on the Adobe Development Technologies team. |
 | Jim MaivaldJim Maivald is a graphic designer and consultant who has over 25-years' experience in design, and 20-years' experience in computer-based design and publishing. Jim teaches for Ascend Training, in addition to other clients around the country such as Purina, WorldBook, Grainger and others. He is an Adobe Certified Expert, and teaches InDesign, XML, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat. His course in XML and InDesign has been groundbreaking in bringing the publishing and web development fields together. Jim is the the author of Designer’s Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML and Photoshop Complete, and was the Technical Editor for Personal Publishing/Business Publishing magazine, and the Editor of Design Graphics World Magazine. Jim is also a regular featured speaker at the Chicago InDesign User Group meetings. |
 | Branislav Milic Branislav Milic is one of Europe's most acclaimed InDesign gurus. Based in Brussels, Branislav is a freelance columnist and journalist for many web sites and magazines, and is known as an experienced DTP operator and editor of the only website completely dedicated to InDesign (since version 1.0 in September, 1999) : milic.net/indesign. Branislav is also an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor in Acrobat 8 Professional, Illustrator CS3, InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 and his training center in Brussels is an Adobe Authorized Training Center. Due to the current InDesign frenzy among pressgroups, institutions, and agencies, he works as a full time consultant and trainer in a dozen European countries. |
 | Michael Ninness Michael Ninness is the InDesign Senior Product Manager. He moved to Seattle in 1989 to study for a Graphic Design BFA at the University of Washington and fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. He paid his way through design school by teaching designers and photographers how to use digital tools and techniques. Michael has over ten years experience as a product manager and user interface designer of software products for creative professionals. Past positions include LiveMotion Group Product Manager and Senior User Interaction Designer for the Creative Suite 3 at Adobe, and Program Manager for Expression Blend at Microsoft. Michael is a frequent and top-rated presenter at numerous industry events and conferences, and has authored several Photoshop video training titles published by Lynda.com. |
 | Thomas Phinney Thomas Phinney is involved in the technical, design, historical, forensic and business aspects of type, as well as working closely with other font developers and customers. His typeface "Hypatia Sans" is an upcoming Adobe Originals release. Thomas started doing desktop publishing in 1987, and got hooked on typography shortly thereafter. He has worked with Adobe's type group for nine years, currently as program manager for fonts and SING technologies, based in Seattle. Thomas has a Master's degree in typography and design from RIT, and an MBA from UC Berkeley. |
 | Gabriel PowellGabriel Powell is the author of Instant InDesign: Designing Templates for Fast and Efficient Page Layout. An Adobe Certified Instructor, Gabriel teaches InDesign, InCopy, and other applications to creative professionals throughout the United States and Western Europe. He is also the founder of the Portland InDesign User Group and the founder and chapter leader of the Amsterdam InDesign User Group in The Netherlands. Gabriel specializes in automated publishing, template building, and streamlining publishing workflows. |
 | Michael RankinMike's love of publishing technology began in 1987 with his first newsletter made on a 512k Mac. Currently he is an Application Developer for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, responsible for developing publishing systems to create, structure, store, and deliver customized K–12 educational content. Along the way he has been an illustrator, designer, production artist, Adobe Certified Expert in InDesign and Photoshop, trainer, prepress specialist, and Prinergy administrator. He loves writing about publishing technology in places like InDesign Magazine and his blog, publicious.net. |
 | Chuck WegerChuck Weger is well-known in Graphic Arts as a workflow/scripting consultant, and as the original inventor of "preflight." He's less well known as the person who gives away nose flutes at national conferences. Chuck programmed his first computer decades ago (yes, Virginia, there WERE punched cards), and once worked at NASA on a 16,000-processor parallel computer. These days, he designs and builds systems on Macs and Windows for publishers, agencies, printers, and Fortune 500 companies. He specializes in workflow automation with the Adobe Creative Suite, but also does web development and database design using MySQL, SQL Server, and FileMaker. In his spare time, Chuck plays the Theremin and annoys his family by doing bad imitations of old Star Trek episodes. |
 | Brian Wood Brian Wood, Director of Training and Co-Owner of eVolve Computer Graphics Training, is an Adobe Creative Suite 2 Master (certified in InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator and GoLive), and the author of InDesign CS2 Hands-On-Training, published by Peachpit Press, as well as InDesign and Illustrator CS2 video titles for Lynda.com. In addition to training eVolve's many clients, Brian has spoken at events hosted by GAG, AIGA, STC, XEROX, CASE and other organizations. |
 | Steve Werner Steve Werner is a long-time trainer, consultant, and author who began teaching computer graphics in 1989. He has specialized in training and writing about Adobe products and print industry workflows. He is the co-author of Moving to InDesign and Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2. He has taught at the InDesign and Creative Suite Conferences, Adobe events and online seminars, the Printing Industry of Northern California, and for many private companies and organizations. |