Speakers

Create Chaos 2008 will include four days of hands-on training and seminars produced by leading experts in a multitude of creative industries via comprehensive tracks designed to raise your personal creative bar. Learn about the latest tools, tips + tricks, and resources available and get exposed to the latest software and hardware developments that impact your ability to unleash creativity.

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	Bob Kodzis is a different kind of a professional. He’s a creative catalyst, a master group facilitator, and a true artist with a marker and a flip chart. He finds creative ways to make complex and difficult processes fun and exciting. Bob is ... Read more.
	A dropout from University of Texas's Advanced Communications Theory Laboratory, Mason Dixon, then Sfear Bebopanaut, went to work for a small internet start-up, iChat, designing the first version of Yahoo's chat community. After iChat's IPO, S ... Read more.
	Mike McDerment, CEO (Co-Founder) of FreshBooks. An entrepreneur with two successful start-ups to his name, Mike talks faster than he writes and can deftly juggle and keep his eye on hundreds of balls at one time. Mike is a founder of the mesh ... Read more.
	Scott Belsky believes that the greatest breakthroughs across all industries are a result of creative people and teams that are especially productive. As such, Scott has committed his professional life to help organize creative individuals, tea ... Read more.
	Justin Ahrens is the principal of Rule29, a strategic creative firm located in Geneva, Illinois. In his 10+ years of producing award-winning and strategically motivated work, Justin has developed a passion for “making creative matter”. R ... Read more.
	Jonathan Gouthier is a design entrepreneur and educator, a speaker and co-founder of Graftivity. Based on His vision statement To Know Truth, To Love Beauty, To Desire the Good, To do the Best, Jonathan started Gouthier Design, Inc., in 1994, ... Read more.
	Chris Converse: A 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 ... Read more.
	Colin Smith is a best-selling author, trainer, and award-winning new-media designer who has caused a stir in the design community with his stunning photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. He is founder of the world's most ... Read more.
	Joe Duffy is one of the most respected and sought after creative directors and thought leaders on branding and design in the world. Joe’s work includes brand and corporate identity development for some of the world’s most admired brands, f ... Read more.
	Jeff Fisher, author of "Identity Crisis!: 50 redesigns that transformed stale identities into successful brands," is the Engineer of Creative Identity for Portland-based design firm Jeff Fisher LogoMotives. During his 30-year career he has ... Read more.
	Over the past two years Adam Hannig has been providing product, technical, and sales support for wide-format inkjet printing systems, focusing on photography and fine-art reproduction. Hannig’s expertise in color science and management has h ... Read more.
	Lee Cockerell retired in July 2006 as the Executive Vice President of Operations for the WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, a position he held for ten years. His responsibilities encompassed a diverse mix of operations, ... Read more.
	Chad Jennings is a founding employee and VP of Design at Blurb (www.blurb.com), the creative publishing platform that enables you to design, publish, share and sell commercial-quality books. Chad leads the design and user experience of Blurb's ... Read more.
	Mitch Solway, VP of Marketing for FreshBooks. Mitch is a marketing guy that loves to grow companies, build killer teams and connect with customers. He started out at P&G before heading to Lavalife as their first marketing hire - he stayed for ... Read more.
	Saul Colt, Head of Magic for FreshBooks. Saul likes to build stuff, but since he isn't that handy he chooses to assist in growing great companies. As Zipcar Inc's first international employee, Saul launched the company's first foray into the C ... Read more.
	With a strong belief that great art derives from making creative choices and sticking to them, veteran designer Michael Waldron co-founded nailgun* with Erik van der Wilden in 2003, and since then has guided the young company to its lofty stat ... Read more.
	An All-American soccer player and former professional actor, Erik van der Wilden gradually migrated to broadcast editing, animation and design, and founded Vandyink in 1996. He later worked for The Diecks Group as Director of Editorial and Ani ... Read more.
	Thomas Romer graduated at The Cooper Union School of Art in New York City in 1992 and stayed on there for an extra four years pursuing his love for typography. Since then he has spent his time as El Presidenté at Chopping Block, whose recent ... Read more.
	Dan Gillespie is the founder and owner of ColorGeek, Inc., a color consulting company located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where Dan has lived for over twenty years. Established in 1999, ColorGeek provides high-end technical training and instal ... Read more.
	Jason Osder is co-author of "Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook" with Robbie Carman. Jason and Robbie are also partners at Amigo Media, a consultancy with the motto relate, educate, create. Amigo does post-production on t ... Read more.
	Kai Pedersen: Technical Support Manager at MAXON. Known for his artistic skill and technical knowledge, Kai is one of the most well respected members of the CINEMA 4D community. Kai developed an impressive portfolio including broadcast commerc ... Read more.
	Michael Hale has been writing and performing electronic music for over a decade. A trained percussionist, self-taught synthesist and sound designer, Michael has performed nationally and internationally under the Gift Culture project (http://ww ... Read more.
	Wayne Dennis holds a PhD from MIT in the Paranormal, Astrophysics and Animal Husbandry. He also was educated at Oxford. During World War II he served on the staff of General Douglas McArthur. He was instrumental during the development of the M ... Read more.
	Brian Salisbury has worked as a character artist in games and films for more than 12 years. After graduating from Arizona State University, he worked in color separation, 3D, animation, and then as a senior digital sculptor at Viewpoint Datala ... Read more.
	Before joining FIEA, Aaron Jeromin (A.J.) worked at Electronic Arts' Orlando-based Tiburon studio. Over the course of more than four years at Tiburon, A.J. worked on NASCAR (XBOX/PS2/PC), NCAA Football (XBOX/PS2/NGC), Madden (XBOX/PS2/NGC), NF ... Read more.
	Jim Kidwell has been writing and documenting software and technology in the publishing and electronic design automation fields for over a decade. Jim has a degree in Journalism from Indiana University, is an avid sushi chef, gardener and is pu ... Read more.
	David Reeder, Vice President – GreenLight, a Corbis company – AMR/EMEA, has over 14 years of experience in the entertainment and branding industry. He has been with GreenLight for 4 years. Prior to joining the company, David spent 10 year ... Read more.
	Curtis Bowden is responsible for expanding the global rights services business for Corbis. In this role, Bowden brings vast experience and vital connections with Hollywood studios, talent agencies and record labels and publishers, which have h ... Read more.
	Gary M. Davis began his career in after receiving a BFA in Computer Graphics from Bowling Green State University in 1992. Since that time, he has been heavily involved in visual effects and motion graphics for numerous clients in television, ... Read more.
	Richard Schadle - Vice President Sales, Worldwide, XMPie Inc, a Xerox Company. Richard (Rick) Schadle has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience in the Graphic Communications market. He drives the sales efforts globally for XMPie, the ... Read more.
	Mickey Call has 35+ successful years in the Graphic Arts Industry. He is responsible for providing Integrated Solutions and Customer Business Development & Education for the Graphic Arts Industry for North America. Mickey writes customized cu ... Read more.
	Stephen Price is the founding editor and creative director of Stash DVD Magazine the world’s best-selling video showcase of animation, VFX and motion graphics for design and advertising. Graduating from graphic design and computer animation, ... Read more.
	Dr. Wanda V. Chaves is the lead faculty of the new Business of Art and Design Program at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. Dr. Chaves has taught as a full time professor of management for many years and specializes in cr ... Read more.
	Anthony Richardson is an interactive marketing consultant, social media deviant, and self proclaimed entrepreneurial hack. He currently operates his award-winning consultancy, Fugitive Marketing, as well as being an established speaker, and pu ... Read more.
	Renee Martin, Vice President of Sales and Service, North America As VP of Sales & Service for Corbis North America, Renee is responsible for overseeing the sales and service for Corbis’ most valuable customers in the company’s largest m ... Read more.
	A serial entrepreneur, Edward "Ted" Murphy has founded six companies since 1994. Murphy's latest venture, IZEA operates a variety of social media properties including PayPerPost, the world's largest Consumer Generated Advertising Network. Foun ... Read more.
	Greg Rollett is a Social Media Specialist for Endagon Innovations and the Orlando Employment Guide. For the past 3 years, Greg has helped companies with their online conversations and brand perception as well as helping individuals learn about ... Read more.
	David Beatriz has been building bridges between the reality of technical advances and the demand for innovative solutions through many years as a consultant, trainer, developer, media specialist and company founder. He is in demand as a guest ... Read more.
	Rod Berg is an award-winning creative arts industry professional, with twenty years of international experience. Alongside his independent recruitment and consultation, he has been the Associate Director of Career Services at the world-ren ... Read more.
	Darius A Monsef IV is a creative consultant, entrepreneur and internet astronaut. He is the creator and executive editor of www.COLOURlovers.com, the world's biggest color community. Along with building COLOURlovers, Darius consults for vari ... Read more.
	Jordan Falk is the Creative Director of Virtual Images, Redlands CA (Virtual Images is a subsidiary of IGH Solutions, focusing on specialty print design and pre-production). Started working at VIU in 2003 as a lenticular designer. Became VIU ... Read more.
	William A. Beachy attended Ohio State University from 1992 – 1997 majoring in Industrial Design with a focus on Visual Communications. Upon graduating in 1997 he opened Graphic Odysseys; a comic book illustration studio. While the comic book ... Read more.
	Chief Marketing Officer Jochem de Boer is responsible for marketing strategy and communication for Shapeways. His ten years of experience in international consumer marketing started with his work at Procter & Gamble where he was a.o. instrumen ... Read more.
	Photographer Peter Krogh brings a creative approach and twenty years experience to the challenging subject of digital asset management. Besides contributing many of the articles in ASMP's digital photography resources, Krogh is the author of " ... Read more.
	Detroit photographer Blake Discher specializes in people photography for leading editorial publications and Fortune 500 corporations for advertising and annual reports throughout the world. Blake's fascination with photography began in the ... Read more.
	Jeff Croft has been working on the web for over 12 years. He began his career as a web designer in 1995, using SimpleText on Macintosh System 7 and Netscape 1.1N as his development environment. Since then, he has worked in several industries, ... Read more.
	Tim Frick has provided creative media services to an extensive client list since the early 1990s. His work has received design, video and interactive awards and has appeared in many publications, web sites, and television broadcasts as well as ... Read more.
	Carole Guevin is an experienced communication designer, new media pioneer, theorist, philosopher and founding partner of Feed Your Eyes creative continuum, the publisher of Netdiver digital culture magazine. Internationally recognized driving ... Read more.
	Molly E. Holzschlag (www.molly.com) is a well-known Web standards advocate, instructor, and author. She is Group Lead for the Web Standards Project (WaSP) and an invited expert to the HTML and GEO working groups at the World Wide Web Consortiu ... Read more.
	D. Keith Robinson is a principal and the creative director for Blue Flavor, an experience, Web, and mobile design consultancy in Seattle. Keith is a recognized expert in the fields of mobile and Web design, user experience, information archite ... Read more.
	Christopher Schmitt is the founder of Heat Vision, a small new media publishing and design firm, based in Cincinnati, OH. An award-winning web designer who has been working with the Web since 1993, Christopher interned for both David Siegel a ... Read more.
	Jean-François Simard (aka JF) is a brilliant multi-tasker whose creative code styling backend makes Netdiver and other projects run smoothly. Sharp, critical, opinionated and single-minded, he acts as the resident assistant art director when ... Read more.
	Daniel Schutzsmith is a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, teaching several web design and business of design related courses. Daniel also teaches several online courses for Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont focusi ... Read more.
	Geoff Stearns is a Flash Engineer at YouTube and the author of SWFObject, a Flash Plugin detection and embedding script that has become the de-facto standard for embedding Flash content. Before joining Google, Geoff worked on web projects for ... Read more.
	Drew Trujillo, aka Dr. Woohoo (translation: Serious Fun), is a New Mexico based artist, designer and developer creating work for a wide range of clients. Working with digital media since 1993, Woohoo's artwork is available at drwoohoo.com. His ... Read more.
	David Blatner is the author of 15 books on topics such as InDesign, Photoshop, and QuarkXPress -- including Real World InDesign, InDesign Breakthroughs, and Real World Photoshop. He is the co-host of InDesignSecrets.com, the editorial director ... Read more.
	After a career in advertising, Sandee Cohen began teaching computer graphics over sixteen years ago. She has taught for New York University, New School University, the University of Hawaii, City College in New York, as well as many private org ... Read more.
	Tim Cole is Adobe's senior InDesign evangelist. In 1998, Tim began working with InDesign developers and product management, prior to the release of version 1.0. He currently evangelizes InDesign and other Adobe products and technologies to new ... Read more.
	Ted LoCascio is a professional graphic designer and an expert in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, InDesign, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress. He served as senior designer at KW Media and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for ... Read more.
	Claudia McCue incorporates more than 20 years of traditional and digital prepress production experience in her current incarnation as a consultant and trainer for the graphic arts industry. Claudia's company, Practicalia LLC (http://www.practi ... Read more.