Dan Orlando

Current

Flash Platform Consultant at Universal Mind
Principal Architect at VidClx
Author/Writer at Studio B Productions

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Past

RIA Flex/AIR Developer at Passalong Networks
Director of Application Development & Architecture at Vision Media Group, LLC
Technical Director & Applications Architect at Vision Media Group, LLC

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Education

Illinois State University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Dan Orlando’s Summary

Dan Orlando is a recognized RIA Architect, specializing in enterprise class Flex and AIR applications. Dan is often called on as a resource for information on topics involving bleeding edge technology platforms for radio interviews and print publications, which include: PHP Architect magazine, Amazon Web Services, Adobe Developer Connection, IBM DeveloperWorks, and others.

Dan has recently served as Executive Director of Research and Development for Vision Media Group, an RIA software development company with locations in Phoenix and Las Vegas. Dan has also worked alongside a number of Presidents and CEOs of budding Web 2.0 companies as a senior advisor and consultant.

Having acquired extensive experience in all aspects of the enterprise application development life cycle, Dan is credited with developing successful Flex and AIR applications that include: “(RED)Wire”, the newest member of the Product(RED) family, and “Avijax”, a cloud-based interactive pay-per-view video application.

Dan has played a role in the development of several important innovations for the Adobe Flash Platform, including the AWS S3 integration library, an AMF server that runs on C++, and a RESTful service library for Flex.

Currently, Dan is the technical editor for a book on 3D ActionScript development with Papervision3D and Flash CS4, and is also working as a freelance writer and consultant on the upcoming release of Flex 4 (code named “Gumbo”) and Flash Catalyst (code named “Thermo”).

Dan Orlando’s Specialties:

Enterprise application development, project management, business management, Actionscript 3.0 development, 3D programming, bleeding-edge user interface development, Unix/Linux networking, PHP and Java programming, and Flash, authoring software development and programming literature

Dan Orlando’s Experience

Flash Platform Consultant

Universal Mind

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Principal Architect

VidClx

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

Adobe Flex/AIR Lead Architect, Infrastructure Development Team Lead
Author/Writer

Studio B Productions

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Author/Writer of computer programming articles and books on advanced RIA development, primarily involving Actionscript 3.0 and Adobe Flex/AIR
RIA Flex/AIR Developer

Passalong Networks

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

July 2008 — January 2009 (7 months)

UI Developer of bleeding-edge 3D AIR application in conjunction with RED. See: http://www.joinred.com
Director of Application Development & Architecture

Vision Media Group, LLC

(Computer Software industry)

January 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 8 months)

Responsible for overseeing the development of client-server applications.
Technical Director & Applications Architect

Vision Media Group, LLC

(Internet industry)

January 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 7 months)

Overseeing the product development of Avijax, a Flex/Actionscript RIA application that gives video/movie producers and publishers the ability to host encrypted, Pay Per View video from their own web site.

Dan Orlando’s Education

Illinois State University

B.S. , Digital Arts Technology, Mass Communications, Music, Public Speaking , 1999 — 2003

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Chi, Student Government Association

Additional Information

Dan Orlando’s Websites:

Dan Orlando’s Interests:

RIA, Adobe AIR, Adobe Flex, Actionscript 3.0, music business, music composition, audio engineering, video production and post-production, PHP development for RIA, JAVA for RIA, developing 3D user interfaces for rich client-server desktop and web applications.

Dan Orlando’s Groups:

Vision Media Group, Passalong Networks, Sigma Chi Alumni, RED (joinred.com), Avijax PPV, Studio B Productions

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