Robert Reinhardt

Current

Creator at videoRx.com
Adobe Certified Instructor at Portland State University
Partner at CommunityMX.com

Instructor / Owner at The Makers
Author at self-employed (Self-employed)

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Past

VP, Multimedia Platforms Group at Schematic
Director of Multimedia Applications at Schematic
Senior Program Developer and Art Director at Rampt.com

Instructor at Lynda.com
Sessional lecturer in M. Arch program at Carleton University

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Education

Ryerson University
Chaminade College Preparatory

Recommended

7 people have recommended Robert

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

Robert Reinhardt’s Summary

Lead author of the Flash 4 Bible (Wiley, 2000)
Lead author of the Flash 5 Bible (Wiley, 2001)
Lead author of the Flash MX Bible (Wiley, 2002)
Lead author of the Flash MX 2004 Bible (Wiley, 2004)
Lead author of the Flash 8 Bible (Wiley, 2006)
Lead author of the Flash CS3 Professional Bible (Wiley, 2007)
Lead author of the Flash MX ActionScript Bible (Wiley, 2002)
Lead author of the Flash MX 2004 ActionScript Bible (Wiley, 2004)
Lead author of Macromedia MX: Building Rich Internet Applications (Macromedia Press, 2003)
Author of Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques (Adobe Press, 2007)
Macromedia Certified Flash 5 Developer
Macromedia Certified Flash MX Developer
Macromedia Certified Flash MX 2004 Developer
Macromedia Certified Instructor
Adobe Certified Instructor / Adobe Community Expert
Member of Team Macromedia Flash
Member of SIGGRAPH 2002, 2003, and 2004 Web Graphics Subcommittees
Speaker at FlashForward 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Conferences
Speaker at Flash in the Can 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Conferences
Speaker at Flash on the Beach UK 2006 Conference
Speaker at FlashBelt 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Conferences
Speaker at Web Design World 2005, 2006 Conferences
Speaker at FlashKit 2003 Conference
Speaker at SIGGRAPH 2002, 2003, and 2004 Conferences
Speaker at MXimize 2004 Boston and Orlando Conferences

Robert Reinhardt’s Specialties:

Flash platform development, Flash Media Server development, Macromedia ColdFusion/Flash Remoting development, Rich Internet Application (RIA) development

Robert Reinhardt’s Experience

Creator

videoRx.com

(Online Media industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Creator/engineer of videoRx.com, an online video encoding service for web, mobile, and device video. Secret sauce: a motion analysis engine that determines the complexity of your uploaded video to give you optimized video bitrates for your targets.
Adobe Certified Instructor

Portland State University

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

November 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

Train students in the Multimedia Professional program at PSU, using Adobe's official courseware and my own books.
Partner

CommunityMX.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

October 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

Responsible for contributing articles and tutorials to the CommunityMX.com web site; Active partner with administration and resourcing responsibilities.
Instructor / Owner

The Makers

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

August 1999 — Present (10 years 4 months)

Co-principal at [theMAKERS]; Technical architect and developer for high-end Flash application work, including RIAs (Rich Internet Applications), server-side development in ColdFusion, Flash Remoting, and Flash Communication Server; Corporate trainer for advanced ActionScript and Flash production techniques, including ActionScript 2.0 and Flash MX 2004-based architectures. Clients for training-related activities include LodgeNet, Scripps Networks, and Disney Internet Group.
Author
self-employed (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

January 1997 — Present (12 years 11 months)

Writing computer books for various publishers, including IDG Books, Hungry Minds, Wiley, Macromedia Press (Peachpit).
VP, Multimedia Platforms Group

Schematic

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

October 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 1 month)

Provided oversight for the growth of Schematic's Multimedia Platforms Group, a premiere Adobe Flash development group creating such sites as ShopVogue.TV and CorePerformance.com.
Director of Multimedia Applications

Schematic

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 9 months)

Oversee the development of Flash applications (or RIAs, Rich Internet Applications). Develop client- and server-side code for Flash interfaces, including Flash Communication Server and Flash Remoting. Clients include Nielsen EDI, Warner Bros. Online, among others. Note: Schematic was formerly known as The Content Project.
Senior Program Developer and Art Director

Rampt.com

(Online Media industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

Created one of the first Flash web-based applications to enable broadband users to search the Web for high-quality content, ranging from music videos to music downloads to broadcast TV clips. Rampt.com was the premiere search engine for Time Warner's RoadRunner Internet portal.
Instructor

Lynda.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

Taught advanced Flash ActionScript workshops at the Ojai, California, training lab. Sessions were five days long, covering programming techniques for Macromedia Flash.
Sessional lecturer in M. Arch program

Carleton University

(Online Media industry)

1997 — 1997 (less than a year)

Robert Reinhardt’s Education

Ryerson University

BFA , Photographic Arts, Still Photography Option , 1994 — 1997

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chaminade College Preparatory

High school diploma , 1986 — 1992

St. Louis, MO

Activities and Societies:

Graduated salutorian with honors

Additional Information

Robert Reinhardt’s Websites:

Robert Reinhardt’s Interests:

Macromedia Flash training (advanced programming and development); Macromedia ColdFusion, Flash Remoting, and Flash Communication Server (AKA FlashCom) development