President, New Leaders
Santa Barbara, California Area
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- Co-Founder, President at New Leaders
- Past
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- Founder, Executive Producer at Impossible
- Founder, Executive Producer at Medium Design Group
- Education
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- Irvine Valley College
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Kevin Milden’s Summary
At a very young age, Kevin began his career as a self-taught digital artist and graphic designer. Growing up in Orange County in a family of software developers, Kevin came to his profession naturally. In 1997 he moved to Santa Barbara and co-founded Impossible Inc. Through Impossible Kevin has helped brands such as Adobe, Chumash Casino, FastClick, Commission Junction, Pacific Life and Smart & Final launch successful products online. Concurrently as an initial investor and Executive Producer at MEDIUM Design Group, [creators of MEDIUM footwear and the Adobe Messenger Bag]*, he was responsible for managing all aspects of each project's creative and technological development process. He acted as liaison between the creative and technology teams to insure every project ran smoothly, was completed on time, and exceeded MEDIUM's own high standards of performance and quality.
In 2005, Kevin helped a small team of developers position their document sharing wiki as "The Web Word Processor". A little more than a year later Writely was snapped up by Google and ultimately grew into Google Docs.
After the sale of MEDIUM to Lacoste in late 2006, Kevin was unsatisfied with the complacency within the creative industry and founded New Leaders in early 2007. Since launch, New Leaders' projects have been featured on Apple, 37Signals, Read/Write/Web, Cnet and many other websites. Kevin has helped New Leaders' customers launch products such as RightScale, Audience Science, Procore and Appfolio. New Leaders has also developed their own brand of web applications which include — Thincloud, Signalfire, Logpost and Electric Checkbook. New Leaders recently launched their website that features "The Leader Board". A blog that spotlights Kevin's advice on how to reach customers through honesty and authenticity.
Kevin Milden’s Specialties:
Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Public Speaking, Experience Design, Usability Analysis, Training, Website Design, Web Application Design, Writing, Strategy, Marketing, Advertising, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, and of course Mac OS X.
Kevin Milden’s Experience
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Co-Founder, President
New Leaders
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Not only will New Leaders build your app —and do it right—but it will also exceed your expectations, and it will cost less than hiring another company. We are well balanced in the areas of marketing, design, and development. We are honest and ethical, friendly, and we always aim to please. We do not take on projects if we think we will not succeed, and if we can find quick, affordable solutions to your problems, we will recommend them to you. We keep our word and do our very best to meet even the most challenging deadlines. When you hire New Leaders, you are investing in us and we work very hard to earn your trust, respect, and satisfaction.
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Founder, Executive Producer
Impossible
(Internet industry)
January 1999 — December 2006 (8 years )
Impossible was a Santa Barbara creative agency that specialized in website design and development. Founded in 1999, Impossible could define, design and deploy websites completely in-house. Worked with customers such as Sony, Pacific Life, Adobe, Macromedia, Smart & Final, Net Aid, SHOA, Fastclick, Commission Junction, Bargain Network, GoToMyPC, Miramar Systems, QAD, and many others.
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Founder, Executive Producer
Medium Design Group
(Consumer Goods industry)
January 2003 — January 2006 (3 years 1 month)
Founded in 2003, MEDIUM was a group of individual designers designing footwear and accessories that appeal to the Creative Class. The design team included — Eric Meyer, Coleman Horn, Scott Milden, Tu Pham, Jeff Clark, and Kevin Milden. MEDIUM was known for it’s commitment to quality and uncompromising design aesthetic.
In 2004, MEDIUM was featured in a video commercial and ad campaign for Adobe Systems. Less than a year later MEDIUM introduced the Adobe Messenger Bag — The ultimate messenger bag for the creative professional.
Designed by MEDIUM Design Group in Santa Barbara, California, from start to finish with the Adobe Creative Suite 2 software including Adobe Photoshop® CS2, Adobe Illustrator® CS2, Adobe InDesign® CS2, Adobe GoLive® CS2, and Adobe Acrobat® 7.0 Professional.
Kevin Milden’s Education
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Irvine Valley College
Zilch , Journalism, Film, Creative Writing, Public Speaking, General , 1996 — 1997
Unfortunately, I started making money doing freelance design work, moved to Santa Barbara and never went back to school. Maybe someday I'll return.
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Kevin Milden’s Interests:
Marketing, Design, Macintosh, New Technology, Video Games, Web Apps, Software, Environmental Technology, Natural Design, Investing, Politics,
Kevin Milden’s Groups:
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Twitter Power for Business
Kevin Milden’s Honors:
Rails Rumble '07 — 2nd Runner up with "Electric Checkbook" which was branded, design and built by a team of 3 people at New Leaders in 48 hours.
Kevin Milden’s Contact Settings
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