Ming Chan

Current

• Vice Chairman at EastNet China Ltd.
• CEO at The1stMovement

Past

• Freelance Technical Consultant at the1stmovement.com (Self-employed)
• Flash/UI Consultant at eHarmony
• Technical Lead (Flash Platform) at Design Reactor

• Software Engineer at MediaMotion Inc.

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Education

• Occidental College
• Robert Louis Stevenson

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Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company

Ming Chan’s Summary

As an Emmy® Award-winning consultant specializing in providing creative technology solutions in the field of Interactive Advertising, Ming founded the1stMovement LLC in April 2006 and is currently serving as the CEO. The1stMovement provides award-winning creative technology solutions for clients including AT&T, Adobe, E!, G4TV, Gulfstream, Viacom and among others.

He started his career as a Visual C++ software engineer working with MediaMotion, a software company developing online compression and video chat win32 software. Ming joined Design Reactor in 2000, and had developed a number of web sites for Hollywood giants including 20th Century Fox Entertainment, Sony Pictures and Universal Pictures; produced several online games for ABC Online and Disney Online; as well as architected a handful of cutting-edge web applications for Fortune 50 companies including AMD, Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems. He spent five years serving as the Technical Lead and leading the Flash development department at Design Reactor, and focused in utilizing Macromedia Flash as the platform to create viral advertising solutions as well as developing impactful Rich Internet Applications. His work have been recognized by numerous awards and publications including the Emmy Technical Excellence award, Macromedia Site of the Day, the FWA awards, KeyArts awards, New York Festival Finalist and Omni awards.

Ming Chan’s Specialties:

Specializing in providing creative technology solutions in the field of Interactive Advertising

Ming Chan’s Experience

• Vice Chairman

  EastNet China Ltd.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  EastNet is a customer oriented Internet service provider (ISP) and as the second largest ISP in China, we have provided high quality Internet/consulting and various Internet services to over 1,200 foreign and domestic companies, including the Ministry of Communications in China.
  
  http://www.eastnetchina.com/

• CEO

  The1stMovement

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Ming founded the1stMovement in April 2006 and as the CEO of the1stMovement, Ming oversees strategic decisions about the future direction of the company, coordinates and manages the technical/development department, and establishes external technical partnerships.
  
  About the1stMovement:
  By combining cutting-edge technologies with the latest in digital media, the1stMovement designs and develops award-winning, emotionally resonant technology solutions for real world companies. Everyday, we use technology creatively to solve problems for the Web, CD/DVD, handheld devices and TV.
  
  We seamlessly communicate the benefits of your brand to some of the most technology-familiar, advertising averse and truly demanding audiences that have ever existed. In 2005, our work with ZeTools Inc. for TV Land received an Emmy© Award for outstanding achievement in Interactive TV.

• Freelance Technical Consultant

  the1stmovement.com (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  September 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 8 months)

  As a freelance technical consultant, Ming focused in providing high level Flash development and technical consultation for interactive advertising agencies in California including 65media, the Cannery, Exopolis Design, Fahrenheit Studio, Fluidesign, Martiz, Media Revolutions, TBWA/Chiat/Day and Zugara. During which, he had helped develop numerous award-winning web sites and RIA for clients including Microsoft, Sony Pictures, Toyota and Virgin Records.

• Flash/UI Consultant

  eHarmony

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2006 — April 2006 (4 months)

  As a Flash consultant, Ming worked with the engineering team at eHarmony, the #1 online-dating web site, to revamp and develop eHarmony's newest online product: Marriage Video Program

• Technical Lead (Flash Platform)

  Design Reactor

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2000 — December 2005 (5 years 7 months)

  While at Design Reactor, Ming architected a handful of cutting-edge web applications for Fortune 50 companies including AMD, Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems; as well as developed a number of web sites for Hollywood giants including 20th Century Fox Entertainment, Sony Pictures and Universal Pictures; produced several online games for ABC Online and Disney Online . He served as the Technical Lead and led the Flash development department at Design Reactor (http://www.designreactor.com), and focused in utilizing Macromedia Flash as the platform to create viral advertising solutions as well as developing impactful Rich Internet Applications.

• Software Engineer

  MediaMotion Inc.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 1999 — May 2000 (9 months)

  MediaMotion is a revolution software company focusing in the 3C (Communicator, Computer, Consumer electronics) concept.
  
  Ming worked as a Visual C++ software engineer at MediaMotion developing a product called InstantCommunicator(TM),a state-of-art Visual Audio Internet communication tool at that time.

Ming Chan’s Education

• Occidental College

  Bachelor, Math, Computer Science, 1995 — 1999

• Robert Louis Stevenson

  High School, 1993 — 1995

Additional Information

Ming Chan’s Websites:

• My Company

Ming Chan’s Groups:

•    Advertising Professional
•    AIGA/LA
•    Enterprise Software Community
•    Technology Leaders Association
•    Technology Marketing Community
•    Online Advertising Professionals
•    thinkLA
•    Adobe AIR Developers
•    FWA
•    Reactor Alumni Support Group

Ming Chan’s Honors:

* Horzon Interactive Awards for Adobe Acrobat t, The Interior and Rambus.com
* IAC "Best Game Site Banner" for Neopets
* Davey Awards 2007 for Adobe Acrobat 8, G4 Star Trek 2.0 and The Interior
* FWA award 2006 for Adobe Acrobat 8 Online Experience
* Emmy® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Television for TV Land Award 2005
* Macromedia Site of the Day award 2005 for AMD Enterprise Launch Event
* FWA award 2005 for Saturn Sky Microsite
* Omni award 2004 for The Cat in the Hat theatrical release site
* Interactive Awards 2004 Gold for Cisco ExecNet video broadcast program
* Horizon Gold award 2004 for Cisco ExecNet video broadcast program
* Macromedia Showcase award 2004 for Sun NC03Q3 live event presentation
* Macromedia Site of the Day award 2003 for Cisco ExecNet video broadcast program
* KeyArts Award 2002 for A Beautiful Mind theatrical release site
* Omni award 2002 for A Beautiful Mind theatrical, Kiss Of the Dragon home video site

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