Richard Oren

Richard Oren

President/CTO at ROKSMedia, Inc.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Current
  • President at ROKSMedia, Inc.
Past
Education
  • Goldenwest College
Connections
59 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Richard Oren’s Summary

I was a programmer and video editor for the GVOX Guitar Interface and educational software which have won awards and the core technology we developed is world-class. We used Lingo and Director for the UI Creation. This system was revolutionary as it provided a way for guitarist to transcribe directly from their instrument to the computer. We also created learning software to accompany, “Riffs” and “Chords” & various titles highlighting specific artists in the Sony catalog such as “Beatles”, “Police”, “BB King” and “James Taylor”. Fender Musical Instruments endorsed the Gvox Guitar system and began to distribute. Fender even made special screws for mounting the Gvox system that was standard on all Fender guitars.

I was also lead developer for Entertainment Systems Technology developing the FunPad. The free-to-use device is a cross between a wireless public-access kiosk, a restaurant menu and a toy for future Jackson Pollocks who look at a restaurant table and see a canvas. It features a 8-inch touch-navigation screen and rubberized hand grips that vibrate for heightened affect. It also has two high-fidelity speakers, a joystick and game buttons, a video/still camera, a monochrome printer and–most importantly–a credit card reader for online purchases.

I was founder of “Icon Media Inc.” catering to the Automotive After-Market Industry creating various printed collateral and marketing pieces.

I have created Interactive CD-ROM titles for Yamaha creating the product configurator - the “Build Your Own” Royal Star CD-ROM.

I worked for Atomic Curve/BrandDoozie as Flash Developer, Senior Programmer and then advancing to Vice President of New Technologies. I developed several RIA’s, widgets and specialized in UI Experience design & programming. I also led custom component development, on-demand publishing solutions, CMS, brand management and automating graphic production work flows. Featured projects were www.branddoozie.com & www.atomiccurve.com.

Richard Oren’s Specialties:

RIA Development & UI Experience design using Flex SDK’s & Actionscript, On-Demand Publishing consulting & development, Adobe InDesign Server, Adobe Graphic Server, ColdFusion , MySQL, LiveCycle Data Services, XML, AJAX, SOAP, Java-Script, Apache Servers, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Premiere, Encore, After Effects, Soundbooth, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Title, proof-of-concept & prototype development, product innovation, game development and consulting.


Richard Oren’s Experience

  • President

    ROKSMedia, Inc.

    (Internet industry)

    March 2003Present (6 years 5 months)

    ROKSMedia, Inc. delivers proven RIA consulting and programming services, UI experience design & programming, application prototyping, multimedia development, and complete video production solutions.

    Currently working on design, programming and consulting projects for Cisco/LinkSys.

  • Vice President of New Technologies

    Atomic Curve / BrandDoozie

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

    March 2008September 2008 (7 months)

    Vice President of New Technologies building proof of concept RIA's to demonstrate feasibility of different technologies focusing on the On-Demand Print & Publishing industry, CMS, CRM and Brand Management.

    The proof of concepts were then further develop into a fully functioning breadboard prototypes that were then turned into commercial RIA's www.branddoozie.com & pro.branddoozie.com.

    Because the projects were Risky projects with dynamic requirements I utilized many third party and open source techniques to set up an Agile Development process. By doing so - the projects experienced greater success and developer productivity.

    Supervised the entire build of all RIA's. From the UI design, to the SOA that supports it..., to building and installing the infrastructure at the data centers.

  • Senoir Programmer

    Atomic Curve

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    July 2006March 2008 (1 year 9 months)

  • Flash Developer/Multimedia Programmer

    Atomic Curve

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    July 2005July 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  • Multimedia Programmer

    emarcom

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    March 2001January 2002 (11 months)

    Designed, programmed and produced various multimedia projects for the Internet, CD-ROM s and kiosks.

  • Programmer

    Entertainment System Technology

    (Internet industry)

    19992001 (2 years)

    Lead developer for Entertainment Systems Technology developing entertainment software the FunPad. The free-to-use device is a cross between a wireless public-access kiosk, a restaurant menu and a toy for future Jackson Pollocks who look at a restaurant table and see a canvas. It features an 8-inch touch-navigation screen and rubberized handgrips that vibrate for heightened effect. It also has two high-fidelity speakers, a joystick and game buttons, a video/still camera, a monochrome printer and--most importantly--a credit card reader for online purchases.

    I completely redesigned the architecture to use Adobe Director as the client utilizing Flash & Shockwave based content instead of a Web Browser client utilizing Flash & Shockwave based content. By doing so it increased the speed and functionality of the FunPad by 75%. It also reduced the amount of system requirements needed to support the entertainment software.

  • Webmaster

    Advanstar Communications

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

    August 1998June 1999 (11 months)

    Design, developed and maintained multiple website for the creative group of magazines which included POST Magazine.


Richard Oren’s Education

  • Goldenwest College

    19841988


Additional Information

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Richard Oren’s Interests:

extreme programming, music, guitar playing, singing, keyboards, graphic design, digital photography, HD video photography and editing, Adobe Engagement Platform and technologies, work flow automation, cars, racing, motor sports, off road vehicles, boats, ATVs, travel, Asia, gourmet cooking, snow boarding, spreading knowledge

Richard Oren’s Groups:

Orange County Flex Users Group (www.ocflex.org)

  •    International Association of Software Architects
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    CISCO
  •    Vintage Flash User Group
  •    Adobe Flex Developers
  •    Adobe AIR Developers
  •    Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
  •    Adobe Gurus
  •    R/GA
  •    Flash Coders
  •    Adobe Flash Group
  •    Adobe Flex Group
  •    Adobe ColdFusion Group
  •    Adobe Photoshop Group
  •    Adobe Industry Leaders & Innovators
  •    The Imaginary Network

Richard Oren’s Honors:

Adobe Site of the Day 6-10-08 http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=sotdarchive&loc=en_us


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