Richard Oren

Current

President at ROKSMedia, Inc.

Past

Vice President of New Technologies at Atomic Curve / BrandDoozie
Senoir Programmer at Atomic Curve
Flash Developer/Multimedia Programmer at Atomic Curve

Multimedia Programmer at emarcom
Programmer at Entertainment System Technology
Webmaster at Advanstar Communications

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Education

Goldenwest College

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Industry

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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 2003 — Present (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 2008 — September 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 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Flash Developer/Multimedia Programmer

Atomic Curve

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Multimedia Programmer

emarcom

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 2001 — January 2002 (11 months)

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

Entertainment System Technology

(Internet industry)

1999 — 2001 (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 1998 — June 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

1984 — 1988

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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