A. Tobias Tenney

Current

• Steering Committee Member at Hackers Conference

Past

• Consultant: Graphic Designer at Meantime, LLC
• Consultant: Web Production & Voice Overs at Airship Ventures, Inc.
• Graphic Art Designer at AdMob

• Web Producer at Mobio Networks, Inc.
• Consultant: Designer at Hackers Conference
• Consultant: Web Designer at Zivity
• Consultant: Audio Producer at Soma FM
• Consultant: Designer at Banister Advisors
• Consultant: Interaction Designer at RightRound, Inc.
• Webmaster at Digital Chocolate
• Quality Assurance at Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA)
• Interface Design Manager at NetContinuum, Inc.
• Interaction Designer at Critical Path
• Evangelist at i-Escrow
• Intern: Webmaster at NASA Ames Research Center, ANOE Group

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Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara

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Industry

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A. Tobias Tenney’s Summary

Interaction designer with extensive graphic design experience, hands-on user advocation, and software engineering management experience. Also very experienced in both audio and video production.

A. Tobias Tenney’s Specialties:

GUI design, icon design, user interaction experience management, graphic design for print, graphic design for web, graphic design for web applications, audio production, composition, audio engineering, & video production.

A. Tobias Tenney’s Experience

• Steering Committee Member

  Hackers Conference

  (Computer Software industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Consultant: Graphic Designer

  Meantime, LLC

  (Computer Software industry)

  November 2008 — January 2009 (3 months)

  -Logo polishing/revamp
  
  -Icon development
  
  -General graphic design.

• Consultant: Web Production & Voice Overs

  Airship Ventures, Inc.

  (Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  September 2008 — January 2009 (5 months)

  •Assisted with web site updates.
  -CSS, HTML, graphic design, etc.
  
  •Generated advertisement mock-ups for potential sponsors.
  
  •Recorded voice overs for full corporate phone system.
  -Voice talent
  -Audio engineering and production.

• Graphic Art Designer

  AdMob

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  September 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Graphic design, web production, and video production of wide spread of spaces: marketing collateral, web, handset, etc.
  
  •Created direct to iTunes music store iPhone ad
  •Produced high quality videos to demonstrate innovative new products (featured on TechCrunch and others)
  •Web, print, video, etc. content generated for BD, Sales, Marketing featured on the international stage.

• Web Producer

  Mobio Networks, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  October 2006 — August 2007 (11 months)

  Design interaction mockups for web interface for mobile applications. Web site updates and design. (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) In charge of web, mobile, print and press graphical assets. Demo, show floor and promotional video production. Generate branded assets and sites. (e.g., Universal Pictures)

• Consultant: Designer

  Hackers Conference

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)

  January 1985 — August 2007 (22 years 8 months)

  Generated seven separate and unique designs for the conference logos and T-shirts. Worked on pre-conference tasks and provided assistance during the conference

• Consultant: Web Designer

  Zivity

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2007 — June 2007 (1 month)

  Compiled styles (CSS), images, and code (HTML) for new page layout.

• Consultant: Audio Producer

  Soma FM

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

  May 2007 — May 2007 (1 month)

  Produced "bumps" (i.e., on air transition advertisements and call signs) for Soma FM internet radio station.

• Consultant: Designer

  Banister Advisors

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry)

  October 2006 — November 2006 (2 months)

  Created logo, look and feel in addition to business card designs. Short term contract.

• Consultant: Interaction Designer

  RightRound, Inc.

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

  June 2006 — October 2006 (5 months)

  Mock-up layouts and flows for new designs, generating CSS, HTML and JavaScript upgrades.

• Webmaster

  Digital Chocolate

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

  June 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  Designing a single interface and style for all internal tools. Implement changes and updates to public corporate site. Design & implement tools to enhance internal testing productivity. Manage email based customer support across multiple international support nodes.

• Quality Assurance

  Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Entertainment industry)

  June 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  Tested software titles for PlayStation®2. Generated scripts to automate online conversation filters.

• Interface Design Manager

  NetContinuum, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  December 2001 — July 2003 (1 year 8 months)

  Worked directly with VP of Engineering and other department heads to implement the client-side management application for a breakthrough ASIC based web security gateway. Designed and generated original icons for use within product. Created interface mockups for interface design meetings and end-goal designs for Java engineers.

• Interaction Designer

  Critical Path

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; cpth; Internet industry)

  April 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 1 month)

  Created corporate wide user interface standards. Consolidated upwards of 10 acquired company product styles and interface designs. Designed HTML prototypes, visual interfaces and interaction of web-based applications. Created scripts to automate icon generation for an automatic branding tool.

• Evangelist

  i-Escrow

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1997 — April 2000 (3 years 4 months)

  Designed and maintained internal web site. Point of contact for design of internal tools. Increased customer base over 10 fold through personal promotion via the internet. Supervised and trained senior team of customer support reps. (CSR), administrators, and internal processors.

• Intern: Webmaster

  NASA Ames Research Center, ANOE Group

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  June 1994 — September 1994 (4 months)

  Installed HTTP server to provide easy access to field data.

Additional Information

A. Tobias Tenney’s Groups:

•    Music Industry Forum
•    Airship Ventures