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Samuel Wan

Samuel completed his graduate studies in human-computer interaction at the University of Michigan, with a focus on usability engineering and information visualization.

After contributing to the implementation of Macromedia Flash MX Charting components, he joined AIUOnline.edu to help architect new collaborative learning environments.

Samuel is co-author of OOP Actionscript from New Riders Press.

Site URL: Samuelwan.com

Robert M Hall

Robert M. Hall pushes the Flash Platform in unique directions. Over the past 8 years working with Flash his award winning projects have included developing and integrating Flash into next generation ATM machines, self-service coin-counters, specialty kiosks and secure web & wireless banking applications.

Robert is currently an independent contractor focusing on utilizing Flash with devices for use in interactive exhibits and kiosks for experiential destinations, such as museums, interpretive centers and other venues. His focus on the Flash Platform also finds him exploring human-computer interaction on mobile devices such as Pocket PC's and Flash Lite capable devices and handsets.

Robert has contributed to six books on Macromedia Flash design and development over the past few years, and several articles for online publications including Macromedia's DevNet. He has been a presenter at FlashForward in NY in 2001 and 2004, and Macromedia MAX 2005 in Anaheim, CA. Robert also presents and speaks regularly about Flash in his role as the manager of the Philadelphia Macromedia Flash User Group

Site URL: Impossibilities

Grant Skinner

Grant is CEO and Chief Architect of gskinner.com, a Flash® development and consulting company. He works with leading new media agencies and progressive corporate clients to create cutting-edge applications, games, and multimedia pieces.

Skinner’s expertise in fusing coding with interface design, usability, marketing, and business logic has garnered international acclaim and resulted in a number of prestigious industry awards.

He maintains an active blog at gskinner.com/blog/ and an exhibit of his experimental work at incomplet.org

Check out his work building FlashOS: an experimental Flash system integrating many common Operating System features such as menus, windows, tool tips, APIs and a file system: 0era.

Site URL: grantskinner.com

Eric E. Dolecki

Senior Interactive Designer and Interactive Technology Manager at Boston-based Directech eMerge.
Clients include notable high-technology clients such as Teradata, WorldCom, and Connected.

His Flash work appears in the Macromedia/Centennial Media Advanced Flash 5 Actionscripting Training CDROM, past issues of Computer Arts UK magazine, and he was a co-author of the advanced Flash book Macromedia Flash Super Samurai.

In addition to published works, he has won numerous international Flash awards. He is a regular contributor to several open source Flash sites, and he maintains his personal site: www.ericd.net, which showcases experiments, manages his personal clients' work, and serves as a conduit between himself and those seeking to learn more about Flash.

Site URL: Ericd

Vera Fleischer

Vera came to Southern California, U.S.A. as a German exchange student for the 93/94 school year.

Thanks to the green card lottery won in '96, in 2000 she graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in Economics. 

She moved to Virginia and finally got a job at Boxer Learning. Boxer was using Flash to create math tutorials for kids. Once she got her hands on Flash, she never let go. A year later she started a job as a Flash developer at the University of Virginia.

When she relocated to San Francisco in 2002, she took her job at UVa with her. After telecommuting for nine months, she decided that she wanted to be around people again, so she accepted an offer from Macromedia as a QA Engineer on the Flash team.

Since she cannot imagine having a job that doesn't revolve around Flash, she figured that working for Macromedia would be perfect for her, and for a while it was. But when Macromedia became Adobe in December 2005, she left the company.

Site URL: Mediasparkles

Robert Penner

Robert Penner is a freelance Flash developer, consultant, writer, and speaker.

A moderator and featured artist at Ultrashock.com, Robert is known around the world for his technical innovations and organic style. By fusing these two characters in the design of Axis-Media.com, he earned two finalist nominations in the international Flash Film Festival in San Francisco.

Robert shares his Flash insight through articles on F256.com and Friends of Eds New Masters of Flash Online, as well as speaking engagements at the Christians and Media Conference and Flash Kit Fall Conference. His portfolio and experiments have also been showcased by several speakers at the FlashForward and Flash kit conferences. 

Site URL: robertpenner.com

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Guy Watson aka FlashGuru

Guy Watson is the managing director of FlashGuru LTD, a Flash development consultancy company based in London, England.

Guy has delivered presentations at various Flash industry events worldwide and has also won numerous industry awards for his work.

He maintains the popular Flash resource website, FlashGuru's Knowledge Base.

Site URL: Flashguru