Its all about talent
We provide high-quality solutions in a fraction of the time of most agencies. This is because we have a superior process that allows us concentrate on results, and not inundate the budgets with project managers, account execs, traffic managers. You work with seasoned professional with years of industry experience. Our people make the difference.
- Dean Whitney, Founder
- Eric Neumann, Ph.D. Technology Lead
- Steve Callahan, Strategy & Account Planning
- Ashley Williams, Ph.D., Experience Lead
- Valeska Whitney, Experience Design
- Alla Zollers, Experience Architect
- Mike Hansen, Creative Director
Advisors
Dean Whitney
Dean Whitney
An early pioneer in interactive media, Dean Whitney is the Founder and Principal of Dean Whitney Interactive. He oversees all strategy, user experience and development using systems and processes developed over 15 years of experience.
Dean was most recently the President of Garfield Group Interactive; a digital marketing agency with offices in Boston and Philidelphia. Dean was an early adopter of Web 2.0 and a social media evangelist at Digitas. Prior to Digitas headed technology start-ups and online marketing groups at global Fortune 100 companies. Dean is a involved in many start-ups and MITX board member.
Dean has worked with many of the world’s most recognized brands including Cisco, Fidelity, GM, Microsoft, Royal Carribean and collaborated with top agencies such as Leo Burnett, JWT, Saatchi & Saatchi and Starcom.
On Twitter @deanwhit
Blogs here: deanwhitney.com/blog
Eric Neumann, Ph.D.
Eric Neumann, Ph.D.
Eric provides technology leadership and helps solve complex data architecture and process problems. Eric has worked with corporations such as BBN and Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Novartis and Bioclinica, has launched start-ups, established novel approaches in informatics systems, knowledge management, and biomarkers applications.
Current Positions
- Director, Clinical Semantics Group
- MIT Fellow, Science Commons, CSAIL/MIT
- co-chair, W3C Healthcare and Life Sciences Interest Group
Editorial Boards
- Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
- Drug Discovery Today
On Twitter: @ericneumann
Steve Callahan, Strategy & Account Planning
Steve Callahan
Steve is a seasoned agency veteran having worked with some of world’s leading brands and agencies. While in Chicago Callahan was VP, Strategist and head of Digital Production at Cramer-Krasselt. Prior to C-K Callahan was the Operations Director of the Powerhouse at Digitas in Boston, an innovative creative/tech group. Strong strategic and management skills capitalize on a solid creative/tech foundation that includes interactive creative direction, 3D animation group lead, and motion art direction for digital and broadcast.
Brands: Corona, BlackBerry, Heinz, Qualcomm, IBM, Porsche, Acura, KeyBank, RHD Dex Knows, Levitra, Pontiac, GMC, Buick, Saab, AARP, Holiday Inn, Gillette, Vonage, Royal Caribbean, Citizens Bank, The Home Depot, Rozerem, TV Guide, AirTran.
Awards: FWA Site of the Day, Creativity 38, Honorable Mention, Consumer Website, Webby Award, Communication Arts – Interactive Annual 200
On Twitter @digitalfilter
Blogs here: digitalfilter.posterous.com
Ashley Williams, Ph.D.
Ashley Williams
Ashley specializes in customer research, user experience design, and usability for such industries as pharmaceutical, biotech, and life sciences, higher education, financial services, telecommunications, and technology. Ashley has led engagements at Citi, EMC, Fidelity Investments, PerkinElmer, Pfizer, Pitney Bowes, and Schering Plough.
Ashley holds a Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master’s Degree in Technical and Professional Writing from Northeastern and is currently Information Director and serving on the Board for the Association of Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (ACM SIGDOC). She is also a member of and active volunteer for various user experience organizations, including the Usability Professionals Association (UPA), ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI), the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), and the Information Architecture Institute.
Ashley has taught user experience at both the undergraduate and graduate level and has given over a dozen talks at national and international conferences on topics related to user experience design.
On Twitter: @uxashley
Valeska Whitney
Valeska Whitney
Valeska is a tenured Information Designer with over 10 years experience as an information architect, usability professional and user interface designer. She is the Director of User Experience at the Wolters Kluwer’s UptoDate. Prior to that she was a Director at IDG overseeing user experience for their Enterprise Brands including Network World, JavaWorld, LinuxWord, CIO Magazine and more. Valeska’s diverse experience, involvement in the UX community and passion for making things easy for people to use has made her one of the most respected names in the business.
On Twitter: @ValeskaUX
Alla Zollers, Experience Architect
Alla Zollers
Alla brings sophisticated user-centered design process, extensive research, analysis and communication skills, as well as a strong technical background to every project. Utilizing a goal-directed design approach, she combines user research, personas, scenarios, wireframes, prototypes, and usability testing to identify and design the experiences that meet users’ needs. She leverages a range of research methods to target the right customer segments, and obtain deep insights on the customer’s needs, behaviors, and motivations.
Alla holds a Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction from Indiana University, and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and is a candidate for a PhD. in Information Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.
On Twitter: @azollers
Alla’s Blog: Allaland
Mike Hansen, Creative Director
Mike Hansen
Mike brings over 10 years of experience working for clients across North America. Some clients include Coca-Cola, Yahoo, Red Bull, Toyota, Intel, Burton Snowboards, RED, Sticky Bumps, Scion, Nike, Adidas, O’neill, Nokia, Fidelity Investments, Fox Sports, ESPN and Merrill Lynch.
He’s worked with agencies including Tribal DDB, Leo Burnett, ARCWW, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Sapient, Burton Snowboards, Summit Projects, EVB, Avenue A Razorfish, Fuel Industries, Digitaria, Hangar 13, Juxt Interactive, Mindflood, Blast Radius and Icrossing.
On Twitter: @moosesyrup
Portfolio: Moosesyrup.com
Simeon Simeonov, Strategic Advisor
Simeon Simeonov
Sim is our senior strategic advisor guiding us around complex issues of partnerships, funding, personnel and technology to provide a scalable high-quality agency foundation. Sim’s expertise covers the gamut from startup creation and financing to strategy definition and positioning to R&D execution to go-to-market and alliances development. He has played a key role in more than twenty v1.0s and M&A and spinout transactions.
Sim is the founder and CEO of FastIgnite where he helps entrepreneurs shape promising ideas, raise capital, build teams and execute across all stages of the startup lifecycle. Prior to starting FastIgnite, Sim spent seven years as technology partner at Polaris Venture Partners where he made investments in the online, enterprise and mobile sectors. Sim was vice president of emerging technologies and chief architect at Macromedia (now Adobe). Earlier, Sim was a founding member and chief architect at Allaire, one of the first large Internet platform companies.
Sim has a master’s degree in computer science from Boston University and bachelor degrees in computer science, economics and mathematics from Macalester College.
On Twitter: @simeons
Sims’s Blog: blog.simeonov.com
Ray Elman, Media Advisor
Ray Elman
A pioneer in the fields of e-learning and the application of new media to individual and organizational learning, Ray has spearheaded development of interactive solutions for clients in a wide variety of industries, including financial services, strategy consulting, energy, public accounting, high technology, as well as professional associations and Federal agencies.
Prior to joining Cambria, Ray was Chairman of Streamline Communications and, later, EVP and Chief Development Officer of Bridgeline Software which acquired Streamline in 2000. At Bridgeline, Ray led clients through the development of B-to-B and B-to-C websites, e-learning programs, knowledge development systems, and general communication efforts. Before co-founding Streamline, Ray was National Director of Creative Services for Coopers & Lybrand, where he helped develop and implement the firm’s branding standards, pioneered the development of computer graphics, championed multimedia, and created awareness of the emerging significance of the Internet.
Ray received a BS and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania while simultaneously concentrating in studio courses in Penn’s Fine Arts program. He also maintains a career as a painter, and his work is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, as well as numerous other public and private collections. Ray has served on the boards of several arts organizations and is the co-founder of Provincetown Arts magazine.
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