Speakers' Bios
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Don is now a full-time faculty professor at Sacramento City College teaching digital imaging, print and web design, and newspaper design. He serves as design advisor to the student newspaper, The Express, and as chair of the Graphic Communication Department. He continues to work with the News & Review in an advising and training role. Don is an avid skateboarder and fan of loud, fast music. He has a wife who is much smarter, two boys who are much cuter, and a dog and cat who are much fuzzier. You can see some of Don's personal work at www.designbutton.com. |
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Contact information: doug@piasc.org 323-728-9500, ext. 218 (Los Angeles) 800-479-7837 ext. 218 (San Francisco) 800-449-4898 (San Diego) |
Past positions include LiveMotion Group Product Manager and Senior User Interaction Designer for the Creative Suite at Adobe, and Program Manager for Expression Blend at Microsoft. Michael is a frequent and top-rated presenter at numerous industry events including Photoshop World, PhotoPlus Expo, PMA, Macworld, FlashForward, Flash on the Beach, Web Design World, The InDesign Conference, The Creative Suite Conference, the HOW Design Conference and Pacific New Media at the University of Hawaii. He is the author of the several Photoshop video training titles published by lynda.com. |
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Topaz teaches Typography and Design Strategies at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and is a nationally-recognized speaker on publication design and art direction |
Charmaine Wagenseller serves as Continental Commercial Group's VP of Sales and Marketing for Northern California. Charmaine has been involved in the commercial credit and debt recovery industry most of her adult life. Charmaine has extensive experience in both the collection and marketing side of the commercial collection business. CCG has represented a large cross-section of the commercial credit community, and accordingly, Charmaine has a deep understanding of the various terms, conditions and traditions in various industries. She has actively solicited and developed relationships with Fortune 500 Companies as well as medium size to smaller businesses.
Once a prospect becomes an active client of CCG, Charmaine is active along with the collection and administrative personnel in problem-solving and assisting with status issues and any other needs clients may have. Contact information: cw@ccg2.com Phone (510) 483-3433 |