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Vicky Skipp
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Vicky Skipp
Based in Singapore, Vicky Skipp is responsible for Adobe’s business and channel strategy across the important South East Asia region, covering Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
With a passion for making true the promise of revolutionising how the world engages with ideas and information, Vicky has helped drive strong technology adoption and great innovation by Adobe customers across SEA over recent years.
Vicky brings to her current role more than a decade of experience in technology sales and channel management, holding senior roles at McAfee in South Africa and Australia New Zealand before joining Adobe Systems.
Michael Stoddart
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Michael Stoddart
Michael Stoddart is an Evangelist for Creative Solutions at Adobe and is very much the front man of the Creative Suite 5.5 charge in the Asia Pacific region. His knowledge and animated presenting style have built a significant following among the creative community.
Initially trained as a designer, Michael was a publishing consultant before joining Adobe and uses his expertise to a great extent in his current role. The positions he has held over the last 10 years at Adobe have been marketing and sales management focused, placing him at the cutting edge of customer interaction. This provides Michael with a deep understanding of the challenges and requirements of Adobe's customers, and an ability to provide solutions for their needs.
Michael is now working with Adobe's media partners to help them take advantage of exciting new media designs, workflows and output opportunities presented to them through the features of the latest Adobe Creative Suite.
Paul Burnett
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Paul Burnett
Paul Burnett is an APAC Evangelist at Adobe focusing on Flash and the Open Web. Before joining Adobe, he worked in the web, multimedia and video industries for more than 18 years, running his own company, MAD (Multimedia Art Design), and winning many awards including five Macromedia/Adobe Site of the Day awards.
Paul also worked for several years at Macromedia as Senior Evangelist for Asia Pacific, presenting product launches, seminars and master classes throughout Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and was previously Senior Worldwide Evangelist for Flash at Adobe.
Karl Soule
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Karl Soule
As a Senior Solutions Engineer for Adobe Systems, Karl Soule promotes the use of Adobe's video and audio tools to creative professionals, schools, and businesses in North America.
You'll find Karl on Adobe TV in the show "Short & Suite," and at http://blogs.adobe.com/VideoRoad.
Karl has recently started exploring DSLR filmmaking, and has a separate blog at www.rebelshooters.com to discuss the Canon Rebel T2i and similar cameras.
Industry Heroes
Laetitia Jean Franco
JEDI Productions (Paris, France)
Laetitia Jean Franco
Laetitia Jean Franco is the genius behind renowned fashion imaging studio JEDI in Paris.
Laetitia is not just a world expert in photo retouching and compositing; she is a digital artist who creates advertisements that rival works of art for brands like Cartier, Loreal, Lancome, Yves Saint Laurent and Armani.
Laetitia is madly passionate about telling a story through her work and also the ethics of retouching.
Hussin Khan
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Hussin Khan
Hussin Khan has been using the Adobe Creative Suite to create compelling multimedia content for the last 8 years.
An Adobe Certified Expert and Video Specialist, Hussin’s venture into the creative world began whilst studying and working in United Kingdom. He started his own Web and Motion Graphics company and has had the privilege to work with many clients among them, Prince Charles’ and The Prince’s Trust.
Currently he is attached with Rhythm & Hues Studios, a multiple Academy Award® winning film production studio specializing in visual effects and computer animation. Hussin also runs the Adobe After Effects Malaysia Usergroup.
Rhythm & Hues Studios is a visual effects studio known for its computer-generated 3D character animation. Recognized as one of the top visual effects and animation facilities in the world, Rhythm & Hues has contributed to more than 100 feature films.
The studio received the Academy Award in 1995 for Babe (Achievement in Visual Effects), and in 2008 for The Golden Compass. It was also nominated in the same category in 2005 for its work on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
In addition to films, Rhythm & Hues is also heavily engaged in the production of commercial advertising.
Bruno Selles
Vasava (Barcelona, Spain)
Bruno Selles
Enric Godes and Bruno Selles are two of the creative minds at Vasava, the Barcelona based studio that is taking the world by storm. Vasava, specialists in next generation interactive design, has become sought after by brands like Nike, Rocawear, Adobe, Diesel, 55DSL, Mango, Budweiser and Red Bull.
Much of their success in the commercial world can be attributed to Vasava’s push towards creative experimentation and awe-inspiring personal design, illustration and typography that is displayed in exhibitions and books around the world.
Enric Godes
Vasava (Barcelona, Spain)
Enric Godes
Enric Godes and Bruno Selles are two of the creative minds at Vasava, the Barcelona based studio that is taking the world by storm. Vasava, specialists in next generation interactive design, has become sought after by brands like Nike, Rocawear, Adobe, Diesel, 55DSL, Mango, Budweiser and Red Bull.
Much of their success in the commercial world can be attributed to Vasava’s push towards creative experimentation and awe-inspiring personal design, illustration and typography that is displayed in exhibitions and books around the world.
Jeremy Saunders
Jeremy Saunders Key Art
Jeremy Saunders
Over the last nine years Australian designer Jeremy Saunders has created key art for over 150 movies, including titles such as Animal Kingdom, Samson & Delilah, Suburban Mayhem and Candy.
His international work includes films by Steven Soderbergh, Michael Haneke, Lars von Trier, Deepa Mehta, Andrea Arnold and many more. Last year he was called ‘one of the most interesting poster designers in the world’ by Aint It Cool News, and was listed in Encore Magazine’s ‘Australian Film Power 50’, both of which pleased his mum no end.
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