This is month we are taking everyone to visit HP Labs!
The MagCloud HP labs team is really excited to meet all of us. Not only are they giving us a grand tour of HP Labs, showing us the ins and outs of digital printing. We will also get to meet all the MagCloud team members and first panel of Magcloud publishers.
When: August 21st, 2008 Thursday 5:00 p.m.
Where: HP Labs, Palo Alto
*HP security will need to know your name before August 20 (Wed). Please pay in advance by Eventbrite (by clicking here).
Meet the MagCloud HP labs team
Udi Chatow – senior technologist and program manager
B.S. and M.S. in physics and medical physics from Tel-Aviv University, EMBA from Kellogg / TAU. Udi moved to HP labs from HP-Indigo in 2005. At HP-Indigo, Udi held R&D positions such as research scientist, project manager for the first One-Shot sheet fed Indigo press, Ink department manager and R&D Materials section manager. Udi has over 30 patents awarded or in process. Envisioned and incubated (together with Andy Fitzhugh and Andrew Bolwell) the MagCloud service.
Andy Fitzhugh - system architect and development manager
B.A. Psychology from Stanford University. Since 1993 Andy has been a technical lead driving a number of HP new business startups, including the Digital Video Division (VidJet Pro Video Print Manager), Internet Imaging Operation (FlashPix and Internet Imaging Protocol based products), Cartogra.com/HPPhoto.com (HP’s first photo sharing web site, and XML web services provider to Excite.com), and now MagCloud.com. .
Wei Koh - color and self publishing researcher and customer analysis
B.S. Computer Science from University of Washington, Seattle (1994), M.S. Computer Science from Stanford University (2002). He joined HP in 1997 and developed software drivers and color tables for the company’s inkjet printers. Since transferring to HP Labs-PA in 2000, he has worked extensively with photo specialty printing on the Indigo digital press, and as the technical lead on several successful projects with high profile professional photographers.
Meghan Kennedy – print layout designer
B.S. Science, Technology and Society from Stanford University (2006). Meghan joined HP Labs-PA in May 2008, and has been working with MagCloud publishers to design both custom and template magazine layouts, and with third-party developers to design magazine-specific templates for layout software. Prior to joining HP, Meghan was senior designer at EightyONE Design and a graphic designer at Stanford Design Group.
Fabio Giannetti - VDP/workflow architect
MsEng Computer Science at Universita’ di Genova, Italy (2000). He joined HP Labs in 2000. Defined a XSL-FO 2.0 notation to support complex pagination models integrating SVG [06]. Lead Architect of HP’s Yours Truly Designer plug-in for Adobe’s InDesign [06-07]. Defined a Device Independent Markup Language and developed an engine for single source publication spanning from Web to PDA to Print. [02-03]. Focusing on future MagCloud VDP opportunities
Meet the MagCloud First Publishers Panel
Derek Powazek - Fray Magazines
Named one of the top 40 “Industry Influencers” of 2007 by Folio Magazine, Derek Powazek is the cofounder of JPG, the photography magazine that’s made by its community, and cofounder 8020 Publishing, the company that grew out of its success. Derek has worked the web since 1995 at pioneering sites like HotWired, Blogger, and Technorati, and is the author of “Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places” (New Riders, 2001). Derek now splits his time between working as a social media consultant, advising a handful of startups, editing Fray, the quarterly book of true stories and original art, and his newest venture, Pixish.
David Gonzales - Stanford Athletics Director / Director of Photography
David is in charge of Photography for Stanford’s 35 varsity sports, managing the digital image archives used in media guides, posters, schedule cards, newsletters, game programs, and other promotional and fundraising collateral. He also covers the NFL football season for Donruss/Playoff Trading cards, contributes to Sports Illustrated, and provides photography for Nike Sports Camps and the International Management Group (IMG).
Ian Griffin – President of National Speaker Association
Ian Griffin is the President of the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association and a manager of Executive Communications at HP Labs. He produced the inaugural edition of Professionally Speaking for his local Chapter. In addition, he is helping his wife produce Step Into College for her on-line college admissions counseling business.
Butch Garcia – Board Member of JLS Connections:
The magazine is for a program at JLS middle school where the special emphasis is on group effort (project based learning). For three years the children are kept together for 2-3 classes, and they are divided into groups, and the course subject matter is divided among them. They research the subject matter, present it to class, and answer questions all under the guidance of the teachers. The end result is that they learn basic research, learn to work together, and are confident with public presentations.
Edith – Founder of SFenterprenuer
Founder of SFentrepreneur and publisher of the inaugural edition of SFentrepreneur Magazine for her 1300+ members.
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This looks like an outstanding seminar. I found out about it from my association with Rob Britt who is an associate of Edith’s. I would like to be added to the list for future events and social networking opportunities associated with media, content aggregation and niche market/community development.