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Sean Thoennes

Sean Thoennes

CoFounder, MediaX Sean has nearly 30 years of media production experience with over 25 of those years spent with The Walt Disney Company. He has worked with subsidiaries such as Disney Signature Films, ESPN, ABC, Disney Institute, and many more. Additionally, Sean has worked with Viacom-owned Nickelodeon and Department of Defense contractor Statistica creating thru-sight videos for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and M1-A1 Abrams tank. After pioneering a desktop video editing business model at Disney in Orlando and overseeing the development of a Studio News program that lasted over a decade, Sean found new challenges in the nascent field of Media Psychology. Combined with his years in media and as an advocate of new technologies, psychology offered a theoretical grounding that garnered respect and speaking engagements beginning in 2008 with the BEA, where he spoke on cognitive aspects of producing for smart phones and Web videos. He continues to join panels at conventions for the APA, IEEE, National Social Science Association, and others, with a primary focus on the exponential growth of technology and its compatibility with the evolution of society, politics, and the human psyche. Having conducted research and authored a study on social media interaction with Barack Obama during the 2012 campaign, Sean is currently penning a book tentatively entitled NEO: Anthropogenic Evolution, Technology and the Human Psyche. He is also an adjunct faculty member teaching in Fielding Graduate University’s Media Psychology Masters program. You can contact Sean via Twitter @SeanThoennes or Linked-In sean-thoennes....

Carrie Perry

Carrie Perry

Media psychologist, Brandman University Carrie, a media psychologist and professional educator, also runs her company, Write Right, A Pen for Hire.  Her academic background and employment experience includes financial analysis, business management, corporate training, and educational director of a national learning center. Carrie is employed at Brandman University, teaching courses such as Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship, Information Literacy, Human Development, Advanced Business courses, and Behavior and Cognition. She also consults within the areas of Digital Strategies, Organizational Communications, Persuasive Communications, and Media Psychology. Applying cognition, color, and persuasive psychological theories, Carrie offers a unique perspective on how consumers apply mass mediated information into their daily lives, as well as confront the daily realities of information overload. Central to all aspects of her professional and educational pursuits is persuasive communication. Carrie’s academic professional career began has continuously fed her passion for digital communications, 4D technology, media technology, and social advocacy. She has presented at national conferences including the American Psychological Association National Conference and consults for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. You can contact Carrie on twitter @drdvperry and on Linkedin at carrie-perry....

Shane Pase

Shane Pase

Cofounder, MediaX Shane is a media psychologist and cofounder of the MediaX LLC new media technologies group, an award winning conceptual designer, and currently authoring the first book on the psychology of augmented reality. Shane has over 17 years experience utilizing human behavior analytics to develop creative and outside the box solutions for both for profit and non-profit corporations and small businesses. By combining theories from cognitive, behavioral and social psychology, he is able to provide valuable insights into our experience with and the effects of media technologies. Shane is a member of the adjunct faculty at Fielding Graduate University’s Media Psychology program teaching courses on general media psychology, augmented reality and immersive technologies. He has presented internationally at internationally at such prestigious conferences as IEEE ISMAR, EEE WorldComp, National Social Science Association and American Psychological Association National Conventions exploring the cognitive effects of augmented reality and immersive media, using new technologies for social change and disruption, and the ethics of new media technologies. You can find him on Twitter and Linkedin @shanepase. He also authors blog on Neopropagandia.com....

Jerri Lynn Hogg

Jerri Lynn Hogg

Media psychologist, Fielding University Jerri Lynn is a media psychologist, 2015 president for the American Psychological Associations’ Society for Media Psychology and Technology, and author of the soon to be released books, The Science of Audience Engagement and Mad Men Unzipped. Passionate about social media, technology, and digital environments, Hogg researches and consults on how we communicate, connect, and find balance in changing environments. As a psychologist she applies theory, practice, and research to humanizing the technological landscape and digital experience. Hogg is a faculty member of Fielding Graduate University’s Media Psychology program and a senior research fellow at the Media Psychology Research Center, a research and consulting organization helping companies create positive and effective media, messaging, and technology. Hogg is also an international presenter and consultant examining the cultural influence on human behavior and digital media, virtual communities and worlds, connection through social media communities, the psychology behind effective communication design, new and changing learning communities, and how to create solid user experience design. Jerri Lynn was recently a judge for the annual SoMe Awards (Social Media).  You can find her on Twitter @HoggJL. She also authors a blog for Psychology Today.com called “The Digital Life”....

Sci-Fi Fridays: Could these giant butterfly drones make “Mothra” a reality?

Sci-Fi Fridays: Could these giant butterfly drones make “Mothra” a reality?

Happy Sci-Fi Friday where we highlight some incredible tech that feels as though it is coming straight out of a science fiction flick. This week we caught a story about giant butterfly drones being created by robotics firm, Festo. Most drones look like futuristic helicopters so it’s interesting to see a company play with the form factor to create something that we would normally see in nature. The eMotion Butterflies are ultra-light flying devices which mimic the insect’s coordinated flying patterns. The butterflies leverage an intelligent mechanical system and are made out of ultra-light materials and the smallest possible power units to give them a more true-to-nature flying behaviour. As butterflies usually fly in a group, Festo used cameras and infrared technology to create a guidance and monitoring system that allowed each butterfly to fly with precision within a collective without collision. From far away the butterflies look quite elegant and beautiful, but up close the butterfly drones are gargantuous compared to their biological counterparts. Seeing them in flight reminded us of the 1962 film Mothra which saw a monstrous Moth attack the world, causing hurricanes and smashing into bridges and buildings and terrifying civilians like only a movie-monster can. Of course the current Festo butterflies look far less menacing than Mothra and don’t have the same destructive powers. But we are sure that baby Mothra started off cute at some point as well. Image Source: Turner Classic Films Augmented World Expo (AWE) is the world’s largest conference for professionals focused on making the world more interactive – featuring technologies such as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Wearable Computing, Smart Glasses, Gesture and Sensors devices, and The Internet of Things. Now in our sixth year, AWE 2015 is our biggest event yet with over 3,000 tech professionals, 200 demos, 100+ AWE-inspiring talks and over 150 participating companies. Tickets are on sale now....

Srikanth Chandrasekaran

Srikanth Chandrasekaran

Standards Senior Manager, IEEE Standards Association Sri (as he is popularly known) is associated with the IEEE India office for the past 3 years with specific focus on standards engagements in India. In this strategic role, Sri drives standards related initiatives & programs in India across technology sectors which include amongst others Smart Grid, Communications, VLSI, to engage Indian engineering community to global IEEE standards development efforts. Apart from India focused programs, Sri is involved in driving some of the key emerging technologies for the IEEE Standards Association globally which include programs in IoT, Smart Cities, AR, eHealth etc. Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (formerly Motorola Inc.) for 18 years, managing a global R&D team focused on technology development in the area of Electronic Design Automation and also led key standards working groups for behavioral modeling of mixed signal systems....

Vinny Luciano

Vinny Luciano

VP Marketing, Accuvein – Vinny’s daughter is a tough stick. A very tough stick. When AccuVein was just an idea, he realized it was an idea that was worth committing to. With deep experience in both marketing and product development, he developed the business plan and helped build out our IP portfolio. Vinny and his team focus on helping clinicians integrate vein visualization into the I.V. standard of care.  With 30 years of marketing experience he’s best known for the rugged mobile computing product line that took a laggard #2 company to dominant market leadership. AccuVein Inc. http://www.accuvein.com/...

Joe Zott

Joe Zott

VP Operations and Engineering, Accuvein Joe joined AccuVein to take a great idea and make it real. The AV400 is now the benchmark that all other vein illumination products are measured against.  Joe brings extensive experience in medical systems including telemedicine, as well as mobile computing, communications security and intelligence systems. After founding successful companies in hyperspectral imaging, asynchronous system on chip design, and software development, Joe now leads our engineering, manufacturing, regulatory and customer service activities providing AccuVein’s customers with best-in-class product and high-touch support. Company: AccuVein Inc. http://www.accuvein.com/...

Jeff Day

Jeff Day

CEO, Bluewater Tech Jeff Day is a business leader with over 20 years of marketing and sales experience in the high-tech sector. He’s held a roles with Cisco Systems, Compuware, 3Com and WordPerfect/Novell, among others. Jeff has also been involved in several start-up ventures focused on cutting-edge approaches to video and communications technologies. Jeff is currently the CEO for Detroit-based Bluewater Technologies. BlueWater is an industry leader in live event and experiential marketing technologies that are driving the next wave of cool consumer interactions with the world’s top brands. He has also helped the company refine its customer and partner strategy helping the company prepare for substantial growth in audio-visual systems integration, live event staging, and experiential marketing businesses. Samples of Jeff speaking can be found on The Buzz: http://blog.bluewatertech.com/author/jeff-day-evp-of-sales-and-marketing. Company: BlueWater Technologies http://bluewatertech.com/ Related Products:...

Lukas Kinigadner

Lukas Kinigadner

Founder, Anyline Identifying the potential of text recognition in the Augmented Reality field, Lukas has spent the last two years of his life assembling an amazing team of image processing experts. Starting in the Western Austrian Alps, expanding to Vienna and then internationally, Lukas has proven extraordinary leadership qualities at one of the leading mobile app agencies in Austria, which he co-founded – and now at Anyline. As Lukas is passionate about bringing mobile OCR to as many people as possible, he focuses on evolving the company around the main goal of teaching smartphones, glasses and wearables how to read and helping people in making less mistakes. Lukas holds a degree in Business Informatics from the University of Technology in Vienna and can look back at a fast-paced career in Consulting and Sales. Company: Anyline http://www.anyline.io Related Products:...