Kurt W.

founder and chief marketing strategist

Kurt founded Planet Media in San Francisco in 1999 after his tenure with several successful Silicon Valley startups. He is responsible for the initial business conceptualization, capital investment, strategic planning and overseeing sales, marketing and service for the organization.

He is qualified by over twenty-five years of diversified experience in international business development, sales, marketing, technology and strategic planning with both startup and growth organizations. He is an accomplished business executive with both domestic and international experience with Fortune 500 companies in Internet and web based businesses, interactive television, new media and broadcasting.

Kurt graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southwestern Virginia College in 1982 with a major in Electrical Engineering Technology.

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Idelle F.

creative director

Idelle is a senior level designer and developer and project manager with over 11 years of expertise in interactive Flash development, custom website design, blog development, search engine optimization, email newsletter design and management, logo development, and print design.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Denver with a major in Graphic Communications in 1999 and has designed, developed and managed hundreds of custom websites for a variety of clients.

Idelle oversees the design team at Planet Media and is responsible for creating sites such as Tapped the Movie – World Water Week and Girl Scouts of Colorado Forever Green.

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Rob J.

programming director 

Rob is an experienced senior custom application developer and programmer with over ten years experience including website and graphical design: HTML, CSS, Adobe Fireworks, Photoshop, Flash, web development: PHP, Perl, JavaScript, information technology: SQL, MySQL, PosgreSQL, application development: Visual Basic, C, C++, systems administration: Linux, Apache, Windows, IIS.

Rob holds an Associates Degree and Microsoft MCSD VC++ Certification from KRS Computer and Business School in Bloomington, MN.

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nancy k.

social media and community manager

Nancy is a senior level experienced social media and community manager using online social networking (web 2.0) platforms to actively promote and create buzz across social communities to build relationships, engage readers, build brand awareness, generate leads and increase SEO. She works with businesses across the U.S. to manage their online social networking profiles.

A graduate of Champlain College, Burlington, VT, Nancy has extensive experience with business communications and management working as a human resources professional and paralegal with private enterprise and high-tech corporations.

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karolina m.

events and promotions

Karolina has extensive experience in advertising and promotional activities including representing national and local companies as a brand ambassador in communicating the company's image and target marketing message to the public at events, summits and conferences. 

Karolina holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Counseling, Pedagogical University, Poland and Philosophy, University of Szczecin, Poland.

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Brian C.

graphic design, 3d animation, illustration and programming

Brian is an experienced senior level graphic designer and programmer with expertise in Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, CSS, Premiere, After Effects, and all basic web related software. He has knowledge in graphic and digital production, post- production and 2D and 3D animation.

He is responsible for the design of brands, websites, newspaper ads, magazines ads, and commercials. Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Advertising from the Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Maria D. 

graphic design, flash and illustration

Maria has five years experience in logo design, branding and corporate identity, web design and development, web applications, intranets, product catalogs, UI design, Flash and multimedia presentations, e-marketing and newsletters.

For over three years, Maria led a team of designers performing tasks ranging from page layout to complicated Flash animations in support of the University of California, Irvine’s distance learning course offerings.

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Scott S.

programming and custom application development

Scott has over fourteen years of professional website and application development experience.  He is qualified as a senior level front end UI (user interface) and ASP.Net C# application developer.  Scott has a degree in engineering, giving him valuable problem solving skills as well as an innate need to develop solutions efficiently and systematically.

Scott's primary responsibility is creative ideas and approaches to working on projects and ensuring they are done on time and on budget. Scott works with lead management to scope potential projects and provide quotes ranging from small businesses to fortune 500 companies. He also writes code, develops interfaces and brainstorms concepts that lend support to every aspect of Interactive design and development.

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Max e.

bone research specialist

Max is a Old English Sheepdog who is ten years old and has extensive experience in office greetings and mail carrier harassment. He spends most of his day slacking, snoozing and eating any excess Zuke's natural treats that may be laying around. Max is the only staff member who is allowed to sleep on the job.