About JM3 : Recent Contributions

jm3 — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:04:52 +0000

John Manoogian III : Experience Inventor. I Build Reality.

moving zivity.com and beta.zivity.com from concept to 25,000 signups, through 5 beta releases, and building an excited and exciting team of hybrid designer/web developers.
building an online community (Feed Me Links) of 15,000+ users without advertising or outside investment
Bootstrapping a from-scratch rapid development “SWAT team” of hybrid designer/engineers at Organic Inc (the Experience Design team)
running a live video projection practice on custom software i wrote, performing with artists like I-F, DJ Godfather, DJ Rotator, and Ectomorph.
teaching at College of Creative Studies and University of Michigan
mentoring and leading the best team in all of Organic, Inc
making my own films & being accepted to Art Center’s film program
open sourcing my loft design
designing & building a bed (functional) and a chair (art)
designing a degree in a new field

Pecha-Kucha 19 - Hybrid Designer/Developers: (speed presentations - 20 images x 20 seconds per image)
presented to 500 designers & architects in San Francisco on how to succeed as a hybrid between two fields (e.g. Graphic Designer + Software Developer)
TechCrunch 40 Presenter & Winner - Zivity: presented to ~350 investors, journalists, and entrepreneur’s at Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis’ event in San Francisco. won our company the $10,000 prize.
Doing Consumer-Centered Strategy in the Wine Industry: presenting the 1821 business model of unlocking pent-up consumer demand for human-readable wine recommendations
MySpace - You Own It, Now What?: presentation to 100+ UBS financial analysts after they advised Fox to purchase MySpace, to highlight the value of what they’d bought.
Engagement Analytics - Eliminating the Blind Spots: keynote for 500+ stakeholders and analysts @ Active Insights 2006 conference, New York
Building an Globalized Translation-Management System: International DaimlerChrysler Dealer Conference, Madrid, Spain
(proprietary): successfully pitching (and closing) DaimlerChrysler and iVillage/NBC