Nellie McKesson

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Nellie McKesson likes solving problems. Based in Portland, Oregon, she currently spends her days trying to find technological or workflow solutions for the publishing industry, combining her past experience in print and digital book production and design with her knowledge of digital workflows and programming. She has meandered through various roles in the publishing industry, starting out in journal publishing, then tackling tech publishing and authoring platforms at O’Reilly Media (where she pioneered an HMTL/CSS-centric workflow), rethinking trade publishing tools and workflows at Macmillan, and now running a startup called Hederis where she’s building a Web- and AI-based platform for book publishing. Nellie went to school for philosophy, and plays the drums in an artsy metal band.

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      Erica Gamet

      Erica Gamet

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      Erica Gamet has been involved in the graphics industry for over 35 years. She is a speaker, writer, trainer, and content creator focusing on Adobe InDesign, Apple Keynote, and varied production topics. She is a regular presenter at CreativePro Week, regular contributor to CreativePro Magazine, and has spoken at Canada’s ebookcraft, Adobe MAX, and Making Design in Oslo, Norway. Find Erica online at the CreativePro YouTube channel, CreativeLive.com and through her own YouTube channel. When she isn’t at her computer she’s probably daydreaming about travel or living in a Nordic noir landscape.

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      Keith Gilbert

      Keith Gilbert

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      Keith Gilbert is a design consultant, developer, educator, speaker, and author. His work has taken him throughout North America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. During his 37-year career his clients have included Adobe, Apple, Target, Oracle, and the United Nations. He is the author of several popular titles for LinkedIn Learning, Adobe Press, and CreativePro.

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      Bert Monroy

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      Bert Monroy is a pioneer of digital art. He is a hyper-realistic digital painter who builds his digital paintings as a traditional artist would, adding color and texture, but on a digital canvas. He is a veteran of the advertising industry and 40 years as a commercial illustrator. He coauthored the first book on Photoshop and has authored several books since. He was a regular on Tech TV for almost four years and hosted Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy, a weekly Photoshop podcast for Revision3.com which aired for over three years.

      Bert until recently hosted a weekly podcast entitled Pixel Playground on LinkedIn Learning where he also has a vast library of tutorial videos. An accomplished teacher and lecturer, Bert has served on the faculties of the School of Visual Arts (New York), the Center for Creative Imaging (Maine), and California College of the Arts. He has been on the faculty of San Francisco State University for over twenty years. His client list includes Apple Computer, Adobe Systems, Pixar and Disney Animation. In 2004 Bert was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

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      Von Glitschka

      Von Glitschka

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      Von is the creative director of Glitschka Studios, a small two-person design firm located in the Pacific Northwest. We are illustrative designers who create designs and illustrations for global brands and small businesses to expand their creative possibilities, facilitate their brand engagement, and help their businesses grow and thrive.

      Von also produces and creates a bi-weekly creative series for Linkedin Learning called ‘Drawing Vector Graphics Laboratory.’

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      Mark Heaps

      Mark Heaps

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      Mark Heaps is the VP of Brand & Creative for the AI accelerator company Groq Inc. where he oversees the expression and execution of design concepts and campaigns. Previously he was the Executive Creative Director for his wife’s agency, Heaps LLC, where they specialized in communication design solutions for Fortune500 corporations like Google, E&J Gallo, and CapitalOne. He was the former Director of Development at Duarte Inc, an award-winning communication design agency. Mark has received the Max Masters Award for his sessions multiple times at Adobe Max, as voted by attendees. He is a published author, photographer, designer but prefers the label “Professional Creative”. If he’s not working on a project, he’s hanging with his kids in nature, riding motorcycles, or playing music.

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      Colin Smith

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      Colin Smith is a Los Angeles based trainer, designer and photographer. He is founder of one of the world’s most popular websites for creators, PhotoshopCAFE.com. Which has received over 50 million visitors.

      As an award-winning digital artist, Colin has 3 guru awards under his belt. His work has been featured in most of the industry magazines as well as Time Magazine and the New York Times.

      His client list includes, Toyo Tires, Microsoft, Saatchi and Saatchi and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, David Lee Roth.

      As a leading trainer, Colin has written 21 books, and too many video courses to count. His training clients include Adobe, Apple, Disney and Edison International. He is a regular speaker at major conferences, including Adobe Max, PPE, WPPI, Photoshop World, CreativePro and Imaging USA.

      He runs a popular YouTube channel (photoshopCAFE) with 300,000 subscribers.

      When he isn’t at his computer, Colin can be found pursuing his passion of travel and capturing beauty with his drone and camera.

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      Nigel French

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      Nigel French is a graphic designer, photographer, and design teacher, based in Lewes, UK. He is author of InDesign Type (now in its 4th Edition), The Type Project Book (with Hugh D’Andrade) and the Photoshop Visual Quickstart Guide (with Mike Rankin). He has recorded more than fifty titles in the LinkedIn Learning online training library.

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      Anne-Marie Concepción

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      Anne-Marie “Her Geekness” Concepción is a digital publishing expert who loves to help designers and editors become experts too. She’s the owner of Seneca Design & Training, a cross-media design studio that develops print, PDF, and ebook publications for clients in the US and abroad. Anne-Marie is also a certified Adobe instructor in Creative Cloud Design & Layout, a 6-time Adobe MAX Master, and is an in-demand online trainer and webinar presenter. As a consultant, she helps remote publication teams work together better by mastering InDesign-centric skills and workflows that include Creative Cloud, Acrobat, Word, GoogleDocs, InCopy, and cloud-based publishing services. Anne-Marie has authored over 30 courses on LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com on these topics and more. She co-founded CreativePro Network with David Blatner, including InDesignSecrets.com, CreativePro.com, and the CreativePro Week conferences; and continues to co-host the InDesign Secrets podcast with him, now in its 17th year. Anne-Marie invites you to set up a free Zoom consult with her at https://calendly.com/senecadesign, and keep up with her by following her on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or by email.

      Chad Chelius

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      Chad Chelius is a trainer, author, consultant, speaker and Director of Training Solutions and Principal at Chax Training and Consulting. He resides in the Philadelphia area and has been using Adobe products for over 25 years. As an Adobe Certified Instructor, Accessible Document Specialist, and consultant he teaches and advises on all Adobe print and web products, specializing in InDesign and InCopy workflows, Illustrator, automation, and PDF accessibility using InDesign, Word, and Adobe Acrobat. He works with clients both large and small in and outside of the United States, helping them to solve design, workflow, and accessibility challenges using Adobe products. Chad is a Lynda.com / LinkedIn Learning author, and you can connect with him on LinkedIn or Twitter.

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