Ari Weinstein

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 Ari has been helping businesses grow for over 30 years. Branding he has designed can be seen around the world and on his website — one of the first online digital portfolios.

Ari is a published, award-winning illustrator and designer, experienced as both an independent and in-house graphic artist. During his long career, he was instrumental in transforming entire product lines from paper to the worldwide web for his Fortune 1000 employer by developing cutting-edge publishing solutions and tools. Now working independently for growing small and medium businesses, Ari combines brand development and business coaching expertise to help clients find new markets and customers with outstanding visuals and clear brand messaging. A contributor to the Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book series, Ari uses Illustrator daily, and writes about it for CreativePro.

Ari has a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors from Queens College/CUNY, an MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma distinction from New York University, and an Advanced Certificate in Coaching Practice from the Association for Coaching. He lives and works from his homes in New York’s Hudson Valley and Downeast Maine, and happily travels to meet in person with clients wherever they are located.

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Jon Schwabish

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Jon Schwabish is an economist at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC. In addition to his research on programs that support low-income communities, he is a writer, teacher, and creator of policy-relevant data visualizations and am considered a leading voice for clarity and accessibility in how researchers communicate their analyses. He helps nonprofits, research institutions, and governments at all levels improve how they communicate their work and findings to their partners, constituents, and citizens.

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Colleen Gratzer

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Colleen Gratzer is an award-winning designer who’s been in the industry for almost 25 years. Much of her expertise includes publication design and layout.

In 2016, she added accessibility as a specialty and has since provided InDesign accessibility training to the U.S. Department of the Interior, at the CreativePro InDesign + Accessibility Summit and other events. She’s also appeared on several podcasts and given presentations about website accessibility.

Her consulting business, Gratzer Graphics, provides design, publication and accessibility services.

Through Creative Boost, she hosts the Design Domination podcast and mentors designers to help them gain confidence, clarity and a competitive edge in a crowded marketplace. She also teaches accessible design and website accessibility.

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Julie Shaffer

Julie Shaffer

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Julie Shaffer is passionate about helping users maximize Adobe design tools and expedite content layout without sacrificing good design. And she’s not just your average enthusiast – Julie is a Fellow and Certified Professional Services Marketer through the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), a certified instructor, an award-winning designer, and a regular CreativePro Network contributor.

With over two decades in the game, Julie has seamlessly blended her analytical prowess with artistic finesse. In 2012, she founded Shaffer Creative to offer consulting, training, and creative design services, empowering firms to secure new work and thrive in the competitive landscape. Through their efforts, Julie and her team have assisted 250 firms across the US in shaping their identities, crafting impactful marketing campaigns, and empowering teams to make the most of their marketing efforts.

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Mike Parkinson

Mike Parkinson

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@Mike_Parkinson is a geek. He is 1 of 36 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world, is an internationally recognized communication and presentation expert, best-selling author, and professional trainer. Mike’s keynotes, training, books (“Billion Dollar Graphics” and “A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters.”), and tools (Build-a-Graphic.com) help companies succeed while saving money and time. He owns Billion Dollar Graphics and is a partner at 24 Hour Company, a premier creative services firm.

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Kladi Vergine

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Kladi is an award-winning designer, visual strategist, speaker, and author. Founder of Studio Printmysoul, a Manchester-based design boutique.

As a self-published author, Kladi’s illustrated book, Plant Therapy, won the world-renowned Fedrigoni TOP Designer Award for her unique use of cotton papers and ink. Kladi has also been the winner of Infohackit and Adobe’s San Francisco Creative Jam.

In addition to her design work, Kladi often leads graphic design masterclasses for Adobe Live, with over 100k views worldwide, and mentors young artists through Adobe’s Discord page. Kladi has also led social media asset creation workshops for House Representatives in Washington, D.C.

Kladi took part in Adobe MAX as a lead speaker in the Design industry in LA, with the What’s New in InDesign and Illustrator (2019), presented two sessions on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign (2020), authored and produced S300 – Transforming Any Document into a Digital Experience with InDesign (2021)

S351 – Techniques for the Efficient Content Creator on the Go (2021), FT2 – First Takes from the Community: Graphic Design (2021). She was also a speaker at the exciting Creative PRO WEEK 2020 conference and shared workflow tips in Illustrator in Spanish during Talent Land 2019 in Guadalajara, Mexico, and again during the Talented at Home virtual event in 2020.

Kladi is also a LinkedIn author. Her first two courses, Adobe InDesign Quick Start , Adobe Illustrator Quick Start , How to build a powerful asset with Photoshop are available on LinkedIn Learning.

Kladi recently produced the Adobe Cross-App, Adobe Ps Templates , Adobe Ai Templates , Adobe Illustrator Bootcamp available on Adobe Education Exchange and Adobe Illustrator Conquest.

Join her colorful creative journey on iamkladi.com

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Jeff Carlson

Jeff Carlson

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Author and photographer Jeff Carlson writes for publications such as CreativePro, Popular Photography, DPReview, and Macworld, and is a contributing editor at TidBITS. He is the author of numerous books, including The Photographer’s Guide to Luminar AI, Take Control of Your Digital Photos, Take Control of Your Digital Storage, and Take Control of Apple Watch, among many other titles. He also co-hosts the podcasts PhotoActive and Photocombobulate, and leads photography workshops in the Pacific Northwest. He believes there’s never enough coffee, and does his best to test that theory.

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Dax Castro

Dax Castro

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Dax Castro is an award-winning, Adobe Certified PDF Accessibility Trainer and certified Accessible Document Specialist (ADS) with more than two decades of experience in the marketing and communications industry. In addition to providing accessibility training to companies worldwide, he and Chad Chelius host a weekly accessibility podcast Chaxchat and PDF Accessibility Facebook group. Dax’s training style focuses on fundamentals in a clear and simple way that is both engaging and informational. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or new to accessibility, you can always count on learning something new from Dax.

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Nolan Haims

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Nolan Haims has decades of experience designing visual communications for the largest brands and organizations. He trains organizations to communicate more visually and create compelling stories with data. Nolan speaks at national conferences, writes extensively on visual storytelling, and is one of the co-hosts of the long-running Presentation Podcast. As one of only 15 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the U.S., he regularly advises the PowerPoint development team on the industry standard software. He is the author of thebetterdeckdeck.com and runs his own design consultancy in Montclair, NJ.

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Jesús Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez

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Jesús Ramirez is a digital graphics expert, speaker, and educator specializing in Adobe Photoshop. Jesús has over 16 years of professional design experience and has worked with clients such as Adobe, Microsoft, Motorola, and Conde Nast.

Jesús is best known as the founder of the Photoshop Training Channel, one of the most popular Photoshop YouTube channels in the world with 1.8 million subscribers. You can find his articles and tutorials in many well-known publications and blogs, including the Adobe Creative Cloud Blog, Adobe’s Create Magazine, and Photoshop User Magazine.

Jesús has been a speaker at many industry-related events worldwide. Including events in Australia, Asia, and Latin America. Most notably Adobe MAX, Adobe SUMMIT, Adobe MAKE IT, CreativePro, CreativeLive, Talent Land, PhotoPlus, Photoshop World, Pluralsight LIVE, and WPPI.

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