Dan Rodney has been a designer and web developer for over 20 years. He creates coursework for Noble Desktop and teaches classes. In his spare time Dan also writes scripts for InDesign (Make Book Jacket, Proper Fraction Pro, and more). Dan teaches just about anything web, video, or print related: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe XD, Sketch, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and more. You can find Dan on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and at danrodney.com.
Subjects taught by Dan Rodney:
Graphic Design, Web Design, Web Development, Motion Graphics, Video Editing
Jerron has an M.A. in Communication Arts and expert-level certifications in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator. He also has a good working knowledge of other animation programs like Cinema 4D, Adobe Animate, and 3DS Max from his decades of experience in and around the design industry. He has authored multiple books and video training series on computer graphics software such as: After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash (back when it was a thing). Jerron has previously taught at the college level at schools such as The New York Institute of Technology, New York City College of Technology, and Fashion Institute of Technology.
Eugenio Solis de Ovando, M.A. is a Senior Design Instructor at Noble Desktop with more than 20 years of experience in digital graphics and design. He has provided services to advertisement agencies, newspapers, magazines, graphic design agencies, photography studios, universities, editorials, printers, and others.
Eugenio has advanced skills in photography studio, photo retouching, infographics, editorial workflow in publishing, digital color management, prepress, web design, virtual and augmented reality, and virtual productions.
His Professional Certifications include
- Master of Arts in Learning and Emerging TechnologiesAdobe Certified Design Master, Adobe Certified Design Specialist Adobe Visual Design Specialist
- Adobe Certified Design Master, Adobe Certified Design Specialist Adobe Visual Design Specialist
- Adobe Certified Expert, Adobe Certified Instructor, and Adobe Certified Associate in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop Lightroom, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, and Digital Publishing Suite.
Subjects taught by Eugenio Solis de Ovando:
Graphic Design, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Web Design, Adobe XD
Art Yudin is a FinTech enthusiast who has a great passion for coding and teaching. Art is the founder and CEO of Practical Programming (Noble Desktop partner company), a leading training company for aspiring developers and data scientists. Currently, Art develops financial services software and leads classes and workshops at Practical Programming in New York and Chicago.
He is the author of several coding publications including "Building Versatile Mobile Apps with Python and REST with React and Django."
Brian grew up in upstate New York and is a graduate of Duke University. His early professional experience includes living in China from 1995 to 1998, where he was a partner and Art Director for Beijing Scene newspaper. Brian spent the early 2000s in Ecuador, doing website work, editorial production, and video production for a tourism company. After returning to the U.S., Brian did web dev, illustration, and animation work, mainly freelance, while also teaching these and other subjects for NYC career schools. Brian served as Director for a coding bootcamp in NYC and was Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Westchester County College, where he taught Data Science and Machine Learning. He now teaches web development, JavaScript, and other technologies at Noble Desktop.
Pak is a seasoned web developer who specializes in Javascript, React, React Native, Express.js, Node.js MongoDB, and SQL.
He has technical knowledge in web, software and app development along with sales, and marketing.
You can visit his GitHub to see some of his projects: https://github.com/spaceforestchu.
Justine is an eternally upbeat and outgoing leader, designer, gamer, roller skater, and instructor.
She's a mover and shaker, a playmaker with authentic ideas that build brand stories for consumers.
She is a boundary pusher, a risk-taker dedicated to creating novel and engaging relationships between brands and consumers.
Whether in the boardroom or the roller derby arena, Justine is always looking for the way forward.
Nicole McCullum is the founder of Captivate Designs, a web design and internet marketing company that helps small businesses establish a professional web presence and generate leads and sales online. She has been involved in web design and internet marketing since 2004 when she founded her first business, a real estate school. Having marketed her first business via the internet with great results, Ms. McCullum decided that she can help other business owners get great results from the internet and she parlayed her experience into a web design and digital marketing company.
Ms. McCullum helps her clients get exposure online and increase traffic to their websites through search engine optimization services and training. As a practitioner of SEO, Ms. McCullum has also worked as an SEO Consultant and SEO Trainer. Ms. McCullum has also trained both entrepreneurs and marketing professionals on how to execute a successful SEO strategy.
Subjects taught by Nicole McCollum:
Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing, SEO, Google Analytics, Google Ads
Scott Carson started Noble Desktop in 1990, and has been involved with computer graphics since 1986. He began teaching at Parsons School of Design in 1991, and has been training designers, professionals, and career-changers ever since. Scott is also a horse racing aficionado, and runs the largest horse racing contest on the internet, PublicHandicapper.com
Matt has directed a network of over 400 Drupal-based e-commerce websites for independent businesses; assisted several companies in migrating from legacy platforms to Drupal, CiviCRM, and Ruby on Rails; helped develop and maintain partnerships with companies including Google, NPR, and Kobo; and presented educational sessions at international conferences. Matt has a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Virginia, where he also taught. At Noble, Matt teaches PHP/MySQL. Matt and his wife run their consulting firm, Augment Digital.
David Karlins is a student of and resource for communication technology, culture, and technique. His recent books include Building Websites All-In-One For Dummies (co-author); Adobe Analytics for Dummies (co-author); HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies; and Adobe Illustrator CC for Dummies. David is a working UI/UX designer and content developer; creator of online courses syndicated through Cengage Learning and LinkedIn Learning; and Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) and New York University (NYU).
Ethan is a freelance graphic artist with over 20 years of experience in design, illustration and production for books, magazines, websites, environments and mobile devices. He has worked for hundreds of clients big and small including: Food & Wine Magazine, Vogue, Adidas by Pharrell, Calvin Klein, Definitely Midwifery and the Climate Land Ambition Rights Alliance (CLARA). You can see more at ethancornell.com and LinkedIn.
Michele is a freelance digital illustrator and graphic designer. In addition to illustration, she's worked on logo, pattern, and product design for a variety of clients, and she’s been teaching at Noble Desktop since 2010. Her work can be seen on products, in magazines, all over the internet, and on the walls of folks with impeccable taste. Learn more at michelerosenthal.com.