“Had it not been for our partnership with EffectiveUI, I’m not sure we would have gotten off the ground as quickly as we did. We had a very rapid development period that we relied heavily on EffectiveUI’s capability to deliver on, and they not only met but exceeded our expectations.”

Rick Schmidt
Chief Technology Officer
InVisM

Events

Upcoming Events

The Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta

May 19, 2012 • Denver, CO

RJ Owen, lead experience planner, and Michael Salamon, team lead, user experience, present “Design Essentials for Developers” – Saturday, May 19 at 3:15 p.m.

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Cloud Expo New York

June 11-14, 2012 • New York, NY

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Forrester’s Customer Experience Forum East

June 26-27, 2012 • New York, NY

  • EffectiveUI presents a Guest Executive Forum and hosts the Opening Night Cocktail Reception
  • Visit us in booth 301

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Forrester’s Forum for eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

October 25-26, 2012 • Chicago, IL

  • EffectiveUI presents a Guest Executive Forum
  • Visit us in the exhibit hall

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Forrester’s Outside In: A Forum for Customer Experience Professionals

November 14-15, 2012 • Los Angeles, CA

  • EffectiveUI presents a Guest Executive Forum
  • Visit us in the exhibit hall

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Past Events of 2012

Digital Summit

May 9-10, 2012 • Atlanta, GA

Anthony Franco, president, presents “Avoiding Barriers to Business: UX Design as a Strategic Tool to Drive Business” – Wednesday, May 9 at 9:15 a.m.

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Future Insights Live

April 30 – May 4, 2012 • Las Vegas, NV

RJ Owen, lead experience planner, and Michael Salamon, team lead, user experience, present “Design Basics for Developers” – Tuesday, May 1 at 2:05 p.m.

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SXSW Interactive

March 9-13, 2012 • Austin, TX

RJ Owen, lead experience planner, presents “Don’t Build a Power Glove: Talk to Your Users” – Monday, March 12 at 5:00 p.m. in Ballroom BC in the Austin Convention Center

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Integrated Media Association (iMA) Conference

March 7-8, 2012 • Austin, TX

Dan Saltzman, lead experience architect, presents “Pledge Your Support for Mobile

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Denver Visual Studio User Group

February 20, 2012 • Denver, CO

RJ Owen, lead experience planner, and Michael Salamon, team lead, user experience, present “Design Essentials for Developers” – Monday, Feb. 20 at 6:00 p.m.

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Past Events of 2011

Rocky Mountain Adobe Users Group (RMAUG)

December 6, 2011 • Denver, CO

Ryan Bell, user interface developer, participates in a panel presentation, “Future of Flash” – Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m.

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ad:tech New York

November 8-10, 2011 • New York, NY

Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “User Experience Matters: Making Sure Digital Experiences Don’t Suck” – Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 2:45 p.m. View SlideShare

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HTML5 Video Summit

November 8-9, 2011 • Los Angeles, CA

Tony Walt, director of 3-D and motion design, presents “HTML5 Video Content Showcase: Using the Right Mix of HTML5 and Silverlight for Maximum Impact” – Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 4:00 p.m. View SlideShare

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AnDevCon II

November 6-9, 2011 • Burlingame, CA

Tony Hillerson, software engineer, presents “SCM for Android Developers Using Git” – Monday, Nov. 7 at 3:15 p.m. View SlideShare

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Forrester’s Consumer Forum

October 27-28, 2011 • Chicago, IL

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Web 2.0 Expo

October 11-13, 2011 • New York, NY

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Android Open

October 9-11, 2011 • San Francisco, CA

Tony Hillerson, software engineer, and Juan Sanchez, experience architect, present “Designing an App from Idea to Market” – Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1:30 p.m. in Grand Ballroom B

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Adobe MAX

October 3-5, 2011 • Los Angeles, CA

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Rocky Mountain Adobe Camp

September 1, 2011 • Denver, CO

RJ Owen, senior software architect, and Michael Salamon, lead experience architect, present “Design Essentials for Developers” – Thursday, Sept. 1 at 1:00 p.m.

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Rocky Mountain Adobe Users Group (RMAUG)

July 14, 2011 • Denver, CO

RJ Owen, senior software architect, presents “Did Apple & HTML Kill Flash?” – Thursday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m.

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Mobile Health Expo

June 21-23, 2011 • New York, NY

Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “Internal Bleeding: Your Patients’ Digital Experience Could be Costing You Money” – Thursday, June 23 at 2:10 p.m.

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Forrester’s Customer Experience Forum

June 21-22, 2011 • New York, NY

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Financial Services Technology Leaders Forum and Expo

June 14-16, 2011 • New York, NY

Visit us in booth 1820

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Flash and the City

June 9-12, 2011 • New York, NY

  • Leonard Souza, lead experience architect, presents “The Art of Interaction” – Friday, June 10 at 3:25 p.m.

  • RJ Owen, senior software architect, and Michael Salamon, lead experience architect, present “Design Essentials for Developers” – Sunday, June 12 at 3:25 p.m.

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RailsConf

May 16-19, 2011 • Baltimore, MD

Tony Hillerson, software engineer, and Zachary Pinter, senior developer, present “Rails on HBase” – Thursday, May 19 at 11:45 a.m. in Room 345. Watch presentation (58 minutes)

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Microsoft MIX

April 11-14, 2011 • Las Vegas, NV

EffectiveUI presents a Boot Camp session, “Design, Content, Code: Start-to-finish” – Monday, Apr. 11 at 9:00 a.m. Speakers:
Anthony Franco, president and co-founder; Cindy Vanover, project manager. Watch presentation (24 minutes)
Roman Blagovirnyy, user experience designer. Watch presentation (28 minutes)
Chad Bakeman, technical lead/architect. Watch presentation (35 minutes)
Tony Walt, director of 3D and motion design. Watch presentation (42 minutes)

Read more about the MIX Boot Camps

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360|Flex

April 10-13, 2011 • Denver, CO

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IA Summit

March 30–April 3, 2011 • Denver, CO

Beth Koloski, lead experience architect, presents “Discombobulation, Fire-Breathing Dragons and Wet Noodles: Creating Productive Workshops in Scary Situations” – Sunday, Apr. 3 at 11:45 a.m. View SlideShare

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Gartner Customer 360 Summit

March 30–April 1, 2011 • Los Angeles, CA

EffectiveUI is a Silver sponsor and exhibitor

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Web 2.0 Expo

March 28-31, 2011 • San Francisco, CA

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SXSW Interactive

March 11-15, 2011 • Austin, TX

John McRee, lead user experience architect, presents “Your Mom Has an iPad: Designing for Boomers” – Saturday, Mar. 12 at 11:00 a.m. in Ballroom B. View SlideShare

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Rocky Mountain Adobe Users Group (RMAUG)

March 8, 2011 • Denver, CO

Michael Salamon, lead experience architect, presents “Getting Started with Digital Publications: Lessons and Inspirations” – Tuesday, Mar. 8 at 7:00 p.m.

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AnDevCon

March 7-9, 2011 • San Francisco, CA

Tony Hillerson, software developer, presents “Git for the Android Developer” – Tuesday, Mar. 8 at 2:00 p.m. View SlideShare

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IxDA Interaction

February 9-12, 2011 • Boulder, CO

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Past Events of 2010

Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference

November 15-19, 2010 • Boulder, CO

Jon Reid, senior developer, presents “From the Trenches: A Practical Approach to Building the Accessible Web.” Watch presentation (36 minutes) • View SlideShare

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Rocky Mountain Adobe Users Group (RMAUG) miniMAX

November 9, 2010 • Denver, CO

RJ Owen, senior software architect, and Juan Sanchez, experience architect, present “Screens of Possibility: Pushing Multiscreen Experiences with Spark and Flex”

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Adobe MAX

October 23-27, 2010 • Los Angeles, CA

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Safari Books Online Webcast

October 14, 2010 • 1:00 p.m. Eastern

John McRee, lead experience architect, presents “Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software”
Watch recorded webcast - Part 1 (45 minutes)
Watch recorded webcast - Part 2 (16 minutes)

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Rocky Mountain Flash Camp

October 12, 2010 • Denver, CO

RJ Owen, senior software architect, presents “Flex 4 Component Lifecycle

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JavaOne and Oracle Develop

September 19-23, 2010 • San Francisco, CA

Dan Saltzman, lead experience architect, gives an application demo during the “Java Frontier” keynote presentation. Watch presentation (5 minutes)

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360|Flex

September 19-22, 2010 • Washington, DC

Leonard Souza, experience architect, presents “Flexerific Visual Effects.” View SlideShare

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Transforming Your Workplace:
The Future of Social Media, Web Technologies and Business Intelligence

August 24, 2010 • Arrowhead Golf Club, Littleton, CO

Learn how various organizations are leveraging user experience, social networking, Web portals and business intelligence technologies to empower their employees, reduce costs and provide exceptional service to customers at this special event hosted by EffectiveUI, IBM and Alacrinet. This free event includes lunch and an afternoon golf tournament.

John McRee, lead experience architect, presents “EffectiveUI - Creating Exceptional User Experiences”

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Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum

August 8-10, 2010 • Vail, CO

Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, participates in a panel discussion on Flash, HTML5, online video and mobile.

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Forrester’s Customer Experience Forum

June 29-30, 2010 • New York, NY

  • Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “The ROI of User Experience: From Strategy and Conception to Development and Execution.” View SlideShare

  • Complimentary personalized UX consultations with our UX architects. Contact us to request a meeting.

  • EffectiveUI is a Gold Sponsor, speaker and exhibitor (Booth #21)

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O’Reilly Webcast: All You Really Need to Know About UX – Effective User Interfaces

June 17, 2010, 10:00 a.m. PT

John McRee, lead experience architect, presents a free online Webcast based on his O’Reilly Book “Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software

Watch recorded webcast

O’Reilly Online Course: Developing Android Applications with Java: Part 2, Building a Twitter Application

Every Tuesday, May 18 - June 22, 2010

Tony Hillerson, software developer, presents this free six-week online programming course that walks you through setting up sign ins, creating a public timeline, making sure your app is responsive and giving it style to stand out from the flock.

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Gov 2.0 Expo

May 25-27, 2010 • Washington, DC

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WebVisions

May 19-21, 2010 • Portland, OR

John McRee, lead user experience architect, presents “Effective User Interfaces: Creating Breakthrough Software from A to Z”

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Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco

May 3-6, 2010 • San Francisco, CA

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Mobile Monday Colorado

April 26, 2010 • Boulder, CO

Juan Sanchez, experience architect, shares his experience in developing mobile applications. View SlideShare

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Denver RIA Developers Group

April 15, 2010 • Denver, CO

Andy McIntosh, senior software developer, presents “Integrating Flex with Facebook.” Download presentation files

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ReadyTalk Web Seminar

April 6, 2010 • 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “The Business Value of User Experience.” Downloaded recorded audio

Microsoft MIX

March 15-17, 2010 • Las Vegas, NV

Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “The Laws of User Experience.” Watch presentation (54 minutes)

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SXSW Interactive Festival

March 12-16, 2010 • Austin, TX

EffectiveUI hosts a networking event at the Austin Museum of Art on Monday evening, March 15, 2010.

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Gartner Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit

March 9-11, 2010 • Baltimore, MD

EffectiveUI is a Silver Sponsor and exhibitor

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360|Flex

March 7-10, 2010 • San Jose, CA

  • Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, and RJ Owen, senior software architect, present “How to Speak to Executives to Get What You Want”

  • RJ Owen, senior software architect, and Drew McLean, software architect, present “Obey: Building a Rules Engine with AS3 and the Hamcrest API.” View SlideShare

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O’Reilly Online Course: Developing Android Applications with Java

Every Tuesday, February 9 - March 16, 2010

Tony Hillerson, software developer, presents this free six-week online course that will get you started developing Android Applications with Java. Purchase the course video archive

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IxDA Interaction 10

February 4-7, 2010 • Savannah, GA

EffectiveUI is a Recuiting Sponsor and exhibitor

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Past Events of 2009

World Usability Day Event: Wine and Cheese Open House

November 12, 2009 • Denver, CO

Join us at the EffectiveUI office from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Forrester’s Consumer Forum

October 27-28, 2009 • Chicago, IL

EffectiveUI is a Silver Sponsor and exhibitor

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CSIA DEMOgala

October 8, 2009 • Denver, CO

Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “The Business Value of User Experience (UX)”

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Adobe MAX North America

October 4-7, 2009 • Los Angeles, CA

  • EffectiveUI is a sponsor and exhibitor

  • Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “The Business Value of User Experience.” Watch presentation (60 minutes)

  • Anthony Franco also presents “Enterprise Applications that Work the Way People Work.” Watch presentation (64 minutes)

  • Greg Owen, senior developer, presents “InsideRIA’s Battle of the Flex Frameworks Returns.” Watch presentation (58 minutes)

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Gov 2.0 Summit

September 9-10, 2009 • Washington, DC

EffectiveUI is a Gold Sponsor and exhibitor

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CFUnited

August 12-15, 2009 • Leesburg, VA

  • RJ Owen, senior software architect, presents “Flex 4 Components”

  • Greg Owen, senior developer, presents “Intro to AIR”

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Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

July 13-16, 2009 • New Orleans, LA

Peyton Lindley, executive director of UX design and technology, participates in the panel discussion “Power to the Digital Partner.” Watch presentation (53 minutes)

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Forrester’s Customer Experience Forum

June 22-23, 2009 • New York, NY

  • EffectiveUI is a Gold Sponsor and exhibitor

  • Rebecca Flavin, CEO, presents “How a User-centered Approach Can Attract Customers, Drive Revenue and Deliver Competitive Advantages,” with Stephanie Copeland, vice president and general manager, small business markets, Qwest Communications. Watch presentation or Download presentation audio (32 minutes)

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Rocky Mountain Adobe Flash Camp

June 22, 2009 • Denver, CO

  • RJ Owen, senior software architect, and Andy McIntosh, experience architect, present: “Flex 4 Deep Dive: UI and Development” View SlideShare

  • RJ Owen, senior software architect, participates in the “Flex Application Frameworks” panel

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JavaOne

June 2-5, 2009 • San Francisco, CA

  • Lucas Jordan, developer, presents “A Music Visualizer with the Java Media Framework API and JavaFX Technology”

  • Lucas Jordan, developer, joins the panel discussion “JavaFX Technology and the Applications Ecosystem: JavaFX Technology Can Help You Make Money”

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360|Flex

May 18-20, 2009 • Indianapolis, IN

  • EffectiveUI is a sponsor

  • Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “Clients are Stupid, and Other Observations”

  • Zachary Pinter, senior developer, presents “Caching and Synchronization with Flex”

  • Juan Sanchez, experience architect, presents “Degrafa: Declarative Graphics Framework”

  • Michelle Bagur, senior developer, presents “Integrating Accessibility in an Enterprise-level Flex Application: Methods, Concerns and Advice.” View SlideShare

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O’Reilly RailsConf

May 4-7, 2009 • Las Vegas, NV

Tony Hillerson, software architect, presents “Integrating Flex and Rails with RubyAMF”

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Forrester’s Marketing Forum

April 23-24, 2009 • Orlando, FL

EffectiveUI is a Silver Sponsor and exhibitor

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Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco

March 31 – April 3, 2009 • San Francisco, CA

  • EffectiveUI is a Gold Sponsor and exhibitor

  • Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “Use It or Lose It: Proving the Business Value of RIAs”

  • Tony Hillerson, software architect, presents “Building Your First Android Experience

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Microsoft MIX

March 18-20, 2009 • Las Vegas, NV

  • Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “Ten Ways to Ensure RIA Failure.” Watch presentation (40 minutes)

  • Jordan Snyder, software architect, presents “A Shot of Windows Live Messenger and a Pint of Microsoft Silverlight.” Watch presentation (20 minutes)

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360|iDev

March 2-4, 2009 • San Jose, CA

  • Tony Hillerson, software architect, presents “iPhone Persistence for Mere Mortals”

  • Sean Christmann, experience architect, presents “Powerful Visuals with Quartz 2D”

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IxDA Interaction

February 5-8, 2009 • Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Michael Salamon, user experience designer, presents “Where Should You Put the Submit Button? Exploring How Gestalt Laws Inform Interface Design.” Watch presentation (26 minutes)

  • Tim Wood, creative director, presents “Lo-Fi: Sketchbook Techniques for Interaction Designers.” Watch presentation (26 minutes)

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Flex Camp OC

January 31, 2009 • Huntington Beach, CA

  • Tony Hillerson, software architect, presents “Flex Frameworks Breakdown”

  • Juan Sanchez, experience architect, presents “Flash Catalyst”

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Adobe MAX Japan

January 28-29, 2009 • Tokyo, Japan

Joshua Jamison, software developer, presents “A Deep Dive into the Flex 3 Framework”

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Past Events of 2008

Adobe MAX Europe

December 1-4, 2008 • Milan, Italy

  • Maikel Sibbald, Flex developer, presents “A Deep Dive into the Flex 3 Framework”
  • Juan Sanchez, experience architect, presents “Prototyping AIR Applications with Fireworks”

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Adobe MAX North America

November 16-19, 2008 • San Francisco, CA

  • EffectiveUI is a Silver Sponsor and exhibitor

  • Sean Christmann, experience architect, presents “Optimizing Adobe AIR for Code Execution, Memory and Rendering”

  • RJ Owen and Brad Umbaugh, senior developers, present “A Deep Dive into the Flex 3 Framework”

  • Lance Christmann, chief interface designer, presents “Prototyping AIR Applications with Fireworks”

  • RJ Owen, senior software architect, and Sean Christmann, experience architect, present “InsideRIA Outlook 2009”

  • Juan Sanchez, experience architect, presents “Degrafa” – Part of the 360|MAX Unconference

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Forrester’s Consumer Forum

October 28-29, 2008 • Dallas, TX

EffectiveUI is a Silver Sponsor and exhibitor

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The AJAX Experience

September 29 – October 1, 2008 • Boston, MA

EffectiveUI will be showcased in the Adobe booth

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CSIA DEMOgala

October 2, 2008 • Denver, CO

EffectiveUI was selected as one of the Top 20 Most Innovative Companies to be included in the Showcase

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Web 2.0 Expo New York

September 16-19, 2008 • New York, NY

EffectiveUI will be showcased in the eBay and Microsoft booths

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360|Flex

August 18-20, 2008 • San Jose, CA

  • Jim Cheng, senior software engineer, presents “Advanced Analytics for Flex and Flash RIAs”

  • Tony Hillerson, software architect, presents “Flex and Rails with RubyAMF”

  • Juan Sanchez, experience architect, and Tony Hillerson, software architect, present “See the Data, Be the Data”

  • RJ Owen and Brad Umbaugh, senior developers, present “Diving Deep with the Flex Component Lifecycle”

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eBay Developers Conference

June 16-18, 2008 • Chicago, IL

Greg Casey, UX designer, and Greg Owen, senior developer, present “Anatomy of a Killer App: Dissecting the Process and Underlying Methodology of Successful App Creation”

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O’Reilly RailsConf

May 29 – June 1, 2008 • Portland, OR

Tony Hillerson, software architect, presents “Powering AIR Applications with Rails”

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Webmaniacs

May 19-23, 2008 • Washington, DC

  • Tony Hillerson, software architect, presents “Flex with Ruby on Rails”

  • Juan Sanchez, experience architect, presents “Degrafa: Declarative Graphics Framework for Flex”

  • Jim Cheng, senior software engineer, presents “Understanding Flex Automation”

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Web 2.0 San Francisco

April 22-25, 2008 • San Francisco, CA

  • EffectiveUI is a Gold Sponsor and exhibitor

  • Tony Hillerson, software architect, presents “Failing Fast: Get Your App Out of the Lab and into the Arena,” with Alan Lewis, eBay Desktop product manager; Randy Rieland, vice president of interactive media, Discovery Channel; Ryan Stewart, RIA evangelist, Adobe Systems; Scott Green, engineering site director, Google Inc. Watch presentation (27 minutes)

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AJAXWorld Conference & Expo East

March 18-20, 2008 • New York, NY

Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “RIA Adoption in 2008: Risks, Rewards, Challenges and Opportunities.” Download presentation (356MB)

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Microsoft MIX

March 5-7, 2008 • Las Vegas, NV

  • Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents “What is the Face of the Next Web?” Watch presentation (72 minutes)

  • Tim Wood, director of user experience, presents “Designing at the Speed of Light.” Watch presentation (76 minutes)

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360|Flex

February 25-27, 2008 • Atlanta, GA

  • Juan Sanchez, experience architect, presents “Degrafa: Declarative Graphics Framework for Flex”

  • John Wright, senior developer, presents “Building an iTunes-like Browser Component for Flex”

  • Brad Umbaugh, senior developer, presents “Practical 3D: Immersive Interfaces for Regular People”

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Internet Retailer Web Design Conference

January 30 – February 1, 2008 • Miami, FL

EffectiveUI experience designers host Web design and usability workshops

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AlwaysOn Media

January 28-30, 2008 • New York, NY

Anthony Franco, president and co-founder, presents in the CEO Showcase.

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Past Events of 2007

Adobe MAX Europe

October 15-18, 2007 • Barcelona, Spain

Sean Christmann, experience architect, presents “Project San Dimas: Under the Hood of eBay’s Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Project”

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Adobe MAX North America

September 30 – October 3, 2007 • Chicago, IL

  • Sean Christmann, experience architect, presents “Project San Dimas: Under the Hood of eBay’s Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Project”

  • Tony Hillerson, software architect, presents “Flex on Rails”

  • Lance Christmann, chief interface designer, and Adam Flater, software architect, present “Designers and Developers CAN Love Each Other”

  • Dave Meeker, managing partner, presents “Next-generation User Experiences: Real Case Studies”

  • Rob Rusher, solutions architect, presents “Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR): Bringing Rich Internet Applications to the Desktop”

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AJAXWorld Conference & Expo West

September 24-26, 2007 • Santa Clara, CA

Rob Rusher, solutions architect, presents “Getting Started with Flex”

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