The mEgo Team
Creative, Business & Marketing
Over the past twelve years, Ariel has been on the cutting edge of interactive product development and user experience analysis. She has created software, websites, games, iTV and mobile products for clients such as Yahoo!, AOL, Wells Fargo, Rockwell Collins, Lucas Arts, Disney, @Home, The Annenberg Institute, and more. She served as the Creative Director for Lotus Interworks and PCCW/Now.com, both multi-national corporations focused on serving the expanding needs of a cross-platform international consumer base. In the 90's, Ariel created the front end of some of the first broadband PC and iTV user interfaces while working for DirectTV at ZDTV. As the Director of User Experience at Broadband Mechanics, Ariel helped pioneer early online video and rich-media publishing software.
Julia has been a senior consultant in the technology, media and telecommunication industries, providing strategic, legal and financial advice to her clients, with an emphasis on media ventures. Prior to co-founding mEgo, she was Senior Vice President of Business Development for PCCW, one of Asia's leading integrated communications and new media companies. PCCW is the dominant telecommunications company in Hong Kong. Through its subsidiaries, it is also involved in high tech, real estate and infrastructure projects worldwide. As Senior Vice President, Julia initiated and negotiated content, technology and funding relationships for the "now.com," NOW TV and "gamer.tv" initiatives. Recognizing the importance of media convergence in the early 90's, Julia co-authored Split Screen - Home Entertainment and the New Technologies in 1992 with David Ellis. Julia graduated with honors in economics from Princeton University and received her law degree from the University of Toronto.
Michael is a seasoned professional with twenty years in the design industry. He has designed and created numerous public websites and enterprise level web-based software applications. Michael comes to us from Silicon Space, a leading Southern California consulting firm where he served as Creative Director. While at Silicon Space, Michael designed and developed various projects for such clients as Hewlett-Packard, Gateway, Disney, Union Bank of California and Adobe Systems. Michael holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from San Diego State University.
Technology
Fotios is mEgo's CTO and has been a Technical Lead in the wireless industry for many years, developing mobile games, ringtone applications and reliable mobile software platforms for various clients, including THQ, Disney, Moderati, CMT, and VH1 among others. He has a wide variety of technical knowledge spanning from wireless technologies to server-side architectures. Fotios is the co-founder of Stream Engineering and RTOT, two Cyprus-based companies, focused on data mining algorithms applied to electronic markets. He graduated from UCLA with three master's degrees in Computer Science, Space Physics and Chemical Engineering. He is also the recipient of numerous academic awards and fellowships, among them an M.S Outstanding Award in Computer Science and the Best Graduate Student Fellowship in Chemical Engineering.
Sergio is a Software Engenier graduate of Uruguay's Universidad de la República since 2002. For the past 10 years he has gained experience in a wide range of technologies, solutions and professional roles. Experience includes coding and designing solutions in almost all common programming languages, OS environments and database servers. He evolved as a developer, architect, and project manager inside a couple of local software companies, became an international consultant at the Interamerican Development Bank for two years, and most recently managed a self owned small internet company focused on the creation of online gaming communities, dealing with technical, commercial and human resources management.
A recent graduate in Automation and Applied Informatics from Romania's University of Politehnica, Timisoara, Adrian has expertise in PHP, MySQL, AJAX, HTML/CSS, XML, as well as experience in Linux server and Java. In addition to working as a developer at Romania's highly regarded FV Agency-a full-service interactive company providing innovative solutions for web, mobile and desktop applications-he has done freelance work for a variety of sites. Prior to starting with mEgo, Adrian was a consultant for IT Acquisition Center, where he helped develop IT systems, strategies and management policies.
Marcelo has a bachelor degree in Graphic Design from ORT University, Uruguay. Since his beginnings in 2003, he has stood out as a versatile designer and developer. Expert in HTML/CSS, he also teaches in prominent local academies, where he displays his natural leadership ability. His favorite web tools are Photoshop, Dreamweaver; and multimedia components Director and Premier.
Octavian has 10 years of experience with Linux OS and has been system administrator for many companies; both as employee and as consultant. He is currently a student of Applied Electronics at Romania's University of Politehnica, Timisoara. Octavian also has over 3 years of PHP programming experience working freelance before joining the mEgo team, and has also worked as technical support for a top Romanian ISP.
Carolina has worked for a large Internet based company in Uruguay- her country of residence, for the past 4 years. She provides expertise in the Internet field, with experience in the development and implementation of tasks in web content, hosting, administration, management programs, and quality control of various sites hosted.
Pablo is a networking technician with 7 years experience providing logistics and quality assurance services to companies in Uruguay and the United States. Pablo specializes in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and traffic management for Spanish language web sites. He is currently working on his bachelor of science degree in Computer Systems at ORT University in Uruguay.
After starting his first company at the age of 19, Chris graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelors Degree in Communications Technology. With a passion for both business and interactive development, Chris brings to mEgo a wide array of talents in social networking development. Throughout his career, Chris has worked as a consultant with several professional athletes and musicians as well as Disney/ABC, Warner Brothers, MySpace, American Idol, UCLA and Kraft. Chris possesses an innovative and creative mind accented by a strong background in Flash Design and Development with additional experience in PHP, MySQL, Javacript, AJAX, XML and CSS/HTML. When not submerged in technology, Chris can be heard cheering for his alma matar and other Ohio sports teams.
Stephanie is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a bachelors degree in Psychology. She joins mEgo as our community manager maintaining mEgo's new forum, and continues to grow mEgo's web presence across Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and more! She enjoys sharing our exciting new and upcoming features with users, and loves hearing feedback from our wonderful community! Stephanie is the definition of a dog-lover and when not at mEgo, she can be found relaxing with her Yorkshire Terrier and Golden Retriever.
When not wandering the planet playing ukulele, Kenny Cosca can be found behind a cheap laptop clicking away with his old-school ball mouse. Kenny also has Bachelors Degree in Music from California State University, Chico, and has performed around the globe playing bass and singing for a multitude of bands. In fact playing gigs at night gave Kenny the time to teach himself programming during the day. Kenny now has 6 years experience programming for the web with PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, XML, Etc. His current focus here at mEgo is Flash and Actionscript 2.0/3.0.
Team's Mascot
Dim Sum is mEgo's chief dog and mascot. He is responsible for company morale, security, and chasing squirrels. Dim Sum has a long history of really liking his food and his walks. He also is very proficient at sleeping. He also codes in C++. Dim Sum is a Canadian cockapoo.
