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Francis Preve has also been intimately involved in interactive technology since the beginnings of the World Wide Web. His attention to detail and thorough understanding of information architecture have been recognized in awards received for his contributions to AMD's corporate web site. He has also served as both panelist and moderator for South-by-Southwest Interactive since 1997, and is a member of the SXSW advisory board. Accordingly, Wired Digital (Webmonkey) and numerous other publications have tapped him to write articles on topics as varied as integrating rich media to developing music web sites from scratch.


Juicy This [view website]

When seabrooktv owner Seabrook Jones found that many of his clients also required photographic services and slide shows for their productions, events and web sites he called on Preve to create another portfolio site this time showcasing his still images and graphics. The main requirements being easy scaling and a simple but compelling design - juicythis.com was born. This site launched in March of 2006.


Dr. Michael Escobedo [view website]

Dr. Michael Escobedo is at the forefront of skin rejuventation medicine and dermatological procedures in Central Texas. Accordingly, he needed a site that included extensive information on the services and procedures offered at his practice, including cross-platform compatible video. In conjunction with SeabrookTV.com (who provided video production services), Preve developed and delivererd the site over the course of two months in 2003.


SeabrookTV [view website]

In August of 2002 Austin based video Writer & Director Seabrook Jones drafted Preve to create a low maintenance easily updateable portfolio site to showcase a wide variety of video productions for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to local and national broadcasters and non-profit groups. Preve also contributes music composition, sound design and website design to several of seabrooktv's productions.


Keen Personal Media [view example]

As Lead Designer, Preve worked closely with Keen's marketing group to realize their vision and brand strategy for the Keen corporate site. Developing the site required flexibility, as Keen was in the process of refining their brand. This web site was designed to allow for rapid expansion as Keen finalized the content to be deployed. Preve delivered the site in January 2002, and it is currently maintained by Keen's internal web group.


WebOffice [view example]

WebOffice was a small hardware start-up with an innovative approach to positioning their products. Preve was engaged as a consultant to design their brand image and interactive sales collateral. Working closely with WebOffice's executive team, he developed their logo, style guide, core messaging, as well as serving as Project Lead in creating a suite of Flash-based salesware.


Tantau [view example]

Now a division of 724 Solutions, Tantau had a highly developed brand identity when Preve was tapped to lead the development of several Flash-based tutorials to be used in their multimedia SDK. Leveraging their Magritte-inspired print collateral, Preve's team developed two highly engaging rich media pieces that extended the Tantau brand while serving as introductions to the SDK.


WebIQ [view example]

Austin, Texas based start-up, WebIQ, needed a brochureware web site to define their brand and web-based collaborative tools. The time-frame and resource allocation for this engagement was extremely agressive - four weeks. Working from their initial brand image concepts, which consisted of a logo and color palette only, Preve rapidly developed their entire web presence - including two online product presentations - and met the deadline with time to spare.


NemeSys Music Technology [view example]

As Program Director for NemeSys (a division of Tascam), Preve is credited with developing and refining all aspects of their corporate marketing strategy. Over the course of two months in 1999, he single-handedly designed and implemented their corporate web presence, which included all product collateral, online technical support, and integration with existing threaded forums (BBS).


Agere [view example]

Now owned by Lucent, Agere's initial web presence was designed and developed in three weeks by Preve. With the direction of their Marketing Director, Preve rapidly prototyped the look and feel (based on their existing print collateral) and finalized the site's architecture - on time and under budget.


SXSW [view example]

In 1998, Preve was charged with the task of developing a short non-denominational winter greeting for Austin's South-by-Southwest conference. Working in a variety of software environments - including AfterEffects, Premiere, Bryce, and Cubase - he created and assembled all elements of this QuickTime vignette.


Shoreline Amphitheatre [view example]

While at AMD (details below), Preve served as Webmaster for the Bay Area's legendary Shoreline Amphitheatre site, which was sponsored by AMD from 1997-2000. His groundbreaking design for this web site included the pioneering use of JavaScript-based interactive seat selection, which allowed visitors to view the perspective of each seating section before purchasing tickets.


Advanced Micro Devices

From 1997 to 1999, Preve served as Web Coordinator for Advanced Micro Devices' Embedded and Communications processor groups, as well as their multi-lingual South American corporate presences. His responsibilities included contributions to the overall design and architecture of the AMD web presence, project management of new media corporate collateral, and assistance with overall web strategy.


Synthesis

Since its launch in 1996, Preve's critically-acclaimed Synthesis web site has received hundreds of thousands of visitors looking for information on synthesizer, audio and MIDI technology. All content, design and interactive audio calculation tools were conceived and implemented by Preve, who continues to maintain the site as his schedule permits.

HTML
Ten years experience in scalable site design and architecture.

Software skills include: Hand Coding; Dreamweaver; GoLive; BBEdit; PageMill; SiteMill; HoTMetaL Pro

Languages include : HTML, DHTML, JavaScript

Graphic Design
Ten years experience in visual arts for Web and CD-ROM.

Software skills include: Photoshop; ImageReady; Fireworks; Bryce 3D; GIFBuilder; Kai's Power Tools; Graphic Converter; DeBabelizer

Animation / Interactive
Eight years experience in digital video, animation and VR.

Software skills include: After Effects; Final Effects; Final Cut Pro; LiveMotion; Avid Videoshop; Bryce 3D; Flash; Premiere; Media Cleaner Pro (Cleaner); Apple QTVR Authoring Studio; Electrifier Pro; Morph; RealProducer

See the Writing section for additional information on Multimedia experience.