Alberto Molina, President and Founder
Alberto has developed online services and entertainment ranging from the immensely successful 1999 teen entertainment hub iTurf.com, business applications for fortune 50 companies such as American Express and Schlumberger, multiple large scale online community websites including the internationally heralded thebusinessonline.com and the leading student run nonprofit DwightHall.org and massive multiplayer games and arcade ...David McKinnis, Chief Software Architect
David has been working with and programming computers since he was introduced to a Hewlett-Packard programmable calculator in junior high school. Since then he has programmed many different computers in a variety of languages (some of which are even still useful). He attended Yale University and, after graduation, went ...Dana Molina, VP External Affairs
Dana brings a breadth of experience in marketing and fundraising and experience with the non-profit sector to Topaz. She was the Director of Volunteer Programs for Partnerships for Parks for seven years, which included conceptualizing their content management database of over 60,000 as well as their website at ...Seth Spanogle, Director of Development
Seth has held senior software development positions at Beansprout Networks, Soundsbig.com, Putnam Investments and Snyder's of Hanover. With over 12 years of experience he has built and managed applications focusing on community development , music publishing, e-commerce and ERP system interfaces. In his spare time he is an avid motorcyclist, ...Alberto Molina, President and Founder
Alberto is a seasoned interactive media producer. He has produced creative and business products on many technology platforms as well as on stage and film. He trained in philosophy and literature at Yale University and has since managed technology projects for fortune 100 companies as well as select small businesses. Prior to starting Topaz Group Ventures, Inc., Alberto helped to build iTurf.com which was the most successful of the entertainment hubs for teenagers and launched in 1999.
Dana Molina, VP External Affairs
Dana brings a breadth of experience in marketing and fundraising and work with the non-profit sector. She was the Director of Volunteer Programs for Partnerships for Parks for seven years, which included conceptualizing their content management database of over 60,000 as well as their website at itsmypark.org. Prior to that she worked as a Program Officer for the Foundation for a Civil Society encouraging civic participation initiatives like Rock the Vote in Slovakia. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Czech Republic. She studied as an English major at Yale.Thanaroj Taengkhem, Production Manager
TT first joined Topaz Group in 2004 and is a jack of many trades with html, flash, css production as well as creative custom design work. Before that he worked as a Web Project Manager with an advertising company in Thailand. He came across half of the world to ...YAAMNY Board Structure
Board Structure Title Description, Focus Areas, responsibilities President: My Luu ’96 Vision, board development, strategic coherence, partnerships with other Yale alumni organizations and Ivy League schools Vice-President: vacant Alumni communications, board dynamics Secretary: Rosa Balestrino ’92 Board organization: legal issues, by-laws & mechanics (minutes, scheduling, voting) Treasurer: Tracey Ober ...Parag Patel
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Vice President of the Yale Club of Washington, DC and Co-Chair of the YAF for Class of 1975.Andy Huska, Flash Engineer
Andy brings years of Flash and even more years of coding to Topaz for the success of everyone. Comfortable in everything from basic Actionscript to physics simulations and networked multi-player apps, Andy is always happy to learn new things and mentor those around him. Toni Ichikawa, Creative Director
Toni Ichikawa comes to Topaz on a project basis with teamB which she founded in 2001 and has developed into an independent creative studio whose main strength is to provide highly conceptual and strategic advertising campaigns, integrated marketing programs and design projects. A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Toni ...Matthew Dawson, Art Director
Matt Dawson comes to Topaz on a project basis and is responsible for art direction, and contributes to strategic direction of digital media projects. With extensive creative design and development management experience, Matt directs the efforts of our interactive designers, and production staff to ensure the success of each project. ...
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