Dell Wolfensparger
"If you had a time machine and could bring a technologist from 5 years in the future to your office for a meeting would you? If that same person presented a roadmap of the future wrapped around your product then you understand what I do..."
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://http;//www.nertopia.com |
| Industries: | Computing, Entertainment, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Graphic design, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Product design, Public Relations, Public speaking, Web design |
| Next step: | Looking to talk to a startup that wants to change the world with their product. Failing that I'm looking to talk to a startup that will be profitable from day one. ;) Failing that I would talk to a startup that is helping clean up the environment and doing both of the above. |
| Location: | Southern California |
| Groups: | Maker Faire 2007 |
| Visas: | USA, Australia |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Tags: | android, apple, Artificial Intelligence, blue-ray, change agent, clean tech, cognitive enhancers, couch surfing, culture jammer, cybernetic augmentation, disruptive technology, dna, e-clutter, futurist, game 3.0, gary harvey, gphone, gustavo dudamel, hybrid, iphone, machinima, mmurpg, mobile computing, Mobile Technology, multi-touch, musicovery, nau, omega point, paradigm shifts, public speaker, radical transparency, Sailing, semantic web, singularity, smart cars, social media, social networks, technologist, third screen, tv 2.0, uniglo, vena cava, virtual commerce, virtual economies, virtual gifting, virtual immortality, virtual worlds, wearable tech |
FULL BIO
Me? I am the human sci-fi version of "younoodle" in terms of company and product evaluation. I am able to simulate future markets with a very real world methodology. Do you possess a disruptive technology product or would your company be adversely affected by so called "unforeseeable changes" in the marketplace? Then you should talk to me.
My gift is in understanding how tomorrow's technology trends will impact companies who need to innovate and profit from future changes in their market space. I not only extrapolate future market trends, I simulate them based on product and market specifics so key people can easily decide best courses of action based on prescient knowledge.
My tagline explains me best... "To read about the future is knowledge, to touch it is understanding"
Visit Nertopia.com to view my full bio. Send me a message if you want to know more. If this all sounds too weird to you then it's probably best if you don't contact me!
Dell Wolfensparger
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Nertopia.com |
| Position: | Private Consultant |
| Time period: | April 2004 - Present |
| Description: | - Created and managed all aspects of social networking site similar to youtube.com
- Produce Hi-Def 1080i Video for Vodcasting and DVDs for multiple clients' - Art Director of "Salon Style" online magazine published in PDF and Web Format - Traveled to Australia to present seminar on future business opportunities inside Virtual Worlds - Created custom user selected RSS feeds for Apple iPhone based web site - Creation of 3D city inside Second Life Virtual World |
| Employer: | www.dynamic.com |
| Position: | Vice President Business Development |
| Time period: | April 1998 - April 2004 |
| Description: | - Responsible for building all web development projects and bringing products to market
- Partnered with InterNap, Apple, Kurant and Cox Communications. - Responsible for directing all Internet marketing graphics and software development which included extensive on-line campaigns on Google and Yahoo!. - Launched the first turn-key dedicated server program - Worked, built, and hosted multiple websites with CondeNet (style.com), Primera, Ruby's Restaurants and many small to large companies that resulted in millions of dollars of revenue for the company - Lead the company to become the leading provider and distributor of StoreSense e-commerce software. StoreSense was then bought by eBay. |
| Employer: | Marlin Software Development |
| Position: | Creative and Technical Director |
| Time period: | January 1996 - March 1998 |
| Description: | - Technical and Creative director of a $350,000 software project, Forrest Ackerman's Virtual Museum of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Created a 4 CD-ROM Virtual museum with interactive objects, digital video and audio all in Apple QuickTime VR.
- Responsible for 90% of all company product development including SABAN Entertainment and Earthlink Networks. - Directed national marketing campaigns in over 18 magazines - Directed all packaging, collateral material, press releases, and advertising - Established National/International distribution channels and distributors - Generated national television exposure for the company - Re-launch one of the first trade boxoffice websites, boxoffice.com |
| Employer: | Graphix Zone, Inc. |
| Position: | New Media Group - Macintosh Director |
| Time period: | November 1993 - January 1996 |
| Description: | - Created a partnership with Earthlink Network that included free broadband access for the entire company and later developed into a co- publishing agreement of Earthlink's 1st CD-ROM disc
- Delivered hundreds of Apple based multimedia seminars for road shows and audiences of 60+ - Developed CD-ROM and floppy based EPK products for strategic partners and vendors - Provided outside consultation and training with the latest CD-ROM software development tools for a wide range of computer platforms |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Sailing |
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Kiran Dasari
Indian, 25. Graduate in Masters in Supply Chain Management at Ross School Of Business. Interests include Semantic web, Operations, Supply Chain, International Marketing and emerging economies. MS in Computer Engg and BS in Electrical Engg.
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Drew Knapp
Founder & CEO of goodideazs, LLC, dreamer of A Greater Town .
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