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Product Portfolio
Chuck Monte San Rafael, CA 94901 Phone: 1-415-485-6077 email: chuckmonte@comcast.net |
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C. Monte Consulting |
Chuck Monte, Independent Consultant |
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| SUN MICROSYSTEMS, USER EXPERIENCE, JavaFX DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM | Contributing to the JavaFX Platform is as exciting as it is rewarding. Creating an application platform that operates seamlessly across “All the Screens of Your Life” is a herculean task that challenges the very fabric of realism… but at Sun, this challenge inspires innovation that turns skeptics into believers. This was my experience. As a member of the JavaFX User Experience team, I contribute to numerous projects from web to mobile and TV. Working with various domestic and international engineering and marketing teams, projects ranged from designing single-screen applications that demonstrate JavaFX - to producing visionary concepts to help guide the direction of it. Below are examples. |
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Dipdive LLC, MOBILE INITIATIVE LEADER |
Dipdive.com is the vision of renowned artist will.i.am (of the Black Eyed Peas) and is defined as a “Lifestyle Engine” for music, arts and more. In addition to recording artists, Dipdive is home to a variety of contemporary content and social causes and provides a rich content experience for expressing and sharing creativity with fans and communities. Dipdive’s primary mobile initiative was to create a powerful tool for Dipdive artist to capture their lifestyle anytime and in any location, and seamlessly post structured mobile content to their Dipdive artist channel. With Dipdive partner RIM, the Blackberry Bold was selected as the premier lifestyle device. Through a comprehensive suite of rich-content applications, the Bold was re-purposed as an artist-branded tool for spontaneously capturing multiple photos images, videos, text captions and MP3 music into automatically configured multimedia “Compositions” with “one-click” posting (Blast) to the artist’s Dipdive.com channel. |
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DIRECTOR, USER EXPERIENCE |
Mobio developed innovative mobile lifestyle applications for consumers. As an initial member of the Mobio team, my focus was to set quality standards for the company’s User Experience and create a highly scalable UI platform framework and applications/widgets that support a wide range of mobile devices and platforms (J2ME, WAP, RIM, Windows Mobile). |
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SR. MANAGER, PRODUCT MARKETING AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND
DESIGNER IXI Mobile, Inc. Redwood City, CA www.ixi.com 2/2001 – 8/2005 |
IXI’s fast-paced startup presented particular
challenges for rapid development of proprietary products. As the
third joining member of the IXI product team, my initial
undertaking was to work with IXI principals and technology
innovators and to invent solutions that employ the company’s
proprietary Personal Mobile Gateway (PMG) including; market
research, product positioning, and competitive analysis to
identify lucrative product opportunities for IXI’s charge to
market. I create product propositions and translate them into
definitions and requirements (PRD, MRD, and SRS). Typically
includes comprehensive multimedia simulations to test and
analyze user experience specifics including GUI/MMI and ID, and
aid customers in finalizing features and make production
commitments. After production commitment, I assume the role of Executive Producer and Product Designer for the creation of audio, GUI art assets, and Interaction and navigation including proprietary Man-Machine-Interfaces (MMI) and ID. I was responsible for documentation and data base releases to IXI and outside engineering organizations for system software implementation and product hardware tooling/manufacturing. My key roles are; 1) Interfacing with high profile telecommunication customers and partners to define products, and execute design and development of hardware and software according to launch plans. 2) Responsibility for successfully implementing critical user experience related features including engineering of custom displays, MMI control interfaces and plastic enclosures.  IXI Mobile Products PAge >> |
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INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT AND INVENTOR THE SILICON VALLEY ALLIANCE San Francisco, CA 1/1996 - 1/2001 |
Performed a wide variety of product innovation and design,
marketing, engineering, manufacturing, and business development
consulting services for clients. Independent Projects page >> |
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DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MARKETING GROUP TV INTERACTIVE CORPORATION San Jose, CA 1/1996 - 8/1997 |
On a contract basis,
performed product marketing and technical research to identify top candidate
markets for product launches. Packaged the company's wireless infrared (TVIR)
and SmartPaper technologies into marketable OEM products. Designed & built
prototypes for industry partners. Contributed expertise toward securing licenses
for large scale deployment of the company's technologies in a variety of
computer products and applications. |
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VP Engineering, Co-founder CREATIVE INSIGHTS, INC. Cupertino, CA 2/1993 - 12/1995 |
Instrumental for
initial start-up funding of $5.5 million. Established an extraordinarily talented
hardware and software development enterprise of 70+ people. Produced and sold
25,000 "Blaster-Keys" music keyboards and software to Creative Labs
in 6 months generating $1.9 million in revenues. Led the innovation process to
develop an all new consumer product category entitled "Computer
Toys." Products deliver highly interactive entertainment while imparting
educational values and cognitive skills. Designed and patented a universal
interface for peripheral devices. Designed music software engine for non-musicians
to immediately play and compose compelling music.  Creative Insights Products page >> |
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| PRINCIPAL MONTE DESIGN/COMPUTER TOY ASSOCIATES San Rafael, CA 1/1992 - 1/1993 |
Performed
a wide variety of business development, product development, and manufacturing
consulting services. Created consumer peripheral products and software,
including patents. Developed proprietary product concepts and core technologies
that are still viable today. Promoted and founded Creative Insights, Inc. Monte
Pruducts page >> |
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MUSIC DIVISION MANAGER,
DESIGNER/INVENTOR Software Toolworks Novato, CA 11/1989 – 12/1991 |
Created, designed,
developed, patented, manufactured and launched The Miracle Piano Teaching
System. Software Toolworks Products page >> |
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FOUNDER/PRESIDENT/CEO |
Responsible for initial start-up funding of $3 million and
establishing joint venture with Baldwin Piano and Organ Company
to manufacture and distribute patented adjustable percussive
action MIDI keyboard products and technology worldwide.
Keyboard
Technologies Products page >> |
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OWNER/OPERATOR Dyno My Piano 1/1974 – 12/1984 |
Dyno
My Piano – I am truly blessed to have had this once
in-a-lifetime opportunity and achievement. Designed, developed,
manufactured, and sold the legendary Dyno My Pianos and DyTonics
Pro-Audio to recording studios and performing artist around the
world. Studio Products are renowned as the CS-5 Tri-Stereo
Chorus and FS-1 Cyclosonic Panner. Secured patents on products. Created one-of-a-kind Rhodes, Wurlitzer, and Yamaha electronic keyboards for pop artists. Developed advanced keyboard modification techniques and "Kits" used by the Dyno My Piano worldwide technicians network. Created and conducted the Advanced Technical Seminars program for piano technicians worldwide. Established 18 franchises located in Australia, Florida, Japan, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Organized trade show exhibits in U.S. and overseas to market products and support franchises. 
Dyno My Piano Product page >> |
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| Patents | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE PRESENCE STATUS UPDATE SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTION OF A STUDENT MODULAR ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD WITH IMPROVED SIGNAL GENERATION PERCUSSIVE ACTION MODULAR ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD PERCUSSIVE ACTION SILENT ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD TONE CHANGING MEANS FOR PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS VARIOUS TELECOMMUNICATION PRODUCT PATENTS (Confidential) |
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Chuck Monte | San Rafael, CA 94901 | Phone: 1-415-485-6077 | email: chuckmonte@comcast.net |
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