Paul Adams

• Paul Adams has a strong background in teaching computer related skills. He taught adult continuing education courses for the College Station Independent School District in Texas. He developed workshops on Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Mac OS and Windows, and used them to teach rocket scientists at NASA's MSFC and game developers in California. He has also traveled the world teaching people at various companies to make digital videos using proprietary equipment.
• As the owner of Fenixworks, he is dedicated to making sure all workshops are informative and useful for everyone invloved.

Susan Bein

• Susan Bein has taught Photoshop and Illustrator for over a dozen years, and InDesign since version 1.0. She has worked as a graphic designer, webmaster and photographer, and has taught design full-time since 1998. Susan's experience includes thousands of classroom hours with a hugely diverse student population, from middle schoolers to a couple in their nineties. In one of her classes there were even twelve different native languages. She has facilitated over 5,000 corporate training workshops. Her teaching style is characterized by clarity, warmth and humor.

Jay Lawrence

• Jay Lawrence has what he calls a practical knowledge of Photoshop. As first assistant at one of Portland's largest commercial photography studios Jay spends countless hours working in Photoshop. Jay holds an Associates Degree in commercial photography from The Ohio Institute of Photography. His degree included extensive training in Photoshop as well as scanning, printing, and Mac hardware training, Jay is also a former employee of Apple Computer.

Rob Patton

• Rob Patton is co-owner of the Portland web design and internet marketing firm Transmutation Sciences. He specializes in search engine optimization and has taught courses for the Clackamas Community College Small Business Development Center and Transnation Title. Rob's background includes seven years in public education and four years as an independent scuba diving instructor. For the past two years, Rob has presented a popular seminar on internet marketing at the Oregon Small Business Fair.

Jason Ruby

• Jason Ruby is a mix of technical know-how and creative genius. He began Podcasting in fall of 2004, before it was a worldwide phenomenon. Since then, his Podcasting network, called Delta Park Project, has grown to more than 50,000 downloads each month.
• He is a founding member of the Portland Podcasting Association and has advised novices and businesses on creating quality Podcasts. Jason also runs a podcast consulting firm with his wife Anna.