Chad has a formal education in publishing technology, and has the trial-by-fire production experience that makes him a valuable contributor to every project on which he works. He’s served as the lead consultant for major InDesign migrations and Digital Asset Management implementations for clients such as Rodale Press (publishers of Prevention Magazine, Runner’s World, and multiple other...
AGI TEAM
All AGI instructors have extensive production experience before joining AGI. In addition to their experience, they are experts in their field. They participate in pre-release testing of software months before new software becomes available to the public, assist Adobe in developing certification exams, author numerous books, and support prominent businesses and organization, and pass professional certification exams to price their proficiency.
Christopher Smith is president of American Graphics Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the creator and series editor of the Digital Classroom book series, an imprint of Wiley publishing. He was instrumental in making the series among the first books available on Apple's iBooks store, Amazon's Kindle, the nook, and other e-reading devices. At American Graphics Institute, Chris has...
Glenn Hodgkinson is an instructor for AGI Training where he teaches a variety of design and web development classes. For over 15 years, he blurs the line between traditional and digital media. He has successfully designed, implemented and managed projects for prestigious clients such as Kodak, Nikon, Microtek and many more world leading brands. Over the last several years he has focused on...
Greg Heald has more than 20 years of practical design and production experience in both Web and Print environments. He has served as a contributing author or editor on a number of books, including the recently-published Dreamweaver CS5 Digital Classroom, Real World Adobe Acrobat, and several in the Classroom in a Book series for Adobe Press. Greg is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, and...
Jennifer Smith is a noted web and graphics technology expert. She is the author of more than one dozen books on digital imaging and Web publishing, including her recently published Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom, and the Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium for Dummies. She has been hired many times by Adobe systems to develop and deliver training content to Adobe employees, and to write...
Jeremy Osborn has more than 15 years of experience in web and graphic design, filmmaking, writing and publication development for both print and digital media. Jeremy recently served as the program director of Graphic & Web Design at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University. Jeremy has contributed to several of the Adobe Classroom in a Book series including Adobe Acrobat 6...