Doug Siefken is TransLumen’s founder and Chief Technology Officer. He invented TransLumen’s patented core technology and is globally regarded as a pioneer in the integration of new media into traditional technology applications. He has 35 years of experience in project management, conceptual design, system design, prototype development, system verification and validation, imaging, software development, and programming. Career highlights include:

• Serving in Vietnam as an aerial/combat photographer;
• Developing U.S. Navy photographic laboratory inventory control software applications;
• Conducting high-altitude and non-visible spectrum remote imaging;
• Developing optical flight guidance systems for smart munitions;
• Serving as a Digital Imaging Consultant for Kodak and Adobe;
• Playing a major role in the launch of Litton’s OC8820 CP/M based microcomputer;
• Developing one of the first multi-media cross-platform digital portfolios; and
• Founding Cyber City Tours, Inc. – a media publishing and content provider that developed and marketed CD-ROMs for Unicom and Cahners Publishing, among others.

Siefken has participated in think tank environments both for the Boeing Phantom Work’s Autonomous Systems Create Venture and DARPA’s “Cognitive Performance: Force Multiplication through Human-in-the-loop Augmentation”. He is also a noted subject matter expert and author and has authored and/or contributed to the following:

• Subthreshold Extreme Gradual Change Patents filed (2000)
• Sony Gallery Chicago Imaging exhibit (2002)
• Siefken, Douglas R. (2002). “Intelligent Advisor for Multi-Modal Human-Computer Interface (HCI) Design White Paper, 28 July 02,
• Siefken, Douglas R. (2004) VTO proposal available at http://www.translumen.net
• Siefken, Douglas R. (2003) “Methods for generating image set or series with imperceptibly different images, systems therefor and applications thereof,” US Patent # 6,580,466, filed July 15, 2002, granted June 17, 2003. US Patent and Trademark Office.
• Siefken, Douglas R. (2003) “ Visual Cue Adaptive Display, Knowledge Superiority and Assurance (KSA) Future Naval Capabilities(FNC)”
• Boeing Phantom Work’s Autonomous System Create Venture
• DARPA’s “Cognitive Performance: Force Multiplication through Human-in-the-loop Augmentation.
• UK conference committee for the Moving Autonomy Forward Conference, June 2006
• "Subthreshold Presentation of Visual Information," Improving Pilot Performance Through Cognitive & Physiological Monitoring at Aerospace Medical Association 78th Annual Scientific Meeting
• Paper collaboration with Dr. Richards of QinetiQ for AugCog International 2007 Augmented Symbology: A New Approach to Data Visualization

Doug Siefken is considered a pioneer in the convergence of technology and visual media and is a true new media guru.  He has spent the past 35 years of his career in various types of technology project management, conceptual design, system design, prototype development, and programming centralizing on the Human Machine Interface. 

In 2000, Siefken had the idea that would lead to TransLumen.  He developed an algorithm that became the basis of the company’s core technology - Subthreshold Extreme Gradual Change (STEGC). Doug Siefken has 35 years experience advancing next generation imaging and software development. Doug began his career as a combat/aerial photographer for the US Navy during the Vietnam War, managing naval photographic labs. He studied high speed and slow motion photography and cinematography establishing the roots of his imaging patents. Since the Navy, he has provided digital imaging consulting services for Kodak and Adobe, and helped launch a microcomputer for Litton. He developed one of the first multi-media cross-platform digital portfolios and as President of Cyber City Tours, was a cutting-edge media publishing and content provider for Unicom, Cahners Publishing and others.

She has more than 28 years of experience in restructuring and growing domestic and international companies. Her career highlights include:

• Serving as the Chief Administrative Officer of Unicom Thermal Technologies, an unregulated subsidiary of Unicom Corporation. As Chief Administrative Officer of the largest subsidiary of Unicom Corporation, she was a member of the executive team that grew the company from start up to a fully operational company, where she was responsible for finance, accounting, risk management, management information systems and human resources;
• Serving as the CFO of Profile Gear Corporation; a defense industry precision gear company, where she was responsible for financial and operational turnaround during the Desert Storm conflict; and
• Serving as the Senior Financial Manager for Rank Video Services America (formerly Bell & Howell Columbia Paramount Video Services), the largest video duplicator of the mid 1980’s, where she designed the company’s financial and management reporting systems, product pricing and distribution system modernization.
• She has commercialized new products and strategic areas for such companies as Bell & Howell Columbia Paramount Video Services, Abbott Laboratories, Montgomery Ward, and Westinghouse.

Ms. Sherman received a BS in Biological Sciences, a B.A. in Political Science and a MBA from Michigan State University. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Financial Executives International and the National Veterans Art Museum.

Mr. Dean has 15 years working in project management, commercialization, technology transfer, and documentation with the Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle), Argonne National Laboratory and Southern Polytechnic State University, as well as ten years in the U.S. Army with Ground Surveillance Systems. While with Battelle, Mr. Dean assisted over 1,000 organizations with project management and technology transfer into the federal government. Of those organizations seeking technology insertion, 70 percent were from DoD agencies, and 48 percent were from the Navy. As a part of a contract with the Office of Naval Research (Contract Number: N00014-01-1-0175), he led an extensive market research project to identify current U.S. based companies, universities and non-profit organizations working in software development, autonomy and network-centric related fields of interest to the DoD. He also provided technology transfer seminars for two consecutive years at the Naval-Industry R&D conference.

Prior to Battelle, Mr. Dean assisted hundreds of visiting scientists in the conduct, documentation and material support of research at the Advanced Photon Source of Argonne National Laboratory. He worked with corporations such as Dow and DuPont, as well as numerous universities in the performance, and testing of applied research. While managing the physics laboratory for Southern Polytechnic State University, Mr. Dean oversaw the logistical support, testing, safety, and results documentation of all experiments conducted by the laboratory. His military career included ten years in the U.S. Army with Ground Surveillance Systems. He worked primarily with the Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System (REMBASS), Ground Surveillance Radar, and development of related deployment tactics.

Sergey_Mavrody is a Creative Director and Interactive Media expert. He holds dual Masters of Fine Arts degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and from Moscow VGIK Film School. He worked in variety of roles such as:

• Interactive Creative Director
• Adjunct Professor at the School of the Art Institute
• Film Director, Producer and Production Designer
• Principal User Interface Architect

His selected lectures, presentations and panels include

• Speaker at the Chicago Usability Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago by Rockhurst College
• Panel Speaker. Digital Photography Seminar. Columbia College, representing Kodak/CSI
• Speaker. Multimedia presentation. Northwestern University, representing Adobe / Kodak
• Speaker. Introduction to Human Computer Interation. Represented Apple Computer. Apple Market Center/CSI, Chicago
• Speaker. Multimedia & Technology. Represented Apple Computer. Apple Market Center/CSI, Chicago
• Speaker. "Desktop Video and Multimedia", Conference & Expo, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago
• Chair Jury, Animation Category. The 30th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago
  

• Member of the Board of Directors. ASIFA Central - US Midwest Chapter. (Association Internationale du Film d’Animation, Annecy, France).
• ACM. Association For Computer Machinery, Associate Membership
• SIGGRAPH. Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, Division of ACM, Affiliate Membership

• The 1st Place, SIGGRAPH '92 computer animation competition ( S.P.A.C.E. show ). Chicago
• Honorable Mention in animation. North Carolina International Festival, Fayetteville
• Silver Seal Certificate. IAC International Festival, “Bridge” music video. London
• Collaborative winner, Entertainment Division. Academy of TV Art < Sciences - Frank O’Connor Memorial (College Emmy Award). Los-Angeles

Pierre Maloka has more than 20 years of experience in software development. His experience includes serving as:

• Interim Director of Technology for Wizards of the Coast;
• Director of Game Development for TLC Industries;
• President of Entertaining Games, Inc.; and
• Vice President of Technology for Real Sports, LLC.

His personal programming assignments have included creating such as TCP/IP networking, car driving, football, and card playing AI’s, OpenGL, custom, RenderWare, Ogre, Power Render, and DirectX 2D and 3D graphics, 3D Studio Max Plug ins and custom streaming audio mixers and equalizers.

Dr. Edward Ganz has special expertise in medical - digital imaging and graphics for image-guided surgical procedures. 

Dr. Ganz has a MD from the University of Chicago and has been a member of the neurosurgical faculties of the University of Chicago, Duke University and, most recently, the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he was Associate Professor of Neurosurgery.  He has conducted research in positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging as a Research Fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and in stereotactic neurosurgery while a Research Associate at the National Institutes of Health. 

Levi Moore is TransLumen’s Director of Communications and Government Affairs. He is responsible for public sector business development initiatives and government and media relations. He also monitors relevant federal and state issues that are pertinent to TransLumen’s various market channels.

He also operates PROXY 2.0, a government relations/business communications firm. Previously, he served a Vice-President and Board Secretary for the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce where he was the organization’s primary federal and Chicago metropolitan area lobbyist and spokesperson. He joined the Chamber after serving in Illinois Governor Jim Edgar’s cabinet as the number 2 person at the state’s primary economic development agency, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. He has a B.S. in Journalism and post-graduate work in Political Science from Northwestern University.