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MacMania 11 Itinerary

Patagonia (South America) • February 4–16, 2011

 

WALLY CHERWINSKI, PH.D.

Dr Wally Cherwinski is a Communications Consultant based in Ottawa, Canada. He brings over 35 years’ experience in communications, from print journalism to documentary film to communications planning and management. Wally holds both a Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry and a degree in journalism and communications. He spent a portion of his science career conducting research and teaching at the University of Cambridge, England while doubling as a freelance photographer and writer. In the days of 16mm film, he wrote and directed several documentaries including projects with Canada’s National Film Board. He has been a Mac user since 1984 and an avid videographer since video moved onto the desktop. He has 22 working Macs (not to mention Newtons and iPods) in his Apple “museum” and has sailed on three MacMania cruises. He has presented video workshops to local community groups and to Ottawa’s Mac User Group.

Wally’s background includes over 10 years managing communications for the Canadian Space Program including the Canadarm (space shuttle and space station) project, the Canadian Astronaut Program, and the establishment of the Canadian Space Agency. Most recently, he retired as Senior Advisor for Brand and Reputation Management at the National Research Council, Canada’s premier R&D agency. In 2004, he was nominated for Canada’s prestigious Michael Smith Award for the Public Awareness of Science..

WENDY CHERWINSKI

Wendy Cherwinski helps people communicate their ideas through speeches and presentations. Through her company, Echelon Communications Inc., established in 1991, she offers writing services, coaching, and workshops and seminars in both English and French. Echelon’s clients also benefit from the expertise Wendy gained during her earlier careers in journalism and public affairs. Wendy writes for and provides speaking advice to senior leaders and executives in government, business, and the not-for-profit sector. Her clients have included the President of Bombardier, the Chairman of Molson, the Governor General, the Minister of National Defence, the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Auditor General and the Comptroller General. Wendy teaches workshops such as Speechwriting: Beyond the Basics and Stack the Deck in Your Favor: Five Steps to Powerful Presentations. Through a blog and an e-newsletter called Podium, she provides clients with additional writing and speaking advice. She has been a speaker at international conferences in Washington and Chicago and at Macworld in San Francisco. She is an avid Mac and iPhone user and a veteran of three MacMania cruises. Her first computer was a 128k Mac purchased in 1984 and she has remained true to the brand ever since. Wendy earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University in Ottawa. She is a past president of the Ottawa Chapter of the International Association of Business Communications and a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and the Washington Speechwriters Roundtable.

THOMAS GROLLMAN, M.D.

Dr. Tom Grollman has been an avid photography hobbyist for over 30 years, making the switch from film to digital ten years ago. He has attended numerous digital imaging seminars, courses, and conventions. He teaches Photoshop image editing at Kauai Community College. He has lectured both in Hawaii and the mainland on digital photography and image editing.

Born in Los Angeles in 1939, Dr. Grollman grew up in southern California, graduating from Occidental College, 1961, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received his M.D. degree from UCLA 1965 and interned at University Hospital, Baltimore, MD. He then spent three years in the U.S. Peace Corps as a Peace Corps Physician, being stationed in West Africa and Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). Subsequently, he completed his Surgical and Orthopaedic Residency training under the auspices of the University of Hawaii, finishing up in 1973.

Dr. Grollman practiced Orthopaedics on the island of Kauai until 2000 when he retired from clinical care, but continued with a medical-legal consultation part-time practice up through the present.

Dr. Grollman is past president of the Wilcox Memorial Hospital medical staff, past president of the Kauai Medical Society, past president of the Hawaii Orthopaedic Association, and past president of the Western Orthopaedic Association. He is a former member of the Hawaii State Board of Medical Examiners and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Association’s Board of Councilors.

JAN JACKSON

Jan grew up on a 2,000-acre wheat ranch in Southeastern Washington State. He was busting broncos before he could drive and bucking bales until he graduated from Pomeroy High School. In 1970, Jan married Mara, moved to Seattle, and received a degree in industrial/technical photography. They soon moved to Richland, Washington where he worked for Westinghouse Hanford. Jan supervised the Westinghouse photography/audio visual department for five years, and then started and operated a commercial photography company. He then co-founded an advertising agency called Artography, where he wrote copy, took photos, placed ads and managed a staff of five for fourteen years. The past ten years he’s been a marketing/advertising consultant for high tech companies and municipalities.

Jan has won numerous advertising awards including three international awards and has had numerous photographs published as magazine covers. When he’s not working, he’s fly-fishing, skiing, hiking, mountain biking, road biking, rafting, horse packing, and just plain having fun.

LEO LAPORTE

Complete Bio for LEO found here.

BILL LUNDELL

Bill Lundell has been a Home Automation enthusiast since the mid-1980’s. He pioneered home automation in the Seattle area in the early ’90s by forming HomeSense Corporation. Bill is also an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator for Leopard and Snow Leopard Macs and Mac servers.

After graduating with his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E from Stanford University, he worked in various electronics fields ranging from aerospace engineering to personal computers. Along the way, Bill was the hardware engineer who added the floppy disk system to the Commodore PET personal computer in 1978, developed factory automation tools for programming and testing microchips in the product, and designed a computer-controlled lighting system for ballroom dancing exhibitions.

Bill has been a member of the IEEE for over 40 years and was recently elected to Senior Member for his leadership and contributions to electrical engineering. Bill also holds six patents.

Since “retiring” as Chief Engineer at Philips Oral HealthCare, Bill has automated his home so he can monitor and control it from anywhere, including aboard cruise ships, using his MacBookPro or his iPhone..

DON MCALLISTER

Don McAllister is the host and producer of the successful weekly video podcast — ScreenCastsOnline. As one of the Podcasting pioneers, Don has been producing ScreenCastsOnline since August 2005 and has achieved over 3,500,000 downloads of his popular weekly show delivering video tutorials on Apple Mac software to a global audience.

In March 2006, Don gave up his day job in Corporate IT and became a full time podcaster and introduced one of the first paid for premium subscription based podcast services. Don combines his weekly show with podcasting consultancy and the production of video tutorials for corporate customers including Apple, SWSoft (Parallels), The Omni Group, 37 Signals, RealMac Software, Smile On My Mac and many, many others. Dons video tutorials are also regularly featured in the UK iCreate and MacFormat magazines.

Gaining a growing reputation as a popular and engaging speaker and trainer, Don has spoken at many International Events including Macworld and the Podcast and New Media Expo along with many training sessions and seminars in the UK.

As well as his own podcast, Don is a regular member of The Mac Roundtable, MacVoices, and The MacJury podcasts as well as a contributor to many other popular podcasts.

Don still lives in Liverpool in the U.K., his home town, with his wife Barbara, two teenage children and two cats.

SAL SOGHOIAN

Sal Soghoian is widely touted as “the” AppleScript Guru and driving force behind the continued expansion and acceptance of AppleScript. He began scripting in 1992, after discovering AppleScript could automate the publishing-related tasks at his service bureau. After spending years as an early “online evangelist,” Sal continued to serve the AppleScript community as the AppleScript Product Manager at Apple. Throughout his tenure, AppleScript’s importance, use, and integration has grown, becoming the indispensable tool for automation and communication on the Mac.

BEBO WHITE

Bebo White is a Departmental Associate (Emeritus) at the SLAC National Accelerator Center at Stanford University. In addition, he holds faculty positions at the University of San Francisco and Hong Kong University. He’ll talk mercilessly anytime/anywhere on Web/Internet/computer science, physics, jug band music, and wine. Prof. White is the author (or co-author) of seven books and over 100 refereed journal and conference papers. His research work leads to frequent speaking engagements at international conferences and seminars. More details can be found at www.bebowhite.com. This will be Bebo’s fifth Insight Cruise.

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