Alberto is a seasoned interactive media producer.  He has produced creative and business products on many technology platforms as well as on stage and film. He trained in philosophy and literature at Yale University and has since managed technology projects for fortune 100 companies as well as select small businesses. Prior to starting Topaz Group Ventures, Inc., Alberto helped to build iTurf.com which was the most successful of the entertainment hubs for teenagers and launched in 1999.

David has been working with and programming computers since he was introduced to a Hewlett-Packard programmable calculator in junior high school. Since then he has programmed many different computers in a variety of languages (some of which are even still useful). He attended Yale University and, after graduation, went to work for what was then a small-software company in Redmond, WA. - Microsoft. In his thirteen years at Microsoft he had the opportunity to work on a variety of software projects in the Office Development Group. David held a variety of positions at Microsoft including Development Team Lead and Development Manager. After he left Microsoft, he started David McKinnis Consulting to help non-profits and small businesses use technology more effectively.

Dana brings a breadth of experience in marketing and fundraising and experience with the non-profit sector to Topaz. She was the Director of Volunteer Programs for Partnerships for Parks for seven years, which included conceptualizing their content management database of over 60,000 as well as their website at itsmypark.org. Prior to that she worked as a Program Officer for the Foundation for a Civil Society encouraging civic participation initiatives like Rock the Vote in Slovakia. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Czech Republic. She studied as an English major at Yale. Dana is featured here with company mascot, Catalina Evelyn Molina.
 

Seth has held senior software development positions at Beansprout Networks, Soundsbig.com, Putnam Investments and Snyder's of Hanover. With over 12 years of experience he has built and managed applications focusing on community development , music publishing, e-commerce and ERP system interfaces.  In his spare time he is an avid motorcyclist, gamer and nature lover.  He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music.

 

TT first joined Topaz Group in 2004 and is a jack of many trades with html, flash, css production as well as creative custom design work. Before that he worked as a Web Project Manager with an advertising company in Thailand. He came across half of the world to be a part of the team.

A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Toni has worked as an art and creative director at several noted luxury and fashion advertising agencies including Mac Barret, Lloyd + (co), Assouline and KraftWorks.

With a solid foundation in design, Toni has also created campaigns and directed photo shoots with such noted photographers as Peter Lindbergh, Michelangelo di Battista, Patrick Demarchelier, Greg Kadel, Nathaniel Goldberg, Mario Testino and Craig McDean.

She has also worked on fully integrated campaigns for Estée Lauder, Nicole Miller, Express, Hilfiger Fragrance, and Harry Winston.

She was named as one of the leading New York-based Japanese art directors by NY Weekly Business News and was profiled in Directors Magazine in Summer of 2006.

Most recently, she managed creative studio at Lloyd + (co) as associate creative director till April 2009.