Team Leaders

De

With over 30 years in advertising, graphic design, interactive media, software development and programming, De brings her creative and technical talents to lead the 5D Spectrum team. De is a first-place winner of the Los Angeles Advertising Women Achievement Award for interactive communications. As founder of 5D Spectrum, De has worked with many brands including Red Bull, Kodak, Intel, American Express, Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, Microsoft, USHE, Sony, and Live Nation to name a few.

As an arts education advocate by day and bass player by night, De is dedicated to helping children receive quality music and arts education through in-school and after-school enrichment programs. De is a CTE (Career Technical Education) teacher for web design in the Burbank Unified School District at the high school level as well as a published curriculum writer for the State of California. A well-respected voice in the industry, she has served as a technology and branding panelist for several industry conferences including Digital Hollywood.

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Jessica

With 25 years of project and account management experience, Jessica comes to 5D Spectrum ready to hit the ground running. With a solid foundation in print production and design, combined with many years of managing accounts of all sizes, she brings a passion for keeping things on-time, on-budget and always with the highest level of creativity and quality.

When she’s not managing things at 5D Spectrum, Jessica stays busy volunteering locally with the JBHS VMA where she produces several shows every year. And if there is ever any downtime you are likely to find her at the beach with her two daughters or traveling to the midwest to catch up with family and friends.

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Nancy

Nancy’s career has spanned the globe as well as a diverse range of industries. With more than 20+ years experience building brands, she’s crafted strategies for myriad cultures and touchpoints — from traditional to cutting edge digital frontiers.

Her unique 360° perspective is the hallmark of her work. She sees brands from the inside out to ensure the business foundation supports the brand vision. Nancy believes that a powerful brand is a mix of pragmatic and creative thinking that will ultimately position the business for success with its audiences — internally and externally.

Nancy has deep roots in design (print, digital, surface pattern development – tableware & textiles, and environmental) as well as brand strategy and business management capabilities. She brings her strategic and creative services to lead the 5D Spectrum development team.

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Bruce

As one of two senior partners of Phosphor Media, Bruce has over 30 years of experience in eCommerce web development. Starting with one of the first eCommerce websites ever built and continuing with over 20 years in developing sites using the MIVA Merchant eCommerce platform.

Bruce is also the receipt of two international Interactive Information Design awards including one for building one of the first Intranet applications. When not working, he’s messing with food in the kitchen or guitars in the basement.

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Katheryne

A graduate of the Academy of Art University with a MFA in Motion Pictures and Television, Katheryne has amassed a vast portfolio of work including “The Principle” (Documentary), “The End Of Quantum Reality” (Documentary), “She’s Too Fat” (Web Series) and “A Crazy Thought” (Docuseries). She has over 15 years in mass media integration, as a new media content producer, and brand/promotions manager. She was the production manager for the UPN affiliate (now the CW) in South Georgia.

KTEE is a marketing and content strategist and manages 5D Spectrum’s Social Media Marketing team and advertising campaigns.

Since 2010, she has been the Owner / CEO of In Ohm Entertainment, a multimedia company specializing in film production and brand promotions and has produced numerous Music Videos, Documentary Films, Docu-Series, Web Series and Events for companies such as: MTV, VH1, Fuse, Interscope, Universal, Capitol Records, and Warner Bros.

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Nathan

Nathan is a high-performing team manager experienced in developing, designing, and supporting enterprise SaaS, mobile and web applications, and website projects. He is a cross-disciplined leader able to bridge the gap between our design, UX, and development teams. Nathan is also a strategic planner and product researcher with experience in market and business analysis, able to keep focus on the big picture while working on the details.

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Shane

Shane is all things web: Content Management expert, SEO guru, web developer, and project manager. He uses his varied and complex skillset to manage the 5D Spectrum WordPress development team.

With over 1000 WordPress sites under his belt, it’s fair to say Shane is a master of his craft. Shane’s practical approach for matching customer needs to available technologies has proven effective for our clients.

Shane came from a developer/programming background and has worked with companies such as Microsoft and U-haul. He enjoys traveling and has worked in over seven countries in the past five years.

Julia

Julia Rivera is an experienced Los Angeles-based Brand and Audience Development strategist helping cultural arts institutions and consumer brands tell their story. In her work with cultural institutions, she developed the identity and brand strategy for the critically acclaimed FIRST FRIDAYS series at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and launched the museum’s first social media presence. She also developed and launched the social brands and sales strategies for LA Opera and Los Angeles Ballet.

As a social media specialist at 5D Spectrum, Julia works with brands to articulate their branding goals, understand their audiences and develop a content strategy for their social channels.

Originally from Chicago, Julia is a Desert Storm Era Army veteran and serves as a volunteer advisor to military members transitioning to civilian careers, and is a board member of the American Marketing Association, Los Angeles Chapter.

Michael

Michael Foran is a digital artist from Portland, OR. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree for Interactive Design (Web + Multimedia) from the Art Institute of Portland. As a certified Adobe Captivate Specialist, Michael develops interactive content for 5D Spectrum’s LMS (Learning Management Systems) clients. Michael loves to develop customer engagement tools like Chatbots and Autoresponders for marketing.

With a passion for anything creative, Michael loves exploring all aspects of art, design, video, web, music, 3D animation, and Virtual Reality. He currently resides in Portland and contracts as a digital media artist. When he’s not creating art he is busy mixing music.

Khyle

Khyle has been working as both a quality assurance engineer and designer for the past six years. She ensures that all 5D projects pass rigorous UI/UX testing regiments for all browsers and devices. In addition to website/project testing, she does web and marketing design and production.

Her hobbies including hiking, high impact sports and spending time with her family.

Mikayla

Mikayla has a passion for creativity in every aspect of life. A jack of all trades, she strives for perfection in each area of expertise. She practices writing, painting, art, music, poetry, and fashion design. She’s been drawing since childhood, and transferred over to digital art in high school.

At 5D, she’s applying those skills to a business setting. Whether it’s content creation, asset preparation, photoshop, blog writing, copy writing, or a myriad of other tasks, she always gives 100%.

She spends her free time writing sci-fi and fantasy novels, and working out at her home gym.

Guy

Guy is a digital media artist from Denver, CO with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree for Film Production from the University of Colorado. His love for photography started at the age of thirteen, and has transformed to encompass a wide variety of multimedia disciplines that include videography, animation, graphic design, and web design. He has worked on documentaries ranging from sports, to travel/adventure, to social justice, and he has done photography for both collegiate and professional sports teams.

Guy spends his free time adventuring in the mountains, between rock climbing, skiing, and biking, and is always looking for the next challenge that life offers.

Arthur

Arthur is a 3rd-year student at the University of Pittsburgh pursuing a degree in mathematics and economics. When he was thirteen he began to learn to code, primarily using Javascript while he coded small projects with his friends. In high school he learned how to code in Java and Python, entering into the Congressional App Contest and placing second in the first round with his team. He attended Syracuse Summer camp, before his senior year in high school, where he used his python coding skills to build an app integrated with the dictionary using an API.