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Dawn is the Co-Founder of Rouxbe and culinary instructor with more than 15 years of professional food and beverage experience. Dawn leads the production team at Rouxbe.

Dawn is also the friendly voice whose narrative brings Rouxbe's step-by-step instructional cooking videos to life.

She graduated at the top of her class from the Pacific Culinary Institute in Vancouver where she later became a culinary instructor.

Prior to Rouxbe, she co-owned and operated a successful film catering company where she planned menus and cooked for over 225,000 cast and crew. Collapse

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Tony has over 20 years of professional cooking experience and has been teaching as a culinary chef instructor since 1993.

Co-owner of the Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver - a unique professional chef training school - Tony is committed to inspiring and empowering students with the skills and confidence necessary for success.

Having grown up in a family where food was life, Tony is driven by the Mediterranean's intense food culture. He also teaches basic cooking fundamentals to passionate, at-home cooks in his foodie classes. Collapse

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Kimberley attended professional culinary and pastry school in 2006 and graduated with honors. Prior to that, she studied pastry and assisted classes at L'Academie de Cuisine in Maryland, USA.

Kimberley's primary role is to oversee the media production relating to Rouxbe's Cooking School. She is also responsible for writing pre- and post-production for all of Rouxbe's video content, testing recipes, and compiling research.

In 2006, she launched her own culinary and pastry blog called sum.ptuo.us. Her writing skills, attention to detail, and love for cooking comes across in every video that our users see. Collapse

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Christophe brings 30 years of professional cooking experience to the Rouxbe e-learning team. He has also been a professional chef instructor since 1988.

Co-Owner of the Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver - a unique professional chef training school, Christophe is passionate about teaching and is dedicated to creating the ultimate learning experience for all of his students.

When he's not in the classroom, Christophe owns and operates a successful catering company. Collapse

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Joe started cooking when he was 13 and has cooked at several four- and five-star hotels in all areas of the kitchen. Joe is a serial entrepreneur, having come from a family of successful entrepreneurs. He has founded three successful business ventures over the past 15 years. Joe has a unique ability to assemble top talent, carve out new business models and execute well thought out business plans.

Prior to Rouxbe, he and Rouxbe Co-Founder Dawn Thomas, owned a specialized mobile film catering operation, which they built from the ground up and served over 250,000 cast and crew members. Collapse

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For the past 20 years, Carolyn has specialized in instructional design and e-learning content development, project management and face-to-face instruction. She has worked for Simon Fraser University, the Open Learning Agency, the Knowledge Network, IBM and the National Gallery of Canada.

Most recently, she completed her MA in Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University. Her thesis: Chef as Artist: The Relationship of Artist, Art, and Audience in "Babette's Feast" allowed her to combine her passions of both food and literature. Carolyn attends and presents at food conferences around the world. Collapse

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Francesco was an early pioneer in the field of multi-media and e-Learning. In the e-Learning field, Francesco has implemented numerous e-Learning solutions for clients like the Commonwealth of Learning, Open School BC, the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council, Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Canada and the National Research Council of Canada.

He has been a multi-media instructor at various prestigious technical schools, including most recently the Art Institute of Vancouver and the Vancouver Film School. He has written several books and articles on the subject of multi-media deployment.

Francesco holds an MBA and a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering and is a certified Apple Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro Trainer. Collapse

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Robina is an e-Learning consultant working with Rouxbe to help us raise the bar in online instructional cooking content. As a recent foodie graduate from Northwest Culinary Academy, Robina has a keen interest in helping at-home cooks benefit from the power of our online instructional content.

Formerly, Robina was the Instructional Designer and e-Learning Producer at Best Buy Canada, Ltd. where she was responsible for developing online and facilitated training sessions, materials and job aids for 10,000+ store employees across the country. Collapse

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Steve is a 12-year veteran of Vancouver's bustling film industry. He is a logistics expert and manages the day-to-day operations at Rouxbe, so we can keep the camera's rolling.

In addition to his fundraising, production and operational roles at Rouxbe, Steve also works closely with Rouxbe's CEO to monitor day-to-day activities, transactions and business model execution across competitors in the online food space. He also helps develop and implement strategic plans, including tracking mechanisms and metrics that ensure Rouxbe stays on course and ahead of other major players in the food space. Collapse

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Patrick is the post-production wizard and operational guru. He has the enormous responsibility of Rouxbe's post-production workflow, moving digital media through the picture and sound editing process to final deployment.

Patrick has completed over 50 short and feature length films, including work for Disney and Relic Entertainment. His work has both screened and won awards at multiple international festivals, and has been broadcast in more than twenty countries. Collapse

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Elliott is responsible for capturing every crunch, chop and sizzle. His careful ear ensures that Rouxbe viewers get a complete sensory experience with every recipe.

His work includes on-set film sound, mixing and mastering, foley, voiceover recording and programming synthesizers. Elliott also brings his ability to compose original music in different genres and ethnic flavors to the Rouxbe world of cooking. Collapse

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Jenn is one of the editors at Rouxbe that is responsible for bringing the instructional cooking videos to life. She is uniquely passionate about creating high-quality content that brings value to others, and has spent a great deal of her career working on e-learning related multi-media projects.

Although Jenn spends much of her time at Rouxbe focusing on an editorial role, Jenn's qualifications cover virtually all aspects of filmmaking from pre- to post-production, including project management, scriptwriting, camera operation, direction, sound recording, set, editing (video and sound), video compression and more. Collapse

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Sergio Mora is one of Rouxbe's high-definition camera operators, the director of photography and a post-production editor.

Prior to Rouxbe, he worked as a journalist for several newspapers and magazines. He also worked as a news camera operator where he developed a passion for documentaries. Sergio has a deep love for stories related to the human condition and social conflict. His work also won him several national and international awards in Mexico, South America, France and Spain.

Besides being an independent filmmaker, he considers himself a frustrated musician and chef. His music will remain his challenge, while his hidden chef side will continue to grow side by side with his team at Rouxbe. Collapse

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Jenny is an accomplished editor and worked for the past two years on assignments for the Discovery Channel, including National Geographic.

She was born and raised in Morelia, Mexico and earned her BA in Communications Science from the Universidad Latina de America. She came to Vancouver to study editing and cinematography at the Vancouver Film School.

As a new mom, Jenny enjoys the challenge of working on her professional passion, and figuring out how to raise a child. She is excited to be a part of the Rouxbe team and loves the culinary challenge. Collapse

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Gagan is the Director of Design at Rouxbe and is charged with ensuring exceptional end-user experience for Rouxbe's viewers. He is responsible for all art direction and interaction design on the site. Gagan is also the Brand Manager, where he's responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing Rouxbe's Brand strategy.

Gagan was previously an instructor at the Vancouver Film School where he played an instrumental role in developing the curriculum for the Digital Design program, as well as helping to establish practices, ideologies and methods.

He has also worked with leading audio technology companies, such as Apple, Universal Music, eDigital and Sorenson. Collapse

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Brad is a designer with muscle, blending his knowledge of front-end programming languages, along with a strong passion for usability and interface design. Brad focuses on enhancing the Rouxbe user experience and creates well-resolved solutions for our customers.

Brad graduated near the top of his class from the Vancouver Film School's Digital Design Program. He's always looking to the future and incorporates leading edge programming and design practices to take Rouxbe to the next level. Collapse

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Eric is one of the developers responsible for coding Rouxbe's website and for bringing Rouxbe's vision to life on the web. This includes building and overseeing the complex back-end database and server infrastructure that is required to ensure our deployment architecture continues to provide seamless service to our customers. Collapse

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As a software developer, Jo is responsible for architecting and building out the partner business model and supporting intelligence and analytics' engine. He does all of this using his web application environment of choice: Ruby on Rails.

Jo has been a technical entrepreneur since 1996 and holds an engineering degree from the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Rouxbe is a perfect fit for Jo's interest in bringing people together over great meals, while making a difference through the Rouxbe for Life program. Collapse

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Richard brings eighteen years experience in software, web, back-end and applications' development to the Rouxbe Team.

He is responsible for ensuring that our site is running optimally and to assist with the ongoing development of Rouxbe's business partner relationships on the development side, part of which will include analyzing site-wide data for business model validation. Collapse

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Jason was the former head of operations at Flickr.com where he was responsible for the company's technology vision and execution. Jason co-founded Ludicorp Research & Development, with partner Stewart Butterfield, which ultimately became Flickr.

Under Jason and Stewart's leadership, Flickr became one of the world's largest photo-sharing communities. Flickr is now ranked in the top 40 in the world of English-based websites, and was acquired by Yahoo! in March of 2005.

Prior to Flickr, Jason was the original founder and president of Gradfinder.com, which was acquired by HighWired. Previous to that, he worked at Communicate.com consulting to fortune 500 companies and founded his first company called Matrix Internet Productions in 1996. Collapse

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Meredith has over 15 years of marketing experience, having worked for high-profile firms such as Gardner, Geary, Coll & Young, J. Walter Thompson and Wieden & Kennedy. Her clients are known worldwide and include Sprint Telecommunications, Restoration Hardware, and Nike.

Most recently, she spent five years implementing and managing branding and marketing strategies for Nike U.S. in the apparel and women's categories. In May of 2006, she began her own consulting firm, Chase Marketing. She was promptly hired by Nike to launch a new category giving her responsibility over developing the consumer profile, positioning, advertising and marketing.

Meredith brings with her a range of skills that include all areas of marketing: advertising, creative analysis, developing marketing strategies, online strategies, positioning, and branding.

The passion and dedication she shows her two daughters is reflected in the enthusiasm she brings to her clients. She looks forward to making Rouxbe a household name, in exchange for a boost to her own culinary skills, of course. Collapse

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Rick was the Vice President of Brand Communications for Nike and brings a wealth of marketing and branding experience to the Rouxbe Team. As VP, he was responsible for strategic development and management of global public relations, business media and investor relations.

Rick Anguilla is now a principal in the firm, Guidance Counsel, which provides strategic capital market and brand communications counseling to public and private company clients. He works one-on-one with clients to develop an integrated communications platform that addresses clients' multiple audiences including consumers, investors, media, customers and employees. Collapse

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Jim is a Chartered Accountant, having most recently worked as a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCooppers in Romania. He works with Rouxbe's management team to ensure that the company meets its financial reporting requirements to all stakeholders.

Prior to Rouxbe, Jim was the Senior Manager of the Financial Services Group for PwC, and a member of the Financial Services Leaders Group for PwC in Central and Eastern Europe. Jim's responsibilities there included audit, advisory services and mergers and acquisition.

Prior to PricewaterhouseCoopers, Jim was Head of Risk Management and Insurance at a major Middle Eastern bank, worked in a senior position at Ernst & Young in Kuwait and spent several years at a medium-sized firm of accountants in Vancouver. Collapse

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Warren is an Emmy award-winning film and television producer with more than 30 years experience in the film industry. He has extensive experience in educational video-based programming, having played a key role in the development of distance learning programs in Canada. He also has more than 35 feature film and television credits and manages projects for American Studios and major television networks with budgets up to $100M.

In 2004, Warren was awarded an "Emmy" for his producing role in "Door to Door" (William H. Macy). Other production credits include, "I Spy" (Eddie Murphy), "Romeo Must Die" (Jet Li), "Little Woman" (Winona Ryder), "Saving Silverman" (Jack Black), "Dudley Do Right" (Sarah Jessica Parker & Brendan Fraser), "Connie & Carla" (Nia Vardalos) and "RV", featuring Robin Williams. Collapse

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Scott Staff is the Director of Business Development at Perkins Coie, a Seattle-based law firm, the largest in the Northwest. In his current capacity, Scott identifies strategic, new business opportunities that could add significant value to the firm and/or its clients. He works closely with selected partners in the development and execution of business development strategy and has oversight of the firm's client service teams and industry teams programs.

Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Scott was the Chief Development Officer at Lewis & Clark College and Law School where he played a leadership role in raising over $150M. He has also been instrumental in raising millions of dollars for both private and non-profit organizations. Scott was previously a member of the Board of Directors at Fat Earth, Inc. and earlier in his career was the National Sales Manager for a graphic arts and publishing company. Collapse

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Chris has been working with technology startups for over 10 years. He has closed over 60 private placement financings, 25 acquisitions, closed countless licensing and distribution deals, and over 8 IPOs.

Chris began his career as a corporate lawyer with Gray Cary in Palo Alto in 1993, advising technology startups in all aspects of their business. Since then, he has worked with over 35 technology start-ups.

Specifically related to media companies, Chris incorporated Atom Films from inception through $50M in private financing, several acquisitions and its ultimate sale to Shockwave. He also incorporated MXG Media Inc, a Gen Y-targeted E-magalog (and destination site) from inception through $40M in private financing and its ultimate sale to USA Interactive. He also represents LearnLive Technologies Inc., an e-learning company targeted initially at the CPE Market. Collapse