Michele Yamazaki is the VP of Marketing & Web Development Czarina for Toolfarm.com, the video plug-ins people. At Toolfarm, she juggles many roles, including developing content and training and answering support questions. She has demoed plug-ins for Adobe, Apple, Boris FX, Red Giant, Digieffects, etc. at multiple trade shows, conferences and user groups. She co-authored the book Greenscreen Made Easy with Jeremy Hanke and is currently working on a book about After Effects for Focal Press/Elsevier. She previously worked at Postworks and taught After Effects at Kendall College of Art and Design for 4 years. She is president of MCA-I Mid Michigan, a WMFVA board member and formerly co-chaired the West Michigan Animation & Effects User Group.
Andrew Embury is a freelance motion designer from Canada. He was director/creative producer at Fatkat Animation Studios, Atlantic Canada's largest animation house, working with clients such as CBC, BBC, YTV, Nickelodean, Pepsi Co, Toyota, Microsoft, and others. In the last year, Andred was Director of Photography/Editor for Hemmings House Pictures and freelanced for various companies throughout the world. Previously, he taught AE, Photoshop, and Final Cut Pro at NBCC Miramichi in New Brunswick, Canada.
