Alan B. Weiler

[ AW16 ] Alan Weiler (kallisto@kallisto.com), Kallisto Productions, IncFull Service Interactive Media Developer

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Alan Weiler, president of Kallisto Productions, described the authoring tools Kallisto developed to generate this interactive story.

Alan Weiler, president of Kallisto Productions, described the authoring tools Kallisto developed to generate this interactive story."Using our authoring tools, an artist, not a programmer, can assemble an extended-play, interactive story.When the production is complete, our tool exports a ready-to-deploy Java midlet.The interactive story can be segmented into episodes that are downloaded from within the basic application.The tool set makes it possible to rapidly create versions for different handsets, and even different languages, without further programming."

Alan Weiler sees a large opportunity to adapt entertainment for the new "small screen."
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Alan Weiler, Kallisto Productions, Inc.

Voice 415-257-4777, fax 415-257-4770

email: kallisto@kallisto.com, http://www.kallisto.com

Alan Weiler Kallisto Productions, Inc.

Background

Overview

Alan Weiler
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Alan B. Weiler, M. Ed.

Writer, Designer, Programmer, Producer
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Alan began his career as a teacher and taught elementary school for 4 years. After leaving teaching in 1986, he spent a year as a computer salesperson in a retail computer shop. In 1987, he founded ShadowLight Designs, a sole proprietorship providing contract instructional media services. In 1992, Alan became co-founder and President of Kallisto Productions, Inc. Over the past 16 years, Alan has developed a wide variety of training and marketing materials. It is his goal to make instructional presentations effective, engaging and easy to use.

Alan developed two online courses for San Francisco State University and has been the instructor for both courses since 2000.

A Writer and a Programmer

Alan has been the lead instructional designer and writer on dozens of projects for the classroom, print media, CD-ROM and Web. Alan has experience with a wide range of media editors and data development tools, including Visio, Powerpoint, HTML Help, JavaDoc, Flash, Photoshop, Word, Excel, PageMaker, Acrobat and Dreamweaver, and has in-depth knowledge of both MacOS and Windows.

Alan has participated in all phases of instructional materials development including content development, interface design, programming, graphic design and project management. Alan has programmed and submitted numerous master disks ready for duplication and has been the technical director for several substantial multimedia projects.

Custom Software Development

Alan has developed for Kallisto an authoring system for delivering animated presentations on Java-based mobile phones. Kallisto Composer provides for the creation and subsequent playback of entertainment and promotional presentations targeted to the small footprint available on J2ME MIDP phones. Alan programmed the Java-based authoring tool and the Java-based runtime engine. Alan wrote the User Guides and documented the Java code using JavaDoc.

As both a content creator and programmer, Alan is deeply involved in the mobile phone industry and its opportunities and constraints.

Alan is an expert in the use of Macromedia products for creating interactive presentations and games. He programs in Java, JavaScript, Director/Shockwave/Lingo, HTML, DHTML, Flash/ActionScript, XML, XSL, CSS and PERL.

Kallisto President Alan Weiler said he hopes to expand the company's portfolio of interactive games for handhelds."Really, any genre can be adapted to the phone," Weiler said.

Alan Weiler, President, Kallisto Productions, Inc.
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Alan Weiler, M. Ed., is president of Kallisto Productions, Inc., a software firm specializing in developing content for mobile devices.Alan has hands-on experience with delivering both entertainment and learning to diverse mobile audiences.

Kallisto President Alan Weiler said he hopes to expand the company's portfolio of interactive games for handhelds.

"Really, any genre can be adapted to the phone," Weiler said.

Alan Weiler dev@kallisto.com
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Alan Weiler dev@kallisto.com 415 257-4777

Alan B. Weiler, M. Ed . Writer, Designer, Programmer, Producer A Background in Education.Alan began his career as a teacher and taught elementary school for 4 years.