DormNoise Team

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Jay Rodrigues - Creator

  • Campus: UPenn
  • Graduation Date: 2011
  • Email: jay@dormnoise.com
Campus Organizations Sigma Alpha Mu, Wharton Ambassadors, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Change for Change
Favorite Quotes

"To believe you can is everything"-Unknown

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door"-Milton Berle

"Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy, both. I want to people to be afraid of how much they love me"-Michael Scott, Dunder Mifflin

Jay is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania. He started working on DormNoise in the summer of 2007 after his senior year of high school. With the help of a talented team, the support of his family and friends, and almost two years of work, he was able to bring DormNoise to life.

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Dominick Stirpe - Advisor

  • Campus: University of Rochester
  • Graduation Date: 1982
Organizations Board Member of Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership
Favorite Quotes

"There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best"- Joe Dimaggio

"Power is not alluring to pure minds"-Thomas Jefferson

Dominick began his career as an Engineer with IBM and ultimately held positions in Sales and Marketing. After IBM, he moved to America Online where he held executive positions in Product Marketing and Interactive Marketing. For the past few years, he has been acting as an advisor to a variety of startups assisting with business development, product marketing, and technology planning.

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Paul Colone - Advisor

  • Campus: Boston College
  • Graduation Date: 1994
Organizations Association for Corporate Growth

Paul is a Managing Director at C.W. Downer & Co. responsible for the execution of acquisition and divestiture programs for North American and European companies. He has completed transactions in several industries including plastic and rubber products, packaging, media replication and supply chain management services. He has also completed transactions with leading private equity firms both in the U.S. and Europe.

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Mediabarn, inc. - Software Development and Visual Design

Thanks to the Meidabarn Team:

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Sara Mastro - Executive Producer

  • Campus: Florida State University
  • Graduation Date: 1991
Organizations Usability Professionals Association (UPA), HSUS, ASPCA

Sara started her career at Texas Instruments, developing branding and conducting market research for their personal product lines. While there, she was awarded the Texas Instruments Design Excellence Award. Since then she has amassed over 10 years of experience, working with multimedia companies to produce award-winning interactive products and websites for Discovery Health, Hewlett Packard, Compaq, McGraw Hill, Weatherbug, and the USDA Forest Service. She most recently served as Director of User Experience at Discovery Education, overseeing the design and usability of all K-12 online products.

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John Morgan - Software Engineer

  • Campus: University of Georgia
  • Graduation Date: 1982

John has 25 years of computer software development experience in various operating systems and relational database management systems.

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Jason Kress - Art Director

  • Campus: Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Graduation Date: 2000
Organizations Sports Car Club of America, AIGA, VW Group of America, Critters for the Cure, LLC
Favorite Quotes

"I like to think of Jesus as a mischievous badger" - Cal Naughton, Jr.

"If you ain't first, you're last" - Reese Bobby

Jason came to DormNoise in 2007 with an extensive 8+ year design history under his belt. Cutting his teeth in the advertising world at Arnold Worldwide, Ogilvy PR and the Discovery Channel as well as switching over to web design at Razorfish, ATTIK, Hillman Curtis and AOL, he has a wide array of tricks up his sleeve. Specializing in brand identity, both classic and guerilla advertising as well as web design, Jason feels comfortable with any project large and small. Recent clients include Macy's, AOL, McDonalds, Volkswagen, Philip Morris, BBC America, Choice Hotels, Discovery Communications and the Smithsonian Institution.

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Steven Gallagher - Web Developer

  • Campus: West Virginia University
Favorite Quotes

"Listen to this dude Rufus, he knows what he's talking about"- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage" - Indiana Jones

Over the years, Steven has served as a Web Developer, Technical Director, Project Manager, Department Head, Application Developer, Creative Director, Designer, IT Support, Server Admin, Database Admin, Marketing Director, Content Writer, and Search Engine Optimization Consultant. Steven specializes in Client-side, Server-side and Database application programming with a focus on content managed web sites.

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Ed Feldstein - Legal Counsel

  • Campus: Providence College
  • Graduation Date: Spring 1964
Organizations The Key Program Incorporated, The Miriam Hospital, Lifespan System, Jewish Federation of Rhode Island, Camp Jori, Temple Emanu-EL, Providence College President's Council

Ed has been a practicing attorney in Rhode Island for over 40 years and was selected as a Best Lawyer in the area of business law. He is active in a number of non-profits and presently serves as Chairman of the Board of The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Jason Preciphs - Legal Counsel

  • Campus: Brown University
  • Graduation Date: Spring 1998
Organizations Brown Alumni Association, University of Michigan Alumni Association, AIDS Project Rhode Island, GAIA Vaccine Foundation
Favorite Quotes

"Oh, so they have internet on computers now!"-Homer J. Simpson

"Energy and persistence conquer all things"-Benjamin Franklin

Jason handles a variety of litigation matters and makes regular appearances in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Supreme Court, the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Superior and District Courts and the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights. He also advises clients regarding software licensing, e-commerce and computer and internet law.