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415TECH Exhibitors

AmeriTrain
www.ameritrain.com
150 Spear Street, Suite 1250
San Francisco, CA 94105

Education Services
Tom Russell
415-882-1922
tomr@wordlink.com

The AmeriTrain program provides over 150 technical and end-user application courses at nearly half the price of traditional instructor led classes. AmeriTrain incorporates the highest quality technology based training, reference books, and a technical professional available in the classroom. In addition to the labs, the students receive course manuals, pre and post skill assessments and practice test exams. Together, these training methods offer our clients the training solutions that meet their time, quality and cost requirements. Come see for yourself, call today.

AVC Telemanagement/
The Consumer Channel

www.avctel.com
Suite 78, SunnyBrae Center,
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone# 800-661-8207
or 707-822-5489
sales@avctel.com

Business Development Manager
Charlie Peling
707-822-5489
chazp@avctel.com

AVC Telemanagement features consulting and marketing in the latest generation of communications convergence services. We look for the best in computer and internet telephony solutions for our clients. With The Consumer Channel, we are offering the new Hesci compliant VOIP software, in a variety of formats, including the Utalk2 netphone, and the "Interactive Business Card" your rich media presentation and e-commerce/telephony portal to your company, on a mini-CD disc, for innovative and unique marketing to be remembered.

BAVC MediaLink
www.medialinksf.org
2727 Mariposa St., 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94110

Program Director
Paige Ramey
415-558-2172
paige@bavc.org

MediaLink is a unique, immersion-style WWWeb Development Training and Employment Program offered at no cost to low- income San Francisco residents by the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC). First funded in 1997 by the Mayor's Office of Community Development under a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), MediaLink's mission, in Mayor Brown's words, is to "help share the prosperity of the multimedia industry with low income residents." MediaLink develops partnerships with a wide range of companies that have online presence. Partner companies, such as Macromedia, receive benefits such as priority access to our top graduates, as well as customized training that matches their staffing needs. These partner companies also provide MediaLink with valuable information that keeps our program on the leading edge of industry trends.

Creative Assets
www.creativeassets.com
562 Mission Street #601
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-357-0900 (phone)
415-357-0901 (fax)

Area Director
Deanna Abney
415-357-0900
Deanna@creativeassets.com
Business Development
Chris Heimbuch
415-357-0900
Chris@creativeassets.com
Design Recruiter
Melissa Armour
415-357-0900
Melissa@creativeassets.com

Creative Assets is the premier source for finding digital talent in the San Francisco Bay Area. We place top design and creative talent in freelance and permanent positions, with leading web and interactive firms. Stop by our table if you are interested in finding a new position or if you are looking for some creative assets!

Digital Mission
www.2xtreme.net/mhh
288 7th Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-865-2105 ext. 106 (phone)
415-865-2185 (fax)
somec@2xtreme.net

Multimedia Coordinator
George Aguilar
865-2185 ext. 106
somec@2xtreme.net
Multimedia Liaison
Thyralee Thai
865-2185 ext. 106
somec@2xtreme.net
Program Coordinator, Arriba Juntos
Marlon Mendietta

Digital Mission, a new and unique collaboration between community training and employment service providers, works to prepare and place low-moderate income* Mission District residents for the growing computer/multimedia workforce. Digital Mission offers classes in a wide range of computer skills, from software and hardware to more advanced classes like web page design and networking systems. Participants are able to take as many or as few classes as they need in order to find a job in the digital field quickly. Once Digital Mission trainees learn a computer skill, they're given job preparation services including resume help and job interviewing skills. Digital Mission is then able to help place these qualified applicants directly into any job requiring computer skills. Current Digital Mission core members, the Mission Hiring Hall, Arriba Juntos, Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) and now Mission Campus of City College of San Francisco, offer a unique array of educational services, computer training and job placement resources in the Mission.

E-Benefits
www.e-benefits.com
679 Harrison Street
415-495-7585 (main)
415-704-3153 (fax)

Andy Kurtzig
andy@e-benefits.com
Scott Zeilinger
scott@e-benefits.com

E-Benefits was founded by Andy Kurtig in 1996 and is currently a leader in Insurance and Human Resource solutions. E-benefits offers a Human Resource tool (Virtual HR), ideal for start up and small businesses. Originally designed for small business, many medium and large businesses are discovering the value of Virtual HR. QuoteWizard is E-Benefits Insurance product. QuoteWizard is an on line quoting tool for rate and benefit information for the group health insurance industry. With technology unmatched by anyone in the field, QuoteWizard is enjoying tremendous popularity and rapid growth. You can learn more about both products by visiting our web site and test driving Virtual HR and QuoteWizard.

eMotion stuidos
www.emotionstudios.com
85 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 110
Sausalito, CA 94965
415.331.6975
415.331.6124 (fax)

Director of Business Development
Holly Barker Lee
415.331.6975
holly@emotionstudios.com

eMotion studios is an award winning interactive media communications company located in Sausalito, CA. eMotion studios designs and produces digital innovative media for the Web, CD-ROM, DVD, film, video and commercials. Current projects include: 24 tape video series "Masters of Visual Effects" profiling top visual effects artists, the tools and tricks they use to develop some of the coolest visual effects in the industry. Broadband media campaign for web based consumer product company. Design and UI for New Line Cinema's Platinum Series DVD's. Quick Time VR's for web and CD-ROM delivery. Animations and Video for Hybrid CD-ROM/Internet Subscription Based Children's Network. Corporate videos for Fortune 500 Companies as well as launch videos for start-ups. Clients include: Apple, Adobe, E-Loan, @ Home, ILM, New Line Cinema, San Francisco International Airport, Sybase, and Sun. "eMotion studios; bringing broadband content to the narrowband world"

Healthshop.com
www.healthshop.com
568 Howard Street
Lower Level
San Francisco, CA 94105

HR Recruiter
Joseph Axtell
877-477-3313
axtell@msn.com

HealthShop.com will become the most comprehensive consumer-based Internet site for learning about and purchasing nutritional supplements including vitamins, minerals, herbs, sports nutrition, and other related products. HealthShop.com will become a best of breed e-commerce site through its leadership in product selection, information, personalization, quality, and customer service.

iPEO
www.ipeo.com
357 Tehama St, Floor 3
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-597-4555
800-604-9473
415-597-4554 (fax)

National Sales Manager
Liz Allen
415-808-9255
liza@ipeo.com

iPEO delivers outsourced HR services to companies with the premise that employers spend too much time managing human resource related issues which takes them away from growing their businesses. iPEO enables employers the ability to control employment costs, ensure compliance with employment regulations and manage multiple benefit plans. iPEO handles full payroll and tax reporting and puts everything on a web-based platform allowing employers and employees 24x7 access to HR expertise.

iPrint.com
www.iPrint.com
Veterans Square
1450 Oddstad Drive
Redwood City, Ca 94063
650-298-8500 (main)
650-364-7724 (fax)

Business Development
Mike Rubin
650-298-8500 ext. 2412
Mike@iPrint.com
Sales and Marketing
Petra Stuhmeier
650-298-8500 ext. 2445
pstuhmeier@iprint.com
Human Resources
Eileen Perdomo
650-298-8500 ext. 2443
eperdomo@iprint.com

iPrint.com, a privately held company, is the leading print shop on the Internet and the primary supplier of online kiosk systems to the commercial and quick printing industry. iPrint.com technology allows consumers and businesses to create and order popular printed products from business cards, letterhead and post cards to photo t-shirts, mouse pads and Post-it® Notes, all online in a WYSISYG (what you see is what you get) environment and prices are 25% to 50% less than traditional print shop prices.

MediaLink
www.medialinksf.org
2727 Mariposa St., 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94110

Program Director
Paige Ramey
415-558-2172
paige@bavc.org

MediaLink is a unique, immersion-style WWWeb Development Training and Employment Program offered at no cost to low- income San Francisco residents by the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC). First funded in 1997 by the Mayor's Office of Community Development under a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), MediaLink's mission, in Mayor Brown's words, is to "help share the prosperity of the multimedia industry with low income residents."

Metricom, Inc
www.metricom.com
980 University Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95032
408-399-8200
408-354-4028

METRICOM is a pioneer in designing, provisioning and operating digital networks and services for mobile users. Metricom's Ricochet mobile data services provide the industry's fastest data speeds, "always on" connections to the Internet and corporate LANs through wireless modems, flat-rate "all-you-can-use" pricing and no roaming fees. Ricochet lets users replicate their in-office experience remotely with corporate LAN access to applications such as email, databases, fax servers, and Intranet-based information.

Mslide.com
www.mslide.com
745B Portola Street
The Presidio
San Francisco, CA 94129
415-447-6073
info@mslide.com

Director of Business Development
Dan Hobin
415-447-6073
danh@mslide.com

Mslide.com is a FREE web based application for building and broadcasting music enhanced streaming slide shows, (also known as Mslides). At Mslide.com, users can select music from an online music library, upload up to 25 digital photographs, and sit back while the Mslide Builder Application builds their own music slide show and posts it to the Msldie.com high bandwidth streaming network. All for FREE. The technology behind the Mslide Builder Application is Mslide.com's proprietary high speed SMIL engine. SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) (pronounced "smile") enables the creation of multimedia presentations consisting of audio, video, images text, graphics, in a synchronized timeline. The Mslide SMIL Engine is a real-time authoring system with an easy to use web based front end. Mslide.com is privately funded and located in the Presidio of San Francisco.

National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
www.natpe.org
2425 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 550E
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Tel. 310-453-4440
Fax 310-453-5258

Beth Braen
310-453-4440 ext. 227
bbraen@natpe.org
Gerry Philpott
818-995-4960
philpott@bridge-ent.com
Pam Kulik
415-648-5055
pkulik@wave-comm.com

NATPE is the world's leading non-profit television programming and software association dedicated to the continued growth and success of the global television marketplace. In its ongoing effort to serve as a center point in the convergence of Entertainment, Technology and Commerce, NATPE is pleased to announce "NATPE ETC: A new media road tour" that will visit San Francisco (June, 29 at CNET), New York (September 28) and Los Angeles (mid-October). NATPE ETC will host a diverse audience of decision-makers from Internet-related content and technology companies, new media creatives, software developers, TV stations, cable, Hollywood studios and others. The purpose of the tour is to facilitate strategic alliances between the entertainment, advertising and new media communities. Sponsorship opportunities are available.

NaviSite Inc.
www.navisite.com
West Coast Data Center
1700 Green Hills Road, Suite 100
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
888.755.5525
831.430.1600
831.439.6789 (fax)

NaviSite, Inc. based in Andover, Massachusetts, is a leading provider of business-critical Internet outsourcing solutions, specializing in high-end Web hosting and application services for companies conducting business on the Internet. NaviSite'sSiteHarbor product line delivers outsourced application management, Internet server management and co-location hosting solutions for companies whose Web sites and applications are business-critical. NaviSite is a wholly owned subsidiary of CMGI. For more information, visit NaviSite's Web site at www.navisite.com or call 978.552.3300.

Netfront Interactive AS
www.netfront.org
Olav V's gt 1
P.O. Box 1473 Vika
N-0116 Oslo
Tel +47 21 01 01 21
Fax +47 21 01 01 59
info@netfront.org

San Francisco office:
Mr Helge Krogenes
(415) 986 0770
(415) 297 2901
helge.krogenes@ntc.no
Minneapolis office:
Mr. Michael Dahlstrom
(612) 717 7350
dahlstrom@ctsmn.com
Oslo office:
Mr. Jan E. Espelid
+47 21 01 01 17
jan.e.espelid@netfront.org

Netfront has developed the NetSpinner software suite - which is a tool for dynamic updating of static webpages. The technology is unique, and Netfront is in a patenting process for the software. Due to easy installment NetSpinner is close to "plug and play", and allows companies to build, design, maintain and update dynamic web sites with virtually no involvment from webmasters or IT-consultants. Examples of web sites developed and updated with NetSpinner: 1) www.infobean.com 2) www.golfvantage.com

Next Generation Cities
www.ngcities.com
One Sutter Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-576-0830 (phone)
415-986-8113 (fax)

Chairman
Jim Cushing
Jim_Cushing@ngcities.com
Managing Director
Nancy Moore
Nancy_Moore@ngcities.com

Next Generation Cities is a joint public and private sector initiative, centered on the multimedia district of San Francisco, to enable the rapid deployment of electronic commerce services and community interaction through the establishment of a Digital Community Network (DCN) using advanced internetworking technologies and Computer Telephone Integration (CTI). The initial stages of the project are experimental in nature, but the complete vision is to design and integrate the (DCN) into the very fabric and lives of the community and businesses. Our first project will be the commencement of the Multimedia Info-Forum. Please see our website at ngcities.com for further details.

One Business Team
www.1bt.com
212 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
415-616-6820
415-616- 6827
help@1bt.com

Marketing Manager
Adrienne Kolowich
415-616-6820
akolowich@1bt.com
Customer Support Manager
Brian Duncan
415-616-6820
bduncan@1bt.com
Regional Sale Manager
Dave Berger
415-616-6820
dberger@1bt.com

One Business Team (1BT) is your dependable source for responsive IT support, enterprise resource planning, competitively-priced office products, and a range of vital technology and business services - all just a few clicks away! Join 1BT today to begin realizing the bottom line advantages enjoyed by our many satisfied small to mid-sized business customers!

PhotoLoft.Com
www.photoloft.com
300 Orchard City Drive
Campbell, CA 95008
Phone: 408/364-8777
Fax: 408/364-8778
Email: info@photoloft.com

CEO
Jack Marshall
408/364-8777 x.201
marshall@photoloft.com
Vice President – Marketing
Kay Wolf Jones
408/364-8777 x.203
kay@photoloft.com
Business Development
JP Wollersheim
408/364-8777 x.216
jp@photoloft.com

Post, view, share and print your digital images for FREE at PhotoLoft.com Instantly create and share Internet photo albums at PhotoLoft.com. PhotoLoft.com’s enhanced viewing technology enables you and your friends to easily zoom, pan, and explore thousands of photos. Or use our advanced search capabilities to browse over 90 different photo communities including friends & family, sports, nature, etc. PhotoLoft.com also offers the highest resolution printing found anywhere on the Web. Take a walk through our digital store front and turn your images into fun, photo-personalized gift items, like T-shirts, mugs, greeting cards, calendars, and more.

Reality Fusion
www.realityfusion.com
RealityFusion Inc
Santa Cruz, CA
831-420-0520
831-420-0523 (fax)
corpinfo@realityfusion.com

SDK Licensing, OEM & Bundling Opportunities
Max Montgomery
831-420-0580
tothemax@realityfusion.com
Employment Opportunities
831-420-0523
jobs@realityfusion.com

Reality Fusion enables users to manipulate objects on a computer in response to movements captured by a camera.  The company is developing a series of entertainment and edutainment titles based on its patent-pending video interaction technology. Reality Fusion is also establishing a standard for video camera-based applications by licensing its Software Development Kit (www.realityfusion.com/sdk.htm) to other developers. Reality Fusion was selected by Fortune Magazine as one of the top "12 Cool Companies for 1998" and is lead by executives from Lotus, Intuit, Borland, Delrina and Caere. The company is also licensing products to video camera manufacturers including Intel and Logitech. The company is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California. Corporate information is available at www.realityfusion.com.

Resource International
www.lworld.com
5700 3rd St #117
San Francisco, CA 94124
415-671-4905
415-671-4906

G. Logan Mein
415-671-4905
lworld@best.com

Resource International buys, sells, trades, recycles & donates a variety of office and industrial hardware. Our goal is to provide a responsible marketplace for used equipment. We are the hardware recycling specialists. Located only minutes from downtown San Francisco, Resource International is conveniently positioned to serve the needs of businesses throughout the Bay Area.

The Shattuck Group
www.theshattuckgroup.com
987 College Drive
San Jose, CA 95128
408-294-7100
Fax: 408-294-7148
info@theshattuckgroup.com

CEO
Randy Shattuck
408-294-7100
randy@theshattuckgroup.com
Senior Consultant
Ed Arber
831-457-0797
ed@theshattuckgroup.com
Director, New Media
Chris Hanrahan
510-558-9860
chris@theshattuckgroup.com

We are a full service integrated marketing firm with significant expertise in new media, web development, multimedia, and user interface designs. We also offer traditional services such as market analysis and positioning, ads, direct mail, and collateral materials. We help startups to fortune 100 organizations achieve their branding, sales, and market share objectives.

Silicon Valley Tours
www.siliconvalley.com
54 Fourth Street Suite 511
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-902-3921
415-495-7653 (fax)

Director
Tom McDonagh
415-902-3921
fourmc@aslan.com

Designed for groups of professionals, Silicon Valley Tours offers informative and stimulating tours of Silicon Valley, San Francisco's Multimedia Gulch, clusters of high-technology and other innovative business environments. Group tours can be arranged to complement conventions, conferences and meetings with local companies. Let us custom tailor to the interest of participants and sponsoring companies. Companies hosting visitors for purposes such a sales team building or customer relations will find tours enhance experiences for visitors.

Startups.com
www.startups.com
650-320-9200
info@startups.com

Justin Segal
Donna Jensen

Coming soon: Startups.com -- the Fast Track to Startup Success.

Xuma Technologies
www.xuma.com
655 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-777-0253
415-777-2704 (fax)

VP Sales
Ann E. Lydecker
415-777-0253
ann@xuma.com

World class engineering for e-business. We do not do any web design work. Intstead partner with best of breed design firms. We build complex back end solutions for the web. Xuma represents an alliance of top developers and thinkers, trained in the world's most reputable companies, who have come together to engineer mission-critical business applications on the web, making sites more responsive, more powerful and financially viable. Xuma organizes both its internal management and external marketing strategy by aligning itself along five business units. Each unit focuses on a specific area of technical competence with technical directors who are dedicated to each unit. A customer's project may often require resources from different teams who would be assembled dynamically to build the complete solution.