About Us

Ann-Marie Cheung, an Associate of the Ontario College of Art has over 10 years experience in multimedia and web design and development. She has worked on e-learning projects, corporate presentations and projects for major financial institutions, and has creatively assisted many small to medium sized businesses. As a freelance creative, Ann-Marie has worked with a wide-variety of clients ranging from large full service agencies to small businesses. Combining technical expertise, elegant design and programming knowledge produce exceptional results for her clients.

Ann-Marie founded and created FlashGoddess.com in 2002, a resource and community web site which showcases women who work with the Adobe Flash software. She has been called on to speak at several Flash events and has been interviewed numerous times about this exciting and inspiring project.

An active member of the digital community, Ann-Marie is a member of the Toronto Flash users group, FlashinTO, and in the past has been a member of Digital Eve Toronto and on the virtual advisory board for the Sheridan Interactive Multimedia program. Recognised as an expert in her field, she has been invited to judge the FlashintheCan Festivals in Toronto, the FlashForward Film Festivals in San Francisco and New York and has been on the selection committee for the Canadian New Media Awards since 2006. Ann-Marie is also a member of the Elgin Business Women's Network and the St Thomas & District Chamber of Commerce.


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Paula Mould is an experienced Flash Developer who has been working in the CD ROM and Internet field since 1996. She has authored a large number of CDs in the past and now specializes in dynamic data driven web sites and applications programmed with Adobe Flash. Paula's most recent work includes Flash e-commerce sites, e-book readers, and mobile applications.


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What fascinates you about your field? 

Paula - The short answer would be "change". When I started out in 1996, the field of web site developer was just starting up, Flash was non-existent and everyone who surfed the 'net did so using a 14.4 dial up modem. Sites with graphics were risky - could slow the download too much, and blinking text was cutting edge.

Ann-Marie - I love the challenges of keeping up to speed with the ever evolving technology and also the exciting process of coming up with fresh design concepts.

What are some of your proudest achievements as a professional?

Paula - Helping our clients expand their business and prospects by giving them more options and possibilities than they realized. For example, we have a client who had an idea about having kids create their own custom e-books. It would foster learning. The only problem he saw was the process - kids would have to record their audio and send it in for us to process. The turn around time could kill the venture. We suggested the power of Flash Communication Server which harnesses a user's microphone and allows them to record and play back instantly. We put together a demo and tested it with some of his clients. It was a hit and is now in a phase 2 roll out and we have more plans for expansion in the coming year.

Ann-Marie - I was very excited to launch a personal project of mine FlashGoddess.com in 2002! FlashGoddess.com is a resource and community site showcasing and promoting women who work with Adobe Flash software. Profiles and spotlight interviews with talented designers, artists, coders, animators and authors are featured as well as tutorials, book reviews, a Gallery, and much more. It has since grown to become an internationally recognized, inspirational site for women in the new media field. FlashGoddess.com was HOW magazine's "Top 10" sites to see for March 2004 and a SXSW Developer's Resource Finalist in 2003.

What do you feel you bring to your clients?

Paula - All of the business, from small to large, sent to me by our clients is appreciated. Many of our clients are small business owners who are taking a financial risk on their web sites or CDs. We know this and do our utmost to give them all and even more than what they ask for.

Ann-Marie - I genuinely care about my clients' businesses and put every effort into making every one of their projects a great success. I'm passionate about my work.
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Partner Highlight

Kendra Gadzala is a designer and artist living in Toronto. She has over 10 years' experience in Flash design, web site design and usability, and online marketing. Her art has been exhibited internationally and is in private collections in Europe and North America.

Kendra is the Chair of the Program Advisory Committee for Centennial College's Graphic Design – Media program, and currently teaches in the Graphic Design - Media and Fine Arts Programs.


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Lorna Mills has been programming interactive educational and promotional games since 1994.  In addition, she's an exhibiting visual artist who co-writes on a popular blog about art, both gallery & on-line practices, animation and science.


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Lorraine Spiess specializes in server side and front end application programming. A pioneer in developing data-driven Flash applications, she specializes in creating custom and out-of-the-box dynamic content solutions including multilingual software and Flash engines powered by XML or remoting directly to the server database. A graduate of Princeton University, Lorraine brings to DNA Group an extensive background in international marketing, strategic business planning and the non-profit sector.
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