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​Dan Rodney: Instructor, Senior Class Developer at Noble Desktop
Dan Rodney is a designer and web developer that works for Noble full time creating coursework as well as teaching classes. In his spare time he also writes scripts for InDesign. Dan teachers just about anything print or web related: HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign (including eBooks and DPS).
Victoria Torres: Web Designer & Developer
Victoria Torres is a front-end web designer and developer. In addition to teaching HTML, CSS, JavaScript & jQuery, she designs and writes course material for Noble Desktop. 

Ethan Cornell: Graphic Artist
Ethan is a graphic artist from Brooklyn, NY with a BFA from Parsons. For almost 20 years, Ethan has worked as a designer, illustrator and instructor in print, digital and tablet media. Some of his clients include "Food & WIne" magazine, "Travel & Leisure," "Conde Nast Traveler," and "Vogue." 

Scott Carson: Entrepreneur, Found, Director of Noble Desktop
Scott Carson started Noble Desktop in 1990, and has been involved with computer graphics and web design since 1986. He began teaching at Parsons School of Design in 1991, and has been training designers, professionals and career-changers ever since. Scott is also a horse racing aficionado, and runs the largest horse racing contest on the internet. 

Michele Rosenthal: Freelance Illustrator
Michele is a freelance digital illustrator and graphic designer. In addition to illustration, she’s worked on logo, pattern, and product design for a variety of clients, and she’s been teaching at Noble Desktop since 2010. Her work can be seen on products, in magazine, all over the internet, and on the walls of folks with impeccable taste. 

Scott Vrable: Web Designer & Developer
Scott is a freelance web designer and developer as well as the Senior Training Consultant for MacMillan Publishing. At Noble Desktop, he teachers classes on web design, HTML email and eBooks. 

Cathline Marshall: Usability Analyst & Professor
Having lived and worked in Paris and Tokyo before coming to New York, Cathline draws on her background in web design and human factors in her teaching at Noble Desktop. She is an adjunct professor at New York University, and also teachers web design principles at Pace University in New York, and usability at Human Factors International. In addition, she runs a boutique graphic/web design studio, Studio K&M, based in Brooklyn. On Twitter she shares usability tips. 

Kristi Norgaard: Graphic Designer & Typograph
Enthusiast Kristi loves to work with art and typography to make information beautiful and accessible. The senior designer at Yolanda Cuomo Design for over 15 years, Kristi now heads her own design studio. Her work includes books, magazines, corporate newsletters, annual reports, exhibition graphics, infographics, posters, logos and invitation packages. In addition to teaching at Noble, Kristi is an adjunct instructor in the photography department at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Kristi is a solid bike commuter, commuting to the city daily from New Jersey. 

Ben Russell: Photographer
After 20 years of shooting annual reports for major corporations and portraits for newspapers and magazines Ben now specializes in photography for NYC nonprofits. Ben teachers the Adoble Lightroon and Digital Photography in a day courses. 

Dan Lane: Director & Editor
Dan runs Good Eye Video, a video production company for non-profits, educators and social enterprises. This work for change makers of all shapes and sizes has taken him all over the world telling the stories of good people doing good things. With Final Cut Pro as a daily companion, Dan’s editing experience has been varied, exciting and at times more hours per day than recommended. Teaching Final Cut to students from a variety of industries at Noble has been a true joy. Dan holds a B.S. in Television Radio and Film from Syracuse University. 

Cody Healey-Connely: Freelance Motion Graphics Artist
Cody Healey-Connely is a freelance motion graphics artist and instructor at Noble Desktop. Cody has been teaching at Noble since 2010. When not teaching he can be found riding bikes and taking photographs with vintage cameras and sub-par equipment. 

Matt Supko: Technical Architect & Backend Developer
Matt has directed a network of over 400 Drupal-based e-commerce websites for independent businesses;  assisted several companies in migrating from legacy platforms to Drupal, CiviCRM, and Ruby on Rails; helped develop and maintain partnerships with companies including Google, NPR, and Kobo; and presented educational sessions at international conferences. Matt has a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Virginia where he also taught. At Noble, Matt teachers PHP/MySQL and Ruby on Rails (for which he helped develop the curriculum). 

Dan Warfel: Presentation Layer Engineer & Front-End Developer
Dan is an Interactive Art Director, Visual Designer, and Web Developer with an extensive experience in front-end development and Testing & Analytics. He has worked for many digital agencies in NYC including Digitas, Centric Digital and Acronym Media. Currently he works for Razorfish as a Senior Presentation Layer Engineer. Dan specializes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, WordPress, Photoshop and Illustrator. 
Carl Schoof: Web Developer
Carl is a freelance web developer with years of experience developing interactive marketing campaigns. He’s worked with GE, Doritos, Office Depot, New York Stock Exchange, and more. Carl teaches the GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP). 

Nate Cooper: Web Developer, Writer & Consultant
Nate Cooper is writer and consultant based in New York City. He is founder of Simple Labs, a boutique web and social media consultancy with a focus on client education. Through his company he has provided corporate training seminars to TIME Inc, NBC Universal and GAP Inc. He’s a regular writer on the topic of entrepreneurship for Contently.com and his writing has appeared in Mashable. 

Nevan Scott: Web Designer & Developer
Nevan designs and build websites and web-based applications at Cantliver. He is the developer of Noble Desktop’s Mobile & Responsive Web Design class. In his spare time, he reads too much about typography, and has been known to perform with The Bent Quill Players. 

Jeremy Kay: Web Developer, Instructor & Bass Player
Jeremy started his work at Noble Desktop as a “Jack of All Trades,” and that title may still apply! Jeremy splits his time at Noble between heading back-end development for our website, creating new course material such as PHP/MySQL, editing most every other book, teaching courses, and just about anything else that needs doing. In addition to his web life at Noble, Jeremy avidly pursues music. He has appeared on stages around the world, recorded in studious, and appeared on television programs such as Conan and Carson Daly. 
George Lambrakis: Creative ProfessionalGeorge has over 15 years experience in graphics software including Photoshop, Flash and 3Ds Max. He is the founder of two companies involving media production which have contributed artwork to clients including CBS, Intel, Electronic Arts and more. George has worked professional in both artistic and technical roles. He has educated creative teams on pipeline process from beginning to end, and has been a technical consultant for streamlining production. He holds a degree in Media Studies from NSU, and is an active participant in the CG community. 

Matt Lein: Web Developer
Matt Lein is a front-end developer at LBi. He likes to think of himself as an Internet Scientist, and has been known to perform any interesting CSS experiments. Outside of web work, he’s played bass in a few bands, previously in Low Lustre for a long time, and currently in a new project called The Snails. 

Reviews of Noble Desktop Instructors

(9 Reviews)
  • Web Design Certificate

    Reviewed by cecile b. on 12/4/2017
  • Web Design Certificate

    Reviewed by MARIA K. on 11/28/2017
  • Intro to Python Programming

    Reviewed by Kin K. on 10/26/2017
  • Intro to Python Programming

    Reviewed by Thomas H. on 10/25/2017
  • Intro to Python Programming

    Anonymous review on 10/24/2017
  • Intro to Python Programming

    Reviewed by Latisha G. on 10/24/2017
  • InDesign in a Day

    Anonymous review on 1/13/2015
  • InDesign in a Day

    Reviewed by Caitlin G. on 1/10/2015
  • Coding for Designers

    Anonymous review on 1/10/2015
    Dan was a great teacher and I learned so much, as a complete beginner. It would have been nice to put what we learned into practice on our personal computers during the workshop, but it was only a 2 hour course.. so it's understandable that there was not enough time.

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