John Kumpunen B.A.Hon., M.A.
President and Creative Director

John grew up in the family's retail stores in Finland and moved to Canada 1969. He started his sales and marketing career in his own construction business in Vancouver; drawn to communications, John worked in and with Toronto-area advertising and PR agencies as a writer, illustrator, and art director.

Started his own visual communications agency in 1985, through the past 20 years, has had the good fortune to learn from the communication problems of a wide range of clients from small enterprises to multinational firms. Many clients have stayed with John since the beginning and now feel like part of our family.

Dead serious about his business but loves to laugh at himself … active as inventor, industrial designer, writer, poet, video producer, web designer, graphic designer, illustrator, salesman, choir baritone, musician, and cartoonist. Married with Rose-Anne -- a gifted web designer and photographer, who also works in the business -- and a father of four children whose comment: "Dad, you're such a geek!", John wears like a badge of honor.

Graduate of University of Guelph and University of Toronto specializing in visual perception, memory, and psychophysics. John studied law at the U of Ottawa until his lips got sore from all that reading.

Rose-Anne Kumpunen B.A. Hon.,
"the Boss" and Co-Creative Director

Graduate of University of Toronto as a Specialist in French and National Institute of Broadcasting. Since graduation, she has trained in numerous multimedia and design programs such as Flash, After Effects, Director, PhotoShop, and QuarkXpress. Her specialty is creating powerful multimedia presentations combining PowerPoint, Flash animation, still photos, and audio. Also excels in web site development, copywriting, layout, and design for newsletters, tabloids, and e-zines.

Her eclectic experience comes from a wide range of industries from I/T, to financial institutions, to transportation companies.

Her own web businesses are at

http://RealLifeChanges.com

http://FoodandHealthPosters.com

http://aamumedia.com

Andy Neill,
Professional Voice Talent,

Andy Neill has done thousands of radio and television commercials over more than 30 years...Andy has worked as a Personality, Music Director, Program Director and Operations Manager.

For the past several years, Andy has concentrated on his commercial and narration work for a large number of major corporate clients such as GM, AT&T, Sears, Hewlett Packard, Wal-Mart, Trans-America Insurance, and Gay Lea Foods.

He has also been heard as a commercial and promo voice on The FAN590, the All Sports SuperStation in Toronto as well as other radio stations across the continent!

A samples of Andy's voice can be heard throughout our site and as a narrator on many of our training and promotional videos. Andy has his own digital studio and can return your script within 48 hours in any audio format. For further information, click to Andy's web site at

http://www.andyneill.com


Risto Turunen,
Illustrator and Fine Artist

Risto graduated from a specialized commercial-art high-school program in 1978. For over two decades now, he has divided his work between painting and illustration.

Many of Risto's great illustrations have appeared in our publications.

http://www.ristoturunen.com

"Colonel Sanders" Ilu,
Technical Producer

Colonel Sanders looks after the color temperatures, lights, and all sorts of technical things during production. He has been in the feature film business some 15 years and some 25 years with major network television stations.