Beta Technologies » The Team

Jeff Bush

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:52:09 +0000

Fresh from degrees in physics and theology, Jeff began a career in television production in 1973, working principally in the New York City performing arts community. Teaming up with his wife Celia Ipiotis, in 1981 they founded and produced the long running public television series Eye On Dance & the Arts. His own video work has been seen at Lincoln Center in New York, and at theaters and festivals around the world. He was business manager of the Jose Limon Dance Company, a world recognized modern dance company until 1988, when he joined Full House Productions as managing partner.

In 2004 Jeff became involved in the rapidly expanding virtual world “Second Life”, and almost immediately began promoting business applications in this exciting new venue. First as a joint-venture in 2007 between Full House Productions and the Lisbon, Portugal, based virtual reality services firm, Beta Technologies Lda., Jeff then created Beta Technologies US Inc., originally headquartered in New York (NY), and which acts as the US branch of the company.

In Second Life, he uses his own name as his avatar name.

Moon Adamant

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:31:46 +0000

Moon Adamant, lead designer and 3D modeler.Moon has a background in architecture and computer-aided design backed by ten years of professional work. This, along with formal training in fine arts and art history, gives a clean and professional feeling to her designs.

Moon has led successful multi-disciplinary teams in developing 3D and web-based content for educational and commercial applications. These projects include several funded by international cultural agencies and health care organizations.

Gwyneth Llewelyn

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:25:28 +0000

Gwyneth Llewelyn is Beta Technologies’ European Business Manager.

Gwyneth has worked for twelve years as an IT consultant, specializing in creating a commercial identity and presence for customers on the internet. She brings to the company a solid understanding of management and successful business leadership. As former CTO of an internet company, and as a manager in several other high-tech firms, Gwyneth has experience in international business, contracts, billing, finance, marketing, and promotion. Besides her business chores, she is also doing a PhD in virtual worlds, focusing on intelligent agents in Second Life and virtual archaeology.

Note: If you’re unable to contact Gwyneth Llewelyn by email for some reason, or if she’s slow in replying your emails, do not wait for her to answer — please forward your emails to info@betatechnologies.info to get a reply from the rest of the management team. We work together to keep ourselves fully informed about all projects going on, and either of us will be able not only to provide you a report, but to enact any decision that might be necessary.

Eggy Lippmann

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:20:55 +0000

Eggy Lippmann was one of Beta Technologies’ founders and former principal software architect and CEO; he is currently proceeding his academic studies at UTAD, a Portuguese university with a partnership agreement with Beta Technologies, where Eggy does scientific research in virtual worlds and social networking applications.

Eggy has been producing 3D content and scripting in Second Life almost from the moment it was launched (in April 2003). In addition to his work in second life, Eggy has a formal education in computer science and experience developing web-based applications.

An early list of his major projects and achievements in Second Life can be found at the Second Life History Wiki, also one of his projects.

The Core Team

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:15:15 +0000

Beta Technologies employs a range of professional experts, most of which have several years of experience developing for Second Life®, as well as formal training in design, architecture, 3D modelling, or programming, having worked for several years in other platforms.

Washu Zebrastripe — Creative Assistant

Elle Pollack — Virtual Archeology Project Manager

Eloise Pasteur — Programming Team Leader

Damien Fate, Mikayla Kohl — Designers and Builders

Christopher Omega — Senior Programmer

Sudane Erato — Terraformer & Landscaper

Antonius Camus — Building Trainee

The Extended Team

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:14:06 +0000

Beta Technologies works with a wide range of talented and qualified professionals, many of which with two decades of professional work, ranging from software developers and team managers, system administrators, graphical designers, 3D modellers, architects, pedagogy experts, and consultants. Each project is differently evaluated as to the precise requirements of what a customer needs; we do also draw from the experience of external consultants for very specialised projects. We understand that a company in the chemical industry wishing to develop a virtual presence in Second Life wants to get in touch with an expert that understands their language, requirements, and needs; our purpose, on the beginning of every relationship with a customer, is to make sure they have an experienced professional that understands the requirements.

Thus, our extended team includes people like Lordfly Digeridoo, Cyberstorm Martinez, Jessica Ornitz, Ilushyn Tzedek, Selkit Diller, Ali Maltz, Mango Splash, Om Fujin, Kryptonia Paperdoll, Oneironaut Escher, Zebulon Starseeker, Sinnocent Mirabeau, Rose Farina, Merle Widget, Jarod Godel, LUCA Rosmer, Francis Chung, Khamon Fate, SignpostMarv Martin, among others. Each of those brings their special skills into the group, and are assigned in task forces according to the specific needs of each project.