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Michel Kripalani at Dust or Magic AppCamp 2012

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Channel: Children's Technology Review · 2012 · Education

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There are few people who understand the interactive media development process like  Oceanhouse Media President Michel Kripalani. Don't miss his "Open Letter to Apple" at 12:40 or so. 

Michel Kripalani is President of Oceanhouse Media, Inc., a leading publisher of more than 225 apps for the mobile market.  In his role as President, Kripalani has secured licensing agreements with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, HarperCollins, Random House Children's Books, Hay House Publishers, Zondervan (a division of HarperCollins), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Mercer Mayer, Soundprints, Andersen Press, Chronicle Books and others. Kripalani is responsible for selecting the company's product offerings, seeing to it that content is in line with the company's mantra of "Creativity with Purpose." He is a strong advocate for developing apps that uplift, educate and inspire.  Oceanhouse Media is Kripalani's third start-up. He found prior success with Presto Studios, an independent video game development company he ran for 11 years. Presto Studios had numerous hits including The Journeyman Project series, Myst III: Exile and more. At his first business, MOOV design (founded in 1989), Kripalani developed and programmed the world's first interactive multimedia magazine (Verbum Magazine). In addition, Kripalani was a Director of Business Development at Autodesk for many years where he managed relationships with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and other game development studios worldwide. Kripalani resides in Encinitas, California, with his wife, Karen, and their two young daughters.

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