Folium Partners is a team of professionals with deep experience in the software and media industries. We design, build and market cutting-edge products that consumers love. We are dedicated to creating a brand-new experience for mobile devices with web connectivity, beginning with our acclaimed and tested Folium enhancedAudio™ framework and our Folium Book Studio™ service. All work is done in-house at our offices nestled in the hills of Oregon.
The Partners
John Lee
Co-founder
John found himself part of Silicon Valley in 1985, managing the world’s first desktop publishing storefront operation, Byting Your Time. He developed his engineering management and technology evangelism skills with companies such as Radius (the Pivot), CoSA (After Effects), CKS|Interactive, WebTV, Microsoft, and Cisco Systems. He brings his experiences both as a software engineer and as a technologist to focus at Folium Partners, where he is responsible for day-to-day business activities and product planning.
Steve Christensen
Co-founder
Steve invented many technologies for Apple Computer during his nearly 15 year career there, many of which fathered spin-offs still in common use today. Post-Apple, Steve worked with Verano, Cidco, Earthlink, and FileMaker before joining forces with GeeThree, where he created a series of multi-award-winning special effects software packages for video editing and titling. He is the engineering prowess behind Folium Partners, responsible for building and maintaining the integrity of our software and data services. His code is prominently featured in Folium enhancedAudio™, Folium enhancedVideo™, and our hybrid book+audiobook technology known as PiP™.
Wojciech Dzikowski
Software Engineer
Wojciech originated the codebase used for the Folium Book Studio, and he continues to work on extensions and improvements. He received his Masters of Computer Science from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.
OIT Interns 2011
Folium Partners is very proud of its strong relationship with the Oregon Institute of Technology. We support their Computer Systems Engineering Department and have hosted a series of computer science speaking events for students and faculty in addition to providing opportunities for summer internships.
Noah Bacon worked with Nagisa and created our cloud service which provides book data to mobile platforms.
Mark Romero ported the Folium enhancedAudio framework from iOS to Windows Phone 7, and is now working on expanding our assortment of authoring tools.
Alumni
Folium Partners has enjoyed working with many people over the years, and these are a few for the Where Are They Now seekers.
Kevin Jantzer began as an intern from Southern Oregon University and grew into larger roles with the Folium Book Studio and other projects. He now works with Blackstone Audio, one of our original clients.
Emmett Framson was our first App Production Specialist, collating data required to build audiobook apps, and now works for Blackstone Audio.
Kristian Ljungkvist helped build a wide range of server-side applications and reporting services for Folium Book Studio. He now writes iOS apps as a solo practitioner.
Christopher St. Louis was our first Customer Care representative for the Folium Book Studio and is pursuing his Masters Degree in English in Tokyo. (FWIW, we thought his English always was quite good!)
Jay Tapp came to us via Viacom, United Artists Cable and Charter Communications. He developed strategic relationships for Folium Partners with companies such as Blackstone Audio, where he can now be found.
Ada Conner-Coash was Folium’s first project manager and helped bring Folium Book Studio to life. She was last seen consulting to Guitar Center.
Danika Foit was a marketing intern from Southern Oregon University, and later helped with market research. She is now a management trainee for Pacific Retirement Services.
Kyle Pate came to us as an intern, and later became served as Internet marketing strategist. He is preparing to enter a masters degree program in Public Policy.
Ben Bellinson focused on account management and business alliances. Prior to Folium Partners, Ben worked at The Walt Disney Company, CareerPath.com, Lifetime Cablevision and The J. Paul Getty Trust. He now works for himself.