Chris Mathison spent his formative years
mired in mischief leading to multiple school expulsions,
but finally forsake juvenile delinquency
for a higher calling and became:
Author, Developer, Educator, Manager -- who
wrote the world's first bilingual (English/Japanese) word processor, ZA>COM, Kenkyusha, NEC, 1983),
the world's first multilingual (English/Japanese/Russian, ZA>COMK, Kenkyusha NEC 1984),
the world's first interactive application to display digital video "Hello QuickTime!", imagine21, Apple, 1991),
and the world's first multimedia program driven by voice recognition (AIT Multimedia, imagine21, Apple, 1993);
authored best-selling mass-market applications
and highly acclaimed proprietary products, including the market leading case management tools (Tracking At-A-Glance, Designing Success, 2001-2021)
currently installed on city and county government servers nationwide;
wrote numerous articles and stories for the mass
media; pioneered secondary and tertiary PC training and creative writing programs;
participated as a keynoter, invited
speaker, panelist or featured presenter in numerous trade and instructional technology
shows, seminars and conferences worldwide.
Objective:
Become the Second Most Interesting Man in the World
Languages:
English, Japanese. In 1988, co-authored a bilingual volume
entitled "English Business Letter Writing Handbook" published by Kenkyusha,
which ranks as one of Japan's premier and most historically significant academic
and reference publishers, specializing in dictionaries, language instruction,
and English studies. it has become the standard reference tool in Japan. Later in 1988, Kemkyu partnered with
ZA>COM released all the templates.
Now in its 5th edition, the volume is still selling on Amazon Japan and other sites.
His Awesomeness is so dark in the photo because he wrote much of his portion
on a beach in Bali, Indonesia. In 2024, published first novel in Englidh,
which immediately drew high critical
praise from trade publications such as Kirkus Rebiews,
Publisher's Weekly, Readers Favorite, and others.
"Altered Estates" is the story of a future scenarist via drug-induced temporary amnesia
enters a live-action manor mystery as a character in order to participate
in a futuristic role playing game with an international cast of characters
along with inteligent plants and Story Tellers from Jung's collective subsonscious.
In 2024, the book cover won the Bronze Medal at the Independent Publiher's Awards.
21st Century Experience:
2022-Present--Author, Digital Creator, Software Developer
In 2024, published debut novel, "Altered Estates". See trailer:
2001-2021 Designing Success, Inc.(rebranded in 2025 as Social Bridge Technologies) Houston, Texas
In role of "His Awesomeness" Worked at startup Designing Success, Inc, Boca Raton, FL as a full-time web applications developer, software architesct and database administrator.
Sole creator of the original source code, client database and user interface for best selling case management tracking system.or housing authorities and socialr work agencies nationwide.
Have deployed application for over 100 agencies in 35 states
Mouse over or tap to see installations in each state.
2020-Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Assigned by Designing Success as the lead developer for the prototype version
of this project. "mySAMi" is a phone app for a Utah-based organization
that enables client beneficiaries to track their own progress
in education, employment and life goals.
2017-Generations Journey, Seattle, Washington, USA
Assigned by Designing Success as the lead developer for this client project,
a web app for a Seattle-based organization that enables institute members to
track the progress of tribal members ("Wayawa" in Lakota
Sioux) in education and employment.
20th Century Experience
1991-2000-lmagine21 KK, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Founder and Managing Director -- originally operated as an authorized
Apple training center from 1992-1994;
designed interactive multimedia product demos, kiosks, courseware, Web
sites and DVD titles; consulted for large tertiary school systems in
Pacific Rim countries in areas of facility design and multimedia training.
In USA, from 1998 to 2000, built the following sites:
Jim Gwin Archtect, Houston, Texas, an architectural firm.
APS Training Centers, Miami, Florida, a vocational school chain.
The Pacific Institute, Seattle, Washington, a motivational speakers bureau.
Designing Success Inc, Hollywood, Florida,
a web application software publisher.
1981-1991 ZA>COM, Tokyo, Japan
Founder and Managing Director -- designed and programmed PC applications such as word processors, keyboarding tutorials,
business letter writing programs and board games, including the the electronic version of Othello (Osero in Japanese);
set up the first PC classrooms in Japanese vocational schools;
supervised and trained trainers.
1979-1980 Circus Vargus, Lakewood, California, USA
Marketing Director -- produced several venues of "America's Big Top Giant's" 1980 tour of Western USA,
Canada and Mexico. Responsible for site management,
permits, ticketing systems, suppliers, publicity, community relations and marketing for second-largest U.S. circus and
world's largest tented show.
1976-1979 Concert Associates of Hawaii, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA
Founder and General Manager -- produced
entertainment events such as live concerts, beauty pageants, community
festivals, dance competitions, sport fishing tournaments and music
segments for Honolulu television; served as a design consultant (lighting and special effects)
for several island and mainland discotheques.
1969-1975
College of the Canyons, Valencia, California, USA
Instructor and Reference Librarian -- taught
classes on how to integrate media (slides, film, audio and music) into instructional programs and
large-group presentations; worked part-time as evening Reference Librarian;
catalogued the college library film and music collection.
1976-2000-Consultations
Companies for whom I worked as a part-time employee, independent contractor, franchisee, consultant or special contributor:
Tokyo Journal, The Japan Times, The Daily Yomiuri, Asahi Evening News, The Dallas Morning News,
West Hawaii Today, Apple (Japan, Australia, New Zealand), Macromedia,
RasterOps-TrueVision (USA, France),
SuperMac, Adobe Systems,
Pan Abode, All Nippon Airlines, Aloha Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Aeroflot Airlines, U.S. State Department,
Yamato Foundation (Japan), Bunsai Foundation (Japan), Sano Foundation (Japan), Japan Women's University,
AIT Foundation (New Zealand),
NEC (Japan), Toshiba (Australia),
IBM (Japan), Microsoft (USA, Japan,
Australia), Epson (USA),
NHK Television (Japan),
Florida National University (USA).
Early Career HighLights
1980s/90's-Contributed feature articles on
Japanese baseball-- foussing on the American players on Tokyo-area professional teams:
Yomiui Giants, Yakult Swallows and Seibu Lions--to
The Japan Times and other Japanese media.
Caused nationwide furor via an exclusive interview
with the Japanese
baseball commisioner, in which he expressed
a desire to rid the sport of foreign players within 5 years. The article later forced the commissioner to recant,
1994-Premiered Apple's nascent voice recognition technology
at New Zealand's innaugural multimedia conference as
co-keynoter with Microsoft's Bill Gates.
1991-Premiered Apple's QuickTime digital video technology
at Australia Macworld
1988-Profiled in the Asahi Shimbum, Japan's leading
daily newspaper, as one of three foreigners who had made significant technical
contributions (bilingual word processor) to Japanese society in the 1980s.
1984-Taught creative Writing classes at Japan Women's University.
1983-1989-Served as special contributor to Blue Swan,
the inflight magazine of Soviet Aeroflot Airlines
at the height of the Cold War while simultaneously serving
as a special consultant to the US State
Department
Education-Tertiary
1972-UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Completed post-graduate courses.
1968-Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
MS, Library and Audio-Visual Sciences (awarded Title V fellowship)
1967-University of Central Oklahoma (formerly Central State College), Edmond, Oklahoma, USA
BA, English and History (Dean's List, Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities)
Education-Secondary
1959-Bishop McGuinness High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Awards: None, EXPELLED for chronic misbehavior and absenteeism
1961-Harding High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Awards: None, EXPELLED for pulling pranks
1963-Bishop McGuinness High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Awards: None, EXPELLED for school board policy violations
1963-Harding High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Awards: Graduated-Yay, finally with one of the highest highest ACT score in class
Passions and Pastimes
2005-2018 Youth Soccer -- Coached girls teams in Atlanta and New York.
Designed team logos and fan sites. for my teams.Among the more memorable team names:
The Haunting, Ai Chihuahua!, Midnight Passion, Toxic Slimme, Salsa Verde.
2019 to Present Holography -- the art of projecting 3D images and animations in midair via a holographic fan projector
Chris Mathison spent his formative years
mired in mischief leading to multiple school expulsions,
but finally forsake juvenile delinquency
for a higher calling and became:
authored best-selling mass-market applications
and highly acclaimed proprietary products, including the market leading case management tools (Tracking At-A-Glance, Designing Success, 2001-2021)
currently installed on city and county government servers nationwide;
wrote numerous articles and stories for the mass
media; pioneered secondary and tertiary PC training and creative writing programs;
participated as a keynoter, invited
speaker, panelist or featured presenter in numerous trade and instructional technology
shows, seminars and conferences worldwide.
English, Japanese. In 1988, co-authored a bilingual volume
entitled "English Business Letter Writing Handbook" published by Kenkyusha,
which ranks as one of Japan's premier and most historically significant academic
and reference publishers, specializing in dictionaries, language instruction,
and English studies. it has become the standard reference tool in Japan. Later in 1988, Kemkyu partnered with
ZA>COM released all the templates.
Now in its 5th edition, the volume is still selling on Amazon Japan and other sites.
His Awesomeness is so dark in the photo because he wrote much of his portion
on a beach in Bali, Indonesia. In 2024, published first novel in Englidh,
which immediately drew high critical
praise from trade publications such as Kirkus Rebiews,
Publisher's Weekly, Readers Favorite, and others.
"Altered Estates" is the story of a future scenarist via drug-induced temporary amnesia
enters a live-action manor mystery as a character in order to participate
in a futuristic role playing game with an international cast of characters
along with inteligent plants and Story Tellers from Jung's collective subsonscious.
In 2024, the book cover won the Bronze Medal at the Independent Publiher's Awards.
1980s/90's-Contributed feature articles on
Japanese baseball-- foussing on the American players on Tokyo-area professional teams:
Yomiui Giants, Yakult Swallows and Seibu Lions--to
The Japan Times and other Japanese media.
Caused nationwide furor via an exclusive interview
with the Japanese
baseball commisioner, in which he expressed
a desire to rid the sport of foreign players within 5 years. The article later forced the commissioner to recant,
Education-Tertiary
1959-Bishop McGuinness High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Awards: None, EXPELLED for chronic misbehavior and absenteeism
1961-Harding High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
