ROY MONTIBON, Full Bio

Montibon's specialty is conceiving, designing, directing and launching complex projects that that combine creative direction and technology..

Roy Montibon is a serial entrepreneur and known leader in business strategy, identity development, branding, creative direction, design, marketing, communications and technology integration. Montibon's role has taken many forms—as consultant, corporate executive, entrepreneur, educator and community organizer.

A graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Montibon has provided strategic planning and stakeholder outreach; assembled and directed national and international teams; and has lead branding, marketing and communication initiatives for clients including educational institutions (UCLA, UC Irvine), Fortune 1000 corporations (Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Toyota, Honeywell, Bank of America), major consulting firms (Capgemeni / Ernst & Young, IBM), high-tech leaders (Hitachi Medical Instruments, Beckman Laser Institute, Texas Instruments, JVC), business leaders (John Wooden, Peter Drucker, Fred Rosen) and thought leaders (William Glasser).

Montibon and his partner Julie Tumblety are the founders of the original Artwalk in Downtown Los Angeles, (2002), and ran it for four years, after which it was taken over and vastly expanded by a dedicated downtown team into one of the largest and most successful art walks in the U.S., attracting between 20,000 and 40,000 visitors per monthly event. He was publicly elected to the position of Representative for the Center City Redevelopment Area / Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles. At that time, CRA/LA oversaw $342.2 million of CRA/LA investment plus $6.8 billion from other sources for pubic improvement projects including urban parks, affordable and mixed use housing, retail, commercial and industrial development and other revitalization projects.

Montibon and Tumblety conceived and produced a number of major international symposia on design and the \ arts at UCLA and UC Irvine featuring such luminaries as Brian Eno, Ray Bradbury, Hartmut Esslinger of Frog Design and Dr. James Blinn of JPL. He developed and taught some of the very first digital imaging and media arts courses ever offered in the United States, through UCLA's Professional Development Programs, and UC Irvine, and helped grow the UCLA Extension media arts program into the leading program of its type in the country. He has taught and mentored over 6,000 undergrads, graduate students and creative professionals at UCLA, UC Irvine and other southern California universities. Montibon has also developed and taught several online courses.

Montibon is currently a Strategic Consultant for VizCommunication in Los Angeles, which is developing a new visual language platform and educational system, where he helped develop two successful NSF grant applications. He has recently been a strategic consultant to the Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology, a consultant to Nano Risk Assessment, Inc., and a strategic advisor to the Joint U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean Energy, a Shanghai-based NGO, where he was invited by the People's Republic of China to provide training for eco-heritage tourism and sustainable development to over 35 mayors, provincial governors and high-ranking ministry officials. He has served as Creative Director for COMDEX, Networld & Interop and Seybold Seminars and was involved in every aspect of the design for a NIST-certified, JITC-approved military grade data security device. He was also the Customer Experience Architect for CarsDirect.

He is currently the President of The Montibon Company, LLC (TMC). TMC provides comprehensive branding, market positioning, creative direction and brand marketing. With five partners and the help of several scientists, Montibon has also been developing a science/art/technology startup to combat theft, forgeries and fraud in the art market.

Montibon is the co-founder of Royal Mastodon Society, LLC, a company that renovates historic buildings and converts them into artist lofts, studios and exhibition spaces. He was named the Chair of one of two pilot programs for the New Mexico State Arts & Culture District for Las Vegas, New Mexico. The designation was awarded by Lt. Governor Diane Denish and three Cabinet Secretaries.

He has been a featured speaker at digital media events held at UC Irvine, Occidental College, USC, Cal State Long Beach, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Coro Foundation, The American Film Institute and at the California's Governor's Conference on the Arts special program, Beyond the Millennium: Redefining the Arts for the 21st Century.

Montibon has contributed time and expertise to pro bono projects for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, (for the Streb/Ringside Dance Company of New York), Mozart Camerata, Opera Pacific and The Orange County Performing Arts Center. Montibon is also an artist, designer, inventor and photographer.

CURRENT

CEO / Product Development
Montibon Provenance International, Inc.
February 2017 — Present; Santa Fe region
Montibon Provenance International secures art, artifacts and antiquities against forgery, fraud, theft and counterfeit documentation. MPI incorporates elements of nanotechnology, advanced materials science, high res digital imaging, forensic analysis, cyber-security and long-term data archiving. MPI has been engaged in R&D and is developing original and very unique intellectual property in several of these areas.

CEO / Chief Creative Director
The Montibon Company, LLC | SN1054 ( Montibon Design Agency )
November 2001 — Present; Los Angeles / Santa Fe region
The Montibon Company provides the clear insights, hard-nosed strategic thinking and inspired creative direction necessary to launch new companies, new products and/or new marketing initiatives. His creative agency, SN1054 / Montibon Design Group is a global branding, design and marketing agency that develops and executes effective brand marketing initiatives and develops new products for industry and consumers.

Strategic Consultant
VizCommunication, Inc.
1997 — Present; Los Angeles
Strategic consulting and interface design and marketing strategy for the development of a new visual language platform and educational system. Assisted with two successful NSF grant applications.

Co-Founder
Royal Mastodon Society, LLC (formerly Studio 808)
August 2004 — Present; Los Angeles / Santa Fe region
Designs and develops creative spaces including live/work artist lofts, studios and arts exhibition / performance venues; produces art exhibitions and cultural performances.

PAST

Founder / Executive Director
SPACE New Mexico: Special Projects in Art, Culture & Education
2007 — 2015; New Mexico
SN1054 is Artists, Designers, Architects, Scientists, Engineers and Technologists working together to bring the extraordinary to life and to make great things happen in our communities.

Associate Producer
Neon Buffalo
2010 — 2015 (5 years) Santa Fe, New Mexico Area
Neon Buffalo is a documentary feature film focused on the American Indian struggle for sustainable economic empowerment and self-determination.

Strategic Consultant
Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology
2011 — 2013; Research Triangle, North Carolina
Roy has provided strategic consulting, marketing strategy and development services to this international institute dedicated to accelerating the commercialization of nanobiotechnology.

Strategic Advisor
Joint U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean Energy
2011 — 2013; Shanghai, China
Roy has provided strategic consulting training for eco-heritage tourism and green development to over 35 mayors, provincial governors and high-ranking ministry officials.

Acting Chief Operating Officer | Chief Creative Officer
eSoundLink | AlertTheGlobe
January 2013 — July 2013 (6 months) Los Angeles | Laguna Beach
Leading the development of a music-industry start up for musicians and music lovers across the globe; art, food, music, design, fashion, culture.

Chairman New Mexico State Arts & Culture District | Las Vegas
January 2008 — July 2010; New Mexico
Appointed Chairman of one of the first two New Mexico Pilot Districts. The designation was awarded by Lt. Governor Diane Denish and three Cabinet Secretaries. The selection committee included the New Mexico MainStreet / Economic Development Department; Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA); New Mexico Arts Division (DCA); New Mexico Tourism Department; New Mexico Museum Foundation; McCune Foundation; and New Mexico Arts Commission.

Digital Media & Design Instructor / Symposium Producer
UCLA Extension / Visual Arts and Design Communication Arts
1987 — 2010; UCLA Westwood Campus / Downtown Los Angeles / Online
Pioneered Early Digital Media Classes for Creative Professionals; Developed and taught Media Arts, Graphic Design, Experience Design, Information Architecture, Creative Process courses to over 6,000 undergraduates, graduate students and design/media arts & technology professionals.

Elected Representative
Center City Redevelopment Area / Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles
January 2003 — January 2005; Downtown Los Angeles
CRA/LA oversees $342.2 million of CRA/LA investment plus $6.8 billion from other sources for pubic improvement projects including urban parks, affordable and mixed use housing, retail, commercial and industrial development and other revitalization projects.

Creative Director
Key3Media
2000 — 2001; Los Angeles
Oversaw creative teams on both coasts. Guided design, development and database initiatives for COMDEX, Seybold Seminars and Networld + Interop websites; worked directly with CEO Fred Rosen on special projects; and worked with Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young consultants and internal development teams on IBM WebSphere-based CRM systems integration.

Customer Experience Architect
CarsDirect.com
1999 — 2000 (1 year) Culver City
Developed national marketing promotions for new vehicle introductions (Porsche and Mercedes Benz) and oversaw Customer Relationship Management and Customer Communication Initiatives; provided input into Customer Database Design.

Co-Founder / President / Creative Director
New Archetype Publishing Corporation
1995 — 1999 (4 years) Westwood, Los Angeles
Produced, directed and was instrumental in securing investment funding for a variety of online media properties, including web expos, e-commerce, travel and entertainment sites.

Co-Founder / President / Creative Director
Morpheus Worldwide, LLC
1995 — 1997 (2 years) Los Angeles
Conceived and designed initiatives and provided agency services for new product introductions, national brand campaigns and online marketing & communications programs.

HONORS and AWARDS

Arrowhead Center SBIR Accelerator (Applied for and was accepted)

Third direct NMSBA research grant awarded by Los Alamos National Labs to work with a mathematician in LANL's Space Sciences Division to run models to validate unique MPI cybersecurity concepts.

Awarded New Mexico Innovation Voucher Grant to attend the TechConnect Conference in Anaheim CA

ProjectY (Los Alamos) Lean Startup Bootcamp (Applied for and accepted into program

Second direct NMSBA research grant awarded to MPI by Los Alamos National Labs to perform Laboratory testing using Focused Ion Beam technology.

Applied for and accepted into NM FAST / National Science Foundation TechSprint Program

Applied for and was accepted to attend SBIR/STTR Research Grant Summit in Albuquerque

NM FAST National Science Foundation SBIR / Micro Grants (Applied for and received two Micro Grants for assistance on a NSF SBIR Grant application).

Participation in NMSBA research grant with Los Alamos National Labs: Focused Ion Beam research--MPI provided materials for lab testing)

First direct NMSBA (New Mexico / Small Business Assistance) Research Grant awarded by Los Alamos National Labs to test and evaluate nanotech particle application methodologies)

U.S. Patent for NIST certified and JITC approved data security product

Appointed Chairman of one of two New Mexico State Arts & Culture District pilot projects. District Designation awarded by Lt. Governor Diane Denish.

Elected Representative to the Center City Redevelopment Project Area Committee of the Community Redevelopment Agency, Los Angeles

Featured Speaker: California Governor's Conference on the Arts special program "Beyond the Millennium: Redefining the Arts for the 21st Century" held at the American Film Institute.

Panelist: Design Thesis Review, Santa Fe University of Art & Design

Judge: New Mexico Highlands University Graduate Show

Judge: Angel Fire Arts Fest

Graduation Speaker: UCLA Extension Visual Arts / Communication Arts graduation

Judge: MidPoint Music Festival

Instructor of the Year by the UCLA Extension Design / Communication Arts Department

Featured Speaker: New Tools for Design at UC Irvine

Graphis Design Annual (Logo Design)

Communication Arts Illustration Annual

ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL DETAILS

Roy has organized and moderated special programs, developed curricula and taught Media Arts, Information Architecture, Experience Design and Creative Process courses to over 6,000 students and design professionals, many sent specifically to work with Roy by such organizations as Disney, Time Warner, Pacific Bell, American Express, Rockwell International, Ogilvy Mather, Toyota Motor Sales, TBWA Chiat/Day, The Los Angeles Times, The Rand Corporation, Symantec, JPL, Apple Computer, ABC, US Web/CKS, IBM and AT&T.

Roy has also taught at Chapman University and has spoken at digital media events held at UC Irvine, Occidental College, USC, Cal State Long Beach, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Coro Foundation, The American Film Institute.

Roy has hosted numerous graduate exhibitions and has mentored students, graduates and young businesspeople from UCLA Extension, University of Southern California, UC Irvine, Chapman University, New Mexico Highlands University, United World College, and other universities.

Roy has produced, directed and moderated international design symposia featuring keynotes by renowned London artist/composer/record producer Brian Eno, science fiction author Ray Bradbury, Swiss designer Wolfgang Weingart, and computer graphics visionary and MacArthur "genius grant" recipient Jim Blinn of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and many others.

RECOGNITION and PUBLICATIONS

Roy's art work, design work and community projects have been recognized and featured in the Graphis Design Annual, ID Magazine of International Design, the Communication Arts Illustration Annual, The Los Angeles Times, Computer Graphics and Applications Magazine, Downtown LA News, THE Magazine, The Las Vegas Optic, The Orange County Business Journal, The Los Angeles Business Journal, Indian Country Today, The El Paso Herald and on Fox News and ABC News broadcasts.

CLIENTS

Roy has contributed design, art direction, creative direction, technical direction and/or experience design to print, video, exhibit and/or online projects for PacBell, Texas Instruments, JVC, RainBird International, UCLA Capital Programs, Northern Telecom, American Express, BBDO, Baxter Healthcare, CooperVision, Geneva Group, Beckman Laser Institute, GE Credit Corporation, Hitachi Medical Instruments, CalFed Bank, Photonic Data Security, Toyota Motor Sales, Mercedes Benz, Hyundai Motor America, New Mexico Wildlife Center, Dr. William Glasser, John Wooden and Peter Drucker.

He has also served as Creative Director for prototypes and pilots for: an online mystery contest based upon western gold mining history; GolfersLife, (an international online golf expo hosted by Senior Tour golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez); and Romantica, (a prototype online showcase for limited-edition art, handmade crafts and home furnishings).

BOARDS & COMMUNITY ACTIVITY

Roy initiated a project to build a $25MM assisted living community: the Las Vegas Senior Life Community. He had raised over $100K in Bridge funding for this project from local individuals in the community (a part of which was used to obtain a market study from Tellatin, Short & Hansen to assess market viability). Due to current uncertainty in the healthcare markets, the LVSLC project is currently on hold.

As Chairman of the New Mexico Arts & Cultural District | Las Vegas Steering Committee, Roy was instrumental in drafting the new Las Vegas Cultural Plan and the Arts & Cultural District boundaries and Master Plan Ordinance. He was also selected by the Mayor to serve on the Steering Committee for the new City of Las Vegas Downtown Master Plan. His wife Julie serves on the Mayor's Commission on Film.

In 2007, Roy drafted the SPACE | Las Vegas (Strategic Plan for an Arts & Culture Environment), a grassroots community initiative. This backbone of an application for an Arts & Cultural District Designation from the State of New Mexico. The application was selected, and the designation was awarded by Lt. Governor Diane Denish and three Cabinet Secretaries. The selection committee included the New Mexico MainStreet / Economic Development Department; Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA); New Mexico Arts Division (DCA); New Mexico Tourism Department; New Mexico Museum Foundation; McCune Foundation; and New Mexico Arts Commission.

During his time as Chair of ACD | LV, Roy initiated the Second Saturday Artwalk, which he directed for a consecutive 25 months, which grew to involve over 130 artists and businesses during the high season; produced the first Traditional Hispanic Arts Show at his gallery Royal Mastodon Society; and conceived and co-designed a user-driven interactive community website to promote the talents and events of local artists and businesses.

While living in Downtown Los Angeles, Roy was elected to the Center City Redevelopment Project Area Committee for the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA). As a representative of the Center City area (including the Arts District, the Fashion District, Skid Row and the LAPD Central Division), Roy's mission was to balance the many conflicting interests of developers, arts and educational institutions, homeless advocates, property owners, local residential hotel and loft residents, the LA Conservancy, the City of Los Angeles, local TIFs, BIDs, the ACLU, and the LAPD.

He has also served on the board of LA Freewaves, a media arts organization that hosts the largest independent international media arts festival in the U.S.; and Roy has served as the Mission Statement Ad Hoc Committee Chair for the Arts, Aesthetics and Culture Committee and was an alternate Arts/Culture/Education Representative for the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council.

Roy has hosted two AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) studio tours of the Old Bank District in Downtown LA.

PRO BONO WORK

Roy has contributed time and expertise to pro bono projects for The Museum of Contemporary Art (for the Streb/Ringside Dance Company of New York), Mozart Camerata, Opera Pacific and The Orange County Performing Arts Center.

FINE ART

Roy is a practicing contemporary artist. His conceptual, post-digital, mixed-media work is focused on the mythic, memetic and spacial sources of culture; its development, evolution and fragmentation; and the subsequent rise and dissemination of discrete and recombinant micro-cultures.

Exhibitions and installations include: The SIGGRAPH Conference Art Show; The Long Beach Museum of Art, Video Annex; "Dark Tapestries" installation with composer Paul Haslinger at Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University; The University of Oregon Museum of Art; Bowers Museum; Modern Museum of Art; LA Printmakers Society Show; The Old Bank District Group Show; The Farmer's and Merchant's Bank Centennial Art Exhibit and shows at Royal Mastodon Society.

His first computer system, a Via Video System One, was one of the very first color paint systems ever made. It weighed 1,200 pounds in the crate and cost as much as the average American home at the time it was purchased. It has been accepted for inclusion in the collection of the Computing Museum of America, in San Diego.

PERSONAL ACTIVITIES and INTERESTS

Roy and Julie have purchased, renovated and converted a 100-year old historic building into a live/work studio and gallery space (Sanctuary Studios); plus 2,000 sq. ft. and 3,000 sq. ft. stone buildings (circa 1860 and 1865) as offices, live/work artist studios plus gallery and performance venues; and is writing two books for creative professionals: one about designing contexts that transform creative vision into intended experiences; the other on Adventures in Art, Photography, Design & Technology.

Roy enjoys art, music, literature, film, live theater and memorable culinary experiences; backpacking, mountain biking and crazy road trips; great cities, art centers and world-class musical venues; and has an incurable passion for the sheer noise, speed and mechanical beauty of motorcycles, hot rods and Top Fuel dragsters.


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Roy on his Harley 1200N.

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