Jared Ficklin is a Principal Technologist for frog design, where he has been creating Flash of all types for eight years. Having worked professionally with digital technologies and Flash for Ten years, his current focus is User Experience Design and the Rapid Prototyping of Device User Interfaces. A passion for musical performance outside of professional life lead to the hobby of using Flash for Sound Visualization. Along with having appeared as the Grand Marshall for the Denver St. Patrick's day parade, Jared plays guitar with his twin brother in their Geek Rawk band John Galt, is the Executive Co-Director of the Austin Public Skatepark Action Committee, appeared on PBS as a participant on Texas Ranch House, and is an Eagle Scout.