Frederick Cline (born May 11, 1961, in Palo Alto, California) is a production designer, art director, writer and storyboard artist. Cline is a lecturer at Chapman University. He graduated from Monterey Bay Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist secondary school. Cline graduated from Pacific Union College with a degree in advertising design. He also graduated from the film school of California Institute of the Arts with a degree in Character Animation. As a teenager, he was introduced to film animation by Lee Blair and Mary Blair, retired artist/animators from his hometown of Santa Cruz, California.
Cline worked on theatrical features at Walt Disney Feature Animation during the revival boom of the studio initiated by the success of The Little Mermaid in 1989. His debut as Art Director was the film Rover Dangerfield, produced by Hyperion Entertainment and distributed by Warner Brothers. Cline was the Production Designer on Bébé's Kids, a Hyperion/Paramount film. He was the Production Designer on the Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon film, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. His live-action debut as Production Designer was the independent feature, The Civilization of Maxwell Bright starring Patrick Warburton and Eric Roberts. He moved from art direction to storyboard with the film, The Ant Bully from Warner Brothers, based on the 1999 children's book. Cline worked on Space Jam, a 1996 Warner Brothers movie. Cline also worked on the television show Robot Chicken for Cartoon Network and Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja for Disney XD.
Cline worked on theatrical features at Walt Disney Feature Animation during the revival boom of the studio initiated by the success of The Little Mermaid in 1989. His debut as Art Director was the film Rover Dangerfield, produced by Hyperion Entertainment and distributed by Warner Brothers. Cline was the Production Designer on Bébé's Kids, a Hyperion/Paramount film. He was the Production Designer on the Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon film, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. His live-action debut as Production Designer was the independent feature, The Civilization of Maxwell Bright starring Patrick Warburton and Eric Roberts. He moved from art direction to storyboard with the film, The Ant Bully from Warner Brothers, based on the 1999 children's book. Cline worked on Space Jam, a 1996 Warner Brothers movie. Cline also worked on the television show Robot Chicken for Cartoon Network and Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja for Disney XD.
Rose Ann Dimalanta, known by the stage name Rad (styled rad.), is a singer-songwriter and keyboardist from Oakland. She is influenced by funk, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and R&B styles and has been described as the "Tania Maria of Funk".
Biography
Rose Ann Dimalanta, a.k.a. rad, grew up in Oakland, California and began playing piano at the age of 4. In 1990, she completed her jazz studies at U.C. Berkeley. By this time, she had already played alongside Bay Area jazz musicians like Pete Escovedo and was recognized as a pianist. In 1988, she met Sound Engineering student Michael Kirsch at the College for Recording Arts in San Francisco. The two were married in 1991 and Rose Ann moved to Kirsch's hometown Hamburg, Germany. In 1992, she started her solo project with the first release, Radified, on her husband's record label, Soulciety Records. The record instantly won critical acclaim and sold over 50,000 units independently. The following years brought collaborations with Tower of Power, Roger Troutman, Howard Johnson, Marc Russo of the Yellow Jackets, Sheila E. and others. After leaving the label Soulciety Records in 1996, both Rad and Kirsch moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area and started attracting musicians to the project, including jazz guitarist Ray Obiedo and Tower of Power drummer David Garibaldi. Rad joined Prince and his band, the New Power Generation, for his Musicology tours in 2003 and 2004. She left the New Power Generation to focus more on her new born daughter and finish work on the album East Babe which was released on hers and Kirsch's label 7 Bridges Recordings in 2007. A live album "Live in Japan" was released in early 2008. She was joined by Patrice Rushen on her next studio album "Getting Down Is Free". After a brief stint with the Prime Time Band on NBC's Jay Leno show, she returned to live touring in 2009.
She currently lives in Zürich (Switzerland) and is in collaboration with Seven on his new album.
Discography
*radified (Soulciety Records, 1992)
*Gotta Be (Soulciety Records, 1994)
*Higher Plane (7 Bridges Recordings, 1997)
*Gotta Be Radified - all the future classics (eastwest records, 2000)
*Make Every Second Count (7 Bridges Recordings, 2001)
*Live at the New Morning, Paris (7 Bridges Recordings, 2003)
*East Babe (7 Bridges Recordings, 2006)
*Lady of Funk: Best of rad. (P-Vine Records, 2007)
*Live in Japan (7 Bridges Recordings, 2008)
*Getting Down Is Free (7 Bridges Recordings, 2009)
Biography
Rose Ann Dimalanta, a.k.a. rad, grew up in Oakland, California and began playing piano at the age of 4. In 1990, she completed her jazz studies at U.C. Berkeley. By this time, she had already played alongside Bay Area jazz musicians like Pete Escovedo and was recognized as a pianist. In 1988, she met Sound Engineering student Michael Kirsch at the College for Recording Arts in San Francisco. The two were married in 1991 and Rose Ann moved to Kirsch's hometown Hamburg, Germany. In 1992, she started her solo project with the first release, Radified, on her husband's record label, Soulciety Records. The record instantly won critical acclaim and sold over 50,000 units independently. The following years brought collaborations with Tower of Power, Roger Troutman, Howard Johnson, Marc Russo of the Yellow Jackets, Sheila E. and others. After leaving the label Soulciety Records in 1996, both Rad and Kirsch moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area and started attracting musicians to the project, including jazz guitarist Ray Obiedo and Tower of Power drummer David Garibaldi. Rad joined Prince and his band, the New Power Generation, for his Musicology tours in 2003 and 2004. She left the New Power Generation to focus more on her new born daughter and finish work on the album East Babe which was released on hers and Kirsch's label 7 Bridges Recordings in 2007. A live album "Live in Japan" was released in early 2008. She was joined by Patrice Rushen on her next studio album "Getting Down Is Free". After a brief stint with the Prime Time Band on NBC's Jay Leno show, she returned to live touring in 2009.
She currently lives in Zürich (Switzerland) and is in collaboration with Seven on his new album.
Discography
*radified (Soulciety Records, 1992)
*Gotta Be (Soulciety Records, 1994)
*Higher Plane (7 Bridges Recordings, 1997)
*Gotta Be Radified - all the future classics (eastwest records, 2000)
*Make Every Second Count (7 Bridges Recordings, 2001)
*Live at the New Morning, Paris (7 Bridges Recordings, 2003)
*East Babe (7 Bridges Recordings, 2006)
*Lady of Funk: Best of rad. (P-Vine Records, 2007)
*Live in Japan (7 Bridges Recordings, 2008)
*Getting Down Is Free (7 Bridges Recordings, 2009)
Fosun RZ Capital is a venture capital investment fund and affiliate of the Fosun Group. Based in Beijing, China, it was founded in 2013 and primarily invests in high-tech innovation and consumer services. Wilson Jin Hualong is the chairman. The company invests in all the stages of a company’s development from early start-up to IPO. The firm has over 60 portfolio companies in China, and about 10 in the US, with about $1.2 billion in assets under management, with investments in India, Israel, China, Southeast Asia and the United States.
Selected investments
Fosun RZ was an early investor in Casstime Technologies, a platform for buying and selling auto aftermarket products. At the end of August 2018 Fosun RZ participated in Series B3 round of Casstime financing which raised a total of USD 36 million. Fosun RZ also participated earlier in a Series B round of financing. In June 2020 the company closed a USD 50 million Series C2 round.
In October 2019, DeepRoute, an international autonomous driving technology startup, raised USD 50 million in pre-Series A funding, which was led by Fosun RZ.
At the end of December 2019 Fosun RZ invested in B+ round of financing in Molecular Data, a chemical industry technology-driven platform in China. On July 23, 2020 Fosun RZ Capital announced the close of its inaugural science-technology innovation fund for $186 million (1.3 billion yuan.) The fund is Fosun RZ’s first independent funding attempt as a CVC (corporate venture capital) arm.
Philanthropy
The company partnered with Alpine Capital to donate 20,000 Covid-19 test kits to India in April 2020. Fosun RZ had donated 5,000 medical masks previously to local schools and hospitals.
Selected investments
Fosun RZ was an early investor in Casstime Technologies, a platform for buying and selling auto aftermarket products. At the end of August 2018 Fosun RZ participated in Series B3 round of Casstime financing which raised a total of USD 36 million. Fosun RZ also participated earlier in a Series B round of financing. In June 2020 the company closed a USD 50 million Series C2 round.
In October 2019, DeepRoute, an international autonomous driving technology startup, raised USD 50 million in pre-Series A funding, which was led by Fosun RZ.
At the end of December 2019 Fosun RZ invested in B+ round of financing in Molecular Data, a chemical industry technology-driven platform in China. On July 23, 2020 Fosun RZ Capital announced the close of its inaugural science-technology innovation fund for $186 million (1.3 billion yuan.) The fund is Fosun RZ’s first independent funding attempt as a CVC (corporate venture capital) arm.
Philanthropy
The company partnered with Alpine Capital to donate 20,000 Covid-19 test kits to India in April 2020. Fosun RZ had donated 5,000 medical masks previously to local schools and hospitals.
John Hill is an American singer, songwriter, producer, musical artist, Grammy nominated producer and the founder of Team John Hill Corp. He is also known as TeamJohnHill.
Overview
John began his career at the age of 7, after learning how to play guitar, piano and drums he received classical training in Opera. He later ventured into radio, writing skits and parodies at the Mancow show after attending Wright College. Hill was also an actor on Vulture City 2 and a writer, producer, and actor for the TV show The Model Idea.
Since 2005 John has worked with Ray J, 50 Cent, Jason Derulo and others.
In 2011 he received a Grammy nomination for his work with R.Kelly on the Untitled album.
TeamJohnHill has been developing a hot girl hip hop, pop, and r&b group consisting of three vocalists.
Overview
John began his career at the age of 7, after learning how to play guitar, piano and drums he received classical training in Opera. He later ventured into radio, writing skits and parodies at the Mancow show after attending Wright College. Hill was also an actor on Vulture City 2 and a writer, producer, and actor for the TV show The Model Idea.
Since 2005 John has worked with Ray J, 50 Cent, Jason Derulo and others.
In 2011 he received a Grammy nomination for his work with R.Kelly on the Untitled album.
TeamJohnHill has been developing a hot girl hip hop, pop, and r&b group consisting of three vocalists.