Team Bios

Rick Berlin
Founder and CEO

As a member of the executive management team, Rick directs all aspects of new media design. He founded Berlin Productions in 1982 to provide design, illustration and multimedia to Fortune 500 clients. Rick's talent in the interactive field was the catalyst for the inauguration of RedEye Interactive^TM, an online database for multimedia artists, programmers and developers. Under Rick's leadership, Berlin Productions has become a two-time winner of New Media magazine's Invision Awards and has won Top Producer awards from AV Video Multimedia Producer magazine for several years in a row. Prior to entering the new media arena, Rick was a commercial illustrator. He holds a BA from the State University of New York at Oswego.

Dylan Wood
Vice president and creative director

Responsible for the day to day operation of Berlin Productions, including creative development, technical development strategies, project implementation and management. Dylan brings a unique combination of design theory, fine art experience, and technical expertise to a wide variety of New Media applications. With a BFA in computer animation and 3D design from William Paterson University, Dylan teaches creative Web Design and management at SUNY during his spare time. He has worked closely with a wide variety of Berlin Productions clients such as Prodigy Internet, Priceline.com, Columbia University, SONY, Reuters News Services and Reuters Online. Dylan has won awards for his work including Best Animated Short at the Anti-Film Festival as well as gold awards for the Berlin Demo Reel at the WAC awards.

Rose Mary Berlin
Illustrator, Designer

Rose is featured with the company as a children’s book illustrator and designer. She is widely published and respected for her work, which regularly appears with Golden Books, Sesame Street Magazine, Fisher Price, School Zone, Grolier, Scholastic, Simon and Schuster, Harcourt Brace and others. Rose’s illustrations possess a timeless quality and appeal establishing her as a leading children’s book illustrator. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, she has most recently received, an award for her rendition of "Murray on the Watch" which was featured in two recent showings in Westchester County.
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Steven Klapow
Director of marketing /
Creative director

Steven Klapow oversees all copy-related content development, handles Berlin Productions' marketing and public relations activities, and is also responsible for project management. Before coming to BP, Steven was the executive editor of AV Video Multimedia Producer, a magazine where he spent 10 years writing about business communication technology and practices. Steven also served as features editor at the IT newspaper CommunicationsWeek and senior technical editor and marketing associate for Eder Associates, a nationwide engineering firm. With a BA in broadcast journalism, Steven has also worked as a radio host and producer for two New York FM stations. Steven is also a contributing editor for Studio magazine and the newspaper White Plains Times.

Joseph Faraci
Media production specialist

With a background creating interactive presentations for legal educators and developing web sites to promote independent filmmakers, Joe Faraci joined Berlin Productions in 2005. Joe wears many hats at BP: He is responsible for coordinating production on multiple projects, but he also handles web development, graphic design, programming and animation. Joe majored in visual arts and computer science at Westchester Community College.

Rick Dorgan
Interactive designer/developer

Rick joined our full-time staff in 2007 as an interactive designer and developer. His responsibilities at Berlin Productions include creative and interactive development for web and video projects, as well as print design and execution. An avid winter sports enthusiast, Rick is an experienced snowboard instructor. His involvement with Berlin Productions began with a college internship in 2002. Rick holds a BFA in graphic design from Plymouth State College.

Dania Y. Murillo
Technical manager, IT

After a successful Berlin Productions internship, during which she worked closely with our Web development and design team, Dania Murillo joined the staff in 2003. Her responsibilities include server maintenance, Web-site authoring and design. Dania holds a BS in computer science from Mercy College and a master’s degree in e-commerce technology from Pace University. In addition to having a diverse professional background --ranging from pharmacy automation to accounting to retail management -- Dania is also fluent in Spanish.