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							           Usability | Design | IT | Film Production

    251 West 30th Street + Suite 11FE + NYC 10001
T: 212.502.4499 + F: 212.502.5189 + www.gesso.net
A VETERAN-OWNED
SMALL BUSINESS
About Gesso
Gesso (www.gesso.net) is a small veteran-owned usability, design, information technology and
film production company for all mediainteractive, print, film/videowith a diverse portfolio of
clients in the commercial, not-for-profit and government sectors. By taking human factors into
account—usability and Section 508 accessibility—Gesso merges usable design and information
technology to deliver unique quality cost-effective solutions.

Gesso is talent-owned, with a distinctive hands-on approach that offers direct access to
management at all times, a studio sensibility that promises attention to every detail and a
collaborative process that guarantees competitive, streamlined solutions. By focusing on how
individual projects fit into the big picture, creatively and strategically, Gesso builds relationships
and provides exceptional value, from concept to execution and beyond.

Complementing Gesso’s capabilities is long-standing film and video partner, The Napoleon
Group (www.thenapoleongroup.com). Napoleon offers more than 20 years experience and
expertise in every phase of film and video production and boasts a wide array of successful,
award-winning campaigns and productions for a long list of high profile clients in the national
and global markets.

The Napoleon Group is staffed by more than 40 full-time advertising, marketing and production
professionals and is the only full-service state-of-the-art post-production facility in New York
City to offer everything needed to bring any film or video project to life under one roof: Art and
illustration, online and offline Smoke and Avid editing and post-production, 3D and 2D digital
graphics and animation, audio post, voice recording, mixing and sound design and live-action
production.

Contact:
Larry Closs :: Director of Operations :: Gesso
251 West 30th Street :: Suite 11FE :: NYC 10001
t: 212.502.4499, ext. 11 :: f: 212.502.5189 :: larry@gesso.net




       251 West 30th Street + Suite 11FE + NYC 10001 + t.212.502.4499 + f.212.502.5189 + info@gesso.net + www.gesso.net
Services

Usability & Accessibility                                            Technology Design, Development & Production
:: Section 508 compliance                                            :: E-Commerce solutions
:: Customer experience improvement                                   :: Content updating tools
:: Customer experience benchmarking reports                          :: Database interface design
:: Identifying best practices                                        :: Web sites & portals
:: Competitive reviews                                               :: Intranets & extranets
:: User testing                                                      :: Content management systems (CMS)
:: Focus group testing                                               :: Legacy systems & application integration
:: Information architecture                                          :: Database architecture & programming
:: Rapid evaluation                                                  :: Application distribution
:: Information mapping                                               :: Information architecture
:: Online surveys                                                    :: System usability & feasibility studies
:: Reporting                                                         :: Multiple languages & operating systems
:: Documentation, style guides & manuals                             :: Security services
                                                                     :: Network & systems analysis
Corporate Identity Design & Development                              :: System troubleshooting
:: Corporate identities                                              :: Documentation, style guides & manuals
:: Logos, symbols, taglines & stationary
:: Brand development & standardization                               Film/Video Design, Development & Production
:: Brand extensions                                                  :: Test Spots
:: Documentation, style guides & manuals                             :: Animatics & Digimatics
                                                                     :: Digital Graphics & Animation
Web & Multi-Media Design,                                            :: 3D Graphics
Development & Production                                             :: Audio Post & Sound Design
:: User-centered interface design                                    :: Sound Effects
:: Content creation & management                                     :: Special Effects
:: Web site coding                                                   :: Editorial
:: Web site maintenance                                              :: Art, Illustration & Storyboards
:: Intranets, extranets & e-newsletters                              :: Comps
:: Flash animation                                                   :: Pre-visualizations
:: DVDs & CD-ROMs                                                    :: Full-Up Live-Action Production
:: Sound design & special effects                                    :: Casting & Location Scouting
:: Audio & video encoding                                            :: Editing & Post-Production
:: Editorial services
:: Copywriting                                                       Advertising, Marketing &
:: Documentation, style guides & manuals                             Business Development
                                                                     :: Business development
Print Design, Development & Production                               :: Partner & affiliate coordination
:: Brochures                                                         :: Advertising & marketing concepts
:: Promotional products                                              :: Promotional product design & production
:: Print production management                                       :: For Web, print, film & video
:: Editorial services                                                :: Editorial services
:: Copywriting                                                       :: Copywriting
:: Documentation, style guides & manuals                             :: Documentation, style guides & manuals




      251 West 30th Street + Suite 11FE + NYC 10001 + t.212.502.4499 + f.212.502.5189 + info@gesso.net + www.gesso.net
Representative Clients: Gesso

:: Association of Cancer Online Resources                            :: National Institutes of Health
:: Bobbi Brown Cosmetics                                             :: NIH: Center for Scientific Review
:: Cancer-Pain.org                                                   :: NIH: Office of Acquisition
:: Clinique                                                             Management & Policy
:: ConsumerSearch                                                    :: National Institute of Mental Health
:: Cook & Company                                                    :: New York New Media Association
:: Enuadu Health eCommunities                                        :: ONtheDOT
:: Get Music                                                         :: SHOPtheDOT
:: International Myeloma Foundation                                  :: Smithsonian Institution
:: NBA                                                               :: Sony Electronics
:: National Cancer Institute                                         :: The Source: All Access
:: NCI: Cancer Information Products & Systems                        :: The On2 Network
:: NCI: Division of Cancer Prevention                                :: U. S. Department of Agriculture
:: NCI: Liaison Activities Branch                                    :: U. S. Department of Health & Human Services
:: NCI: Office of Communications                                     :: U. S. General Services Administration
:: NCI: Office of Science Planning & Assessment                      :: Wine & Vinyl Music

Representative Clients: The Napoleon Group

:: Bad Boy/Sean Combs EPK                                      :: MTV Networks
:: BBDO                                                        :: NAACP Legal Defense Fund
:: Bozell World Wide                                           :: Ogilvy & Mather
:: CNN                                                         :: OMD USA Inc.
:: DDB Worldwide                                               :: Primedia Business Magazines
:: Deutsch Inc.                                                :: Saatchi & Saatchi
:: DKB & Partners Inc.                                         :: Scripps Networks
:: Earle Palmer Brown                                          :: Stern Advertising
:: First USA Bank                                              :: TBWA/Chiat Day
:: Foote, Cone & Belding - NY                                  :: The Bravo Group
:: Grey Worldwide                                              :: The Quantum Group
:: Int’l Radio & Film Society FND                              :: Travelers Property & Casualty
:: J. Walter Thompson Co. LTD                                  :: Turner Broadcasting
:: Leo Burnett/Chicago                                         :: Uniworld
:: Lowe McAdams Healthcare                                     :: Young & Rubicam Inc.
:: McCann Erickson                                             :: Zone




      251 West 30th Street + Suite 11FE + NYC 10001 + t.212.502.4499 + f.212.502.5189 + info@gesso.net + www.gesso.net
Doing Business with Gesso (Government Clients)

Contact: Larry Closs, Director of Operations
Telephone: 212.502.4499, x11
e-mail: larry@gesso.net

Address: 251 West 30th Street, Suite 11FE, New York, NY, 10001
Telephone: 212.502.4499
Fax: 212.502.5189

Business Size: Small
Business Type: Veteran-owned

GSA FSS Contracts: Advertising & Integrated Marketing Services (AIMS)
FSC Class: 541
Contract Numbers
:: GS-23F-0219M
    :: SIN 541-1000: Other Direct Costs
    :: SIN 541-3: Web Marketing Services (small business set-aside)
    :: SIN 541-4F: Commercial Art & Graphic Design Services
:: GS-23F-0220M
    :: SIN 541-1000: Other Direct Costs
    :: SIN 541-5: Integrated Marketing Services
    :: SIN 541-4B: Video/Film Production

NAICS Codes:
541430: Graphic Design Services
541510: Computer Systems Design and Related Services
541511: Custom Computer Programming Services
541512: Computer Systems Design Services
541910: Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
512110: Motion Picture and Video Production
512191: Tele-Production and Other Post-Production Services

SIC: 7336, Commercial Art & Graphic Design: 7379, Computer Svcs.: 7389, Business Svcs.

EIN: 13-4107012
CAGE Code: 1UPS0
DUNS Number: 031252039

Database Registrations
Central Contract Registration (CCR): http://www.ccr.gov
GSA Advantage: http://www.gsaadvantage.gov
VetBiz Registry: http://vip.vetbiz.gov
National Institutes of Health e-Portals in Commerce (e-PIC): http://epic.od.nih.gov




      251 West 30th Street + Suite 11FE + NYC 10001 + t.212.502.4499 + f.212.502.5189 + info@gesso.net + www.gesso.net
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   Association of Cancer Online Resources




                ENTERPRISES




                                              WebDesign
                                            & Usability branch
                                            OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
                                            NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE




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               LiveHelp                             Review
               cancer.gov




Corporate Identity

Various clients
Broadcast Design, Multi-Media Design & Animation

1. National Basketball Association: NBA Store
30-second commercial

2. The Source: All Access
Show logo, open & graphics for hip-hop lifestyle TV show

3. Sony: Sony Electronics
DVD: "Welcome to the Sony Home Entertainment Universe’

4. Get Music: Universal Music Group
Artist Online Flash Advertisements
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Usability, Web Design & Information Technology

1. Sitour USA
2. Wine & Vinyl Music: Violet
3. The Smithsonian Institution
4. The Napoleon Group
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Usability, Web Design & Information Technology

1. ONtheDOT
2. Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
3. Association of Cancer Online Resources: ACOR.org
4. Cook & Company
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Print Design

1. CancerNet.gov: NCI
2. Cook & Company
3. Communication Technologies Branch: NCI
4. Usability.gov: NCI
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Post-Production Facility

1. Lobby, 2. Art Studio, 3. Edit1, 4. Edit2,
5. Edit3, 6. Ultrasound, 7 & 8. Terraces
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Editing & Post-Production

Animatics
1. AGENCY: Saatchi & Saatchi
   CLIENT: General Mills
   PROJECT: Honey-Nut Cheerios | “Honey 102” :30

2. AGENCY: The Quantum Group
   CLIENT: Organon
   PROJECT: Nuvaring | “Something to Talk About” :60

Digimatics
3. AGENCY: Grey Worldwide
   CLIENT: Procter & Gamble
   PROJECT: Pringles | “Who Do You Love” :30

Editorial
4. AGENCY: Grey Worldwide
   CLIENT: Glaxo Smithkline
   PROJECT: Aquablast | “Child’s Play” :15
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Art & Illustration

1. Bob Wlaker
2. Dave Lewis

Digital Graphics & Animation

3, 4. Graphics, Special Effects, 3D Modeling, Compositing, Animation
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Audio Post & Sound Design

1. AGENCY: Bates USA
   CLIENT: Warner Lambert
   PROJECT: Certs Powerful Mints | “Certs Powerful Mints” :30

2. AGENCY: McCann-Erickson
   CLIENT: Anti-Smoking Campaign
   PROJECT: Anti-Smoking Campaign | “Anti-Smoking” :30

3. AGENCY: Bates USA
   CLIENT: Ad Council
   PROJECT: Operation Graduation | “Operation Graduation” :30

4. AGENCY: Verizon
   CLIENT: Verizon
   PROJECT: Verizon | “Verizon” :30
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Live-Action Television Production

1. AGENCY: Grey Worldwide
   CLIENT: Novartis
   PROJECT: Maalox | “Antacids” :30

2. AGENCY: Grey Worldwide
   CLIENT: Procter & Gamble
   PROJECT: Downy | “More Mileage” :30

3. AGENCY: Arnold Worldwide/NY
   CLIENT: Novartis
   PROJECT: Tavist-D | “Alarm Clock” :30

4. AGENCY: Mezzina-Brown
   CLIENT: Toshiba
   PROJECT: Times Square | “Jumbotron” :30
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