Bio
Providence Business News 8/19/2009:
Five questions with: Levi C. Maaia
I am a graduate researcher at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the teacher and curriculum developer of the digital media course at The Anacapa School, a private high school in downtown Santa Barbara. My academic research is in digital literacies and using technology for collaborative learning.
In 2004 I joined Full Channel, a family-owned broadband provider in Bristol County, R.I. Under my leadership the company has made it’s first forays into competitive advertising, digital TV retransmission and DVR technology, as the company successfully turned around a declining subscriber base.
In 2008 I developed and launched GreenLink, a renewable energy initiative, through a partnership forged with green energy provider People’s Power & Light. As a result, cable industry trade publication CableFAX honored Full Channel with its 2009 Top Ops Community Service Award.
Prior to my work at Full Channel I founded ComCreations LLC, a web development startup company, in 1996. In 1999 two colleagues and I brought some of the first independent film and video to the World Wide Web with Green Line TV, a video-streaming precursor to YouTube. Today ComCreations continues to provide new media consulting and development to a variety of clients in the public and private sectors.
I like sailing, flying and taking photos. You’ll find shots of my adventures under the photography tab on this site. If you have a few minutes, have a listen to the latest edition of Intents & Purposes. Welcome!
