Uncorked Studios creates mobile, social and location-based products. We concept, design, build, iterate and test. We specialize in design and development across a variety of platforms, including iOS, Android, mobile web, and Facebook. We design for people, work with great brands and love what we do.

Marcelino Alvarez

Marcelino is Founder and Executive Producer of Uncorked Studios.

His background as senior and executive producer at two of the world’s most forward thinking agencies, Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Wieden + Kennedy, is at the heart of Uncorked. He led agency teams on an array of Webby, Clio, One Show and Lion winning work for MINI USA, Coke Zero, Slim Jim, Old Spice, Electronic Arts and Laika (creators of the movie Coraline).

Marcelino’s work as Executive Producer for the Nike Chalkbot illuminated new possibilities of how people interact with technology. The project was a rare opportunity to bridge the divide between digital, physical, brands and people. He founded Uncorked Studios to create projects that expand the boundaries of mobile, social and location-awareness in our daily lives.

He is a proud Portlander, though sometimes misses the Miami sun. His year old lab mix, Luke, is the unofficial Uncorked Studios mascot.

Marcelino attended Duke University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and a received a certificate in Film & Video Production.

David Ewald

David is Creative Director for Uncorked Studios.

David began his career as Lead Designer at a Minneapolis creative design and development shop. While there, he designed countless web-based projects for Target, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Matador Records. He was fortunate to work on the launch of Target Community – the company’s source for public outreach. That project led to an opportunity design the Target History Museum, found in the Minneapolis headquarters. Since moving to Portland 5 years ago, David has helped Target, HP, Nike, Cisco and EA Games build forward-thinking products for people.

David is an avid photographer, and uses the art to draw connections between people and the designed world. David is aware of, and lives up to, all the clichés: Determined work ethic, Minnesota nice, thick plastic glasses and a major in philosophy.

David received a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He lives in Forest Grove, Oregon with his wife, Saralyn, and their son, Anders.

John Furukawa

As Director of Product Development, John has an essential and unique role within Uncorked Studios.

He brings the wisdom from thirteen years of managing consumer software products and services and an obsessive conviction in the power of a team. Beyond shaping Uncorked structure towards maximizing the opportunity and achievement of its denizens, John serves the team as strategist, financial planner, producer, and project manager.

While working at RealNetworks, John helped shape the early mobile entertainment landscape, building RealPlayer for mobile phones to enable streaming audio and video. Throughout his decade at Real, his roles became increasingly oriented towards technical and business strategy. He joined start-up Pelago just in time for the App Store launch of their Whrrl application in 2008.

He moved to Portland to join his wife, and has been focused on building the best environment for Uncorked productivity ever since. He enjoys food carts, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and quick witted associates.

John holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Music from Bates College.

Scott Bates

Scott specializes in front-end development in his role as Lead Software Engineer for Uncorked Studios.

He brings over 12 years of experience across various platforms and digital media. Over the course of that time, Scott has worked as Developer, Technical Director and Multimedia Director for various companies focused on the entertainment industry.

Scott has a passion for leading creative and technical teams including Clio-winning material from the Blair Witch Project’s Flash-based e- commerce store to DVD menus for The Simpsons, Elf and Star Wars. He has worked on the cutting edge of technology for years and was a lead senior developer at Deluxe Digital Studios during the launch of their next generation formats HD-DVD and Blu-ray.

Constantly pushing technology further, Scott has used his previous experience to focus on software development for mobile devices. Though his primary focus is iOS, he’s constantly exploring new avenues including Windows Phone 7 development and mobile web.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications from Northern Arizona University.

Shawn Bernard

Shawn is Lead Software Engineer for Uncorked Studios.

Shawn Bernard has over a decade-and-a-half of designing and implementing end-to-end solutions (from backend APIs to front-end web development) for small and large companies. He spearheaded the conversion of the Turner Entertainment properties – including The WB, TCM and TNT – from static HTML to a custom built content management system. He was core developer of a custom Java e-commerce solution for both Turner’s entertainment and news networks. Some of the properties that he built and launched the e-commerce and registration systems for include CNN.com, NASCAR.com, Cartoon Network and GameTap.

After moving his family to Portland, Oregon, Shawn became the lead e-commerce engineer for Nau, a local Portland sustainable and environmentally conscious clothing designer, manufacturer and retailer. He then joined Wieden+Kennedy as a backend engineer working on Nokia and the CareerBuilder.com iPhone app. The app had the rare distinction of being featured on the first day the iTunes App Store launched. Shawn brings his development skills, which have grown to include Android and Mac apps, and love of doughnuts to Uncorked.

He received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Kelly DeChiaro

Kelly DeChiaro is Art Director focused on user interface design and front-end development.

Kelly entered visual communications and design to pursue her passion for breaking down complicated concepts into accessible, understandable and user-friendly designs. She spends her days (and some nights) making the internet a more beautiful place and organizing complex information into simple visual hierarchies.

Kelly, originally from New York, has held design and art direction positions at Men’s Health and Women’s Health magazines, and BCA Marketing Communications. At Rodale, she created meaningful and engaging interactive experiences for special editorial features and internal products. At BCA Marketing, Kelly crafted the creative vision and communication strategy for a variety of luxury travel brands, including Half Moon Resort, South African Tourism and South African Airways. Now at Uncorked Studios Kelly focuses on mobile web and application design.

Kelly received her Master of Arts degree in Graphic Communications Management and Technology from New York University. This highly innovative program focused on emerging media topics and led best practices on how to manage and lead creative teams in today’s ever changing communications landscape. Kelly also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of Delaware.