Rodger Raderman is an American media and technology entrepreneur.
Education
A native of California, with Russian origins, Raderman received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles, with double majors in Communication Studies and Psychology. He was awarded a Master of Arts in Systematic and Philosophical Theology from the Graduate Theological Union at the University of California, Berkeley. His Master"s thesis, entitled “Dreams and Liberation” was a curious exploration into the role the subconscious mind plays in helping individuals and societies discover and socialize ethical and metaphysical certainty.
Career
After completing his Master"s degree, Raderman relocated to New York, and began working for Silicon Alley-based Marinex Multimedia. There, he helped produce one of the Web"s first "webisodics", then known as a "Cybersoap", called "The East Village," along with an online entertainment magazine called "The Biz" and a Civil Defense-ROM magazine called "Trouble & Attitude." From Marinex, Raderman joined Saatchi & Saatchi"s interactive marketing division, Darwin Digital, where, as Creative Director and then Managing Director, he worked on interactive accounts for clients including Time Warner, General Mills, GeoCities, Allied Domec, New Zealand Telecom, The New Zealand Rugby Union, and Himachal Pradesh. He left Saatchi to found IFILM. IFILM Raderman founded IFILM in October 1998, and was the company"s first Chairman/Chief Executive Officer. Obscura Digital Raderman co-founded Obscura Digital in July 2000 with Travis Threlkel, who, with co-Chief Executive Officer Chris Lejeune, operates the company. Obscura Digital is an advanced HD video R&Doctorate and production facility focused on developing high-impact, immersive, and giant-scale display systems and content.
Haworth partnered with Obscura Digital to create Bluescape, a wall touchscreen.
Obscura collaborated with Tesla Motors and the Oceanic Preservation Society to design a custom Tesla Model South for the 2015 documentary film Racing Extinction. The vehicle had a projection system that was used to project images of endangered species onto public buildings to educate the public about the Holocene extinction event Veeker Raderman co-founded Veeker in September 2005 with entertainment industry veteran Alex Kelly, business development leader Marcus Yoder, and mobile industry expert Raj Singh.