About Us

Founded By: Aja & Mark Bogdanoff

The Eleven Second Club was founded to fill the void left by the 10 Second Club. Aja and Mark spend their free time improving the site to make it the best it can be.

Developed By: Mark Bogdanoff

Born and raised in Gainesville, Florida, Mark earned a dual degree in Linguistics and Classics from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Having worked with computers for more than 20 of his 28 years, Mark now freelances as a web application developer and workflow consultant for clients across the country.

Administered By: Aja Bogdanoff

Aja first learned about computer animation while earning a Film degree at Cornell University, and spent the next several years freelancing as a Maya generalist before enrolling in the first class at AnimationMentor.com. After graduating from AM, Aja worked on a series of short films at PSYOP in New York City, then on Horton Hears a Who at Blue Sky Studios in White Plains, NY. She is currently working on the sequel to Sony's Open Season at Reel FX in Texas, where she has 3 horses and 32 ten-gallon hats.

Edited By: Eric Scheur

Eric graduated from SUNY Buffalo with a degree in English before moving out west to pursue a career in animation. Also in the first class at AnimationMentor.com, Eric is now freelancing as a character animator at studios in Portland, Oregon, including Bent Image Labs and LAIKA. Each month, Eric conducts the awesome winner interviews. He also writes really well.

Comment Moderation By: Max Perelman

A graduate of both Yale University and AnimationMentor.com, Max has more areas of expertise than John Hodgman himself. Every month, Max scours the voting comments for inappropriate remarks, leaving only the constructive feedback in his wake. Max: The Freshmaker!

Designed By: Michael Twentyman, Third Floor Studios

Mike has a degree in Communications from Cornell University, and now works at Kluster, which brings the social world of Web 2.0 to product development. Mike splits his free time between maintaining the world's largest collection of corduroy hats and sitting on his front porch yelling at kids to get off his lawn. Most recently, Mike has spent his time holed up in his house leaving only to get cases of Abali Mint Yogurt Soda.

Header and Logo By: Philip Sison, Art Department: AnimationMentor.com