Text Engine Productions, also known as Text Engine Consulting Inc., was founded by Alan Reade, a writer and producer with 20 years of media development experience in companies that range from software, to banks, to nonprofit community groups, in Seattle, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Los Angeles.

Alan started in the software industry in the early nineties, developing help systems for Microsoft and other companies. He developed an affinity for creating media presentations, soon working with companies such as DDB, Revlon, and Discovery Channel in Manhattan to develop their print and media ad campaigns.

In 1999, in San Francisco, Alan signed on at DigitalThink, a dot-com focused on media-based training. Within a year, he was overseeing a cross-functional team of instructional designers, graphic designers, and producers to create courseware for many subjects, including information technology and banking. After those dot-com days, Alan developed help systems for the first version of Creative Suite at Adobe Systems and headed up an effort to introduce new audiences to Adobe products by producing tutorials and other technical content for online publication.

Alan started Text Engine in 2006, to develop both instructional
projects and entertainment media. Since that time, Text Engine has worked on a number of video and web-based projects for Yahoo!, Intuit, and other clients in Silicon Valley. After a move to Los Angeles in 2012, Text Engine signed on as an associate producer for “Big Gay Love,” an independent film by director Ringo Lê. Text Engine is continuing to produce other film projects.

Whatever the media project, Text Engine builds teams to deliver well-written, high-quality content.