Mike Stead

Past

Principal Engineer at Picsel Technologies
Principal Flash Architect at Picsel Technologies
Interactive Developer at Picsel Technologies

Interactive Developer at Self Employeed (Sole Proprietorship)

see less...

1 more...

Education

Heriot-Watt University

Recommended

5 people have recommended Mike

Connections

50 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Mike Stead’s Summary

I'm passionate about mobile application development, and find most satisfaction bringing concepts alive from within collaborative, dynamic teams.

My field of expertise is interactive development - creating engaging experiences on constrained devices. Over the past three years I have focused squarely in this domain, working closely with platform engineers and user interface designers to create cutting edge Flash based products for major carriers and handset manufacturers.

Mike Stead’s Specialties:

Flash based framework (application and component) design and development for mobile, Flash optimization techniques, Flex and AIR development, iPhone development, Eclipse plug-in development.

While fluent in ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0 I'm also versed in Java and have experience in Python and Perl. I understand the importance of language versatility and focus much of my attention on agnostic principals and best programming practices.

Mike Stead’s Experience

Principal Engineer

Picsel Technologies

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

May 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 3 months)

Principal engineer of twelve strong Flash team based in four different countries, and one of four Principal Engineers in the company.

Responsible for heading up all Flash based technical design, disseminating knowledge through in-house training, ensuring code quality through peer review and paired programming, and acting as first point of contact for all Flash based technical enquiries.

Customers included KDDI and Samsung, covering technologies such as file exploring, photo browsing and document viewing.
Principal Flash Architect

Picsel Technologies

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

Joined a select team of architects responsible for upfront technical design of new products and solutions. Also responsible for hands on guidance and support during implementation.
Interactive Developer

Picsel Technologies

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

July 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Role involved prototyping and developing Flash based mobile applications for clients including Samsung, NEC, BBC and PriceRunner.

Technologies included Streaming Video, Photo and Document Viewing, Web Browsing and Product Comparison.
Interactive Developer
Self Employeed (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Computer Software industry)

July 2005 — June 2006 (1 year )

Working as freelance interactive developer, specialising in Flash based rich internet application and website development.