Technology Team
What makes a good technologist?
Someone who listens to your business needs, identifies risks and opportunities then delivers solutions that solve real problems. Someone who has to tear themselves away from the computer at night because there’s so much to be passionate about. Someone who doesn’t just know the technology they work with but knows the surrounding technologies as well. Someone who has a tight grasp of what’s going on now, is familiar with what happened before and has a good idea what’s coming. And someone who can work with others to educate, explain and win them over with clear thinking and poise.
Here are just a few of the technologists at Universal Mind.
Initially a ColdFusion developer, Andy Powell branched out to specialize in AJAX, Flex, and Java, and is a globally recognized authority on Adobe’s AJAX framework, Spry.
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Andrew Trice is an experienced software architect, team leader, speaker, and published author, specializing in object oriented principles, multi-touch, realtime data systems, GIS, and data visualization.
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Anthony McClure has worked with everything from Main Frame/Legacy Systems to current RIA design and development.
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Ben Clinkinbeard co-created the FlexMDI library for Adobe Flex, and is now a contributor to the Swiz framework, a lightweight IoC container for Adobe Flex.
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As Director of Technology, Brian O’Connor brings more than 16 years of consulting experience across multiple disciplines and technologies, including Flex, AIR, LCDS & BlazeDS solutions.
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Daniel Holth specializes in Flash, Flex and AIR, having started his Flash Platform career creating e-Learning design frameworks and learning-management systems.
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Darron Schall is a prominent voice in the Flash and Flex communities, a frequent speaker at user groups, and a technical reviewer for a number of publications.
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David Tucker is a Flex and AIR developer and a prolific author/blogger/speaker on RIAs. He is the author of the Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook.
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Doug McCune is a passionate Flex developer and consultant. He has been developing Flex applications since 2004, and is author of Adobe Flex 3.0 For Dummies.
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Douglas Knudsen has developed web-based technology for more than ten years, working with products such as Flex, Flash Platform, ColdFusion, Java, and AJAX.
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Dustin Butler has been working with Flex since its beta days, having led a team that built one of the earliest enterprise-scale Flex applications, earning an Adobe Max Award in 2006.
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Jeffrey Bouley has more than 15 years of Client-Internet-Web back-end integration experience, having worked with database and technologies such as Oracle 7-11, Microsoft SQL Server, Java, C#, VB.Net, and more.
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In addition to leading Flex app projects at Universal Mind, Kevin Kazmierczak is a past winner of the Adobe Flex Developer Derby and was recognized on the Flash Tenth Anniversary Site.
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As Senior e-Commerce Architect, Matt Hintze ensures client stakeholders can monitor customer experience, application performance, and scalability.
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Robert Stehwien has been a developer for more than 14 years, working mainly as a cross platform C++ developer, but also with Flex, Java, and Ruby while experimenting with Clojure.
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As Director of Consulting Services for Universal Mind, Ryan brings 12 years of experience in web development, database design, and project management.
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Tommy Baggett has more than 20 years experience developing in Flex and ActionScript 3 with a history in C, Visual C++ and MFC. He also specializes in audio and video compression formats and media authoring.
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Zoe Bloch, Director of Consulting Services, has more than a decade of experience in software development, product design, and IT management.
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