Felipe Andrade – Mobile Developer Cross-platform development: WRT | Flash Lite | Python | Symbian | Qt | Maemo | Meego

About: Felipe Andrade

Felipe Andrade is chief technology officer and cofounder of i2 tecnologia, a Nokia and Nokia Institute of Technology official supplier company and Adobe Solution Partner in Brazil.

He works and dreams everyday with mobile and web technologies like Python for S60, Widgets, Flash Lite, Symbian C++, Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR

"Felipe offers a rare combination of deep technical skill, entrepreneural spirit, and engaging communication style" - Forum Nokia

He likes very much what he does. Felipe is 26 years old

Specialties:

Python, Python for S60, Mobile Ajax, jQuery, Objective-C, iPhone, Symbian C++, Cross Platform Games, Adobe Flex, Flash Lite, ActionScript 1.x/2.x/3.x, Java ME, BREW, Open Source, Mobile Linux, Maemo, Consulting, Leadership.

Experience:

Founder, CTO of i2 tecnologia, Ltda. at i2 tecnologia [web]

August 2005 – Present (3 years 3 months)

Felipe Andrade is the Chief Technology Officer at i2 tecnologia, Ltda. He has over 7 years experience in web development and 8 years experience in the mobile arena.

He developed the first iPhone application for the Brazilian market.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br5kuUwzUmk

Mobile Consultant and Researcher at Nokia Institute of Technology [web]

April 2008 – October 2008 ( 7 months)

He worked with Java ME and Python for S60 bluetooth development on Nokia S60/S40 based platforms on a research project in partnership with i2 tecnologia.

Mobile Consultant and Researcher at Pioco Telecommunications Media [web]

October 2007 – October 2008 (1 year 1 month)

He worked for Pioco, in the role of technical consultant and research on Python for S60, Flash Lite and Java ME.

Adobe Flex Instructor at iMedia [web]

September 2006 – June 2008 (1 year 10 months)

He worked as the main Adobe Flex Instructor at iMedia, an Adobe Authorized Training Center. He taught the first Adobe Flex class in Brazilian northwest.

Adobe Technical Consultant at Politec [web]

November 2006 – December 2007 (1 year 2 months)

He worked for Politec, in the role of Technical consultant involved with ActionScript Projects. Politec is a CMMI-5 company and the largest IT services provider in Brazil. It is recognized as the reference for innovation and quality related to development and maintenance of enterprise solutions.

Lead Developer at S.C.A Technology Ltda [web]

August 2003 – December 2005 (2 years 5 months)

He worked as Lead Developer at S.C.A Technology Ltda. (Educandus) developing the largest eLarning project for the Brazilian government. The major role at the job was develop a complete framework for eLeaning, advanced games, flash components and Flash IDE plugins. Many components developed by him are still in use at Educandus.

Honors and Awards:

• Forum Nokia Wiki Admin, 2009
• Forum Nokia Developer Summit Hackathon Participant, Monaco, 2009
• Nokia Sem Limites Contest Winner, 2009
• Forum Nokia Champion of the Month, June, 2009
• Forum Nokia Champion, 2009-2010 [Forum Nokia Blog] [Wiki Profile]
• Forum Nokia Champion, 2008-2009 [Forum Nokia Blog] [Wiki Profile]
• Forum Nokia Champion, 2007-2008 [Forum Nokia Blog] [Wiki Profile]
• Forum Nokia Developer Advisors Member
• Forum Nokia Champion of the Month, June, 2008
• Forum Nokia 2008 Code Example Challenge Winner, 2008
• Nokia Mobile Rules'08 Finalist (Business Plan)
• Mobile Developer of the award-winning Bone Smashers Arm Wrestling for Flash Lite from Adobe
• Adobe Certified Expert

Speaker Engagements:

• Adobe Flash Game Development, Unibratec, Recife, Brazil (~20)
• Developer Talk at UFPE: How to build your own Smartphone with Symbian OS (~20)
• Developer Talk at Marista University: Introducing mobile development for web developers (~30)
• Flash Lite Boston Users Group: Extending Flash Lite 2.1 Features with Python for S60 (Flyer) (~20)
• Adobe Flash CS3 launch party, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil (~300)
• Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR launch event, iSeminar 2007, Recife Palace Lucsim Hotel, Recife, Brazil (~700)
• Nokia Tech Days 2008, Gran Melia Mofarrej Hotel: Sao Paulo, Brazil (~200)
• How to Drive the Innovation to Create New Games and Applications, UFPE, Recife, Brazil (~30)
• IGDA: Oportunidades de negócios para pequenas empresas, AIS, Recife, Brazil (~50) [Slideshare]
• Falando Sério Talk Show, TV Channel 14, Brazil
• I Seminário de Informática Pública de Pernambuco com o tema "Redes humanas compartilhando soluções de TIC para o Governo": Mobile Linux com Google Android [Slideshare]

Books and Other Publications:

• Developing multiplayer applications with Flash Lite XMLSockets and Java NIO: article on Adobe DevNet [Go]
• Extending Flash Lite 2.1 features with Flyer: article on Adobe DevNet [Go]
• Multi-Language Programming  Part 2 - How to use Flash Lite for the UI with Java ME [Go]
• Multi-Language Programming  Part 3 - How to use Flash Lite for the UI with the popular Python language [Go]

Additional Information:

Felipe had developed several free tools for the mobile community, here are some of them:

Flyer Framework is an open source Python framework that allows Flash Lite and Java™ Micro Edition (Java™ ME) developers to extend their mobile applications with native Symbian features. [Project Web site]

Jarpa allows Java ME and Flash Lite Developers extend their mobile applications like in Flyer Framework or Kunneri Lite but with the widespread acceptance of Java ME and Flash Lite mobile devices. [Project Web site]

Flash Lite and Java ME Study Cases comprise a set of free applications that show the differences and pitfalls of each language. [Project Web site]

Transito Mobile, Nokia WRT widget that Use TM-Recife to get live traffic updates. [Project Web site]

London Jam Cam, Nokia WRT widget that get views of a full list of jam cams in London. Over 100 cameras across the capital updated every 10 minutes. [Project Web site]

Python script that creates scalable QRCodes [Project Web site]