Dimitri Fedorov

Developing Qik Flash Platform - modular framework to create Qik-driven applications with varying level of complexity, functionality and different methods to retrieve data. Building flash applications, based on this platform: Flash player for deployment on Qik.com site, Flash player for embedding on user pages (including tricky embeddings with out-of-control embed code garbling, like on Facebook and MySpace), modules and plug‐ins for affiliate partners (like Brightcove, Nokia and Samsung).

This is my own side-project. As a one‐man company, I was working with companies like Samsung (working on their TouchWiz interface), Microsoft (rich media web projects in pre-Silverlight days), First Channel (1tv.ru, web projects of the leading Russian TV channel), Muz TV (muz‐tv.ru, web projects of the leading Russian music TV channel), Alfa Group, etc

I have a long-term freelance relationship with this company's local branch, performing reverse engineering, localization and code adaptation of their movies' sites. More than 30 projects was done so far, including those for blockbusters like Minority Report, Saw, Saw 2, Saw 3, Saw 4, X‐Men, X-Men: The Last Stand, Into The Blue, Hills Have Eyes, Hills Have Eyes 2, Garfield and many others.

Design and implementation of MetaStream technology, allowing to play virtually endless video, split into 60 seconds‐length chunks, performing seamless switching on the fly. Implementing video player, based on MetaStream, able to play virtually endless videos. Improving user experience, adapting player to TV-specific media content. Legacy code was analyzed, redesigned and refactored in iterations, providing features implementation simultaneously with smooth transition to the new architecture.

Creating concepts for company products and bringing them to life. Creating additional values for company solutions, incorporating business and marketing goals while catering to the user. Ensuring company solutions are answering the needs of the client.

Development of Flash‐based MMORPG. Design and implementation from a scratch game client architecture, allowing easy deployment and updating under high loads. Participating in the game mechanics development.

Designed and implemented key company product – standalone Flash‐based application for e‐learning presentations creation and playback, with charts and videos. No Flex involved. Programmed a scripting framework, allowing to script animated characters' behavior and interaction in Flash‐based multimedia presentations.

Restructuring IT department with 3 remote branches, over 50 specialists under my command.

Built company’s IT department from a scratch. Provided IT support and infrastructure for company projects.

Design and implementation of flash player for short cartoon series. Created an ad system for embedding into flash players, featuring statistics, custom ad formats, basic scripting to interact with media, targeting, tracking user behavior, etc.

Everything regarding Flash side of company product – software for Flash‐based presentations creation and playback. Design and implementation of Flash modules, architecture for resulting application. Bytecode-level research and design.

Administrating and maintenance of more than 300 PCs with different OSes like MS DOS, MS Windows 3.1, MS Windows 95, MS Windows 98. Domain management and administration with servers running under Windows NT and Windows 2000 Server.

Math, Physics, Electronics, Programming