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Experienced senior digital technologist
Mika Tasich
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London, United Kingdom
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• Over twenty years’ experience in the digital media industry, majority of those spent in leadership positions working on creative technology, technological strategy and architecture, R&D and innovation, digital product development and managing digital production teams.
• Technologically agnostic, with a wide technological experience.
• A trusted advisor and conversational partner of the management regarding strategic options, developing delivery capabilities, innovation and technical recruitment.
• Technologically agnostic, with a wide technological experience.
• A trusted advisor and conversational partner of the management regarding strategic options, developing delivery capabilities, innovation and technical recruitment.
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United Kingdom
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English
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Larger project
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My experience
2013 - ?
freelance
Technology Consultant
Adventure Pictures, London.
My collaboration with Adventure Pictures began over a decade ago, when I had been invited to develop SP-ARK, an educational platform for film students and aspiring filmmakers. Telling the story of a film by showing every aspect of the production – from the initial idea through screenwriting, budgeting and casting to the composition of an individual shot, SP-ARK enabled users to understand the genesis of a major film inside out.
The initial project revolved around Sally Potter’s fully digitised film production archive for an Oscar nominated, BAFTA winning movie Orlando.
The value of this educational resource became immediately apparent. The initial product has since been incorporated into a graduate and postgraduate curriculum at several universities.
The main learning from the initial project was that the current approach was not very scalable. The manual digitisation process was a major undertaking, almost overshadowing the actual product development. Over the years we have been working together to try and solve this challenge. During this engagement we have finalised our approach and technical architecture for a system which would completely automate digitisation and archiving of any film production, connecting various hardware and software platforms used by filmmakers, for which we have a patent application.
Most recently, as part of the Adventure Pictures Creative team worked on the festival2022 submission.
The initial project revolved around Sally Potter’s fully digitised film production archive for an Oscar nominated, BAFTA winning movie Orlando.
The value of this educational resource became immediately apparent. The initial product has since been incorporated into a graduate and postgraduate curriculum at several universities.
The main learning from the initial project was that the current approach was not very scalable. The manual digitisation process was a major undertaking, almost overshadowing the actual product development. Over the years we have been working together to try and solve this challenge. During this engagement we have finalised our approach and technical architecture for a system which would completely automate digitisation and archiving of any film production, connecting various hardware and software platforms used by filmmakers, for which we have a patent application.
Most recently, as part of the Adventure Pictures Creative team worked on the festival2022 submission.
Educational projects, R&D, Physical devices, Technology consulting
2019 - 2021
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CTO and co-founder
Tiilio.
Co-founded the start-up and, as the CTO, responsible for technical strategy, architecture, and the development of the product.
The product unifies various financial service APIs into a single product, allowing first time investors to invest from as little as £20 into fully customisable, personal thematic portfolios.
The product unifies various financial service APIs into a single product, allowing first time investors to invest from as little as £20 into fully customisable, personal thematic portfolios.
Architecture, Service, Cto, Development, UP, Founder
2016 - 2018
freelance
Tech Lead, Grow
Google.
Led the tech team, defined product architecture, and provided technological consultancy for Grow with Google, and Digital Workshop, one of Google’s flagship projects.
This high-usage, high-visibility, multi platform e-learning system offered fully localised training and certification to users in over fifty languages.
Working closely with internal teams and external agencies, I was responsible for technical strategy, architecture and delivery of this award winning e-learning product across multiple platforms: web app, and fully native iOS and Android.
From the inception, the project had a very strict set of technological constraints, and a very broad set of highly complex functionalities. The main challenge when setting up the architecture was to minimise the cost, maximise the speed of delivery, whilst retaining flexibility for future developments.
The initial architectural setup has remained unchanged for the duration of the project, despite the project significantly expanding in scope and increasing the user base. The project, initially designed for just several EU markets, has been expanded globally to over 60 countries and languages, and the user base grew over 100 times larger than the initial estimate.
The product has been developed by a globally distributed team of suppliers. The suppliers have not only been separate legal entities located in different countries, but each supplier provided a separate, isolated, pieces of functionality. In my role, I had to ensure that all the suppliers work as a team, and deliver a coherent, uniform code base and product.
In addition to managing a constant steep development cycle, I was also responsible for security, privacy, and ensuring products are fully compliant with Google’s development policies and standards.
This high-usage, high-visibility, multi platform e-learning system offered fully localised training and certification to users in over fifty languages.
Working closely with internal teams and external agencies, I was responsible for technical strategy, architecture and delivery of this award winning e-learning product across multiple platforms: web app, and fully native iOS and Android.
From the inception, the project had a very strict set of technological constraints, and a very broad set of highly complex functionalities. The main challenge when setting up the architecture was to minimise the cost, maximise the speed of delivery, whilst retaining flexibility for future developments.
The initial architectural setup has remained unchanged for the duration of the project, despite the project significantly expanding in scope and increasing the user base. The project, initially designed for just several EU markets, has been expanded globally to over 60 countries and languages, and the user base grew over 100 times larger than the initial estimate.
The product has been developed by a globally distributed team of suppliers. The suppliers have not only been separate legal entities located in different countries, but each supplier provided a separate, isolated, pieces of functionality. In my role, I had to ensure that all the suppliers work as a team, and deliver a coherent, uniform code base and product.
In addition to managing a constant steep development cycle, I was also responsible for security, privacy, and ensuring products are fully compliant with Google’s development policies and standards.
Android, IOS, Training, E-learning, Architecture, Security, Development, Google, Web, App, Native, Workshop, Winning, LED, UP, Platform
2014 - 2015
freelance
Technical Director
rehabstudio.
Led a multinational, multi-agency R&D team to deliver both the physical and software components of a novel and innovative Google product. The product was developed using WebGL to allow users to perform complex 2D and 3D image manipulations in real time with graceful fallback for legacy devices.
Product was also able to create, in real time, 3D product visualisations of a completely customisable physical product.
I lead a team of around 25 highly specialized senior developers, across multiple locations, which have been responsible for taking a very ambitious idea and developing it into a product in just over a year.
Product was also able to create, in real time, 3D product visualisations of a completely customisable physical product.
I lead a team of around 25 highly specialized senior developers, across multiple locations, which have been responsible for taking a very ambitious idea and developing it into a product in just over a year.
Technical architecture, R&D, Product development
2014 - 2014
freelance
Creative Technology Consultant
Spark44.
Joined BD network in a combined role of a technical director and a creative technologist.
As the Group Technical Director, I was responsible for technical delivery of all digital outputs from BD Network and We Love Mobile, and the integration of development teams and technologies into a coherent digital offering for the Group. I also provided technical guidance and advice to other departments within the agency.
As their creative technologist, I worked closely with the strategy and creative departments to devise and produce innovative solutions across the spectrum of mobile, web and experiential activities for a wide array of clients.
As the Group Technical Director, I was responsible for technical delivery of all digital outputs from BD Network and We Love Mobile, and the integration of development teams and technologies into a coherent digital offering for the Group. I also provided technical guidance and advice to other departments within the agency.
As their creative technologist, I worked closely with the strategy and creative departments to devise and produce innovative solutions across the spectrum of mobile, web and experiential activities for a wide array of clients.
Html5, Advertising, Budget, Youtube, Technology, Doubleclick, Web, Campaign
2012 - 2013
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Group Technical Director
We Love Mobile.
Joined BD network in a combined role of a technical director and a creative technologist.
As the Group Technical Director, I was responsible for technical delivery of all digital outputs from BD Network and We Love Mobile, and the integration of development teams and technologies into a coherent digital offering for the Group. I also provided technical guidance and advice to other departments within the agency.
As their creative technologist, I worked closely with the strategy and creative departments to devise and produce innovative solutions across the spectrum of mobile, web and experiential activities for a wide array of clients.
As the Group Technical Director, I was responsible for technical delivery of all digital outputs from BD Network and We Love Mobile, and the integration of development teams and technologies into a coherent digital offering for the Group. I also provided technical guidance and advice to other departments within the agency.
As their creative technologist, I worked closely with the strategy and creative departments to devise and produce innovative solutions across the spectrum of mobile, web and experiential activities for a wide array of clients.
IOS, Integration, Audio, Network, 3D, It, Development, Web, App
2011 - 2011
freelance
Technology Strategist
TH_NK.
Joined TH_NK as the technology strategist to consult on emerging trends in technology that might impact clients' businesses. In this freshly created position, I worked to spot the opportunities that would help their businesses flourish and at times, help them understand where their ambitions are constrained by what isn't possible.
Technology
2011 - 2011
freelance
Freelance Technical Director
Momentum WW.
I was brought in to help with the Windows 8 Student Tour. This experiential project ran for over four months and visited over 60 universities all over the UK.
Windows
2008 - 2011
job
Technical Director
Kitcatt Nohr Digitas.
Invited to join Kitcatt Nohr as their first-ever Technical Director when the agency moved from predominantly direct marketing to a more integrated offering. During this period, the agency shifted to an almost fully digital offering and in 2011 joined forces with Digitas, at the time, the largest digital agency in the world to form Kitcatt Nohr Digitas.
Marketing, Direct marketing
2003 - 2008
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Technical Director
Engage Group.
2001 - 2003
job
New Media Production Manager
Proactive Productions Ltd.
Dartford
Production, Manager
2000 - 2001
job
Technical Director
3Di Media Ltd.
1999 - 2000
job
Technical Director
Code Development Ltd.
1997 - 1998
job
Project Manager
Tehnicom Net ISP.
Serbia
Project Manager, Manager
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