Forum fellow experts

The forum fellow experts are a small group of Sony Ericsson Developer World community members who have distinguished themselves in one or more of the discussion forums by their outstanding knowledge, positive attitude and sharing spirit.

Some of these individuals are Sony Ericsson employees, and in their dedication to help the developer community, have been active in the forums for quite some time.

Fellow experts will work more closely with the Developer World team to improve the support for the Sony Ericsson Developer World community. Membership of this team of forum experts is by invitation only and valid as long as the member feels they are able to contribute. We are always looking for new fellow experts to contribute to the forums, especially in areas where we currently lack experts.

The fellow experts are recognizable in forums postings and threads by their special avatar, so keep a lookout for them during your discussion sessions.

Here are the current fellow experts in alphabetical order, including photos and a short description of their development interests:

Username: boinged Name: Steven Shipton Country of residence: UK Professional background: I've been professionally developing mobile games in J2ME for over five years. I started as a Junior Programmer at Morpheme Wireless after receiving my PhD in Physics. After a short while learning the ropes, I was promoted to Lead Programmer and after doing that for a few years moved on to Glu Mobile as 3D Games Developer. My area of interest: Java Mobile 3D Personal description: I enjoy playing games on the PC, snowboarding in mountains across the world and socialising wherever I find myself. Why did you accept to be part of the fellow expert team? It's rewarding to help others solve their problems and make this the number one mobile developer community resource. I hope by sharing knowledge we will see even more high quality games released.

Username: chenziteng Name: Ziteng Chen Country of residence: China Professional background: secret My area of interest: Symbian OS, C++, SW R&D, Mobile Computing Personal description: Secret Why did you accept to be part of the fellow expert team? I'm honored to work together with the fellows to contribute to the developer community.

Username: hajons Name: Hakan Jonsson Professional background: I have worked with operators, startup application developers and recently Sony Ericsson. Did some research on machine learning and markets but for the last 10 years I have worked on mobile applications (mainly IM and presence), telecom web services, Parlay and SIP/IMS. Have been a member of some JSR Expert Groups, e.g. JSR-123, JSR-289 and now JSR-320. Have also been active in Parlay X WG and OMA IMPS. My area of interest: Java ME as platform, SIP/IMS, SDKs, standards, licensing, presence & context dependent services, reality mining. Personal description: In my spare time I teach kung fu to kids, study Japanese and try to spend some time outdoors in the woods with my kids and wife. I also try to beat my son in Guitar Hero 3 but no luck so far. Why did you accept to be part of the fellow expert team? Since I used to develop mobile apps before joining Sony Ericsson, I know getting information and help is important. I hope that being a fellow expert means that I can contribute at least something to make the life easier for some developers. Also, it is my job to understand what the developers need, so participating in the Developer World forums is a source of information to me.

Username: len4a Name: Elena Veretilo Country of residence: Ukraine Professional background: Masters degrees in Applied Mathematics and in Applied Economics, diplomas with honors. I've been professionally developing mobile games in J2ME for about two years, working with 2D and 3D graphics, developing 3D engine for several games. Now I started to work with Bluetooth. My area of interest: Java Mobile 3D (JSR 184). Personal description: I like mountains - it's my passion! I am professionally engaged in high-mountain tourism. Also I like another kinds of extreme rest - the swimming on kayaks and the mountain bicycle. Why did you accept to be part of the fellow expert team? It's a chance to help other people to solve their problems, because when you are stuck with something - it's very important to get a good advice or maybe just a useful link. I think, that Sony Ericsson Developer World forums is the best way to provide team work in all areas of javaME. Abstrusum versis silicum!

Username: loki51 Name: Julien Heanley Country of residence: UK Professional background: I started in the mobile gaming industry one week after graduation in 2006, working for a company which mainly specializes in console games, the mobile department had only just got its first game signed by a publisher. Since then I have been a key programmer for World Snooker Championship 2007 and 2008 and World Championship Pool 2007. Within 2 years I was made head of mobile development, which including me has a full time staff count of one at the moment. Look out for WCP2009, I'm particularly proud of this one. My area of interest: I still have interests in console development, but with mobile technology moving at such a fast pace I believe there are going to be a lot of gaps left in the market, ready to be filled by a few great mobile game ideas. My main java interests are in the 3d sector. Its very satisfying to watch your hard work spin and animate in front of your very eyes, and very frustrating to watch it completely fold when you then go from emulator to device. I have also been part and partial to a few AI adjustments and major collision restructuring, what’s a game of pool if you cant get the pack to break apart. Personal description: I'm still an avid gamer, always will be, but I'm also a married man, no more World Of Warcraft for me ;). My wife and I tend to prefer socializing in the comfort of our own home, but occasionally I can be seen making a fool of myself in Manchester. Why did you accept to be part of the fellow expert team? I have had the benefit of working on games 9–5.30 (usually 6.30 if I'm honest) Mon–Fri. This has made it mush easier for me to get to grips with all the pitfalls and device variances as well as memory and performance barriers. A lot of people are only able to work on java in their spare time and so do not have the chance to learn as quickly or have access to the sort of device information that I do. I just hope that some of my java experience and resources will be useful to someone.

Username: NicklasE Name: Nicklas Ekstrand Country of residence: Sweden Professional background: I've been working at Sony Ericsson since 2006. My work has been focussed on the CLDC Java VM for the phones with the Java platform. My area of interest: Core Java stuff such as Java VM, low level integration and optimization. But I'm also interested in new technlogies in Java and how to bring Java to the next level for mobile handsets. Personal description: You will find all the details on my family's homepage>> In my spare time I do some MIDlet programming and I currently have three projects that I hope to finalize some day: 1) Location tracker that records GPS position, base station info etc. 2) Picture blog that enables me to send pictures directly to my homepage. 3) Phone backup over-the-air. Why did you accept to be part of the fellow expert team? I'm really happy every time I'm able to help someone in the forum. Many developers seems to get stuck on the most trivial things, and this is not good for Java and it is not good for Sony Ericsson. Java is THE programming language for mobile handsets today and if I can contribute to get more people involved and enjoying the SonyEricsson Java solution, we will all be happy :-)

Username: stenlik Name: Petr Mazanec Country of residence: Czech Republic (but my motherland is Poland) My area of interest: IP services on mobile phones, protocol stacks, multi-user and multiplayer application and game development on both UIQ and S60 platforms. Personal description: What I'm doing when not working? I like playing tennis during summer days and then sitting under big trees and enjoying a beer after match:) I love many kinds of sports, travelling to former Soviet Union countries, reading books, learning history and sport shooting. Why did you accept to be part of the fellow expert team? I enjoy participating in developer discussion boards as every question I answer not only helps others, but also strengthens my knowledge and keep me in touch with community. Professional background: I'm working on SIP based application trials used by mobile network operators mainly from Arabic and East Asia regions. My work is focused on design and implementation of network parts and underlying engines. Main projects I worked on were chat and presence applications, push-to-talk, drawing real time sharing, combining CS call and video streaming, implementing OMA Presence, mobile p2p networking.

Username: Traud Name: Alexander Traud Country of residence: Germany Professional background: Computer Science Student My area of interest: Java, Bluetooth™ and Data Synchronisation Personal description: As student at the University of Ulm I try to balance practical and theoretic experience. Learning one programming language in depth helps me to understand general problems more easily as I add yet another view at the problem. Why did you accept to be part of the fellow expert team? Communities like the Sony Ericsson Developer World are very good resources even for experienced programmers to reach the tip of the iceberg. Giving something back to such a great resource, understanding difficult issues and learning how to explain those: Definitely a win-win situation!