TECH STACK:
- 3DS Max
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- Android
- Blender
- CSS
- GIT
- HTML
- iOS
- JavaScript
- NODE
- Python
- REACT
- TypeScript
BLIPPAR
One of the UK's first tech unicorns, specialises in Augmented Reality (AR) content creation and publishing to any smart phone, tablet and the web.
It was founded in 2011 and I joined as employee number 16. By the time of its Series D round of funding in early 2016, Blippar had been doubling down on its broader machine learning and AI efforts, with 60 engineers in its San Francisco and Mountain View offices, and 300 employees spread across 14 offices globally, reaching 500 in 2018.
My roles at Blippar
Lead Engineer/Senior Developer/UX-UI Specialist
May 2014 - April 2018
Directed, mentored, and supported a team of developers in the UK, US, Turkey, and Japan. Significantly increased the social media presence of various services and products by managing key client campaigns. Initiated internal controls by establishing and adhering standards for development. Projected a polished and professional demeanour throughout the service to successfully manage client campaigns with minimal negative feedback and quick turnarounds.
- Streamlined and operationalized application functionalities by developing and optimizing Blippar's developer's portal, scripting front end languages (React/JS), and creating demos.
- Led development programme aimed at training, coaching, and mentoring team of developers across globe, including UK, USA, Turkey, Japan, and India, resulting in augmenting developers' skills for UX/UI functional design alongside building AR experiences.
- Originated and launched an automation system for asset compression that ensured the delivery of experiences on mobile 30 times faster.
- Commended by top management for exemplary performance and won many awards for big campaigns.
Mobile Augmented Reality Developer / UX-UI Designer
May 2012 - April 2018
Directed a competent team of three, including web designer, media specialist, and graphic artist and elevated the expertise and skill levels of the members through coaching and development activities.
- Defined UX/UI standards and supported the team with hands-on approach and follow-up for development.
- Optimized and enhanced departmental performance by overseeing writing standards, documentation as well as established staff induction sessions to boost staff skills and expertise.
- Attained numerous awards and countless nominations for cutting-edge campaigns.
TECH STACK:
- 3DS Max
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- Android
- Blender
- CSS
- GIT
- HTML
- iOS
- JavaScript
- NODE
- Python
Awards
GOLD Winner
Effective Mobile Marketing Awards 2012
Best Mobile Augmented Reality Campaign / Solution
Finalist
Mobile World Congress 2015
Global Mobile Awards - Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing
Testimonials
Erwan Maigret
Lead Augmented Reality API Engineer"Nothing stops him"
Radu is the swiss-army knife of 3D and AR. You can ask him to build anything and he’ll manage to make it work in no time, covering all aspects from programming to 3D authoring and animation. On top of that he’s got a great sense of design and provides compelling solutions ready to be used as-is. He’s definitely a key contributor if you’re on aggressive schedule and need to cover complex technical challenges. Nothing stops him.
Erwan Maigret on LinkedInHermes Frangoudis
Augmented Reality Solutions engineer"Never ceased to impress"
Worked with Radu on various projects over the years at Blippar. It was a pleasure getting to work with Radu, he never ceased to impress me with his deep graphics and 3D knowledge. Every project that we worked on Radu always managed to show me something new.
Hermes Frangoudis on LinkedInCan Saner
Senior JS/AR Developer - Team Lead"Always impressed with his remarkable problem solving ability"
Radu worked with me at Blippar in many customer projects, on different fields such as managing image assets, 3D modelling, developing animations and coding pure Javascript. Radu takes a great deal of pride in making any digital scene and asset as realistic as it can be and he works very hard to achieve this through creative and innovative ways that no other can think of. He often offered to help other members in their projects and always impressed me with his remarkable problem solving ability.
Can Saner on LinkedIn