Senior Flex Architect at AOL/Xdrive
Greater Los Angeles Area
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- Senior Flex Architect at AOL Bluestring/Xdrive
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- Adjunct Faculty at Rio Salado College
- Senior Flash Software Engineer at Arizona State University
- Flex Contract at University of Arizona
- Education
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- Arizona State University
- Arizona State University
- Arizona State University
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Michael Ritchie’s Summary
I am a Rich Internet Application Architect, specializing in using Flex, AIR, and Flash to create Rich Internet Applications.
Michael Ritchie’s Specialties:
Web/Desktop software architect and programmer
Adobe Flex 3, ActionScript 3, Adobe AIR
XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, CSS, ColdFusion
Michael Ritchie’s Experience
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Senior Flex Architect
AOL Bluestring/Xdrive
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Internet industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years)
Created Flex/AIR architecture and framework for development and delivery of enterprise level applications. I use Adobe Flex, AIR, and Flash to create web-based and desktop applications. Some of my current work can be seen at Xdrive.com (Xdrive Desktop Lite) and Bluestring.com.
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Adjunct Faculty
Rio Salado College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; E-Learning industry)
January 2002 — September 2007 (5 years 9 months)
Taught Multimedia, Photoshop, and Flash courses. Wrote one course called "Survey of Multimedia Technology"
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Senior Flash Software Engineer
Arizona State University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2000 — September 2006 (6 years 9 months)
Created Flash course management software for online courses at the W.P. Carey School of Business. Adobe.com come wrote a case study about the project, that study can be found here:
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Flex Contract
University of Arizona
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
January 1996 — October 1997 (1 year 10 months)
Created online learning system using Flex and Flash.
Michael Ritchie’s Education
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Arizona State University
M.S., Information Technology & Management, 1998 — 2000
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Arizona State University
M.A., Teaching English as a Second Language, 1997 — 1998
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Arizona State University
BA, Anthropology, 1992 — 1996
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Adobe Flex Developers
Michael Ritchie’s Honors:
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award, Rio Salado College, 2007
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