Henry Cooke Email & Phone Number

Researcher, team lead, creative technologist. Glue person, facilitator. Tinkerer, prototyper, committed generalist. Artistic collaborator and occasional festival programmer. Data science lab assistant. Wearing a futures & foresight hat.I've got a proven track record in:- 👫 Team leadership, with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary teams- 🤝 Stakeholder management and building consensus- 📚 Research & research management, particularly in user experience and foresight- 🧪 Prototyping, new product development and exploring interesting problem spaces around user-facing technologies.In over two decades working in creative technology, I've developed good instincts about emerging technologies and how they might be put to use by practitioners and the public.I've made websites, games, 3D environments, toys, mobile and desktop apps, interactive stories, electronics, art installations, many prototypes in and between software and hardware, and in one memorable case building a giant talking throne for a Christmas event in a Royal Palace. I've experimented with digital storytelling (resulting in the first iPhone app to earn a TV BAFTA nomination), language processing, binaural audio, natural language bots, machine learning and edge-cases of speech recognition and computer vision.I have led successful teams both technical and cross-disciplinary - the latter is where my heart is. I've done a lot of design, concepting and pitching and I am trained in video & audio production.Expert in Python and highly skilled in JavaScript, both client and server-side. Experienced with HTML/CSS, with some C++ (mostly openFrameworks), Java, Processing and C#. I can generally pick up whatever stack is most useful for the job at hand. Former iOS and Flash developer. Happy hacking with web-facing APIs and fluent in JSON, XML, OAuth, REST etc. I know my way around a *nix command line, and frequently tinker with VPSs in various parts of The Cloud. Regularly work with Raspberry Pi, comfortable with Arduino and intermediate electronics. I'm competent with a soldering iron.Recent research and prototyping projects have centered around voice-interactive media for smart speakers and audio AR, and I'm currently working in futures and foresight.

Listed skills include Interaction Design, User Experience, Actionscript, Flash, and 45 others.

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  Art Wrangler

  Electromagnetic Field Ltd

  Manchester, Gb