Speakers

We had some great speakers lined up at BlackBerry® DevCon Asia! Attendees joined experts from Research In Motion® (RIM®) and the developer community to learn from the very best.

RIM Speakers

Find out which RIM experts spoke in the conference breakout sessions.

Sarim Aziz

Sarim Aziz

Team Lead, Research In Motion

Sarim Aziz is the Team Lead for Research In Motion's Developer Relations Team . The RIM Developer Relations Team supports the application development efforts for several ISVs globally, helping to bring consumer and enterprise solutions to the ...

DEV853 - Lab: Make the Connection to BBM and Make Your Java Apps More Social

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Paul Bernhardt

Paul Bernhardt

Application Development Consultant, Research In Motion

As an Application Development Consultant working on the Developer Relations team at Research In Motion, Paul Bernhardt helps many parters and 3rd party developers write apps for the BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook.

DEV859 - Secure Your App with Secure Coding Practices

DEV810 - Is Your App BlackBerry 7 Ready?

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Robin Cao

Robin Cao

Senior Software Engineer, Torch Mobile (Beijing)

Robin Cao is a Senior Software Developer at Torch Mobile (Beijing) with focus on WebKit development for mobile and embedded systems. Recently he has been deeply involved in the development of the WebKit-based Browser for the next generation ...

DEV809 - Web Apps: Design and Build Great Looking UI and User Experiences

DEV846 - Advanced Web Rendering: webGL, Canvas and Gaming

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Denver Coneybeare

Denver Coneybeare

Team Lead - Java Device APIs, Research In Motion

Denver Coneybeare has worked for RIM since graduating from University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 2005 with an Honors Computer Science degree. His roles at RIM have included automated API test developer, API designer and developer, ...

DEV864 - Write Once, Deploy Anywhere

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Terrill Dent

Terrill Dent

Software Developer, Research In Motion

Terrill Dent is a software developer on the Handheld Application Prototyping team at Research In Motion. In his 5 year tenure at RIM he has made significant contributions to Flickr, Facebook, Clock, BBM Groups, and many other RIM products. Most ...

DEV845 - Mastering Java Layouts: Fields, Managers, and Screens

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Julian Dolce

Julian Dolce

Software Developer, Research In Motion

Julian Dolce is a Platform Lead for AIR at QNX Software Systems and the lead developer on the BlackBerry PlayBook AIR SDK. With over 10 years experience, Julian has created Flash and AIR applications and content for Fortune 100 brands. He has also ...

DEV839 - Which Programming Environment is Right for You?

DEV842 - What's New in the BlackBerry Tablet OS AIR SDK

DEV843 - Developing Adobe AIR Native Extensions

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James Dreher

James Dreher

Enterprise Solutions Specialist, Research In Motion

James Dreher is the Android platform specialist within the Developer Relations team at Research In Motion. His current mandate is to support the upcoming BlackBerry Runtime for Android apps, while assisting developers in porting and repacking their ...

DEV836 - Lab: Getting Started with Developing for BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps

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Sujoy Ghosh

Sujoy Ghosh

App World Merchandising Manager, APAC, Research In Motion

DEV870 - Panel: Create the Most Successful Monetization Strategy

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Jeffrey Heifetz

Jeffrey Heifetz

Software Developer, Research In Motion

Jeff is a developer working on all things WebWorks. Jeff believes BlackBerry offers an amazing mobile web platform and is excited to be a part of it. Jeff would love you to help him do this by joining him on the forums and community repos

DEV828 - Lab: Introduction to BlackBerry WebWorks

DEV839 - Which Programming Environment is Right for You?

DEV856 - WebWorks Development with GitHub, Ripple, AliceJS and Friends

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Stanley M Ho

Stanley M Ho

Software Architect, Research In Motion

Stanley Ho is a Software Architect at Research In Motion. He has contributed in many advanced projects, and more recently he has been deeply involved in developing the Android applications support for the next generation BlackBerry Platform. Prior ...

DEV836 - Lab: Getting Started with Developing for BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps

DEV839 - Which Programming Environment is Right for You?

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Michael Hung

Michael Hung

Manager, IM Client Development, Research In Motion

Michael Hung is the software development manager for the BlackBerry Messenger Client. As one of the first software developers of BBM many years ago, he has been part of the team that evolved the BBM client from a simple IM application to the ...

DEV803 - Social Apps: How to Integrate BBM to Make Your Apps Even Better

DEV853 - Lab: Make the Connection to BBM and Make Your Java Apps More Social

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Garick Kea

Garick Kea

Market and Customer Insights Manager, Research In Motion

DEV871 - Market Insights by Request: The Market for BlackBerry Apps

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Gary Klassen

Gary Klassen

Advanced Applications Architect, Research In Motion

Gary Klassen is an 11 year veteran of BlackBerry software development and was the key developer behind projects such as BlackBerry Messenger, the BlackBerry 950 browser, Themes, Instant Messaging, Maps, HTML Email, Clock and the now iconic ...

DEV858 - Responsive Applications and Liquid Graphics

DEV872 - Developing Well Behaved Apps: Requirements, Considerations and Ideas

DEV868 - From Today’s Development Environment to the Next Generation BlackBerry Platform

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Anders Larsson

Anders Larsson

Product Manager, Research In Motion

Anders Larsson joined RIM as part of the acquisition of TAT. His current mission is to bring great UI to the BlackBerry developer ecosystem as a product manager for the new UI Framework in the Native SDK.

DEV837 - Introduction to the Cascades UI

DEV839 - Which Programming Environment is Right for You?

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Elena Laskavaia

Elena Laskavaia

Software Developer - Tech Lead, Research In Motion

Elena Laskavaia has over 10 years of experience in the software industry, including software tools development, such as parsers, software static and runtime analysis engines, and user interface analysis and design. She currently works as project ...

DEV819 - Introduction to the BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK: Building a Sample Application

DEV840 - Lab: Introduction to the Native Development Kit for BlackBerry Tablet OS

DEV843 - Developing Adobe AIR Native Extensions

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Annie Mathew

Annie Mathew

Head of Alliances & Developer Relations, India, Research In Motion

Annie Mathew is the Head of Alliances and Developer Relations, Research In Motion, India. She comes with a rich experience of over 20 years in the field of alliance programme & corporate strategy across wireless, IT and manufacturing industries. ...

DEV869 - Panel: Mainstream Apps in the Enterprise and Industry

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Rana Puri

Rana Puri

Sr. Wireless Application Consultant, Research In Motion

Rana’s efforts within RIM and BlackBerry have facilitated some of North America’s largest companies drive value out of their current BlackBerry deployments. He has over 10 years of Java application experience focusing on enterprise applications and ...

DEV822 - Mobile Application Architecture: How Do I Start?

DEV865 - Future Proofing BlackBerry Applications for the Enterprise

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Pratik Sapra

Pratik Sapra

Application Development Consultant, Research In Motion

Pratik is a member of the Developer Relations Team at RIM. As an Application Development Consultant he manages the technical relationship with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) in the consumer space. Pratik's areas of expertise include Native ...

DEV819 - Introduction to the BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK: Building a Sample Application

DEV825 - Powering Immediacy: Putting Push Data to Work for You

DEV840 - Lab: Introduction to the Native Development Kit for BlackBerry Tablet OS

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Christopher Saunders

Christopher Saunders

Application Development Consultant, Research In Motion

Christopher is a relatively recent addition to the Developer Relations organization, coming from the BlackBerry Messenger development team. As one of the original software developers for BBM, he has witnessed the explosive growth of the product ...

DEV802 - Think Super Web Apps! How to Build Highly Functional, User-friendly BlackBerry Apps

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Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith

VP, Handheld Application Platform &Tools, Research In Motion

Christopher Smith is Senior Director of Research and Development for the BlackBerry Development Platform at Research in Motion. Running the team of developers, Christopher has R&D and engineering responsibility for the BlackBerry Development ...

DEV839 - Which Programming Environment is Right for You?

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Adam Stanley

Adam Stanley

Senior Application Development Consultant, Research In Motion

As a member of the BlackBerry Developer Relations Team at Research in Motion, Adam manages the technical relationship with developers who specialize in producing mobile applications, based on web technologies, for BlackBerry Smartphones and Tablet. ...

DEV802 - Think Super Web Apps! How to Build Highly Functional, User-friendly BlackBerry Apps

DEV828 - Lab: Introduction to BlackBerry WebWorks

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Krishna Tammireddy

Krishna Tammireddy

Head AppWorld Sales & Marketing APAC, Middle East & Africa, Research In Motion

Krishna Tammireddy, leads RIM's Sales & Marketing of App Store business in the Asia-Pacific, Africa & Middle East Regions. Previously Krishna worked with Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) a leading global interactive entertainment software company as Head ...

DEV870 - Panel: Create the Most Successful Monetization Strategy

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Charles Wei

Charles Wei

Technical Director, Torch Mobile (Beijing) Co. Ltd.

Charles Wei R&D Manager of Torch Mobile (Beijing) Co. Ltd

DEV809 - Web Apps: Design and Build Great Looking UI and User Experiences

DEV846 - Advanced Web Rendering: webGL, Canvas and Gaming

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Alan Wong

Alan Wong

Application Development Specialist, Research In Motion

Alan Wong, Application Development Specialist, Research In Motion HK. As part of RIM’s Developer Relations organization, Alan is responsible for managing the technical relationships with RIM’s developer community. Alan focuses specifically in the ...

DEV840 - Lab: Introduction to the Native Development Kit for BlackBerry Tablet OS

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Brian Zubert

Brian Zubert

Team Lead, Developer Relations, Research In Motion

Brian is the Team Lead of Developer Relations at Research In Motion. Brian manages technical relationships with consumer-focused Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who specialize in Bluetooth, GPS, multimedia, social networking, mobile banking, and ...

DEV850 - New Ways to Monetize Your Apps with BlackBerry Application Platform Services

DEV812 - Apps that Deliver Augmented Reality or Other Compelling Experiences with Transparent Overlays

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