Mike Ryan has spent the last 15 years developing interactive applications, the last 9 years developing applications for TV. Most recently Mike has been working for TVWorks, a joint venture between Comcast and Cox communications developing their interactive television infrastructure. Mike led TVWorks’s Client Applications group’s development of Comcast’s first generation of ETV applications. Mike was intimately involved in all aspects of developing, testing and deploying these applications and help define much of the initial infrastructure. Mike also led the development of the Cox DCA interactive portal currently deployed in over 200,000 homes across the U.S.

Previous to TVWorks Mike worked for TechTV, a 24 hour, technology focused, cable network. At TechTV Mike was the lead engineer for their Interactive Television Group where Mike developed an interactive television, video on-demand portal for the CableVision IO service. Mike also developed an on-air interactive application deployed on Charter and DIRECTV’s Wink deployments. While at TechTV Mike designed and developed a system for creating a PC-based, online, synchronized-to-TV application system. Before leading interactive television development Mike also was crucial to the development of a website rebrand, redesign and deployment. Mike has also held developer roles at MeeVee.com, Excite@Home and Electronic Arts.

Mike has a Bachelor of Arts in Radio and Television and an M.B.A (cum laude) both from San Francisco State University.