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Leonard Ah Kun

Leonard Ah Kun is a mobile application development specialist and interaction designer. He has a M.Sc degree in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town. During his studies, his research focused mainly on creating engaging experiences with mobile devices. This included using a mobile phone's camera to detect the motion of the phone to view large workspaces, and a method of viewing digital photographs with mobile devices that was as compelling as looking at printed photos between co-present individuals. Leonard’s work experience started at a mobile VOIP company where he led the development and design of two of their supported mobile platforms of their core product. Leonard is currently one of the co-founders of Cobi Interactive, a custom mobile software development company founded in 2009. He has also co-founded MADMob, a social network community where local mobile developers can get together to discuss various mobile development topics.

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