Mike Staines is a creative technologist with over 20 years experience across the digital and IT industries.
CTO of the technology group, HUB, with offices in London and Porto Alegre, Mike has designed and architected applications, frameworks and stand-alone experiential solutions for enterprise and mid-market brands such as Coca-Cola, Samsung, Visa Europe, Pfizer, DairyCo, Liquitex, Barclaycard, Berkeley Homes, Entertainment One and the Arts Council of England, and has had digital applications featured in 3 of the previous Olympic Games.
Possessing in-depth knowledge of SMB, Mike and his team of designers, developers and content creators work for over 75 small businesses in the UK, Europe and South America, and whilst enjoying the challenge of larger, visible brand-led projects, gets equal fulfilment from smaller, dynamic operations with unique outlooks and ideas.
With specialist skills in user experience design, educational and virtual learning environments, immersion design, application development and cross-platform integration, Mike is currently pursuing conceptual development in the areas of world building, mixed-reality augmentation and complex wearable interaction.
As a serial entrepreneur with several successful exits, Mike currently holds interests in several technology-based start-ups and mature businesses contributing with proactive managerial, creative and developmental consultancy.
Working in digital by day, Mike pursues fine art by night, exploring the repositioning of future objects within current and past day-to-day urban landscapes and atypical scenarios; a watercolour of a science fictitious space craft hovering above the local Lidl for example.
Mike is a fellow of Royal Society of Art having been nominated by Professor Malcolm Garrett RDI (former Chairman of the Royal Designers for Industry and HUB shareholder), has a bachelors in Media Arts from University of Plymouth and an MA in Arts and Media Practice from Westminster. As of 2021, Mike is also a professional member (MBCS) of the Chartered Institute for IT (British Computer Society).
Projects credited in
- Innovating with Membership Organisations: PIMFAPIMFA, the Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association, formerly known as the WMA (Wealth Management Association), formerly known as APCIMS (Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers), is a longstanding HUB client. At the core of the PIMFA digital membership strategy sits the PIMFA website and PIMFA Trade Association CRM. With close integration between both platforms, the management of the membership becomes informed and intelligent, with visibility1
- Supporting Mental Health OnlineTooled Up Education is an online, subscription-based membership site serving teachers and parents with content to support and maintain the mental health of the children in their care. Its primary goal is to create and serve evidence-based resources on all aspects of parenting, education and family life. Spearheaded by the pre-eminent researcher and author Dr Kathy Weston, Tooled Up chose HUB to build out their membership offering and publishing platform based on our ongoing experience working w
Work history
Website DeveloperHUB London
London, United KingdomFull Time
Education
BA Media ArtsUniversity of Plymouth
- Exeter, United Kingdom