Michael Stepping is a technology entrepreneur and academic with a Dr.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering and over nine years of documented professional experience leading mobile live-video streaming and communications projects. As CEO of avinotec he built a mobile video platform enabling real-time webcam and surveillance streaming across 2G/3G/4G networks, combining deep protocol expertise (RTP/RTSP/DASH/HLS) with practical product delivery. He balances industry and scholarship as a professor of Mobile and Cloud Computing, bringing hands-on teaching and research in Android, multimedia codecs, and mobile networks. His background spans telecom program management (PRINCE2, PMP, Scrum) and enterprise IT delivery for clients like DHL, reflecting strengths in both technical architecture and program leadership. Beyond streaming, he has contributed to MPEG standards work and applies that standards-level insight to commercial products and intelligent transport systems. Colleagues value him for turning complex network and codec constraints into reliable, deployable mobile experiences.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Dr.-Ing. Electrical Engineering Communication Networks, Dr.-Ing. Electrical Engineering Communication Networks at FernUniversität in Hagen
Dipl.-Ing. Electrical and Electronics Communications Engineering, Dipl.-Ing. Electrical and Electronics Communications Engineering at Universität Siegen
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