SUMMARY:

• Lead, intellectual property effort for Confidential video organization: authored patents and mentored key team members. Areas: network health & status, novel content navigation methods, enhanced GUIs, advanced audio control mechanisms, dynamic HDR & WCG signaling, agile DRM; building solid patent portfolio to enable future licensing revenue opportunities. Authored/co - authored 9 granted and 12 pending US patents (broadband, video streaming, GUI navigation, media processing, time-/place-shifting applications for STBs and whole-home integration, Fiber-To-The-Home FTTH operational status).
• Broad expertise in fiber-optic transmission systems (Wavelength Division Multiplexing): architectures, standards, physical layer. SME in modulation schemes, coherent modulation (QAM, QPSK), super-channels, fiber types (SMF - Standard Single Mode Fibers, NZ-DSF - Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted Fibers; large area, few-mode, multi-core & hollow-core fiber).
• Coherent Modulation to multiply spectral efficiency in fiber link to HFC Fiber Nodes: pioneered novel low-complexity method for fiber-optic high-order signal modulation, addressing future fiber strand shortage in operator networks. Piloted innovation project to demonstrate the viability of low-complexity approach to coherent modulation over short distances, demonstrating long remaining life of deployed fiber to accommodate anticipated growth, significantly reducing future capital expenses for new fiber builds.
• Established new fiber-optic lab from ground up. Extensive experience in fiber-optic lab work, setting up & verifying novel configurations, conducting physical layer test and analyzing results.
• FTTx/FTTH/PON, solid knowledge of cable Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) architectures and evolution scenarios (Node+X, FTTLA), DOCSIS.
• Responsible for assessment and selection of new fiber types for Long Haul, Metro and Access applications, including physical layer propagation characteristics, in view of future-proofing Confidential ’s fiber backbone for 400G & superchannel transmission and beyond. Responsible for establishing 400km fiber-optic testbed with new Super-Large Area fiber, enabling the evaluation of higher optical power, improved SNR & extended reach optical transmission systems.
• Editor, contributor & team lead, bi-annual technology assessment, report and readout to Confidential CTO, interfacing with large customers (incl. US Gov’t), covering emerging technologies (fiber-optic networking, security, traffic analysis & optimization, network redundancy, video) and assessing their impact onto Confidential network, services & business. Successfully lead a diverse team of expert contributors on a broad range of technologies, gathering and compiling key information into reports for distribution to executive leadership and presentation to high-level government officials. Received Confidential Gov’t Services Award 2013 for Outstanding Contributions.
• Discovered unique noise characteristic suitable for detection of detrimental Optical Beat Interference (OBI) in RFoG networks; developed fundamental principles for multiple approaches to detect OBI via dedicated hardware and signal processing algorithms.
• Expert witness: key technical expert witness for Confidential in litigation related to fiber-optic access & backhaul technologies.
• Represented Confidential in the Full Service Access Network initiative (FSAN) for FTTH Passive Optical Networks (PON) for 16 years, extending current standards (BPON, GPON) and defined new higher-speed, long-reach PON standards (WDM-PON, XG-PON1, NG-PON2, XGS-PON). Represented Confidential in ITU-T, Broadband Forum, ATIS T1E1.4 / NIPP-NAI and FS-VDSL standards bodies, defining new standards to improve rate and reach of xDSL technologies over existing copper infrastructure: VDSL2, Dynamic Spectrum Management, cross-talk cancellation (“vectoring”), MIMO, G.fast. Coordinated Confidential and other carriers’ position regarding VDSL Line Code standard. Authored and co-authored numerous contributions. Represented Confidential in FS-VDSL standardization effort. Received award for Outstanding Personal Contribution in Completing the Objectives of the Full Service Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line standardization effort.
• C/C++, Perl, shells, Python (basics), math/simulation packages: Mathematica, MatLab, MathCAD
• SME in Video and Audio standards, formats, encoding schemes, professional & consumer interfaces, display technologies, 4K and 8K Video, color spaces, chroma sampling, High Dynamic Range (HDR) & Wide Color Gamut (WCG), High Frame Rate (HFR) technologies as well as current and emerging trends in consumer electronics. Transformed Confidential Video Evaluation Lab, modernized large switch fabric to accommodate emerging video standards. SME in established and emerging video & audio encoding technologies & standards: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265, VC-1, Google VP8/VP9, Cisco Thor, AV1, Dolby Digital / AC-3/AC-4, DD+, AAC, HE-AAC. Led evaluation and vendor selection of RFP for High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) / H.265 video encoder/transcoder applications. Optimized video coding rates for new Confidential OTT video streaming architecture. Coached team members in visually identifying common video artifacts. Video encoder and head-end equipment evaluation & vendor selection, Confidential IPTV system (multiple rounds, 2004-2012), responsible for strategy, deployment criteria and recommendation to leadership. Took projects from beginning to end, directed other team members throughout encoder evaluation process and led entire process involving hardware setup (source - encoders - decoders - displays), test content acquisition/selection and video quality evaluation, numerous video encoder RFIs/RFPs, multiple rounds of Confidential IPTV Set-Top-Box requirements and vendor selection.
• Spearheaded DSL Speed & Stability Optimization (ASSIA) deployment: took multi-year project from first vendor contact to lab evaluation, field trial, software fine-tuning and final hand-off to Operations. Increased first-year revenue in upgraded areas by $5M (15% higher than projected). Conducted RFIs/RFPs for Next-Generation Access Networks using Fiber-To-The-x and GPON technologies. Established BPON GPON evolution scenarios and determined optimal migration strategies; initiated FTTH/PON Optical Power Budget calculation, setup of tools and knowledge transfer into planning documents, workflow and IT systems. Established VDSL2, ADSL2+ and Pair Bonding technology migration strategies and established deployment criteria.
• SME on MoCA, G.hn, powerline, plastic optical fiber (POF) and HPNA home networking technologies. Initiated and took project & technical lead in Confidential HPNA 3.0 vs. MoCA evaluation, took projects from beginning to end, directed other team members, coordinated vendor equipment and home trial locations, directed and conducted field test with Confidential video team, responsible for vendor selection and strategy recommendation to leadership. Main author of initial ITU-T/ATIS Joint Effort Multi-Wire-type Home Network Technology Proposal for a new, unified HN technology operating over coax, twisted pair, electrical lines with QoS provisions for high-quality video services; coordinating proposal with other North American carriers, resulted in new ITU-T G.hn Home Networking standard.
• Responsible for Confidential emerging Fiber-To-The-x/FTTH access architectures, network evolution and migration path, responsible for assessing emerging broadband technologies and developing migration strategies.
• Responsible for strategic planning of Confidential architecture and network scalability to handle doubling of data traffic every 18-24 months. Initiated and took technical lead in Proof-of-Concept for Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) system.
• Representative, Industrial Advisory Board, University of Colorado, Dept. of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering.
• Developed simulators in C++ to model large multiprocessor networks, evaluating routing protocols, determining latency, traffic flow, link utilization, congestion patterns and scalability under realistic multiprocessor workloads.

SKILLS:

• Excellent analysis and problem - solving skills. Innovative (21 patents).
• Ability to quickly acquire new knowledge and new skills, and apply them to new challenges
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated ability in developing and delivering complex technical presentations & papers
• Broad & deep background across multiple engineering disciplines, computer architecture, physics, general science
• Broad & deep computer and programming skills on variety of platforms & operating systems: Unix, PC/Windows, OS

EMPLOYMENT:

Confidential

Principal Video Architect

Responsibilities:

• SME in Video and Audio standards, formats, encoding schemes, professional & consumer interfaces, display technologies, 4K and 8K Video, color spaces, chroma sampling, High Dynamic Range (HDR) & Wide Color Gamut (WCG), High Frame Rate (HFR) technologies as well as current and emerging trends in consumer electronics.
• Transformed Confidential Video Evaluation Lab, modernized large switch fabric to accommodate emerging video standards.
• SME in established and emerging video & audio encoding technologies & standards: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265, VC-1, Google VP8/VP9, Cisco Thor, AV1, Dolby Digital / AC-3/AC-4, DD+, AAC, HE-AAC.
• Led evaluation and vendor selection of RFP for High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) / H.265 video encoder/transcoder applications. Optimized video coding rates for new Confidential OTT video streaming architecture. Coached team members in visually identifying common video artifacts. Coding skills: C/C++, Perl, shells, Python (basics), math/simulation packages: Mathematica, MatLab, MathCAD

Confidential

Principal Architect

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead for strategic projects and numerous RFPs in the IPTV, Video Head-End and Broadband space:
• Spearheaded DSL Speed & Stability Optimization (ASSIA) deployment: took multi-year project from first vendor contact to lab evaluation, field trial, software fine-tuning and final hand-off to Operations. Increased first-year revenue in upgraded areas by $5M (15% higher than projected).
• Conducted RFIs/RFPs for Next-Generation Access Networks using Fiber-To-The-x and GPON technologies.
• Established BPON GPON evolution scenarios and determined optimal migration strategies; initiated FTTH/PON Optical Power Budget calculation, setup of tools and knowledge transfer into planning documents, workflow and IT systems.
• Established VDSL2, ADSL2+ and Pair Bonding technology migration strategies and established deployment criteria.
• Produced and lead panel discussion at Confidential Summer Conference: "Fiber Optic Communication Beyond 100 Gbps"; hosted recognized industry experts in the field (from Comcast, Infinera and Corning), addressing exponential bandwidth growth, super-channel approach to higher spectral efficiency and novel fiber types.

Confidential

Senior Staff Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Access & In-Home Networking, xDSL and FTTH/PON Standards Body Representation, Optical Networking (Metro/Long Haul), Triple Play, IPTV, Video Technologies.
• Video encoder and head-end equipment evaluation & vendor selection responsible for strategy, deployment criteria and recommendation to leadership.
• Took projects from beginning to end, directed other team members throughout encoder evaluation process and led entire process involving hardware setup (source - encoders - decoders - displays), test content acquisition/selection and video quality evaluation, numerous video encoder RFIs/RFPs, multiple rounds of Confidential IPTV Set-Top-Box requirements and vendor selection.
• Representing Confidential for video-based standards bodies: MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) Interoperability Forum, SVA (Streaming Video Alliance) and CMAF (Common Media Application Format).
• Represented Confidential in the Full Service Access Network initiative (FSAN) for FTTH Passive Optical Networks (PON) for 16 years, extending current standards (BPON, GPON) and defined new higher-speed, long-reach PON standards (WDM-PON, XG-PON1, NG-PON2, XGS-PON).
• Represented Confidential in ITU-T, Broadband Forum, ATIS T1E1.4 / NIPP-NAI and FS-VDSL standards bodies, defining new standards to improve rate and reach of xDSL technologies over existing copper infrastructure: VDSL2, Dynamic Spectrum Management, cross-talk cancellation (“vectoring”), MIMO, G.fast.
• Coordinated Confidential and other carriers’ position regarding VDSL Line Code standard.
• Authored and co-authored numerous contributions. Represented Confidential in FS-VDSL standardization effort.
• Received award for Outstanding Personal Contribution in Completing the Objectives of the Full Service Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line standardization effort. Coding skills: C/C++, Perl, shells, Python (basics), math/simulation packages: Mathematica, MatLab, MathCA