Principal Video Architect Resume

SUMMARY:

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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

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 (Optical Technologies)

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.

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, Confidential (Qwest) 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 (Qwest) 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 (Qwest) 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 (Qwest) 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 (Qwest) and other carriers’ position regarding VDSL Line Code standard. Authored and co-authored numerous contributions. Represented Qwest 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, MathCAD

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