Brian Maxson Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

I and a small team from Mitsubishi are applying our experience as users of DTV IC's to the role of manufacturer of a new DTV IC.At Marvell, software is developed in shops around the world - truly a 24-hour business. People are driven. The air crackles. Prepare to be amazed.

Irvine, Ca.

linux 2.6, VxWorks, C, MPEG2, OCAP, IEEE1394 Member of Mitsubishi's Advanced Development group.We developed the first production DTV, then enhanced, improved and rewrote TVs for another 12 years. Responsibilities included: - implmenting the first TV with integrated DVR using the 1394 bus. - coordinating with a subcontractor to design and implement protocol.

Orange County, California Area

Assisted the owner in developing/enhancing what was probably the first (and lowest-cost) integrated NTSC DVR board for the film & tv production industry.

Riverside, Ca.

- Partnered with extraordinary designer and thinker, Dave Vann, to develop a game engine and then publish several games on handheld platforms.- Discovered that in that business, the liability of not loving games outweighs the benefit of understanding good software process. Nevertheless, wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

Orange County, California Area

- Led the team that maintained and enhanced our flagship product, a multi-user word processing system running on DEC minis and the nascent IBM PC.- Designed and wrote a tool to locate and read hand-written routing numbers on fax cover pages. It brought together feature extraction techniques (from visual processing systems learned at New College,) with.

Santa Ana, Ca.

- Hired and led the Applications group, developing software for building automation and energy management in assembly code and Fortran. With a remarkable team of engineers and managers, installed and completed a number of large contracts at campuses around the country. - Investigated sources of vegetarian food, available after midnight in Warner-Robbins.