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Seattle, WA, US

Took a leave due to personal reasons and worked on a few passion projects.

Mountain View, CA, US

Mountain View, CA, US

Seattle, WA, US

San Francisco, California, US

• Built a new department from scratch to support creation of Dolby Vision content by tier 1 global partners, including Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, BBC, Canal+, Iqiyi, and Tencent.
• Built team and lab, developed policies, set budgets, provided training, and defined goals.
• Hired and managed a 5-member team distributed across Munich, Beijing, London, and US.
• Managed program to certify 3rd party content creation software: Baselight, Resolve, etc.
• Hired and trained field support engineers who helped content partners and production and post-production facilities become certified Dolby Vision facilities.

San Francisco, California, US

• Pivoted strategy from media features to how AC-4 audio codec can reduce costs and improve operational efficiency.

San Francisco, California, US

• Launched and supported product adoption by streaming services such as Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Iqiyi, Tencent, and Rakuten.
• Managed relationships with entire OTT ecosystem to coordinate silicon, ODM, OEM, device support (TVs, mobile, streaming sticks/devices), and content creation.
• Worked with product and engineering teams to deliver encoding, metadata creation and editing, and packing tooling for streaming partners.
• Gathered requirements and aligned content with streaming services in China for 4k content.
• Worked with DRM companies to create partnerships with streaming services in China.

El Segundo, CA, US

• Architecture designs for Ultraviolet and Disney Movies Anywhere digital content locker systems.
• Next gen media architecture designs for UHD/HDR and immersive audio (Atmos) including DRM, Encoding, and delivery.
• Architecture design for translations systems allowing DirecTV Now billing to communicate and integratewith legacy satellite billing systems

• Built editing suites, audio mastering suite, asset management systems, and all media workflows.
• Implemented storage area networks, network attached storage, LTO tape based archival system and AWS S3 archival system.
• Led team of editors, camera staff, and one support engineer to create award-winning content that has generated 993 videos, 400k subscribers, 121.14M views, and was acquired in 2016.

• Served as CTO for a full-service post-production facility and digital delivery platform to syndicate trailers to streaming services, TV stations, and media outlets; Managed a team of 3-12 people.
• Tech used included Final Cut Pro, After Effects, x264, Windows Media, Real Networks, QuickTime, ProRes, ProTools, and Mpeg-2.
• Clients included Disney, Universal, Paramount, Newline Cinema, Warner Brothers, Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm.

Marina Del Rey, California, US

SaaS platform for storing, managing, and delivering video for iptv, OTT, and other digital commerce platforms. Start Engine class of 2012, one of the premiere tech incubators in Los Angeles.