Greg Athas Email & Phone Number

Addison, Tx, Us

Munich, De

Head of Platform and Operations Department, responsible for leading architecture, development, machine learning and SRE teams in design, delivery and operations of the global BMW Connected product line. Key areas of focus include: - Open Mobility Cloud (OMC): Cloud native micro-services platform that combines vehicle (IoT) and user telemetry to create a "Personalized Mobility Graph API". This graph uses machine learning to create predictive and proactive experiences that assist drivers with their BMWs (journey planning, vehicle servicing, charging, etc.). - Conversational Assistant: In-vehicle voice based assistant that uses natural language understanding and Azure Bots (dialogs) to provide "hands-free" interaction with the OMC. - BMW/Mini Connected Mobile Apps: Native mobile applications for Android and iOS that deliver a personalized experience for remote vehicle management and access to BMW services.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Head of architecture, responsible for managing team and overseeing the architecture of the Xpress cloud platform. The core service is a server assisted Web Browser used by 100 million unique monthly users. The Xpress browser enables access to the full in internet on low cost mobile devices with limited performance and bandwidth in emerging market countries. Additional services include a big data analytics platform, content portal for monetization, recommendation engine, and web application platform.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Acquired by Microsoft• Lead architect for Nokia Xpress Now (NXN) recommendation engine. NXN leverages big data and machine learning to provide web site recommendations based on personal usage, crowd sourced trends and content inter-relationships. NXN is deployed in 6 countries and supports 5 languages.• Lead architect for Asha Web Application platform. This is a full lifecycle (runtime, store, SDK, IDE) application platform based on HTML5 and W3C Widgets specifications. This platform uses a patent pending distributed platform to support engaging applications on low cost devices with performance and bandwidth constraints. There are over 20 million application downloads a month.• Head of Innovation team. Responsible for managing a team of developers and interns tasked with rapid prototyping new mobile concepts for evaluation, in-field user studies, and beta tests.

Itasca, Il, Us

Acquired by Nokia• Lead developer for server based web content adaptation and transcoding service deployed in network by mobile operators (Verizon, Vodafone UK, US Cellular) and web companies (Yahoo!) to enable access to full web content on mobile web browsers. • Lead developer for pre-sales prototypes and integration studies. Projects include solutions for Web Application support via server based content adaptation for resource constrained mobile phones and "web clipping" of user selected sections of desktop web content for viewing on mobile devices.

Queensbury, Ny, Us

• Principal Engineer responsible for design and enhancement of XML/JavaScript presentation engine and associated applications for embedded devices in digital television (DTV) industry. Applications include Interactive Program Guide (IPG), and Digital Video Recorder (DVR). Key technologies: XML, JavaScript, MPEG-2 video processing, custom 2D Graphics, SSL, and HTTP.• Technical lead for embedded Movie Listings Application connected via web services to obtain and present regional listings data and provide secure online ticket purchase. (SOAP, JavaScript, XMLHttpRequest).• Technical lead in professional services engagements involving customization and porting of embedded presentation engine (Linux, VxWorks), pre-sales meetings, gathering client requirements, giving demonstrations, and creating written proposals.• Design of novel user interfaces for DTV based devices (Video on Demand, Photo Viewer, and Visual Search).

• Lead developer/designer of systems control software for automated Nanolithography instrument based on Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). Projects include: high performance scan generation system, MEMS actuation, force feedback control, high precision stage control, and real time video acquisition (C++, C#, DirectShow).• Lead developer/designer of Graphical User Interface Software for instrument control and automation. Key projects include: image acquisition and processing, graphical stage navigation, and automated alignment wizards (C#, VB.Net). • Lead developer/designer of machine vision software for anti-counterfeiting nanofabrication process. (Matrox MIL, C#)

• Professional Services Team Leader in the embedded Internet device and digital television industries. Responsible for gathering customer requirements, design and presentation of solutions to customers, generating project plans, and managing/mentoring teams up 10 members. Responsible for running multiple simultaneous projects spanning several geographical locations (Chicago, San Jose, Boston, Tokyo).• Technical lead for customization and porting of embedded web browser to digital television set-top boxes and other embedded Internet devices across multiple platforms (Linux, Win32, VxWorks). Projects include adding and customizing features such as advanced 2D Graphics, Cryptography (SSL), Digital Audio (PCM, MP3), MPEG-2, TCP-IP, embedded Java Virtual Machine, Performance Tuning, and embedding Macromedia Flash in devices.

Hillsboro, Oregon, Us

• Architect/Developer of automation software for semiconductor capital equipment (Focused Ion Beam) systems used for nanoscale circuit edit, micro-machining, MEMS prototyping, metrology, and photomask repair. • Architect/Developer of machine vision systems (COGNEX and custom hardware) for automating thin-film disk drive head micro-machine system.• Developer of Client/Server based instrumentation control and data acquisition software for Focused Ion Beam system. Projects include control and integration software for multi-axis sub-um precision stages, vacuum systems, high voltage systems, digital I/O electronics, scan generators, image acquisition systems, coordinate transformations, and temperature control.

B.S., Physics

Ph.D., Solid State Physics