Primary Job Title CTO Primary Organization Real Networks
Location Los Angeles, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Founder and Chair of Kwaai.ai - Developer Community, Democratizing AI, Personal AI OS • former CTO, RealNetworks - Pivoted from streaming media roots to becoming a leader in AI • Serial start-up pro with a history of value creation (>$1Bn exits) • Innovator of award winning and patented technology (27 patents granted in US, 75 in WIPO) •
Battle-tested CTO who relishes communicating the hardest technical and business challenges. • Architect with extensive domain expertise: computer vision, edge AI, bio-medical devices, hybrid cloud, social gaming, agronomy, hardware/software, embedded systems, CODEC, mobile, big data, analytics, TV Everywhere, DRM, adaptive streaming, film and post-production. • Project Manager schooled in a range of methodologies including Agile, with a track record of bringing in projects on time, specification, and under budget. • Developer with deep experience in C/C++, DSP, Embedded, Mobile, and Cloud platforms
Specialties: Founding employee at Zya and Widevine Technologies (both sold to Google) , Director of Software at Second Sight (IPO 2014), DSP Consultant at Advanced Bionics Developed Lightworks NLE - Technical OSCAR/EMMY winning product, inventor of numerous patents, participator on standards bodies, author of technical articles.
