EXECUTIVE PROFILE:

• Creative, results driven, technology leader with proven experience in the industry.
• Analytic and Problem - solver with a passion for video, software and network technologies.
• Expertise in grasping the big picture, selecting the right technologies and implementing solutions working with business leaders and C-level executives.
• Excels in leading highly focused teams that successfully deploy products and meet and exceed company objectives.
• Expertise Video and Software Technology Architecture and System Integration
• Experience working at a large MSO and with executives of other MSOs as well as major hardware and software suppliers
• Delivery of technology projects within Timeline and Budget and Cost Reduction
• Leading Edge Software and Network Technologies
• Staff Management and leading teams onshore and offshore
• Technology Strategy and Roadmap creation
• Experience developing video filters and workflows for various open sources and VirtualDub, AVISynth, FFMpeg, Handbrake, etc.
• 5 years’ experience in design and implementation of Home Gateway devices for conversion of QAM video to IP streaming within the home using DLNA/DTCP-IP and HTTP Streaming to IP Set Top Boxes and consumer devices such as Game Consoles, Connected TVs, media players, tablets and mobile devices.
• 10 years’ experience managing teams at Confidential and Confidential working on architecture, software engineering ranging from small to large teams of 150 - 250 people working in multiple projects onshore and offshore.
• 9 years’ experience in the development of embedded Interactive TV applications for Arris (Motorola) and Cisco Set Top box platforms running Linux, Vertex, vxWorks and other embedded OS.
• Experience in the design and implementation of wireless and wired networks for data, voice and video communications including Telephony, broadcast Digital Television, Video on Demand and IPTV.
• 47 patents submitted / 39 granted in the fields of TV, software architecture, interactive television, cable systems and other video technologies.

SKILLS & EXPERTISE:

• Management of large development teams onshore and offshore on multiple projects
• Rapid Development / Extreme development.
• Software design, architecture, Design Patterns, Object Oriented, UML, user interface design.
• Knowledge of C/C++, C#, .NET Framework, Java, HTML, SQL, Linux, IOS and Android Development
• Knowledge of video streaming using Flash, Silverlight, Apple Live Streaming HLS,
• Encoder HW, CDN distribution.
• Experience with Video Conferencing over TCP/IP and UDP.
• Certified Microsoft Engineer and Solution Developer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Flower Mound, TX

Founder

Responsibilities:

• I started my own software consulting to provide a wide variety of customers that want to implement software solutions or looking to staff projects such as front-end clients, back-ends and cloud deployments or simply modernize their business with code migration to newer technologies, cloud and containers, server less apps.
• Also looking for future projects involving video encoding, streaming, AR/VR applications, and add machine learning (AI to existing workflows.

Confidential, Richardson, TX

AVP of IT - Video Software Development

Responsibilities:

• Set up a new software development lab from scratch and build a world-class video development team to replicate Confidential back ends and work on new features.
• Established agile processes like scrum, source control and collaboration tools for the video lab.
• Worked on the smooth transition of millions of Confidential TV Customers and set top boxes from Confidential to Confidential preserving recordings, apps, settings and all features.
• Architected new video head-ends for linear TV and on demand and centralized backend systems for Frontier and their integration with IT-OSS and BSS systems.
• Set up a new Multi-screen Video back office and On Demand workflow using Elemental encoders in AWS cloud and physical HW, Secure Media and PR DRM as well as legacy Arris OLES encryption for Confidential .
• Installed new virtualized server farms for guide data servers, application servers, search, recommendations, notification platform for remote DVR and caller ID
• Setup new TV Everywhere application back ends with HLS and DRM protected video streams.
• Integrated and setup CDN providers and created re-branded clients for all set top box types and IOS, Mobile devices.
• Launched a new Frontier TV website with guide, search, live video streaming for customers.
• Spec’d next generation set-top boxes for Frontier with Wi-Fi, HEVC and 4K capability to be rolled out soon.
• Currently working on new IPTV architecture for Frontier’s DSL and Fiber markets with support for Multicast ABR, Fast channel change, 4K/UHD streaming and DRM for roll out in 2017.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Director of Technology

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Confidential ’s entertainment devices technology strategy and development of media and entertainment products for Confidential ’s Confidential customers as well as the out of franchise (over the top) Flexview video service on all consumer and mobile devices including the next generation Confidential Media Server, legacy Set Top Boxes, Mobile and Tablet devices, Consumer Electronic Devices.
• Lead a team of 95 people between US and India responsible for software development and testing of Confidential ’s Media Server which is the next generation DVR set top box that can tune to 6 Cable TV channels and stream the live TV and recorded content to any connected device within the home including other IP set top boxes, iPADs, Android Tablets, Smart TVs and Game consoles. Project consisted in architecting the platform, which included Linux OS, Cable Card decryption, DLNA server, video streamers, and a HTML5 UI. Currently working within the CTO Organization with a cross functional team of Marketing, Planning, Network, Legal, Operations and other teams within Confidential to deliver the product to Confidential customers.
• TV Everywhere and Over-the-Top - Lead the technology team responsible for the successful launch of 100 channels of Live TV and Video On Demand on Xbox, iPad, IPhone and Android and Samsung connected devices using over-the-top technologies such as HLS adaptive bitrate over CDN networks using JavaScript and HTML UIs.
• Confidential TV App Store - Responsible for the development team that worked and launched of Confidential ’s Confidential TV Widget Store application store in July 2009 and the Facebook and Twitter Widget based on LUA scripting language. Design and lead the implementation of a patented application launcher middleware for Set Top Boxes that allows the real-time download of application libraries. Also lead the server team responsible of the application store and widget ingestion workflow backend integration.
• Confidential TV Interactive Media Guide and Multi-Room DVR - Lead a team of about 180 people responsible for the architecture and design of the Confidential Interactive Media Guide (IMG) which includes Channel Guide, Multi-room DVR, Video On Demand, Unified Search, Media Manager and Widgets for Confidential TV customers. Designed to work on a QAM and IPTV Hybrid network IMG is an award-winner embedded application that takes advantage of the fast Confidential network. Responsibilities included day to day management of a team of 40 developers onshore and 60 in India and architecture of Set Top Box embedded client software using C++, architecture of back end services that included processing of Guide Data, Search, Set Top Box Configuration, Video On Demand Servers, Search Servers and Widgets Servers in a TCP/IP network using Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, .NET Web services and Linux servers.

Confidential, Irving, TX

MS Office Integration Development Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead developer of integration with the Microsoft Office XP Suite of applications and Confidential telephone and data networks capabilities to include functionalities such as click-to-dial, voice messaging, peer-to-peer data file transfer abilities and address book synchronization with Confidential Iobi platform. 

Confidential, Irving TX

Architect & Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Migrated Mainframe and Legacy DB applications to New Architecture to reduce cost - Lead a team to define procedures, upgrade and migrate from IBM mainframe and AS/400 to Windows / Intel architecture. Migrated Confidential West territories databases to 16 TB of EMC storage without interrupting online operations.
• Delivered Customer Care Billing Application - Lead and managed the development team that worked on Converged-Front-End-Engine Billing application for Confidential ’s Retail and Wholesale Markets and auxiliary systems such as Security Administration, Training Tool, Remittance Processing and the Confidential Billing Gateway. The application was a multi­tiered distributed application consisting of a Windows-based Application, Microsoft Server Cluster, MS SQL, COMTI, SNA Gateways.

Confidential

Director of IT

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all enterprise and communication systems including paging network systems, customer service, call center systems and web site development.
• Architected and rolled out the network and software necessary to expand Confidential 's wireless network from 3 cities to 50 cities in 1 year. Implemented and launched major call centers and data centers in Mexico City and Guadalajara for handling of the messaging representatives.

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Development of a client-server Call Center Application called CentreVu Supervisor for the Windows platform.
• Responsibilities included the use of object-oriented techniques to design ActiveX components and Visual Basic for the Graphical User Interface to connect to the CentreVu Server running on the Sun Solaris platform.