Srinivas Ganji

Engineering Manager

San Francisco, California, United States23 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of experience in multimedia performance.
Led development of Airplay2 Video SDK for major TV platforms.
Expert in power optimization for Android and Linux platforms.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a multimedia technology expert with a focus on video streaming and power optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipSoftware ManagementSdk DevelopmentPower OptimizationMultimedia Playback

Other Skills

VideoVideo SoftwareStreaming MediaOpen-Source SoftwareAdaptive StreamingEmbedded Software ProgrammingAgile MethodologiesTechnology ManagementHiringApplication DevelopmentData StructuresEmbedded CPeople ManagementLeadershipHTML

About

As an Engineering Manager, I have experience in managing large teams across multiple sites and product lines, focusing on video streaming, power optimization, and multimedia performance. With over 10 years of experience in the Android and Chrome OS ecosystems, I have a strong domain knowledge and hands-on expertise in multimedia video and audio processing, display, DRM, and UX. Currently, I am directly responsible for the development and delivery of the Airplay2 Video SDK, which enables seamless video streaming across major TV platforms, reaching over 500 million units worldwide. I have experience in leading the power and performance optimizations for the Linux/Android platforms, working with the architecture, hardware, and systems teams to develop benchmarks, analyze workloads, and propose new solutions. My mission is to create innovative and user-friendly multimedia products that enhance the quality and efficiency of video and audio consumption.

Experience

23 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 mos

Current Experience

Youtube

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Software Engineering Manager

Jun 2025 – Jan 2026 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

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Apple

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Apr 2018 – Jun 2025 · 7 yrs 2 mos · Cupertino, California

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Amazon lab126

Engineering Leader

Aug 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

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Qualcomm innovation center inc

Senior Staff Engineer/Manager

Nov 2011 – Aug 2016 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. San diego , USA

Lead Power Optimizations for MSM Android line of products (2011 – Present):
Defined power benchmarks/dashboard to continuously track power improvements from chip to chip, Android releases and SW/HW optimizations impact.
Defined Global Days of use (GDoU) use-cases to cover various QC customers/products battery life requirements.
Lead various SW power optimizations efforts via analyzing use case workloads, break downs, load distribution to low power HW blocks.
Came up with new HW blocks/architecture proposals to improve power and performance.
Lead the effort to develop various automation test frameworks for Power profiling and Analysis.
Lead 20 member geographically distributed (different time zones) power team for various MSM Android product lines.
Lead cross functional teams (video, audio, display, connectivity, security, application development, customer engineering, program management) to ensure the Power goals are met for MSM Android line of products.

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Qualcomm inc

Staff Engineer

May 2005 – Nov 2011 · 6 yrs 6 mos · Greater San Diego Area

Lead Multimedia Playback efforts for QC MSM Android line of products (2009– 2011):
Defined multimedia playback framework for Android/Linux based products covering OpenMax, V4l2, and ALSA, AV Sync, Clock rate matching.
Responsible for integrating QC HW accelerated video/audio codecs to Android/Linux based products.
Lead various SW power optimizations efforts via analyzing use case workloads, break downs, load distribution to low power HW blocks.
Came up with new HW blocks/architecture proposals to improve video playback power and performance.
Lead the effort to develop automation test frameworks to ensure various multimedia content is well handled.
Lead 15 member geographically distributed development team and coordinated cross functional teams (video, audio, display, connectivity, security, application development, customer engineering, program management) to ensure the multimedia deliverables for MSM Android line of products.
Lead Multimedia Playback efforts for QC MSM BREW line of products (2005– 2009):
Defined multimedia playback framework for BREW based products covering Qtv Player API, VDEC API, Audio CMX API, AV Sync, Clock rate matching.
Responsible for integrating QC HW/FW accelerated video/audio codecs to BREW based products.
Came up with new HW blocks/architecture proposals to improve video playback power and performance.
Lead the effort to develop automation test frameworks to ensure various levels of API testes with rigorous multimedia content.
Lead 10 member geographically distributed (different time zones) development team and coordinated cross functional teams (video, audio, display, connectivity, security, application development, customer engineering, program management) to ensure the multimedia deliverables for MSM BREW line of products.