Brian Scully

Software Engineer

Sacramento, California, United States21 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in software engineering management.
Expertise in Digital Rights Management across multiple platforms.
Proven track record of growing engineering teams globally.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in semiconductor software engineering with a focus on digital rights management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital Rights ManagementTeam ManagementDevice Driver DevelopmentContent ProtectionSoftware TestingTest Automation

Other Skills

Graphics HardwareCross-Cultural CollaborationContent Protection TechnologiesDevice Driver InterfaceCryptographic ProtocolsTest Software DevelopmentVideo ProcessingC++Device DriversSoftware DevelopmentDebuggingSemiconductorsSoCTestingSystem on a Chip (SoC)

About

I've managed software engineering teams both large and small for well over a decade. I pride myself on teamwork, empathy, and accountability.

Experience

21 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

8 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

5 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Intel corporation

3 roles

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

May 2011 – Nov 2020 · 9 yrs 6 mos

Grew an organization from a small team to over 50 engineers and managers. At times including team members from Bangalore, Jerusalem, and Shanghai.
Responsible for enabling Digital Rights Management schemes on Intel graphics hardware for MacOS, Windows, Android, and Chrome OS.
Examples include Google Widevine, Microsoft Playready, Apple Fairplay, Blu-ray, and Intel Insider among others.

Digital Rights ManagementGraphics HardwareTeam ManagementCross-Cultural Collaboration

Graphics Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2008 – Apr 2011 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Responsible for implementing various content protection technologies for premium video in Windows graphics drivers.
Enabled Intel's Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP) hardware.
Designed and implemented new Device Driver Interface (DDI) layers to enable new technologies.
Designed and drove driver re-architecture to share code across environments and hardware generations.
Worked with several cryptographic protocols and code obfuscation technologies.

Content Protection TechnologiesDevice Driver InterfaceCryptographic ProtocolsDevice Driver DevelopmentContent Protection

Graphics Validation Lead

Aug 2005 – Feb 2008 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Wrote test software to validate graphics drivers and hardware for video processing and content protection.
Wrote several applications as proof-of-concept vehicles for next-generation video processing features. Worked with Independent Software Vendors to bring new features to market.
Used test automation to save time and costs associated with manual test execution.

Test Software DevelopmentTest AutomationVideo ProcessingSoftware Testing