Jun 2008 – May 2018 · 9 yrs 11 mos · Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

• Media Player
• Lead Developer on a project to design and maintain a proprietary media player application for use on custom set-top-box (STB) hardware. The media player supported live television (IPTV) playback, as well as on-demand movies (VOD). Project was based on the GStreamer multimedia framework, integrating native code into an Android application.
• GStreamer, Android SDK, Java, Android NDK, JNI, C, C++, AOSP
• Codecs/Formats: MPEG-TS, MP4, h.264, h.265, MPEG2 video(mp2v), AC-3(dolby), AAC(mp4a), MP3, MPEG2 audio(mp2a), E-AC-3, Closed Captioning (EIA-608, CEA-708), DVB Subtitles
• Streaming Protocols: UDP multicast (IPTV), RTSP, RTP, HLS, MPEG DASH, HTTP, TCP
• Broadcast Standards: ATSC, DVB
• DRM/CAS: Verimatrix, LYNK DRM (SCAS), Simulcrypt, general cryptography knowledge
• Familiarity with similar media player applications- VLC, Kodi/XBMC, MPlayer, MythTV
• Passing knowledge of related systems- OpenGL, DirectX, OpenMAX (OMX), ALSA, Linux kernel
• Mobile Applications
• Developed applications for multiple mobile platforms, including Android and iOS, as well as the now-defunct Windows Phone and Blackberry platforms. Experience with full development lifecycle; including design work, application development and programming, publishing the app to platform's store, and providing updates after launch.
• iOS: Objective C, XCode
• Android: Java, C/C++, JNI, Eclipse, Android Studio
• Windows Phone: C#, Visual Studio
• Blackberry: Java ME, Eclipse
• Familiar with differences in SDK and design standards between platforms.
• Understanding of limitations and design concerns of a mobile environment, such as limited resources, unreliable network connections, and frequent multitasking/backgrounding.
• Other Skills
• Virtualization: VirtualBox, VMWare, Docker Containers
• Build Process: Shell Scripts, Gradle, Yocto, Jenkins