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Anne Aaron
Born
Anne Margot F. Aaron
NationalityFilipino
Occupationdirector of video algorithms at Netflix

Anne Aaron is a Filipino engineer and the director of video algorithms at Netflix. Her responsibilities include "hiring and managing software engineers and research scientists, strategic decision-making on software architecture and research, project management, and cross-team coordination"[1]

Education

She attended the Philippine Science High School then went to the Ateneo de Manila University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1998 and another in computer engineering the year after.[2] She then entered Stanford University[1] where she received a PhD in electrical engineering.[3]

Career

After Stanford, she dove into video streaming companies, such as Modulus Video and Dyyno,[2] then followed a stint at Cisco Systems, where she was the engineering lead for video encoding for its FlipShare Video desktop software.[4] She has been working at Netflix since 2011.[4]

Awards

She was recognized as one of the 43 most powerful female engineers of 2017 by Business Insider.[5] In 2018 she was featured among "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" by Forbes.[6]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Meet the Filipina Engineer Who Makes Sure Your Netflix Doesn't Buffer".
  2. ^ a b "This Filipina-American engineer makes it easy for you to binge-watch Netflix".
  3. ^ "Decoding Silicon Valley: Anne Aaron looks back at how her #GlobalFilipinoJourney began as a woman and a Filipino in tech".
  4. ^ a b "Netflix's Director Of Algorithms Brings Binge Watching To A Low-Bandwidth World". Forbes.
  5. ^ "The 43 most powerful female engineers of 2017". Business Insider.
  6. ^ "Anne Aaron". Forbes.