This Filipina Netflix Engineer is on the Top 43 World’s Most Powerful Female Engineers in the world and America’s Top 50 Women In Tech!
Anne Aaron, a full-blooded Filipina who works for Netflix as the director of video algorithms is a multi-awarded engineer.
Her duties also include “project management, cross-team coordination, strategic decision-making on software design and research, hiring and managing software engineers and research scientists.
Education
She graduated from the Philippine Science High School before enrolling in the Ateneo de Manila University, where she earned two bachelor’s degrees:
- one in computer engineering in 1999 and
- one in physics in 1998.
She enrolled at Stanford University afterward and earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering.
Career
After graduating from Stanford, she immediately began working for video streaming firms like Modulus Video and Dyyno.
Next, she spent time at Cisco Systems, where she oversaw video encoding for the company’s FlipShare Video desktop application.
Since 2011, she has been employed by Netflix.
Awards
- She was named by Business Insider as one of the 43 most influential women engineers in 2017.
- She was listed by Forbes as one of “America’s Top 50 Women In Tech” in 2018.
Filipina Netflix Engineer
If you don’t have your own subscription of Netflix, you’re missing out on their shows.
From the award-winning show The Crown to the much-talked about hit Stranger Things, everybody’s hooked on any original series released on Netflix. Not to mention all the classic shows and beloved movies they have in their lineup every month.
Our weekends are more entertaining now thanks to Netflix and we don’t even have to leave the comfort of our own homes.
Did you know that a Filipino engineer is the Director of Encoding Technologies at the company?
She was even featured on Business Insider’s list of “The 43 most powerful female engineers in the world.”
Anne Aaron graduated with two degrees in Ateneo de Manila University – Bachelor of Science in Physics in 1998 and Computer Engineering in 1999.
She pursued her master’s degree and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in Stanford University.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Aaron’s PhD research at Stanford University “was one of the pioneering work in field of Distributed Video Coding.”
In her Stanford profile, she shared, “I am a member of the Image, Video and Multimedia Systems Group, the research group of Professor Bernd Girod. My research is on distributed source coding and its applications.”
She further said that “Using Wyner-Ziv coding, we are developing a low-complexity video encoder for wireless cameras and a novel error-resiliency technique for video broadcasting. We are also applying distributed source coding techniques to compression for large camera arrays and random access of light fields.”
Me at #netflix #womenintech speaking about 250kbps video. Next to Crazy Eyes. pic.twitter.com/XvDT3V7RyU
— Anne Aaron (@AnneMargotAaron) July 22, 2016
Before working for Netflix, she was a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead for Media Processing in Dyyno Inc.
She developed “practical expertise in video streaming and peer-to-peer networking”.
Then later worked for Cisco, where she was the engineering lead for the video codec components of FlipShare.
When she started working for Netflix in 2011, she was the Senior Software Engineer for its Encoding Technologies and later became the Manager for Video Algorithms in 2014.
According to her LinkedIn account, she noted, “As Director of Video Algorithms at Netflix I lead of team of software engineers and research scientists responsible for video analysis, processing and encoding in the Netflix ingest and encoding pipeline.”
She said “We build software in the cloud that encodes and processes video and images at scale. Our team drives innovation that enables hundred of millions of Netflix members worldwide to watch TV shows and movies with the best video quality possible.”
In an industry where men usually dominate the workplace, it is empowering to see women like Aaron lead people and create something that helps viewers watch their favorite shows with the best viewing experience possible.
Clearly, women are putting a mark on the tech world.
The Basics of Netflix
Netflix is a streaming service that offers its users movies and TV shows, with new episodes added every day.
The service is available on a variety of devices, including computers, mobile devices, gaming consoles, and smart TVs.
Netflix also produces its own original programming, which can only be watched through the Netflix app.
What services does Netflix offer?
Netflix, Inc. is an American multinational entertainment company founded on August 29, 1997, in Scotts Valley, California by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph.
The company’s primary business is its subscription-based streaming service which offers online streaming of television shows, movies, and other original content.
Netflix also produces and acquires original content and licenses films from major movie studios. As of July 2017, Netflix had 104 million paid subscribers worldwide.
The company has expanded its services to include a DVD-by-mail service and a separate streaming service for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Netflix is available on a wide range of devices, including smartphones and tablets, personal computers, smart TVs, video game consoles, and set-top boxes.
How much does Netflix cost?
Netflix is an online streaming service that offers its users a wide variety of TV shows, movies, and documentaries.
It has both a monthly subscription plan and a pay-as-you-go option. Watch Netflix on your smartphone, tablet, Smart TV, laptop, or streaming device, all for one fixed monthly fee.
Plans range from ₱149 to ₱549 a month. No extra costs, no contracts.
How many people use Netflix?
Netflix is a streaming service that has millions of users.
Though Netflix does not release the number of users, analysts estimate that Netflix has about 150 million subscribers.
This number is only for those who subscribe to Netflix directly.
When you add in people who watch Netflix through other services, such as Hulu or Amazon Prime, the number of people who watch Netflix is closer to 250 million.
What devices can you use to watch Netflix?
Netflix can be watched on a wide variety of devices, including computers, smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and streaming media players. In order to watch Netflix on a computer, you’ll need to have the latest version of the Netflix app installed.
To watch on a smartphone or tablet, you’ll need either the Netflix app or the website optimized for mobile devices. To watch on a smart TV or streaming media player, you’ll need to have the Netflix app installed.
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