Christian Schormann

Current

• Director of Program Management, Expression Group at Microsoft

Past

• VP R&D at Splinex Inc
• CTO Broadcast & Professional Division at Pinnacle Systems
• VP of Engineering at Zatso Inc.

• VP of R&D, Softimage DS at Microsoft/Softimage - Avid
• VP R&D at Softimage
• VP R&D at Avid
• Director R&D Softimage at Microsoft
• Director of Development at Comunicacion Integral

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Christian Schormann’s Summary

Christian Schormann’s Specialties:

Software development
Software product design
Software architecture
Development management
Multinational management
Computer graphics software
Video editing & special FX software
Music software
Interaction design
Software product business planning
Technology evaluation

Christian Schormann’s Experience

• Director of Program Management, Expression Group

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  November 2005 — Present (2 years 10 months)

• VP R&D

  Splinex Inc

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2005 — October 2005 (10 months)

  Member of Senior Management
  Responsible for all aspects of R&D including product planning and design, development process and team management of 30+ engineers in locations in the USA and in Russia

• CTO Broadcast & Professional Division

  Pinnacle Systems

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; PCLE; Computer Software industry)

  January 2001 — January 2005 (4 years 1 month)

  Technology strategy for the division. Leading role in division-wide product planning and design, including editing, networked production solutions, distributed graphics and asset management.
  
  Product design and specification for the editing group (Pinnacle Liquid).
  
  Participation in business and strategy planning. Technical due diligence for acquisitions (including Fast Multimedia and Steinberg).
  
  Management of R&D groups in the USA and Germany.
  
  Cross-division technology exchange and cooperation.
  
  R&D process development and improvement across the company.

• VP of Engineering

  Zatso Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2000 — November 2000 (11 months)

  Zatso provided personalized enhanced video newscasts on the Internet, with a strong focus on local news. Responsible for management of all aspects of product development, including the development process.
  
  Development of large scale, database-driven, highly dynamic, multi-branded and video-heavy websites.
  
  Creation of an Internet-based, high-volume distributed video content acquisition system and authoring tools for internal and partner use.
  
  Development of strategy and technology for broadband and TV convergence delivery mechanisms.
  
  Membership in the executive team. Participation in the definition of company strategy.

• VP of R&D, Softimage DS

  Microsoft/Softimage - Avid

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  January 1998 — December 1999 (2 years)

  Joined Softimage in Montreal, then a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, as Director of development for SOFTIMAGE|DS.
  SOFTIMAGE|DS is a high-end Windows-based integrated video postproduction environment; including editing, compositing, paint, graphics and audio (DS stands for Digital Studio).
  In July 1998, Softimage was sold by Microsoft to Avid Technologies. Since then, Vice President of R&D for SOFTIMAGE|DS.
  
  Managed all aspects of development in a team of up to 50 developers, quality assurance and program managers.
  
  Responsible for product planning and design.
  
  Participation in all elements of corporate strategy planning.
  
  Delivered 3 releases in the first year, including the first implementation of software-based real-time effects for broadcast quality video on a PC platform.
  
  Responsible for the development of the first PC-based high-definition TV editing system.

• VP R&D

  Softimage

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

• VP R&D

  Avid

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

• Director R&D Softimage

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

• Director of Development

  Comunicacion Integral

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 1995 — December 1997 (2 years 11 months)

  Director of development for Jaleo (developed in Las Palmas, Spain).
  
  Jaleo is a high-end SGI-based postproduction environment that naturally integrates editing and compositing, including fully-featured editing for video and audio material, as well as paint and compositing tools.
  
  Responsible for product development, including release planning, specification, design and overall implementation.
  
  Design of future concepts for post production and authoring, as designed and planned for future releases of Jaleo and other products.