Mats Myrberg

Current

• Chief Everything at Tiny Tech Tank

Past

• VP Product Marketing & Development at Avnera
• Director, Technical Strategy & Partner Development at Microsoft
• Principal DSP Engineer at Pacific Microsonics

• Principal Engineer & Senior Audio Architect at Macromedia
• Senior Research Engineer at Korg R&D
• Founder/VP Engineering at OSC
• Member Technical Staff at Ensoniq
• Member Technical Staff at Infotron

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Education

• Tufts University

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Industry

Computer Software

Mats Myrberg’s Summary

I have 20+ years of audio technology experience. I enjoy building new technologies and companies.

Mats Myrberg’s Specialties:

Audio (& video) DSP/codecs, startups, mergers, online music, DRM, mobile media & entertainment. Relationship management, strategy development, branding, negotiation.

Mats Myrberg’s Experience

• Chief Everything

  Tiny Tech Tank

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2008 — Present (9 months)

  Exploring the boundaries of a single person org

• VP Product Marketing & Development

  Avnera

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Semiconductors industry)

  July 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 6 months)

  Mixed-signal semiconductor startup funded by Bessemer, Redpoint, JAFCO, DAG, Intel, Panasonic, Best Buy. Company creates breakthrough SoCs for high fidelity wireless audio.

• Director, Technical Strategy & Partner Development

  Microsoft

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

  August 2000 — July 2004 (4 years)

  Director in Digital Media Division. Responsible for global technical relationships with consumer electronics & semiconductor companies adopting Windows Media codecs & associated technology. Strategy development for the above areas with executive leadership in DMD and with other divisions. Helped transfer Windows Media IP to over 200 licensees.

• Principal DSP Engineer

  Pacific Microsonics

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  July 1997 — July 2000 (3 years 1 month)

  Acquired by Microsoft in 2000. Responsible for technical program to license and transfer IP to CE and IC vendors. Researched and implemented new technologies to extend intellectual property portfolio. Key member of executive staff for technical strategy development and acquisition.

• Principal Engineer & Senior Audio Architect

  Macromedia

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; MACR; Computer Software industry)

  December 1995 — August 1997 (1 year 9 months)

  Managed a team of software engineers & QA engineers developing Macromedia’s audio products and technologies. Developed company’s internet audio strategy resulting in Shockwave Audio, the first large-scale system for streaming MP3 audio on the internet. Identified and negotiated rights to MPEG Layer III technology from Fraunhofer/Thomson.

• Senior Research Engineer

  Korg R&D

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

  August 1994 — February 1996 (1 year 7 months)

  Senior Research Engineer, Korg R&D.
  Senior researcher delivering new technology at US R&D division of Japanese musical instrument company. Helped change paradigm for synthesizer architectures, establishing physical modeling as today’s defacto standard. Key contributor to custom digital audio DSP design.

• Founder/VP Engineering

  OSC

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

  June 1989 — December 1995 (6 years 7 months)

  Acquired by Macromedia in 1995.
  Conceived break through technology allowing the first mass-market PC-based multi-track audio recording & playback with the capability to synchronize digital video. Architected & developed multiple releases of award-winning Macintosh software, DECK.
  OEM deals with Avid and Digidesign.
  Wrote first 2 versions of Digidesign ProTools which remains the premier & defacto standard in audio production today

• Member Technical Staff

  Ensoniq

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 1985 — April 1988 (3 years 1 month)

  Company acquired by Creative Labs
  Designed, developed & shipped embedded sequencers for 6809 and 68000 in assembly code. Researched, developed & shipped single-chip micro solution for polyphonic after touch keyboard. Developed single-chip micro solutions for VF display, keypad scanning and keyboard scanning

• Member Technical Staff

  Infotron

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  October 1983 — April 1985 (1 year 7 months)

  Developed 80186 assembly code for a X.25 gateway in the 790 Network Processor. Developed 6502 assembly code for prioritizing messaging traffic between 790 Network Processor nodes. 790 Network Processor helped grow business from $6M to $75M in 2 years facilitating company’s IPO

Mats Myrberg’s Education

• Tufts University

  BSEE, August 1978 — May 1982

  Activities and Societies:

  BSEE, Magna Cum Laude
  Tau Beta Pi, Beta Kappa Nu