Engineer at Logitech
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Sr. Engineer at Logitech Inc.
- Past
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- Lead Engineer at SightSpeed
- Director of Engineering at ViaSense, Inc.
- VP of Engineering at AuctioNet.com
- Education
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- Miramonte
- UCLA
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Tom Harper’s Summary
Software engineer with over 10 years of experience, including video and audio encoding, signal processing, evolutionary computation, and management of teams.
I am particularly interested in systems that harness and/or model ideas from biology, genetics and other fields.
Tom Harper’s Specialties:
-audio and video coding/filtering/transmission
-voip, vvoip, streaming, etc.
-processor specific optimization
-accelerated graphics display
-engineering management
Tom Harper’s Experience
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Sr. Engineer
Logitech Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
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Lead Engineer
SightSpeed
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2003 — October 2008 (5 years 8 months)
Engineering and R&D for real time, perceptually based, software only video encoding and delivery solutions, including video and voice conferencing over ip and wireless networks.
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Director of Engineering
ViaSense, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2001 — August 2002 (1 year )
Worked on R&D and Software Infrastructure for video encoding and streaming delivery software based on the mechanisms and biology of the human visual system.
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VP of Engineering
AuctioNet.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
February 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 7 months)
Architecture, R&D and engineering management for private label online auction system. R&D included applications of economic/game theory, NLP.
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Interim CTO
Basement
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
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CTO
OpticalBuyer.com
(Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
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Director of Technology, Ecommerce Group
USWeb/CKS
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 1999 — October 1999 (9 months)
Concurrently managed 3-5 engagements and led teams of 5-15 people on projects in NYC, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco.
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Senior Engineer/Consultant
Phoenix-Pop
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
June 1997 — February 1999 (1 year 9 months)
Worked as a lead on a number of projects, including levi-strauss, hpiwc.com, spinner (now netscape/aol), elemental software, and sparks.com.
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Senior Engineer/Consultant
Zendatta, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
August 1996 — June 1997 (11 months)
Worked on webhire.com, other projects.
Additional Information
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Tom Harper’s Groups:
IEEE Member
NoEnd Member
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Android Developer Group (3,000+ and growing!) -
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Video Encoding and Encoders
