William Radcliffe

Current

• Architect at Microsoft
• Media Industry Technology Consultant at William T. Radcliffe (Self-employed)

Past

• Technology Group Fellow at CORBIS
• Senior Engineering Manager at AXS
• Senior Consultant at TSC (Technology Solutions Company)

• Owner - Technology Consultant at INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT (Sole Proprietorship)
• Division Engineering Manager at KEITHLEY INSTRUMENTS
• Lead Programmer at PICKER INTERNATIONAL INC

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Education

• Cleveland State University

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William Radcliffe’s Summary

I am an expert in the areas of digital imaging technologies, applications, and workflows with experience spanning over 20 years.

This began with work as a software engineer working on breaktrough medical imaging systems including CAT scanners, and MRI scanners. I worked on large scale document imaging systems as well as desktop image database systems before accepting a position at the Bill Gates startup now called Corbis. At Corbis have spent spent the last 12 years working on all aspects of digital imaging workflows and applications.

At Corbis I worked on a project to invent a new invisible image watermarking and fingerprinting technology that was eventually patented by Corbis (patent #5809160). I worked on a variety of technologies used to protect Corbis images from misuse on the Internet as well as to explore superdistribution techniques. (patent #7113921).

As these technologies have matured and evolved, I have turned my attention toward a new area of technology research, which I call "deep persona based research". This involves doing deep dives into the applications of sophisticated technologies by taking on the persona of the potential customer. I am continuing this form of research now privately.

In this capacity I search for, evaluate, and test the latest technologies used to process and control images as they flow through various business processes. This work includes the evaluation of products and services that employ visible and invisible watermarking and fingerprinting technologies, visual search engines used to looking for media that are the same or similar to other images, and software that can be used to streamline many aspects of a digital imaging workflow, with a special emphesis on optimization and efficiency.

As an offshoot of my persona research I became a professional photographer with work that is available for sale via the Science Faction Stock Photo agency. See: www.sciencefaction.net and www.gettyimages. com to see my work.

William Radcliffe’s Specialties:

Expert in the area of digital imaging technologies, applications, and workflows, with experience spanning over 20 years. I am involved in "deep persona based" technology trending and research.

William Radcliffe’s Experience

• Architect

  Microsoft

  (Online Media industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years)

• Media Industry Technology Consultant

  William T. Radcliffe (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  I have left Corbis after an amazing 12 years. It is difficult to characterize all the things I have done while working for them, My title prior to leaving Corbis was "Corbis Fellow" - the highest level technical role possible at the company. I was considered to be a visionary and strategist at the time I left.

• Technology Group Fellow

  CORBIS

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)

  November 1994 — December 2006 (12 years 2 months)

  As a Corbis Fellow (highest level of technology architect) within the Emerging Technologies Group, I was responsible for all aspects of imaging technology evaluation and trending within the company. I was a key contributor in defining the next generation imaging system architectures and business strategies for the company. I originally joined Corbis in the early 90's to help launch its professional image licensing business as one of the very first online media licensing businesses that existed. Over the years my role evolved into more of a combination of technology and business strategist. This involved spearheading the implementation of technology used to build out the Corbis infrastructure including the construction of its websites and the delivery of media to its clients. I also worked with all internal business owners within the company to evaluate next generation technology solutions of all kinds.

• Senior Engineering Manager

  AXS

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  January 1992 — August 1994 (2 years 8 months)

  I was the senior engineering project manager for the ImageAXS product for the Windows platform. This product was a retail desktop image database system that helped users manage collections of digital images. This was a very forward thinking and groundbreaking type of software for its day. The product had a long life and was eventually sold to Caere in 2000 and Scansoft., and is still in active use today.
  
  Before leaving AXS to join Corbis, I was working on the development of an Internet based approach to media asset management concept using Open Source tools.
  
  Key Achievements:
  
  Consistently delivered major product improvements on time and within budget.
  Enhanced organizational productivity by using a combination of in-house as well as third party products to deliver state of the art features.

• Senior Consultant

  TSC (Technology Solutions Company)

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; TSCC; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1990 — January 1992 (2 years 1 month)

  I defined and developed imaging technology strategies to support the creation of custom large scale digital CAD document management systems for the defense industry. Applications included digital automation of the engineering drawings and other documents used to build the B2 stealth bomber.
  
  Key Achievements:
  
  Defined and helped to develop the technology needed to store and retrieve very large digital image files in a networked environment.
  
  Evaluated and selected various third party tools and applications used to create an integrated solution for the clients.

• Owner - Technology Consultant

  INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  January 1988 — January 1990 (2 years 1 month)

  I designed, developed and implemented a wide range of projects that involved the use of personal computers to acquire and process real time data in a variety of forms, including digital signals of all kinds as well as images.
  
  Key Achievements:
  
  Consistently met deadlines while demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills to achieve the clients objectives.
  
  Applied unique and groundbreaking technology strategies to allow small companies to deliver very high tech products to their users.

• Division Engineering Manager

  KEITHLEY INSTRUMENTS

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

  January 1985 — January 1988 (3 years 1 month)

  I integrated a small company acquisition into a larger company and plotted the evolution of the division product line. The company was involved in the creation of personal computer based digital data acquisition systems during the time when the IBM PC and AT as well the first Macintosh computers were being introduced.
  
  Key Achievements:
  
  Was a key player in defining and implementing the set of products that was to take a company into a completely new technology area – the personal computer.

• Lead Programmer

  PICKER INTERNATIONAL INC

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1980 — January 1985 (5 years 1 month)

  I participated in the design and development of sophisticated digital imaging products for medical imaging, including high speed CAT scanners, MRI scanners, and digital chest X-Ray devices. Almost all of this work was done from the ground up, as there were no other sources of technology to draw on at that time.
  
  Key Achievements:
  
  Contributed to one of the first low cost MRI scanners developed in the industry.
  Worked on numerous groundbreaking digital imaging products.

William Radcliffe’s Education

• Cleveland State University

  MSEE , Electrical Engineering, Digital Engineering, Biomedical Engineering , 1975 — 1980

  I actually started out at Case Western Reserve as a premed student and thought I wanted to be a physician. I spent all my savings on the first years tuition and was faced with a cutthroat environment that was unlike anything I had every experienced before.
  
  Basically - lots of rich children of doctors driving around in expensive cars while I had to work nights as a janitor and take the bus. At the end of year 1, I had to take a step back and reevaluate things and decided to go to my Dad's engineering school.
  
  What put me over the edge was when I took the tour of the campus and the EE department had a lime green PDP-12 computer sitting in the back of the lab, playing the Scott Joplin song "The Entertainer". I NEEDED to get my hands on that machine.
  
  As part of my transition from physician to engineer, I eventually took over that machine and learned the wonders of computer programming on a computer that could actually talk to the real world using AtoD and DtoA converters.

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduated Engineering Honors - Tau Beta Pi
  During my masters year I earned money as a teaching assistant

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