Anne Aaron
Born
Anne Margot F. Aaron
NationalityFilipino
Occupationdirector of video algorithms at Netflix

Anne Aaron is a Filipina engineer and the director of video algorithms at Netflix. Her responsibilities include "hiring and managing software engineers and research scientists, strategic decision-making on software architecture and research, project management, and cross-team coordination"[1]

Education

Aaron attended the Philippine Science High School and the Ateneo de Manila University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1998, and another in computer engineering the year after.[2] She then entered Stanford University[1] where she received a PhD in electrical engineering. During these years, Aaron received the AT&T Asia Pacific Leadership Award and C.V. Starr Southeast Asian Fellowship.[3][4]

Career

After Stanford, Aaron dove into video streaming companies, such as Modulus Video and Dyyno,[2] then followed a stint at Cisco Systems, where she was the engineering lead for video encoding for its FlipShare Video desktop software.[5] She has been working at Netflix since 2011.[5]

Awards

Aaron was recognized as one of the 43 most powerful female engineers of 2017 by Business Insider.[6] In 2018 she was featured among "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" by Forbes.[7]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Meet the Filipina Engineer Who Makes Sure Your Netflix Doesn't Buffer".
  2. ^ a b "This Filipina-American engineer makes it easy for you to binge-watch Netflix". 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Decoding Silicon Valley: Anne Aaron looks back at how her #GlobalFilipinoJourney began as a woman and a Filipino in tech". 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Anne Aaron Archives". The Broadcast Knowledge. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  5. ^ a b "Netflix's Director Of Algorithms Brings Binge Watching To A Low-Bandwidth World". Forbes.
  6. ^ "The 43 most powerful female engineers of 2017". Business Insider.
  7. ^ "Anne Aaron". Forbes.
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