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Anne Aaron | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne Margot F. Aaron |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Occupation | director of video algorithms at Netflix |
Anne Aaron is a Filipino 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]
She attended the Philippine Science High School then went to 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. [3]
After Stanford, she 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. [4] She has been working at Netflix since 2011. [4]
She was recognized as one of the 43 most powerful female engineers of 2017 by Business Insider . [5] In 2018 she was featured among "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" by Forbes . [6]
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