Anne Aaron
Anne Aaron | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne Margot F. Aaron |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Occupation | director 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[]
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]
Career[]
After Stanford, she dove into video streaming companies, such as and ,[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]
Awards[]
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]
External links[]
- Anne Aaron publications indexed by Google Scholar
References[]
- ^ a b "Meet the Filipina Engineer Who Makes Sure Your Netflix Doesn't Buffer".
- ^ a b "This Filipina-American engineer makes it easy for you to binge-watch Netflix".
- ^ "Decoding Silicon Valley: Anne Aaron looks back at how her #GlobalFilipinoJourney began as a woman and a Filipino in tech".
- ^ a b "Netflix's Director Of Algorithms Brings Binge Watching To A Low-Bandwidth World". Forbes.
- ^ "The 43 most powerful female engineers of 2017". Business Insider.
- ^ "Anne Aaron". Forbes.
- Living people
- People in information technology
- Netflix people
- Stanford University School of Engineering alumni
- Ateneo de Manila University alumni
- Filipino electrical engineers
- 21st-century women engineers
- 21st-century Filipino women
- Filipino emigrants to the United States